In 2025, both companies and nonprofits found themselves under real pressure. Companies are leading through AI, risk, and digital change inside their businesses–work that requires new levels of speed and clarity. Nonprofits are being asked to navigate the same pressure, but without the leadership structure or capacity that help organizations move through change.
The opportunity: nonprofits urgently need AI-era board leadership to navigate this moment. Companies need real-world environments where leaders can apply and strengthen the judgment and decision-making skills the AI era requires.
Board.Dev now supports both needs through three offerings:
Board service is the leadership lab companies can’t afford to ignore.
It helps companies develop AI-era leaders, and nonprofits leverage that leadership effectively. Corporate professionals flex high-stakes judgment in real strategic and governance environments; nonprofits get the board-level leadership they need to move ahead.
Hear from Arnab Bose, Chief Product Officer at Asana, about how board service changed his leadership.
Tech fluency is now a boardwide requirement, not a technical role.
Boards move faster when every board member can engage with AI, data, and risk–not just the “tech person.” Finance, operations, legal, data, and product leaders are increasingly the ones bringing this lens and digital decision-making muscle. They’re the next generation of board–and corporate–leaders.
We must revamp board leadership for the AI era.
Companies now see that credible leadership development and meaningful social impact both depend on nonprofits having stronger board decision-making and accountability. More leaders—not just technologists—are being prepared to serve effectively on boards where AI, risk, and strategy collide.
Hear from Taylor Amerman Bachman, Director of Global Social Impact at CDW, about how they’re leveraging board service for impact.
Companies are looking for ways to:
Our structured programs prepare corporate leaders across functions for AI-era decision-making and equip nonprofit boards to navigate technology, risk, and strategy with confidence.
Email alethea@board.dev if you’d like to see what this could look like for your team.
Hear from Mary Zhu about how a board leader from Okta has helped Develop for Good be more effective.
2026 will be the year boards–and companies, and nonprofits–rebuild around disruption: clearer roles, stronger oversight, and a more confident approach to AI and cyber risk. Companies that invest in both their leaders and their nonprofit partners will move faster and with far less friction.
More functional leaders–not just technologists!–will step into board roles as organizations realize AI-era leadership is cross-functional and cross-sector. These leaders bring a lens that strengthens decision-making on strategy, risk, and digital change.
This work is accelerating quickly, and the next year will set the tone for how companies, funders, and nonprofits lead through disruption. We’re grateful to be building this with many of you.
Warmly,
Alethea
Cofounder & CEO, Board.Dev