DRA Board of Directors

The Disability Rights of Arkansas (DRA) Board of Directors are the fiduciaries who steer the organization towards a sustainable future by adopting sound and ethical governance and ensuring it has adequate resources to advance its mission. The board plays a crucial leadership function in shaping the DRA’s future, ensuring its success, keeping it on track, and is focused on its mission and strategic plans and objectives.

Being an impactful board member requires understanding the mission of DRA and bringing unique perspectives to help the staff execute the organization’s vision. Board members must bring their expertise and insight to the board and serve their 4-year term in various committees, including finance, fundraising, governance, and public policy. As a volunteer, unpaid position, directors on the board understand the impact of concentrated group efforts for the sake of a mission greater than themselves. DRA strives to consistently maintain board and committee members that capture diversity in the traditional sense of race, culture, gender, professional background and capabilities, knowledge of specific industries, and geographic experience.