PROGRAM SPONSOR:
Adventist Health Care

CORE PROGRAM

› 2013 APPLICATION (Adobe Acrobat)
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› LIST OF CURRENT CLASS PARTICIPANTS (AdobeAcrobat)

› CORE PROGRAM GRADUATES (AdobeAcrobat)

› Read about the 2010 Core Leadership Program (AbodeAcrobat)

The Core Program makes a significant contribution to Montgomery County's well-being by providing the participants intensive hands-on study and a forum to discuss the issues and challenges facing the County, including communities, transportation, education, public safety, sustainability, multiculturalism, and the arts.

Sessions:

Tap the wealth of experience of established leaders from all sectors of the community,

Explore social and economic issues, as well as community resources, opportunities and challenges,

Include site visits, panel presentations and interactive dialogue,

Allow participants to explore their own values, philosophies, prejudices and beliefs,

Build trust, rapport and networks between people with different world views.

After the initial nine-month program, class participants join the more than 800 graduates of Leadership Montgomery and are expected to maintain a lifelong membership in the organization. Graduates and their employers benefit from the network as they continue their leadership in the community.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Class Participants represent our culturally, ethnically, socially, economically and geographically diverse community. The Selection Committee tries to identify those individuals who will use their leadership for the long-term benefit of the community. Selection is based upon the information provided in the application. For more detailed information, see Selection Criteria on the Application.

CLASS OF 2013 SESSION DATES

Orientation Retreat: September 20-21, 2012
Session Dates: October 3, November 7, and December 5, 2012; January 9, February 6, March 6, April 13, May 1, 2013
Closing Retreat: May 16-17, 2013
A strict attendance policy is enforced. See Application.

TUITION COST

Tuition is $4,200 and covers all program costs, including room and meals at the Orientation and Closing Retreats. If participants secure the sponsorship of a business/organization, they are required to pay $420 of the tuition to demonstrate their commitment to the program.
No applicant accepted into the program will be turned away for financial reasons. Payment plans may be arranged, and tuition assistance is available based on need. To apply for financial aid, please fill out the confidential Application for Tuition Assistance and submit it with your application. Your request will be considered separately from your application and has no bearing on the Selection Committee's decision. All information will remain confidential.
Application Deadline: May 4, 2012, at 5 p.m.

TESTIMONIALS ABOUT THE PROGRAM

"Having worked in municipal government for over 20 years, I tend to think I know a lot about the community, but it was fascinating to fill in some blanks I didn't even know existed. It's so uplifting to have the opportunity to listen to and talk with people who are out there every day doing such interesting and meaningful things. And being blessed by monks certainly can never hurt!!"
-- Lisa Rother '06, Planning Manager, Montgomery County Executive’s Office

"We are a community of creative unique thinkers and doers. We are a community founded on balance and diversity. Leadership Montgomery helps us understand and celebrate that. The program also teaches us that, as leaders in our community, we have an opportunity and responsibility to continue to develop that fabric so that we do not lose over time the character that have made this County so great."
-- Charles Covell '05, President, Bozzuto Homes, Inc.

"The LM program, with its structure of a day for each different aspect of the County, does not cover everything we should know, but enough to awaken in us the realization that we are part of the same fabric."
-- Carmen Ortiz Larsen '04, President, AQUAS, Inc., and Past President, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Montgomery County

"How could I possibly learn more about the fire department than by spending an evening in a fire station? I learned more in that evening from a 29-year-old fireman than I ever could from local papers and TV coverage."
-- Frank Mondell '03, President & CEO, The Williamson Group, Inc.

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