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Executive Committee

An Executive Committee of business professionals in suits sits around a table with charts and documents, engaged in a meeting in a modern, glass-walled office, with focus on papers displaying bar graphs in the foreground.

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Last Updated on June 8, 2026 by Hannah Seeley

An executive committee is a subset of the board that takes action on behalf of the board between meetings. An executive committee keeps the organization on track by making time-sensitive decisions, but it still operates according to your bylaws. The executive committee can’t make unilateral decisions, though. The full board still needs to ratify its decisions during a regular meeting.

Categories: Governance & Organizational Structure
Tags: Governance, Organizations
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