National Forum for Black Public Administrators

Forum - since 1984, nfbpa has held an annual conference each april, which attracts more than 1000 african american Public officials for an intensive training program on skills-building and professional development. The Forum is recognized throughout the industry as one of the most important training activities available to Public Administrators. It is widely acclaimed for the intense training opportunities provided and the caliber of National experts featured. As part of Forum, nfbpa also awards academic tuition scholarships to full-time undergraduate and graduate students.

I4excellence - the i4x is a client-focused center of excellence, a team of consultants and coaches who are experienced current and former Public sector leaders. Our mission is to deliver transformational, custom solutions across the Public and non-profit sectors.

Executive leadership institute (eli) - eli was established in 1987 as a program dedicated to grooming african american managers for the rigors of executive positions in Public service organizations.

The mentor program is a unique program designed to positively impact the professional development of emerging Public Administrators. The program is an intensive, eight-month initiative with an emphasis on skills building, and in building informal a professional bond between mentors and protgs throughout the program period.the city/county manager's symposium is a dynamic, in-depth, three-day symposium brings together an exclusive group of local government managers from across the country to learn key strategies and collaborate on effectively addressing key challenges. Guided by members of the top-ranked carl vinson institute of government at the university of Georgia in athens, Georgia, this symposium will enable participants to understand how to develop their own strengths and the talents of others to solve complex and rapidly emerging issues; enhance communication, collaboration and productivity among diverse staff, including new ways of managing remote and hybrid teams; build a foundation for effective problem-solving and build organizational unity; improve outcomes through the power of cognitive diversity; leave with a strong peer network and utilize the resources of this network.