ACA Volunteer Opportunities: Engage with Your Community
Thank you for your interest in joining an ACA Committee. Please read the descriptions below and submit the form to let us know which committee(s) you are interested in and someone will be in touch. Note that the review and response process may take a couple of weeks. Additionally, the process to join the ACA Board is different and we will send out information on that via our weekly newsletter periodically.
Membership and Marketing Committee
Establish and communicate member value proposition through product/service conceptualization and marketing strategy and messaging. Identify opportunities to increase membership and strengthen existing membership ties. Strengthen overall value proposition to increase ACA revenue. Ensure that all members understand ACA membership benefits. Promote ACA as the thought leader for angel investors. Oversee and mange (with staff leadership) ACA communications including website, newsletters and other membership and external communications.
Education and Smart Practices Committee
Create and maintain an inventory of smart practices in angel investing and in angel group management through an evolving ACA Angel University. Create and deliver a program of education for angels and angel group managers based upon the inventory of smart practices. While it is not responsible for producing ACA events, the committee shall provide the current inventory of smart practices to the event leaders to help them with their program planning. The Committee will also oversee the curation of existing content and the development of an ACA-branded publication series.
Data Analytics Committee
Establish and oversee the regular collection, maintenance, and reporting of ACA member and member group investment data. Establish the necessary partnerships and relationships required to facilitate efficient data collection. Provide contributing angel groups the opportunity to compare their group’s financial metrics with angel groups in their region and angel groups on a national level. Establish and oversee an ACA revenue plan based on aggregated data access provided to ACA member and non-members, and provide academic institutions the opportunity to utilize the ACA data for research. Publish the annual ACA Angel Funders Report and other data insights/learnings monthly. These data and financial metrics are compiled, analyzed, and reported to improve angel group performance and individual angel outcomes.ety
Public Policy Committee
Develops a strategy for an ACA public policy program for approval by the Board and assists in implementation of the program. Committee focus includes determining public policy issues for ACA to address, how and when ACA will take positions on issues, and how to provide information and education of interest to members. This committee has the support of an advisory council of attorneys and accountants for research and advice and works with a government affairs firm to assist in strategy, implementation, and connections. Guides the work of a team of angel volunteers who conduct grassroots education and inform policymakers at the Federal and State level of ACA positions.
Syndication Committee
The Syndication Committee consists of four sub teams with objectives as follows: Monetization, with the objective of creating a viable financial model for syndication. Document Standardization with objective to gain broad adoption of documents needed to ensure syndication partners are aligned on matters related to confidentiality, liability exposure and regulatory compliance. Standard Deal Summary with objective to develop a standardized method for providing the necessary information about any particular deal which any other group might need to decide if they would like to invest further time investigating the opportunity. Syndication Marketplace Platform with objective to develop and refine the focus, scope, and requirements of such a marketplace and devise a phased implementation plan using one or more pilot programs to test adoption and value realization.
DEI Task Force
The Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Task Force was formed in FY2021 and comprised of volunteer board members, staff, ACA members, and outside champions (Opportunity to engage new leaders.) Early activities of the group are focused around: Leadership – design metrics for board, committee, volunteer DEI leadership, Research – publish articles on current state of the DEI angel community, Partnerships – partnership directory, target list, and engagement strategy, Education – build a coalition of 3-5 education partners (e.g., Blck VC, Harlem Capital), Advocacy – engage DEI KOLs on SEC certification guidelines, Syndication – establish a Syndication call for investors of color, Marketing & Membership – develop a plan to recruit 10,000 investors of color.
Governance Committee
Develops and supervises policies and procedures for ACA governance and serves as the nominating committee for new Board Directors and Officers.
Audit Committee
Evaluates annual financial review or Audit conducted by outside accounting firm, provides recommendations for Board approval of review, and recommends changes and improvement to ACA financial policies and controls.
Join the Board of Directors
As ACA continues to fulfill our mission of being the steward and thought leader for the global angel community, we are searching for the smartest and most energetic, highly motivated and accomplished candidates to serve on the ACA Board of Directors. Our next application round will be for FY26.
Desired nominees should have expertise in one or more areas of ACA’s special focus for the coming year: Membership Development, Marketing, Data Analytics and Business Development. Successful candidates should also have experience as senior leaders of angel groups or other organizations within the startup ecosystem. And, of course, we put a premium on those who have demonstrated the drive and ability to get things done, for ours is a very active Board. Other selection criteria will include a history of effective work on behalf of the ACA. As a transparent and open organization committed to representing the broadest range of angels and angel organizations, we also seek a Board that is geographically and demographically diverse.