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I'm a board member at a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and will be getting a recommendation from the President/director of the nonprofit. There's no CEO title and the president also chairs the board. My question is regarding the "add recommender" part of the application,

a) In the "add recommender" part of the application, should the recommender title be President and Executive director or president/director or just president? the actual title is president/director but should it be stated president/executive director due to it being an executive position.

b) Board governs the president but also works under the chair. It can be viewed as both supervisor and subordinate relationship. Unsure if specifying relationship as "direct supervisor" would confuse admissions committee because they would see a president recommending a board member?
The relationship fields are direct supervisor/other supervisor/advisor/peer/direct report in the add recommender form.
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I'm a board member at a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and will be getting a recommendation from the President/director of the nonprofit. There's no CEO title and the president also chairs the board. My question is regarding the "add recommender" part of the application,

a) In the "add recommender" part of the application, should the recommender title be President and Executive director or president/director or just president? the actual title is president/director but should it be stated president/executive director due to it being an executive position.

b) Board governs the president but also works under the chair. It can be viewed as both supervisor and subordinate relationship. Unsure if specifying relationship as "direct supervisor" would confuse admissions committee because they would see a president recommending a board member?
The relationship fields are direct supervisor/other supervisor/advisor/peer/direct report in the add recommender form.
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Hey there dude,
Happy to help out!

a) It doesn't really matter. Normally my advice would be to go for the most impressive title. But both seem impressive.

b) Whatever the case you should be doing what you can to emphasize the closeness of your work. It is far preferable for the AdCom to have a recommendation from someone who supervises you directly and knows you intimately than not. So if he actually HAS supervised you directly (I mean in reality, regardless of the organizational chart), then yes, you should click direct supervision.

Hope this helps!