Trustee Teleconferences

TCG is proud to offer Trustee Teleconferences, a program of the TCG Trustee Leadership Network. This program offers trustees an opportunity to discuss the challenges, strategies and solutions they face in governing a not-for-profit theatre. There are no set expectations for the outcome of the teleconferences; only the inherent benefit in sharing information and developing a national network of trustees who can continue to call upon one another long after the teleconferences are finished. Agendas for these teleconferences are developed in response to the issues of greatest importance to the participants. The moderator will prepare a list with a broad range of potential topics and participants will vote on the topics to discuss.

To provide maximum benefit with minimal time commitment, the teleconference series consists of three one-hour-long telephone discussions spread out over three months, with a different central topic pre-selected for each discussion. A small fee of $100 will cover the technical costs of participation.

Current and Upcoming Teleconferences

The first Trustee Teleconference will include trustees who hold a position on their theatre’s executive committee, and will be moderated by Guthrie Theater trustee Karen Bachman. As only one trustee may attend per theatre and there are only 20 slots available, nominations for participation will be at the discretion of the managing leader. The teleconferences will take place on Thursday, May 8, Wednesday, June 18, and Thursday, July 10. All Teleconferences last one hour and begin at 2pm (EDT).

This teleconference is currently sold out. For more information, please contact Sarah McLellan, Management Programs Associate, at 212.609.5901.

Moderator Bio

Karen Bachman spent a 32-year career at Honeywell, eventually becoming vice president of communications in 1990 and the first woman to sit on the company’s Policy Committee. From 1986 until her retirement in 1996, she was also a trustee of the Honeywell Foundation. After her retirement she spent four years as a member of Honeywell Consultants, Ltd., a group of five retired Honeywell executives retained by the corporation to continue to represent it in the community.

Bachman has a long a career as a community volunteer, having served on the boards of the Girl Scout Council of Greater Minneapolis, the United Way of Minneapolis, the World Press Institute, the Business Economics Education Foundation, the New Dance Ensemble and the National Corporate Theater Fund. She currently serves on the boards of the Guthrie Theater, the Weisman Art Museum and the Minnesota Opera, all of which she has chaired. She is also a trustee of the College of St. Benedict. 

For the Guthrie Theater, Bachman serves on the executive, governance and development committees, and was on the steering committee for the successful $93 million capital campaign to build the new theatre. She was recognized as the 2007 Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser by the Minnesota chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

A Minnesota native, Bachman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Minnesota. 

Click HERE to download the application form and fax it to 212.609.5901; Attn: Sarah McLellan

If you have any questions please contact Sarah McLellan, Management Programs Associte, via e-mail at smclellan@tcg.org or phone at 212.609.5900 x 282.