Help! This Board Is A Disaster! Is There Any Hope?

Ask Amy probably doesn’t get letters like this: “I am on a pro-bono consulting project with a local nonprofit. Unfortunately, I’m simply not sure this organization can make it. There’s a gung-ho executive director but a total turkey of a board. … Do you have a view on whether a dud board can be rehabilitated? How scary should I be with these deadbeats to prompt some action?”