From the real world: the relationship between boards and IT strategy committees

Though ISACA indicates otherwise, having a board member serve on the IT strategy committee is not common practice.  In fact, I have neither experienced nor heard of a single incidence of an independent board member sitting on the IT strategy committee.  The only circumstance under which I can imagine it happening would be one in which corporate executives (employees of the company) are also board members.  In this case, wearing his/her corporate hat, the director could coincidentally be a member of both the IT strategy committee and the board.  However, the roles are distinct.

To clarify:  the board’s activities with respect to IT governance (including strategy) are to approve and to oversee.