ImproveCareNow Seeking to Fill Open Position on Board of Directors

The ImproveCareNow (ICN) Board of Directors is seeking to fill an open position as a member of the Board to serve a three-year term. The Board provides fiduciary oversight, strategic direction, and governance for ICN. Directors serve as ambassadors for the organization and help ensure its long-term sustainability. The role is unpaid, but travel for Board responsibilities is reimbursable if it follows ICN’s Travel Policy. Board members are indemnified under ICN’s insurance policy.

Desired Qualifications

• Financial, accounting, audit, nonprofit governance, fundraising or fiduciary experience (required)
• Parent or caregiver of a pediatric patient impacted by IBD (preferred), OR familiarity with and deep commitment to improving health outcomes for pediatric patients with IBD
• Connection to an active ImproveCareNow care center or community (preferred)

The full Board member position description and responsibilities can be viewed and downloaded by clicking the link below:

➡️ ICN Board Member Position Description

Application Instructions

Applications will be accepted from anywhere in the continental United States. We ask that all applications are received by October 31, 2026.

To apply, interested candidates should submit a digital application with their skills inventory and answers to the following application questions. Please upload your CV/Resume to the form or send directly to [email protected] with "Board Position Application" in the email subject line. 

➡️ICN Board of Directors Member Application

Application Questions

1. Why are you interested in serving as a member of the ICN Board?
2. What perspective or lived/professional experience would you bring?
3. What healthcare opportunities or challenges should ICN address over the next 3–5 years?
4. Describe a collaborative leadership experience.
5. How will you remain actively engaged as a board member?
6. Describe your financial management or nonprofit fiscal experience.
7. Do you have any potential conflicts of interest (other board service, industry relationships, financial ties to ICN or partners)?

We look forward to reviewing each of the applications we receive. Please contact us if you have any questions. 

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About ImproveCareNow

ImproveCareNow is a Learning Health Network dedicated to transforming care, health and costs for all children and youth with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD) by building a sustainable collaborative chronic care network. We are enabling patients, families, clinicians and researchers to work together in a learning health care system to accelerate innovation, discovery and the application of new knowledge. We invite everyone interested in getting kids with IBD better right now to join us and support our work.