John Carver

John Carver is internationally known as creator of the breakthrough in board leadership called the Policy Governance model.  He has worked with boards in the United States and Canada and on four other continents for over twenty years.  His clients have included the National Association of State Boards of Education, the National Ballet of Canada, the American Institute of Architects, the Pentagon Federal Credit Union, Lutheran World Relief, and the American Cancer Society.  His ideas have been featured by the London Times, the National League of Cities, the Canadian Hospital Association, the American Society of Association Executives, Georgia Power Company, and many others.

Carver is the author of Boards That Make A Difference, Reinventing Your Board, CarverGuide, Basic Principles of Policy Governance, the bimonthly newsletter workshop Board Leadership, the video John Carver on Board Governance (1993), the audio tape Empowering Boards for Leadership (1992), and the CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance.

John Carver, Ph.D.