Leadership Fairfield County

Developing Community Leaders
Exploring Regional Challenges
 

Program Overview
Leadership Fairfield County is a professional development program that offers exposure to the region’s most important issues, presented by an exceptional faculty of business, government, non-profit and educational leaders, in a class of accomplished, high performing peers selected from 20 different companies and organizations.

With an intense focus on the participant’s personal network development, the program also provides facilitated roundtable dialogues over in-session lunches and  features C-suite executives from Fortune 1000 companies as guests in several private luncheon roundtables throughout the program year.

Get access to the over 300 executives who have participated in Leadership Fairfield County in the past two decades, make connections with the region’s decision makers and involve yourself in the issues impacting the region.

Program Schedule
The 2012 Program Schedule is currently under design. The 2011 schedule is listed below to provide you with an idea of topics covered throughout the program year.

The program begins with an orientation session, followed by eight sessions held in subject-appropriate locations. The sessions focus on the following topic areas:

April 28
 
Orientation
Facilitated team building and dinner
April 29 Connecticut State Government: Time of Crisis or Opportunity?
May 20 Infrastructure: Foundation for 21st Century Success or Cause for Decline?
June 17
 
Sustainability: A New Economic and Social Imperative
July 15
 
Bridgeport, Norwalk and Stamford: Cool, Competitive or Challenged?
Sept 16 Health care: Cost, Quality & Access
Oct 14 Education: A Journey to Yale or Jail?
Nov 18 Innovation and Entrepreneurship: The people, places and products of our future
Dec 2 The Media: News or Nuisance?

Graduation Luncheon

Application and Tuition
To maximize individual participation, enrollment in the Leadership Fairfield County will be limited to 25 people. Candidates should be selected according to their leadership potential, their desire to learn more about the region, and their interest in community service roles.

Tuition for LFC is $2,950 per person for corporate participants, and $1,500 for participants from the non-profit and government sectors.

For further information about Leadership Fairfield County, please contact Tanya Court of The Business Council at (203) 359-3220 or by email.

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The Business Council of Fairfield County
One Landmark Square, Suite 300
Stamford, CT 06901-2679
General Phone: (203) 359-3220
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