Core Program Committee Descriptions

Primary Goal: Plan and facilitate each year’s opening retreat for the Leadership Engage Program.

Responsibilities: The committee helps refine and develop the agendas, activities, and experiences that bond the class for a more productive program experience.

Outcomes: Class members get to know each other and their shared experiences, gain a solid overview of what they will learn on their session days, become more bonded, select their Engage Forward projects, and meet current and past presidents and current board members.

Primary Goal: Successfully select and guide the class projects for the Engage Forward Program.

Responsibilities: Develop & disseminate the RFP, guide proposing nonprofit organizations as they develop proposals,  select finalists, and guide the Engage class through selection and execution of the Class Projects.

Outcomes: Class members work well within their teams to excel at the project they are working on. Community nonprofits receive a sustainable benefit that could not have been achieved without the assistance of their assigned class members.

Primary Goal: Encourage alumni commitment and engagement.

Responsibilities: Help coordinate and facilitate events to engage Alumni, including networking events, happy hours, Alumni get-togethers, and Friends & Family events.

Outcomes: Alumni feel they are a part of an incredibly special organization, stay and/or become more engaged in our committees and programs, continue to be active alumni, and help us recruit new members from our nonmember Engage graduates.

Primary Goal: Attract qualified applicants from diverse industries, backgrounds, and areas of the county for our Engage and Focus programs.

Responsibilities: Strategically identify individuals and organizations for candidate recruitment plan information sessions.

Outcomes: Consistently high-quality and diverse applicants for our Engage and Focus programs. Informative and well-run information sessions designed to encourage application.