Board Chairman Addresses Governance Review
Last fall, the Baylor Board of Regents created a Governance Review Task Force to assess board operations and to recommend changes. On Monday, the Task Force delivered its final report to the Board’s Governance Committee. The report includes more than 30 detailed recommendations for changes to the Bylaws and Guidelines for Board Operations.
On Tuesday, the Governance Committee reviewed the report and directed legal counsel to draft a range of bylaw amendments to accommodate the Task Force recommendations, which are expected to be considered and voted on at the next Board meeting on February 17. The Task Force report will be provided to all Regents so that they have ample opportunity to evaluate the recommendations in advance of our Board meeting. The full report will be published online within the next week.
I have been impressed by the comprehensive work of the Task Force in compiling its report. I am extremely grateful to these men and women for devoting so much of their time to produce a thorough and unsparing assessment of our governance policies and procedures. Their work included extensive reviews of the way similar boards operate at other private universities as well as at for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. They also sought input from expert consultants and experienced board leaders across a wide range of successful organizations.
Both the Baylor family and the public should know that the process of continual Board assessment and improvement will always be an integral part of normal operations at Baylor. We will follow well-established procedures for changing our bylaws in an expeditious manner. And we look forward to providing more details about the recommendations and changes in progress.
Ronald D. Murff,
Chair, Baylor Board of Regents
Members of Baylor’s Governance Review Task Force:
- Gregory D. Brenneman, Chair
- Robert E. Beauchamp, Regent
- Douglas Y. Bech, Alumnus
- Jerry K. Clements, Regent
- Paul L. Foster, Alumnus
- Larry P. Heard, Regent