Who is the Chief Executive Officer – the Executive Director or the Board Chair?

Nonprofit Conversations recently posted the article What's in a Name? Benefits of the President/CEO Title.  The article, written by Professor Emeritus Eugene Fram, encourages nonprofits to consider changing the title of "executive director" to "president/CEO" in order to "obtain some subtle but useful organizational benefits."  While I agree that this matter deserves the board's consideration, […]