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title: BoardSource Blog - The Leader in Nonprofit Board Governance | Karen Eber Davis
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## Karen Eber Davis

Karen Eber Davis helps business use philanthropy as a propulsion tool to grow their profits and performance. As the leading authority on ways that nonprofits and for-profits can engage with each other to create dynamic partnerships, she helps leaders to create extraordinary impact and increase profits.

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## [Five Ways to Be a Model Board Member](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/2014/09/02/five-ways-to-be-a-model-board-member-3/)

 Posted by [Karen Eber Davis](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/karen-eber-davis) on Sep 2, 2014, 1:03:47 PM

*This post is one in a series written by board leaders who will be presenting sessions at the 2014* [*BoardSource Leadership Forum*](https://www.boardsource.org/eweb/blf-2014/?v=2) *on October 9 & 10 in Washington, D.C. We hope you will be joining us.*

Last summer, Ilene Denton, the incoming board chair at The Hermitage Artist Retreat on Manasota Key...

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