Emerging Leaders
Registration for the 2023 Emerging Leaders Series cohorts are now open!
About the Program
If you are a professional with a passion for growing your career and becoming actively engaged in the community, the Emerging Leaders Series offers the ideal setting to expand your horizons.
Make Grand Rapids your classroom with five half-day sessions that combine tours, speakers, activities, and interdisciplinary discussions that build community connections, leadership skills, and insight into issues facing Grand Rapids. Plus, you’ll discover new opportunities to engage in the community.
This program is right for you if you are looking for:
- Conversations with key community leaders
- Visits to innovative community programs and initiatives
- Networking with a diverse group of peers
- An orientation to the city and what makes it a unique community
- Personal leadership development
This professional development opportunity is particularly valuable for young and early-career professionals, as well as those with a keen interest in our community and growing professionally.
Chamber leadership programs prioritize creating spaces where diverse perspectives can come together to learn, grow and push our community forward.
2023 Session Dates, Program Details & Cost
Cohort 1
All sessions are hosted bi-weekly on Wednesday between 11:45 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
- March 29: Orientation & Building Relationships
- April 19: Your Community
- May 3: Finding Your Strengths
- May 17: Leading in Different Ways
- May 31: You Are Next
Cohort 2
All sessions are hosted bi-weekly on Tuesday between 11:45 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
- October 17: Orientation & Building Relationships
- October 31: Your Community
- November 14: Finding Your Strengths
- November 28: Leading in Different Ways
- December 12: You Are Next
Attendance at all program sessions is mandatory to achieve the full value of the program. If you cannot adjust your schedule to accommodate full participation, please consider applying at a time when you have greater flexibility. If selected, the participants’ employer will be required to provide a signature agreeing to their full support for the employee’s time required to participate in the Emerging Leaders Series.
Cost and Scholarships
Program Cost: Tuition must be paid in full by the first class session.
Chamber Member: $1,000
Non-Member: $1,500
If you have questions on payment or need to discuss setting up a payment plan, please contact Monica Mendez, Director of Talent & Leadership Development, at monica@grandrapids.org. There are a limited number of partial scholarship funds available. Please submit the following scholarship application form NO LATER than 30 days prior to the first session to be considered.
Questions or Comments?
Please connect with Olivia Koster, Senior Talent Development Program Manager, at olivia@grandrapids.org.
Program Sponsors
Premier Sponsor
Trustee Sponsor
Chamber Champions
