[New] Greater Owensboro LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

Community challenges are too complex and diverse for traditional top-down leadership to be effective. The Institute was formed to develop a diverse network of leaders who accept responsibility for our community’s shared concerns. Developing leaders, embracing civility, and working together around issues that matter preserves the common and enduring enterprise we all share…our community. From school age to post-retirement, the Institute’s work will create a can-do narrative in our community to tackle challenges and fulfill our community’s aspirations.

The Greater Owensboro Leadership Institute is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization established in the Fall 2022 through the support of local philanthropic organizations and the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce. The Institute’s mission is to equip people, organizations, communities, and networks with the tools to bridge divides, build capacity, and tackle shared challenges to become a collective force for change. Training and programming are underway within the Institute that fosters a deliberative approach to civic engagement, community challenges, and leadership development.

The Institute was created to:

›› Develop Civic Leaders. The Institute develops leadership capacity in our citizens by encouraging and training all walks of life to share their talents, skills, and ideas in a collaborative manner.

›› Create and Build Civic Trust. The Institute leverages citizens, develops leaders, and facilitates healthy processes for solving complex community challenges.

›› Facilitate Community Engagement. The Institute provides training, programming, and initiatives that fosters discourse, partnerships, and innovation toward a more equitable, fair, just, inclusive, and hopeful path forward.

›› Serve as a convener. The institute serves non-partisan conduit for the common good of our community.