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SECRETARY – Executive Board of Directors for Non-Profit Start-Up.

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  • Details

    Time Commitment:
    Flexible
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Volunteers Needed:
    1
    Cause Areas:
    Civic Engagement, Climate Change, Community Development, Disaster Relief, Volunteering
    Participation Requirements:
    Background Check

    Description

    SECRETARY – Executive Board of Directors for Non-Profit Start-Up.
    • SECRETARY – EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
    • Responder Relief Fund, Inc.
    • Position Title: Volunteer Secretary, Executive Board Member
    • Location: ** Remote (Quarterly In-Person Meetings Required)
    • Commitment Level: 10-12 Hours/Month
    • Term: ** 3 Years (Maximum 2 Consecutive Terms)
    • ORGANIZATIONAL MANDATE

    Responder Relief Fund, Inc. (RRF) is building America's fastest disaster financial response system for first responder families. As a 501(c)(3) startup, we require meticulous governance documentation to maintain compliance across 14 states while scaling our blockchain-based disbursement platform.

    • Help Shape Our Mission as Secretary Board Member!

    At Responder Relief Fund Corp (RRF), we're looking for an organized and passionate volunteer to serve as our Secretary Board Member - the guardian of our governance and the voice of clarity in our mission to support first responder families in crisis.

    ✨ Why This Role Matters

    As Secretary, you'll be the backbone of our board operations, ensuring that every decision, discussion, and action is documented with care. Your work will directly contribute to our ability to:

    • Deliver aid to first responders within 24-72 hours of disasters
    • Maintain transparency and compliance for our donors and partners
    • Build a strong foundation for our growing nonprofit

    📝 What You'll Do

    • Record and maintain accurate minutes for board meetings (4-6/year)
    • Manage important organizational documents and filings
    • Help coordinate board communications and schedules
    • Ensure compliance with nonprofit governance standards
    • Participate in strategic discussions about our mission's future

    🌟 We're Looking for Someone who

    • Has exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
    • Can distill complex discussions into clear, actionable notes
    • Is comfortable with basic corporate documentation (we'll provide training!)
    • Believes in our mission to support first responders
    • Can commit to a 2-year term with 5-10 hours/month

    💙 Why Volunteer with us?

    • Make a tangible difference in the lives of frontline heroes
    • Gain valuable nonprofit leadership experience
    • Work with a dedicated, mission-driven team
    • Flexible schedule - most work can be done on your own time

    No prior board experience required - we value passion and commitment most of all!

    • Responder Relief Fund Corp

    Building hope for heroes, one rapid response at a time.

    • Note: This is an unpaid, volunteer board position. Perfect for professionals looking to give back or those interested in nonprofit governance!
    • My "Why" for Responder Relief Fund

    I want to share something with you that has lived in my bones for over 30 years—a memory that refuses to fade.

    In 1992, I was 26 years old, running my landscape business with the invincibility of youth. One of my employees had a father who owned a major construction company. When Hurricane Andrew ravaged Florida, he was invited to bid on rebuilding Homestead. He gathered subcontractors—including a wide-eyed kid like me—and flew us down on his private jet.

    What I saw from the air stole my breath.

    Miles and miles of nothing. Neighborhoods reduced to splinters. Schools, churches, homes—all flattened like a child’s block tower kicked over. The silence was the worst part. No birds, no laughter, just the hollow wind through broken beams. We landed in a warzone without bullets.

    His company never got the contracts. But that flight home? I stared out the window at the ruins below, and something in me cracked open. A question started burning: Who helps the helpers when the unthinkable happens?

    For three decades, that question followed me like a shadow. Through careers and life’s twists, I’d wake sometimes to the smell of wet lumber and chaos—that Florida air thick with loss.

    Now, at this chapter of my life, I’m done waiting. Responder Relief Fund Corp isn’t just a nonprofit. It’s the answer I wish had existed when first responders dug through those ruins in ’92 with bleeding hands. It’s the promise that no firefighter, no EMT, no officer who runs toward disaster will ever face the aftermath alone.

    I’m sharing this because I need you to feel why this matters. Not just understand it but carry it with you the way I still carry Homestead. If that resonates—if you too hear the echo of forgotten heroes in the wind—then let’s talk. Really talk. Not about spreadsheets or strategies, but about how we can build something that outlasts us both.

    The jet landed long ago. But the journey? It’s just beginning.

    • With urgency and hope,
    • Brian H. Myers

    Founder, Responder Relief Fund Corp

    • P.S. When you’re ready, I’ll tell you about the firefighter I met in Homestead who’d lost his own home but still wore his uniform. That’s who we’re doing this for.
    • SECRETARY – EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
    • Responder Relief Fund, Inc.
    • Position Title: Volunteer Secretary, Executive Board Member
    • Location: ** Remote (Quarterly In-Person Meetings Required)
    • Commitment Level: 10-12 Hours/Month
    • Term: ** 3 Years (Maximum 2 Consecutive Terms)
    • ORGANIZATIONAL MANDATE

    Responder Relief Fund, Inc. (RRF) is building America's fastest disaster financial response system for first responder families. As a 501(c)(3) startup, we require meticulous governance documentation to maintain compliance across 14 states while scaling our blockchain-based disbursement platform.

    • Help Shape Our Mission as Secretary Board Member!

    At Responder Relief Fund Corp (RRF), we're looking for an organized and passionate volunteer to serve as our Secretary Board Member - the guardian of our governance and the voice of clarity in our mission to support first responder families in crisis.

    ✨ Why This Role Matters

    As Secretary, you'll be the backbone of our board operations…

    Location

    Remote
    Volunteer can be anywhere in the world
    Associated Location
    525 NJ-73, Marlton, NJ 08053, USA
    Suite 104

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