John Carver is known internationally as the creator of the breakthrough  in board leadership called the Policy Governance Model.  He has worked with boards in the United States and Canada as well as on four other continents for over twenty-five years.  His clients have included the National Association of State Boards of Education, the National Ballet of Canada, the American Institute of Architects, the Pentagon Federal Credit Union, Lutheran World Relief and the American Cancer Society.  He is author of the bi-monthly newsletter workshop Board Leadership and his books have sold over 250,000 copies around the world.