About Us

Board Insights LLC was formed in 2022 based on lessons learned from Funston Advisory Services’ consulting experience with U.S. public retirement systems of all sizes and circumstances with a combined AUM of almost $3 trillion.

Board Insights Mission Statement - Transform the dialogue

KEY VALUES FOR BOARD INSIGHTS

1. Efficiency

Highest and Best Use of Limited Time: Prioritize and streamline board members' efforts by providing instant access to essential information, ensuring their limited time is used for the most impactful decisions.

2. Situational Awareness

Increased Situational Awareness: Keep board members well-informed with real-time data and analytics, offering a clear and comprehensive view of the current status and performance of investments.

3. Data-Driven Insights

Insight-Rich; Data-Informed: Integrate diverse data sources and present them in a user-friendly format, providing deep insights that drive informed and strategic decision-making.

4. Policy Alignment

Increase Policy Focus: Present key metrics and trends clearly, helping the board maintain a strong focus on policy and strategic priorities, and avoid distractions from less critical issues.

5. User Engagement

Engage Meaningfully / Intuitively / Quickly: Ensure the interface is user-friendly, allowing board members to engage with data intuitively and efficiently, facilitating quicker understanding and action.

6. Consensus Building

Accelerate Board/Executive Consensus Building: Provide a shared, transparent view of data to foster alignment and accelerate consensus-building among board members and executives.

7. Compliance and Accountability

Demonstrate Diligence / Compliance: Support the demonstration of diligence and compliance by offering a clear audit trail and comprehensive documentation of decision-making processes.

8. Strategic Empowerment

Empower Strategic Decisions: Equip board members with the necessary tools and insights to make more informed, timely, and strategic decisions, enhancing overall governance effectiveness and organizational performance.

By adhering to these key values, Board Insights ensures that the Board's Eye View Investment Portal remains an essential tool for enhancing governance, strategic discussions, and decision-making processes for board members and executives.

Our Team

  • Rick Funston

    Founder & CEO

    Rick is the Chief Executive Officer of Funston Advisory Services LLC (FAS) www.funstonadv.com. FAS is recognized as one of the nation's preeminent advisors to public retirement systems in the areas of governance, operations and risk intelligence. He is also the CEO of Board Smart LLC, a Governance eLearning Resource for pension trustees and executives.

  • Randall Miller

    COO

    Randy Miller has been Chief Operating Officer of Funston Advisory Services LLC (FAS) since its founding in 2010. He has been a leader of our fiduciary and operations reviews and is an expert in public retirement system governance. He leads FAS InGov™ peer benchmarking for public retirement systems. He has co-authored a number of white papers on the topics of public pension fund governance, operations and risk. He has extensive experience in planning and conducting complex reviews and improvement programs in large organizations.