Overview
ISCA’s 2021 Fall Governance Conference will take place virtually on October 28 – 29, 2021! This annual event, designed by board chairs for board chairs, will be virtual again this year. While we will miss having everyone gather in person, we are pivoting to create an online experience that will be as interactive as possible, with the same expert speakers presenting on timely topics that are relevant to independent school board chairs today. We are working on the possibility of hosting some regional gatherings in conjunction with the conference and will provide more details if we can make that happen.
Our full program will be announced soon but you can view last year’s program below.
We look forward to seeing our members and guests for this annual event!
Bethany Di Napoli, Executive Director
ISCA
2020 Agenda
Friday, October 23rd
| 12:00 – 12:30 pm ET | Welcome ISCA Annual Meeting |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Top Ten Risk Management Topics for Board Chairs and School Leadership in 2020 Sara Goldsmith Schwartz, Founder and President, Schwartz Hannum, PC |
| Break | |
| 1:40 – 3:15 pm | Engineering the Best Board: Thinking Anew About Composition, Structure, Format and Process Marc Frankel, PhD, Senior Consultant, Triangle Associates and Tracy Halgren, Board Chair, Watershed School |
Friday, October 30th
| 11:15 – 11:30 am ET | Welcome |
| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Emerging Tuition and Pricing Models in a Disrupted Landscape Heather Houle, Executive Director, Enrollment Management Association (EMA) and Jeff Shields, Executive Director, National Business Officers Association |
| Break | |
| 12:40 – 1:50 pm | Can We Talk About Race? Having Vital, Courageous Conversations as a Board Alison Park, Blink Consulting |
| Break | |
| 2:00 – 3:00 pm | Leveraging and Leading Within Circles of Influence Robert Bull, President, Compass Group |
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm | Closing Remarks and Adjourn |
After Nancy and I attended the ISCA conference, our working relationship took on a new level of empathy for our respective jobs. We came away with a renewed passion for professionalizing the structure of our Board and the day to day work of the committees. The ISCA conference helped us understand the necessity of changing the old independent school model of Board leadership and committee work to a vibrant and engaging professional model which continues to serve the school well to this day.