JOIN LEADERSHIP PORTLAND
APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply for the Leadership Portland program, candidates must submit the following:
- Online application
- High resolution headshot
- Resume
- Short biography (up to 200 words)
- Two letters of recommendation - one from employer and one from a community organization with which you are involved (can be mailed, or scanned and emailed)
- Submit all above supporting documents by deadline
The application process for the Class of 2021 opens on Monday, May 4, 2020. The deadline to apply is Friday, July 3, 2020. Please submit all materials with your application by the deadline to be considered.
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
The Leadership Portland 2021 program begins with a two-day retreat in October, continuing with one program day each month, November through May, and concluding with a graduation ceremony in June. In addition to attending the program days, participants are required to complete a team-based community Impact Project with a nonprofit partner.
The following requirements must be met to qualify for successful completion of the program. If you cannot commit to the schedule below, please consider applying at a time when you can commit to the time requirements.
The following requirements must be met to qualify for successful completion of the program. If you cannot commit to the schedule below, please consider applying at a time when you can commit to the time requirements.
- Employer must be an Alliance member in good standing
- Employer must remain a member in good standing throughout the program
- Attendance at all program days. One excused absence is allowed to meet graduation requirements
- Participation in a team community Impact Project
- Attendance at graduation
- Maximum of two participants from one member company
Annual tuition for the Leadership Portland program is $3,300. This can be paid in installments. Some Alliance membership levels include tuition discounts. Reach out to Hillary Patterson to inquire about your company’s rate or discuss scholarship support
CLASS OF 2021 ​PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Opening Retreat: October 29-30, 2020 (two days, stay overnight), mandatory
- Program days will be held on the second Thursday of each month beginning in October and ending in May, concluding with team project presentations and graduation.
- If social distancing requirements are in place due to public health concerns, the retreat and program days will be offered as interactive online events following the same schedule.
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- City/County Government
- Healthcare
- Technology and the Innovation Economy
- Law and Public Safety
- State Government and Public Policy (includes Salem visit)
- Culture, Arts and the Creative Economy
- Education
- Land Use and Transportation
- Graduation: June 2021