Governance
How NAR is governed.
NAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Eight admins sit on the board; four of them are elected officers. Sensitive actions — removing an admin, mass-emailing registrants, changing the data-usage policy, amending the bylaws — require multiple signatures, recorded in an append-only audit log. Removal of an admin requires documented cause. The full bylaws are public.
6-minute walkthrough
How the system works.
A short walk through the mechanics — what happens between the moment an admin proposes an action and the moment it executes. Real screens. Real schema. No marketing.
How NAR is organized
The structure, top to bottom.
Three boards plus a field team. The managing board oversees, the executive board operates, the outreach team organizes locally, and the advisory board signals from outside the operation. People can hold roles across tiers — Iliriana, for instance, sits on the executive board AND directs national outreach.
At a glance · click any tier
Full detail below — names, counts, what each tier does. Open Managing Board ↓
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Managing board · founding directors
0 of 11 seats
Oversight. Approves sensitive actions.
Founding directors hold the org accountable: they ratify bylaws changes, approve mass communications, and set the data-usage policy. Each seat carries one vote. The board elects one of its own as Chair — the chair is the bridge to the executive board and runs the managing-board meetings, but doesn't operate the org.
Chair
Ervin Toro holds the chair seat transitionally while also serving as Executive Board President. Once a new President is seated on the executive board, Ervin steps down from President and serves only as Managing Board Chair — separating oversight from operations.
Status
11 founding-board-member seats open. Filled by application — high-credibility candidates with network, influence, or resources, plus a $25,000 founding contribution per seat. 4-year terms, re-electable. Until the seats fill, the executive board carries managing duties.
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Executive board · operations
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The eight founders. Day-to-day operators.
Until the managing board fills, the executive board carries both roles. Four officers (President, Treasurer, Secretary, Director of Community Outreach) are the elected fiduciary roles required by 501(c)(3) law. The other four run operations, product, and outreach.
Ervin Toro
Founder & President
Erold Merko
Treasurer
Nalvi Duro
Secretary
Iliriana Sela
Director of Community Outreach
Marsel Alickolli
Outreach
Esti Gajda
Operations
Leart Ulaj
Operations
Enri Zhulati
Product & Web
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National outreach · officer role
1 seat
Director of Community Outreach (National).
The cross-state coordinator. Sets outreach strategy, recruits state directors, briefs the board on what's working in the field. Currently held by Iliriana Sela (also temporarily filling NY until a state director is seated).
Iliriana Sela
Director of Community Outreach · National
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State-level outreach
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State outreach leads — one per priority state.
The face of NAR in their state. Coordinate regional ambassadors below them, host an annual community event, brief the National director on what their state needs.
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Field organizing · regional ambassadors
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Regional ambassadors — listed publicly, one of many per state.
Volunteers who share their unique link in their community. Each state seats up to three. Ambassadors report up to their state's Director of Outreach — Iliriana Sela for ambassadors in states without a seated state director, Marcel Alickolli for TX.
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Decision rules
How decisions get approved.
Each action has a written threshold encoded in software. The thresholds and the audit log apply equally to everyone, officer or not.
Schedule of Approval Thresholds
- Day-to-day operations
- Any one admin · audit logged
- Publish content, send transactional emails, edit a record.
- Invite a new admin
- Two existing admin approvals
- Mass-email registrants
- Two admin approvals
- A single compromised account cannot blast the registry.
- Press release naming individuals
- Two admin approvals + named-person consent
- Remove an admin
- Two admin approvals + documented cause (bylaws Art. V)
- Change the data-usage policy
- Two admin approvals + ≥51% advisory
- Amend the bylaws
- Two admin approvals + 75% advisory
- Dissolve the organization
- Two admin approvals + 80% advisory
Full decision matrix and quorum definitions at bylaws Article IV.
The board
Current managing board.
All admins hold the same tier and the same removal threshold. Officers are the elected fiduciary roles required by 501(c)(3) law — separate from admin status, and rotated every four years.
Officers (elected, 4-year terms)
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Ervin Toro
Founder & President · NY
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Erold Merko
Treasurer · MI
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Nalvi Duro
Secretary · FL
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Iliriana Sela
Director of Community Outreach · National
Operations
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Marsel Alickolli
Outreach
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Esti Gajda
Operations
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Leart Ulaj
Operations
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Enri Zhulati
Product & Web
All board members serve unpaid.
National advisory board
Seated through admin nominations following the May 1, 2026 founding governance call. Community leaders across regions and sectors. Each gets one vote on data-usage changes, bylaws amendments, and dissolution — the decisions that touch trust most. Names posted here within 7 days of seating. Target size: 200+ leaders nationally.
Decision log + audit transparency
Decisions, with dates.
Material governance decisions are posted here with a date and a one-line rationale. Where a vote was held, the tally is published. Historical entries are not edited; corrections are added as new entries that supersede prior ones.
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May 1, 2026
Bylaws ratified at the founding governance call.
Egalitarian model adopted: all eight admins hold the same tier and removal threshold; sensitive actions require multi-sig encoded in software. Full text at /governance/bylaws.
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Apr 28, 2026
Recommendation drafted for the founding call.
Four candidate governance structures were evaluated; multi-sig + cause-required removal — universal protections that apply equally to everyone — was put forward to the May 1 founding call.
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Apr 25, 2026
501(c)(3) filed.
IRS confirmation pending; deductibility applies retroactively to filing date once confirmed.
Most recent entry first.
Read the bylaws.
Articles I through XIX: purpose + definitions + principal office, member tiers, officers, decision rules, advisory consent procedure, cause for removal, conflict of interest, the data trust, intellectual property, dissolution, amendments, records retention, code of ethics, continuity and receivership, removal due process, the audit committee, meetings, indemnification + insurance, the Founding Board Member class, and the savings clause.