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JOIN LEADERSHIP PORTLAND
APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply for the Leadership Portland program, candidates must submit the following:
- Online application
- Resume
- Professional biography (brief, up to 200 words)
- High resolution headshot
- Two letters of recommendation - one from your employer and one from a community organization with which you are involved. Letters can be uploaded with the application or emailed separately
- If selected for the class, pay the $3,300 tuition
The application for the Class of 2023 opens on Monday, May 16, 2022. The deadline to apply has been extended to Thursday, June 30, 2022. Please submit all materials with your application on or before the deadline to be considered.
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
The Leadership Portland program begins with a two-day retreat in September, continues with one program day each month, October through May, and concludes 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
- Participants should plan to attend all Program Days. One excused absence is allowed.
- Participation in a team community Impact Project
- Attendance at graduation
- Maximum of two participants from one member company
- Payment of $3,300 tuition for each participant
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 Ben Forstag to inquire about your company’s rate or discuss scholarship support.
This can be paid in installments. Some Alliance membership levels include tuition discounts. Reach out to Ben Forstag to inquire about your company’s rate or discuss scholarship support.
CLASS OF 2023 PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Leadership Portland includes an Opening Retreat (mandatory, two days) followed by a series of Program Days. Program Days will be held on the second Thursday of each month beginning in October and ending in May, concluding with team Impact Project presentations and graduation.
- Opening Retreat: September 26-27, 2022 (two days, stay overnight), mandatory
- Program day topics to include (October-May):
- 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 2023