2024 GRAND ILLUMINATION WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH!
A National Historic Landmark
ABOUT
The MVCMA Board of Directors
Welcome to Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association (MVCMA) Board of Directors information page. The Board of Directors welcomes you to the Campground and encourages everyone to take part in the community.
The MVCMA Board of Directors consists of 21 members who are nominated and elected by the Board itself. Members are elected to three-year terms and 7 board members are elected to the board annually at the August board meeting.
The Board of Directors typically. meet four times a year: in August at the Annual Meeting of the board, and in October/November, January/February and May.
Act of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
All committee members are asked to sign a commitment form, similar to the one Board members sign after being elected. This helps protect sensitive information from being shared outside the context of a committee meeting. You can see that form by clicking below:
The board is organized into the following committees:
Standing Committees: Architectural Review, Audit, Buildings & Grounds, Development, Finance & Investment, Historical Preservation & Archives, Long Range Planning, Nominating, Personnel, Programs, Residential Lease, Special Lease, and Spiritual Life.
Ad Hoc Committees: Memorial Gifts & Scholarships, Tabernacle House & 4 Montgomery Sq., Tabernacle Restoration, Communications, and the Social Justice, Diversity & Inclusion Task Force.
You are invited to engage with the Board of Directors. During the summer season, you can share your ideas at the “Board Member Under the Tent” forum sessions scheduled periodically throughout the summer, or by approaching board members with your ideas and feedback.
Board Membership
Members of the MVCMA Board make policy and operational decisions concerning the Association. Because the MVCMA has a small paid staff (above right), members of the Board are also called upon to assist the MVCMA Staff in the management and operation of the MVCMA’s daily operations, particularly during the busy summer months.
Eligibility:
Members of the MVCMA Board are selected by existing members of the board from among those who have applied to join the board. Consistent with the MVCMA’s history and tradition, the current bylaws require 2/3 of the 21 members of the Board to be members in good standing of an established Christian church or Jewish synagogue. Otherwise, anyone willing to serve and to fulfill the fiduciary duties of a member of the Board is eligible to serve. The MVCMA Articles of Incorporation and its current bylaws are available here.
To Apply:
Applications for an open position on the MVCMA Board are solicited in June, July, and August. Applicants are asked to submit an application form and to attend a reception to get acquainted with current members of the Board, in mid-August
Downloadable Application Form will be available Summer 2024.
2024 Board Nomination Timeline:
Are you considering applying to become an MVCMA Board Member? Please feel free to reach out to current board members with your questions and join us at the two sessions below.
Friday, July 26th, 11AM | “Tent Talk” on How the Board Works with MVCMA President Trish Hahn and other board members
MVCMA Tent
Saturday, August 3rd from 9-11AM | Informal Q&A
with Nomination Committee Members Nate Bernard, Joni Bergen and Maureen McDonald
On the porch at Cottage at 21 Siloam
_____________
Applicants may also be interested in reading “The Little Book of Boards” by Erik Hamberg which is currently being read by the board. A copy is located in the office.
Wednesday, August 7th | Deadline for Applications Board member application is online and should be emailed to office@mvcma.org by August 7th.
Monday, August 12th, 4-6PM | Meet and Greet and Interviews with Board Applicants Applicants should plan to attend this interview session with board members. Prior to interviews there will be a casual meet and greet with light refreshments.
MVCMA Tent
Saturday, August 17th | Board Meeting and Election of New Board Members Applicants are informed of results after the board meeting.
Sunday, August 18th, 4PM | Leaseholders Meeting
Announcement of new board members with new board members attending.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD
Trish Hahn
President
Tabernacle Restoration
Ex-Officio Member
of all Committees
thahn@mvcma.org
Trish is a retired Research Technician, first working at Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NY and then at the University of Illinois. Leaving behind her research career, Trish followed her second dream of landscape design and studied Landscape Architecture at the University. She started her own business, Hahn and Assoc. Changing careers once again, Trish became President of the Mahomet-Seymour Schools Foundation. Soon after, she was hired as the Executive Director for 11 yrs.
Trish and Ned purchased their cottage, Hahnshafan, in 1997. They have 4 children and 3 granddaughters who all love the cottage and the campground. Trish was first elected to the MVCMA Board in 2009 and served for 9 years, during which time she served at VP for 3 yrs and President her last year. When not on the island, they winter in Nokomis, FL.
Wendy Haskell
Vice President
Development
Long Range Planning (Vice Chair)
Personnel (Chair)
Spiritual Life
Tabernacle House & 4MS
whaskell@mvcma.org
Wendy is a retired educator after working 34 years as a Computer Science teacher and Director of Technology and Libraries for the Falmouth Public Schools. Wendy and her husband, Barry, have been visiting Martha's Vineyard for over 30 years, first by sailboat. They bought their cottage, "Seas the Day", in 2009 and have embraced life in the Campground. When they are not on the island, they live in Marion, MA and winter in Bonita Springs, FL.
Eliza Curtis
Treasurer
Audit
Finance & Investments (Chair)
Long Range Planning
Special Lease
Tabernacle Restoration (Chair)
ecurtis@mvcma.org
Eliza has worked for Marriott International for over 16 years in various financial leadership roles, currently acting as a Bench Director of Finance supporting 150+ managed hotels along the East Coast. Her professional work often includes implementing new systems and initiatives, and streamlining local policies and procedures. Eliza's cottage has been in her family since 1960, and previously had a year round presence when her grandparents retired here in the early 80's. Now taking up the role of fourth generation owner; Eliza, her husband, and two sons, along with two dogs and a cat, enjoy the harbor views year round themselves.
Anastacia Awad, Ph.D
Secretary
.jpg)
