The IPGA holds elections each year for at least two seats of the seven member board.  Board members serve three year terms. To be eligible, Board members must have participated in the week-long Policy Governance Academy and must be full members of IPGA. 

Effective July 1, 2011, the 2011-2012 Board members are:

John P Bohley, Jr., Hamilton, Ohio, US (1st term, July 1, 2011-2014)

John Bohley, Jr., MSW, DPA, is the Executive Director of the Butler County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board in Ohio.  Bohley attended Academy in 2005 after his board implemented Policy Governance.  He has been a full member of IPGA since 2007.  Bringing a practitioner perspective, he would like to serve on the IPGA board to make a contribution to strengthening the organization and helping it grow in membership and in influence.
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John D Bruce, Essex, UK (1st term, July 1, 2009-2012)

John Bruce has been chairman of Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust since 2000 having been an independent director there from 1995. He has long had an interest in how boards work and recognised that being authorised as a Foundation Trust in 2006 was to require much higher levels of board performance than that of a traditional NHS Trust. John’s background is in management and organisation development in the private and public sector although he now spends time consulting on governance when not on hospital business. He is a keen exponent of Policy Governance as a system of governance for boards. He is a member of the Institute of Directors, a director of the UK Policy Governance Association and of the International Policy Governance Association. He is a 2007 Academy participant.  He is also a governor – and past chair – of South Essex College.
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Bill Harper, Litchfield, Ohio, US (1st term, July 2010-2013)

A 2006 Academy participant, Bill Harper has been working with Policy Governance boards since January 1987, when he was hired as the executive director of a mental health board in northwestern Ohio that had just approved a set of governance policies developed from a policy “blitz” session lead by John Carver.  With 21 year of experience inside four different organization, Bill brings a wealth of practitioner experience to the IPGA Board.
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Jim Hyatt, Denver, Colorado, US(1st term, July 1, 2009-2012)

A 2001 Academy participant and principal with Charney Associates, Jim Hyatt is a consultant and attorney specializing in working with governing boards. Jim has worked with boards throughout his legal career, and has served as a member of several boards in the civic, cultural and healthcare sector.   Jim spent nearly 20 years in corporate and securities law in New York, Boston and Denver.
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Caroline Oliver, Beverley, UK (1st term, July 1, 2011-2014)

Caroline Oliver is a well-known Policy Governance consultant and writer, based in the UK.  She is currently the Chair of the UKPGA Board and the founding chair of the IPGA.  She brings a knowledge of the Policy Governance community, as well as deep knowledge of Policy Governance theory and practice and an absolute commitment to owner-accountable effective governance.   She attended Academy in 1995 and 2007.
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Karl Sommers, Goshen, Indiana, US (1st term July 1, 2010-2013)

After a 35 year career as a teacher, actuary, strategic planner and internal consultant, Karl established his own consulting practice in 2009.  He has been working with Policy Governance since completion of the Academy in 2001.  In 2010 Karl became a Principal in the Haines Centre for Strategic Management and completed two Gold Mastery Certifications in Systems Thinking and Strategic Management. 
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Jurrian van der Straaten, Chiang Mai, Thailand (1st Term, July 1, 2010-2013)

A 2010 Academy participant, Jurrian van der Straaten is the Chief Governing Officer for an international school in Chiang Mai which adopted Policy Governance in 2007.  He also manages an international youth dormitory for Wec International, a mission organization.  Originally from the Netherlands, van der Straaten has been stationed in Chiang Mai, Thailand since 2003.   For 10 years previous to the current mission, Jurrian worked as a police officer in a middle sized city in the Netherlands.
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