The Flagstaff Leadership Program seeking active community members

Doing great things is only a matter of applying yourself…
to the Flagstaff Leadership Program!

The Flagstaff Leadership Program (FLP) is seeking active community members to join our upcoming class!  Each year, FLP brings together a class of approximately 25 diverse individuals to spend nine months learning about the challenges and opportunities facing the greater Flagstaff area.  They begin the program as strangers and end it having formed a life-long network of friends and colleagues.  As FLP graduates, they are ready to assume responsibility as community leaders and serve as a valued resource for their employers and other organizations that seek to make a positive investment in our community.

Now entering its 23rd year, FLP strives to:

•  Enhance the effectiveness of Flagstaff’s leadership
•  Enable people with opposing views to listen to each other and work together
•  Encourage more people to commit to becoming community leaders

Through the program’s Leadership Education Days (LEDs), class members engage in hands-on study and in-depth discussion of issues most significant to Flagstaff – past, present, and future.  The LEDs are day-long sessions presented each month (usually the third Thursday).  Involving highly reputable experts in their respective fields, LED topics include the following:

Leadership Skills and Ethics
The Arts
Government, Public Safety, and Elections
Economic Development and Tourism
Community Diversity and Culture
Sustainable Communities
Health, Human, and Community Services
Science in the Community
Education and Lifelong Learning 

FLP was created in 1991 by a group of local community leaders.  Today, alumni numbers have reached over 400!  FLP alumni are a fundamental part of the program.  They commit their expertise, energy, and a significant amount of time to the committee work necessary to maintain the level of excellence in class membership and programming.  The Flagstaff Leadership Program is a 501(c)(3) organization working to foster opportunities for increased cooperation among the private, public and non-profit sectors. 
Please take the time to look over the application.  The benefits – both personal and professional – can be remarkable.  The application to apply for the class of 2013 begins in February and the deadline for application submission is Friday, April 6, 2012.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions, and please visit our website to learn more about our amazing program: http://www.flagstaffleadershipprogram.com/

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Flagstaff Leadership Program and the Recruitment Committee, I look forward to receiving your application!

Sincerely,

Barbara L. Worgess, Class of 2005
Flagstaff Leadership Program – Recruitment Chair
Office Phone: 928.679.7330 Fax: 928.679.7270
Email: bworgess@coconino.az.gov

Application