Thought Leaders to Transform Your Thinking
Sr. Board Governance Consultant
FCCS
#1C-BOARD DYNAMICS: Building Strategic Capacity in the Boardroom - Moving Beyond Oversight to Insight
#2C-BOARD DYNAMICS: Beyond Compliance - Strengthening Board Succession for Director Recruitment
#4C-BOARD DYNAMICS: Board Chair Exchange - Leading Through Complexity
As Senior Board Governance Consultant with FCCS, Barb Wilkinson delivers exceptional governance consultation and training to support cooperative boards in delivering value to their stakeholders. These services include board leadership development, board and director peer evaluations, strategic planning facilitation and director training. Barb also provides guidance and support for cooperative boards and their directors to help build and establish more effective governance practices.
Barb’s career encompasses three decades in the non-profit association realm, including twenty years focused on governance and leadership development. Before joining FCCS, she served as Senior Executive Director of Governance and Leadership Development for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association where she delivered board training, coordinated governance activities and organized leadership development workshops. Prior to that, Barb held communications roles with livestock organizations.
Barb earned an associate’s degree in agriculture from Northeastern Junior College and a bachelor’s degree in technical journalism from Colorado State University. She is a certified Gallup CliftonStrengths® coach and a certified practitioner of Insights®, a personal and professional development assessment tool.
