Governance Mastery: Aligning on Change at the Board Level

What does it take for boards and school leaders
to truly align on change? 

Strong schools are built on strong alignment between the head of school and the board. Join Christian Talbot, President & CEO of the Middle States Association (MSA) as ADVIS and MSA introduce a key tool from Governance Mastery: the Shared Point of View on Change. Learn how high functioning leadership teams clarify priorities, set the pace for change, and stay focused on what matters most.

Participants will engage in hands-on prototyping using AI supported prompts, gain practical strategies they can immediately apply, and explore how this work can strengthen board effectiveness and mission alignment. 

This session also offers a preview of upcoming ADVIS and MSA governance programming, with opportunities to continue building your board’s capacity in the year ahead.

About the Presenter

Christian Talbot is the President & CEO of the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools, the world’s second oldest education accreditors. He is also the co-founder of Juno, a strategy + design consultancy. He was previously President of Regis High School (NY) and Head of School at Malvern Preparatory School (PA).

He incubated the Center for Social Impact at Malvern, and later founded Expeditionaries, a social entrepreneurship bootcamp for middle school and high school students.

Christian continues to teach through his work in the Nonprofit Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania, and has previously served as a judge for the Milken-Penn GSE Competition and as a mentor in Penn GSE’s Education Entrepreneurship Program. He has served on the board of trustees of several independent schools.