Leading from Within

Leadership Development: We offer four core Leadership programs for Social Impact Sector Leaders: Growing Edge Leaders, Emerging Leaders, Leading for Community Impact, and the Katherine Harvey Fellows. Each program is cohort based and serves different niches of social impact leaders. These provide stronger and more diverse leaders with increased confidence, skills, and support, and an ability to sustain their commitment for the long haul; More public-minded leaders who can engage across the boundaries of nonprofit organizations, government, and business; Community leaders who can more effectively build cooperation and trust, and a network of leaders with an increased capacity to disrupt status quo thinking and engage others in the work of our communities.

Peer Communities: We actively invest in our networks of alumni to cultivate ongoing peer learning, access to resources, and opportunities for collaboration and innovation. Our network of 600+ alumni includes leaders from nonprofits, government, education, philanthropy and business who are all focused on the common good. We also engage the broader social sector leadership to facilitate networks and collaborations to overcome traditional barriers to positive change. Our focus is to produce positive, exponential impact across issue areas, the social sector, and the Santa Barbara region.