If your business is a corporation, then you are required by law to have a board of directors. Depending on your particular corporate structure and your state, one or two directors may be all that's legally required.
Usually, the bylaws will provide for several corporate officers. The most common are the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. The president usually makes decisions of corporate policy and operations. The vice president assumes the president's functions in his or her absence.
New York Consolidated Laws, Business Corporation Law - BSC § 715. Officers. (a) The board may elect or appoint a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, and such other officers as it may determine, or as may be provided in the by-laws.
Board members are added—and removed—by a vote. For publicly traded companies, shareholders vote for directors, typically during the annual stockholders' meeting.
New York Consolidated Laws, Business Corporation Law - BSC § 715. Officers. (a) The board may elect or appoint a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, and such other officers as it may determine, or as may be provided in the by-laws.
Business Corporation Law § 301 require that the name of the corporation contain one of the following words: Incorporated, Corporation or Limited, or one of the following abbreviations: Inc., Corp. or Ltd.
California law requires that each corporation must have a president, a secretary, and a chief financial officer. We typically also provide for at least one vice president. California law permits a single person to hold multiple offices – in many cases, a single person acts as each of the officers.
(a) The board of directors shall consist of one or more members. The number of directors constituting the board may be fixed by the by-laws, or by action of the shareholders or of the board under the specific provisions of a by-law adopted by the shareholders.
Number of directors. (a) The board of directors shall consist of one or more members. The number of directors constituting the board may be fixed by the by-laws, or by action of the shareholders or of the board under the specific provisions of a by-law adopted by the shareholders.