Bring as many perspectives as possible into decision making
Why it’s important to us
We’re making decisions that affect lots of people across our region. We believe that having a wide variety of perspectives and backgrounds at the table helps us be more effective in meeting our goals to make this region better for everyone.
How we’re doing
For our board members and advisory committees that make grant and fellowship decisions, we work to optimize diversity on a bunch of attributes – like geography, sector, cultural background and other aspects of life and professional experience. This chart shows one consideration — geography — for one important group of decision makers, our board of directors.
Racial equity is a programmatic priority for the Bush Foundation and we are especially mindful of the racial and ethnic composition of our board. We actively source candidates from a wide variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds to ensure we have broad perspective on the issues that regularly come up as we make programmatic decisions in the region.
Our goals are similar for the people that are on staff at Bush. When we have job openings, we share the opportunity with as many people as possible. We post the openings on a variety of websites and forums and invite anyone to share the opportunity with their own networks. We want a wide range of qualified applicants so that we can select individuals that will help us best serve this very diverse region.
Our board members reflect the wide-ranging perspectives and life experiences of the people throughout the region.
What’s next
We will continue to actively seek out board, advisory committee candidates and applicants for staff positions that add to the rich diversity of experience and perspectives.