The Case of the Board of Prevent Child Abuse New York

THEBOARDCHECKUP: A RESEARCH-BASED PODCAST by Professor Yvonne D. Cafik, PhD

Episode notes

In this episode of THEBOARDCHECKUP, the focus is the Case for Board Performance Assessment to Prevent Child Abuse in New York State. Mr. Timothy Hathaway, Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse New York, Dr. Vincent Palusci, Board Chair, and Mr. Zakhar Berkovich, Treasurer share their experience with the practice of performance assessment and how it helped the board and staff work more collaboratively as a team to advance the mission of preventing child abuse by building strong families and communities in New York State.

This episode has some informative and powerful exchanges around the following topics:

  • The mission and characteristics of the organization and board.

  • The challenges of governing a statewide organization and mixed model board that works collaboratively with staff in planning and implementing po ... 

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