Executive-Trustee Leadership Academy
The Nonprofit Management and Leadership Program at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, in association with the St. Louis Nonprofit Services Consortium, came together to create the Nonprofit Executive – Trustee Leadership Academy. Made possible by funding from the Kellogg Foundation, this program offered a combination of education and technical assistance not available anywhere else in the nation – all aimed at building the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations in our metropolitan region.PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Effective, vibrant nonprofit organizations are essential to our region’s future. Yet few opportunities are available for staff executives and board leaders of nonprofits to come together in a program devoted exclusively to their individual and organizational development. St. Louis was proud to conduct such a program, with the following objectives:
- Help nonprofit organizations develop their effectiveness in fund-raising and other resource development, in board building and governance, and in staff executive-board leadership
- Enable staff executives and board leaders from the same organization to engage in an integrated, sustained series of seminar, project, and mentoring activities aimed at strengthening their organization’s effectiveness
- Enable those staff executives and board leaders to:
- Learn with a team of top-notch instructors who blend academic and practical knowledge in leading and governing nonprofits
- Assess their own organization’s strengths and limitations with regard to fund-raising and board building, and use that assessment to work with a mentor for a prolonged period to improve their fund-raising or board performance
- Share knowledge and experience with staff executives and board leaders from a select group of other nonprofit organizations in an on-going network
EXECUTIVE-TRUSTEE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PARTICIPANTS
Biblical Christian Counseling
Hopewell Center
Lupus Foundation
Metro East Humane Society
Olive Branch
St. Louis Reinvestment
ALIVE – Alternatives to Living in Violent Environments
Council for Extended Care of Mentally Retarded Citizens
Family Support Council
Greater East St. Louis Youth Programs Federation
Institute for Peace and Justice
Life Crisis Service
Missouri Family Health Council, Inc.
Special Olympics Missouri
SLACO – St. Louis Association of Community Organizations
Arts Council of Southeast Missouri
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois
Child Center of Our Lady of Grace
Greeley Community Center
Kids in the Middle, Inc.
Learning Tree Intergenerational Center, Inc.
Riverbend Head Start and Family Services
Taproots School of the Arts
Wesley House Association
Aid for Victims of Crime
If you are interested in discussing customized training opportunities for your organization, please email or call our office at 516-6713.
