Board of Directors

S3C Foundation is governed by a board of seven voting directors. The board holds ultimate responsibility for the organization's mission, strategy, fiduciary health, and legal compliance, and governs through policy and oversight rather than day to day management.

Officers. The board's officers include a Chair, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Treasurer is a voting director who is not the organization's Director and does not serve as Chair. No person holds both the Chair and Treasurer roles.

Committees. The board maintains a Finance Team and a Human Resources Team, each composed of two voting directors. Committees operate under board authority and report to the full board.

Ambassadors. Ambassadors are non-voting board members who attend most board meetings and publicly represent S3C Foundation. They are professionally trained as clinicians or recovery coaches. They may at times advise committees.

Separation of duties. Our Financial Oversight and Internal Controls Policy provides that no individual holds sole authority over the authorization, execution, and reconciliation of financial transactions, and that where organizational size limits separation of duties, increased board review and documentation are used instead. The board authorizes all bank signatories, approves the annual budget before the start of each fiscal year, approves the monthly ledger, and reviews periodic financial reports.

Meetings. The board meets regularly throughout the year in accordance with its bylaws, with additional meetings called as business requires.

Board Governance and Continuity

S3C Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors that meets regularly and maintains written meeting minutes by the Secretary and approved by the Board vote.

Board transitions are documented formally in accordance with organizational bylaws. Early-stage board turnover is common in newly formed nonprofits as governance structures mature and membership stabilizes.

The current Board has had no resignations and continues to provide active governance oversight.

The organization maintains continuity planning to ensure operational stability, financial oversight, and leadership succession.

Why We Do Not Publish Individual Board Profiles

We do not publish photographs, biographies, or identifying details of individual board members.

Several of our directors hold identities that are currently the subject of difficult politics in the United States, as well as being targeted by organized harassment resulting in us being granted a protective order by the court for safety.

Our safeguarding and privacy commitments extend to the people who govern this organization. We will not ask a survivor, or a member of a targeted community, to accept permanent public exposure as a condition of board service.

This is the same standard we apply everywhere else in our work. Our Privacy Policy states that disclosure carries different risk for survivors than for the general public, and that participants are never required to disclose personal experience in order to take part. Applying a weaker standard to our own board would make that commitment hollow.

A complete board roster, including names, officer titles, and terms of service, is provided directly to funders, regulators, auditors, and financial institutions on request. Please use our contact form to reach us.

Who Serves

A majority of our directors have lived experience of complex trauma and dissociation. Our board includes Indigenous, BIPOC, Deaf, disabled, LGBTQ+2S, and international members. This composition is deliberate rather than incidental. S3C Foundation was built on the principle that the people most affected by complex trauma, by dissociation, and by the failures of mainstream mental health care are the people best positioned to lead the institutions designed to serve them. Centering survivors as experts, rather than only as recipients of services, is written into the governance of the organization itself.

Our Policies

The board adopted the following policies by resolution on January 20, 2026:

  • Non-Discrimination and Inclusion Policy

  • Conflict of Interest Policy

  • Whistleblower and Reporting Concerns Policy

  • Document Retention and Destruction Policy

  • Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct

  • Safeguarding and Abuse Prevention Policy

  • Grievance and Complaint Resolution Policy

  • Financial Oversight and Internal Controls Policy

  • Board Governance Policy and Board Roles & Responsibilities

  • Trauma-Responsive Practice Statement

  • Media and Communications Policy

The board adopted our Privacy Policy on August 17, 2026.

Every board member, officer, staff member, contractor, volunteer, facilitator, and representative signs a Policy Acknowledgment and Agreement Form before receiving access to organizational systems or participant information.

Governance Commitment

S3C Foundation is committed to:

  • Transparent organizational structure

  • Clear separation of professional roles

  • Ethical financial management

  • Board oversight of compensation and budget

  • Formal grievance and review processes

Questions regarding governance may be directed through our feedback and complaint submission process.