Board member, president vs executive director

The differences between board members, president and executive directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes More than 10 years to become a board member, president, becoming an executive director takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, an executive director has an average salary of $127,956, which is higher than the $47,458 average annual salary of a board member, president.

The top three skills for a board member, president include financial statements, non-profit organization and student organizations. The most important skills for an executive director are oversight, patients, and customer service.

Board member, president vs executive director overview

	Board Member, President	Executive Director
Yearly salary	$47,458	$127,956
Hourly rate	$22.82	$61.52
Growth rate	6%	-8%
Number of jobs	36,780	97,471
Job satisfaction	-	4.5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Average age	52	49
Years of experience	-	4

Board member, president vs executive director salary

Board members, president and executive directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Board Member, President	Executive Director
Average salary	$47,458	$127,956
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $86,000	Between $76,000 And $213,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Genentech
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between board member, president and executive director education

There are a few differences between a board member, president and an executive director in terms of educational background:

	Board Member, President	Executive Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Board member, president vs executive director demographics

Here are the differences between board members, president' and executive directors' demographics:

	Board Member, President	Executive Director
Average age	52	49
Gender ratio	Male, 53.4% Female, 46.6%	Male, 47.0% Female, 53.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.8% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 7.8% Asian, 7.7% White, 76.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 7.6% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% Asian, 5.0% White, 71.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	12%	10%

Differences between board member, president and executive director duties and responsibilities

Board member, president example responsibilities.

Founded, develop and manage a playwriting group for NYC playwrights.
Lead monthly meetings of membership consisting of parents and alumni.
Lead board members to design and host events, advertising by Facebook, newsletter, and recruit new board members.
Collaborate with local and national alumni to coordinate chapter rules and regulations as stipulated per the sorority by-laws.
Establish and implement quality and inventory control measures, handle payroll, calculate menu cost analysis and coordinate marketing/customer retention programs.
Provide the functional specifications for data migration to windows base system.

Executive director example responsibilities.

Manage 10 department heads who supervise a staff of 350 FTE's.
Develop and manage sales teams to assure the highest ROI on the client's investment.
Create and manage a call center for lead programs to support the prospecting activity needs of the FSR.
Freelance blogging to increase website views and ultimately to turn organic content into leads and ROI for small businesses.
Market and manage group and individual insurance programs including health, life, disability, long term care and annuities.
Major accomplishment are to achieve initial NAEYC accreditation.

Board member, president vs executive director skills

Common board member, president skills

Financial Statements, 16%
Non-Profit Organization, 10%
Student Organizations, 7%
Oversight, 5%
Alumni, 4%
Fund Raising, 3%

Common executive director skills

Oversight, 10%
Patients, 9%
Customer Service, 5%
Financial Management, 5%
Business Development, 4%
Home Health, 4%

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