Southern Leadership Network

North Carolina

The following is a list of community-based leadership programs that have been identified in the state, including links where available. If you know of others that should be included, please email the program names and corresponding links to lhoke@southern.org.

Community Leadership Programs

• Leadership North Carolina
• Adult Scholars Leadership Program, UNC-Wilmington: http://www.uncw.edu/dpscs/lifelong-asLeadership.htm
• Cabarrus Regional Leadership Experience, Kannapolis: http://www.cabarrusregionalcoc.org/leadership.php
• Café de Mujeres, El Centro Hispano, Durham: http://www.elcentronc.org/English/Programs.htm#Women%92s_Program
• Charlotte Chamber Leadership School: http://www.charlottechamber.com/content.cfm?
  category_level_id=176&content_id=530&CFID=126128&CFTOKEN=16207470
• Community Voices, NC A&T University: http://www.ag.ncat.edu/press/extension/programs/comvoc/index.htm
• Duplin County Center for Leadership Development, Kenansville: http://duplin.ces.ncsu.edu/
• Focus on Future Leaders, Inc., Charlotte: http://www.fofl.org/
• General Henry Hugh Shelton Initiative for Leadership Development:
  http://www.ncsu.edu/extension/sheltonleadership/
• Institute for Community Leadership, Fayetteville: http://www.leadership4us.org/
• Institute of Political Leadership, UNC-Wilmington: http://www.iopl.org/classes/1997.htm
• Leadership Anson, Wadesboro: http://www.ansoncounty.org/la.html
• Leadership Asheville: http://www.unca.edu/la/
• Leadership Asheville Seniors: http://rocky2.unca.edu/ncccr/LAS/
• Leadership Carteret, Morehead City: http://www.nccoastchamber.com/leadershipcarteret/
• Leadership Cary: http://www.carychamber.com/benefits.html
• Leadership Catawba, Hickory: http://www.catawba.edu/programs/leadership/
• Leadership Chapel Hill/Carrboro: http://www.chapelhillcarrboro.org
• Leadership Charlotte: http://www.leadershipcharlotte.org
• Leadership Cherokee County, Murphy: http://www.cherokeechamber.org/leadership_cherokee.htm
• Leadership Cleveland County, Shelby: http://www.clevelandchamber.org/
• Leadership Craven, New Bern: http://www.newbernchamber.com/ch_leadership_craven.php
• Leadership Davidson County, Thomasville: http://home.triad.rr.com/lineberry/
• Leadership Durham: http://www.durhamchamber.org/chamber/programs/leadership_durham/
• Leadership Fayetteville: http://www.ccbusinesscouncil.org/businessservices/communitydevelopment/
  leadershipfayettevillealumniassociation.php
• Leadership Gaston, Gastonia: http://www.gastonchamber.com/Newsletter/Articles/Article09.htm
• Leadership Development, Greensboro: http://www.greensborochamber.com/CH/LD/deptcontact.htm
• Leadership Harnett, Dunn: http://www.dunnchamber.com
• Leadership Haywood: http://www.unca.edu/leadership/LH/lhaa.htm
• Leadership Henderson: http://www.hendersonchamber.com/leadership.php
• Leadership High Point: http://www.highpointchamber.org/hppc/Lizard.htm
• Leadership Highlands: http://www.highlands-chamber.com
• Leadership Jackson: http://www.wcu.edu/pubinfo/news/leadgrads.html
• Leadership Jacksonville-Onslow: http://www.jacksonvilleonline.org/2_leadership/leadership.htm
• Leadership Kernersville: http://www.kernersvillenc.com/
• Leadership Lake Norman: http://www.lakenormanchamber.org/leadership.asp
• Leadership Matthews: http://www.matthewschamber.com/
• Leadership Moorseville-South Iredell: http://www.mooresvillenc.org
• Leadership North Carolina, Raleigh: http://www.leadershipnc.org
• Leadership North Mecklenburg: http://www.leadershipnc.org/alumni_roster.asp
• Leadership Person County, Roxboro: http://roxboronc.com/chamberinfo/cprogram.htm
• Leadership Raleigh: http://www.raleighchamber.org/chprog/memberservices/leadershipraleigh.html
• Leadership Randolph, Asheboro: http://chamber.asheboro.com/chamberinformation-leadership.html
• Leadership Rocky Mount: http://www.rockymountchamber.org
• Leadership Richmond: http://www.richmondcountychamber.com/
• Leadership Rowan: http://www.rowanchamber.com/
• Leadership Scotland: http://www.laurinburgchamber.org/committee.htm
• Leadership Statesville: http://www.statesvillechamber.org
• Leadership Surry County: http://www.surry.k12.nc.us/staffdev/LeadershipSurryCounty.htm
• Leadership Triangle: http://www.leadershiptriangle.com
• Leadership Union, Monroe: http://www.unioncountycoc.com/
• Leadership Wayne County, Goldsboro:
  http://www.waynecountychamber.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=43&z=4
• Leadership Wilmington: http://www.wilmingtonchamber.org/
• Leadership Winston-Salem: http://www.leadershipws.org
• Leadership Yadkin: http://www.yadkinchamber.com/leadership.html
• The Lee Institute, Charlotte: http://www.lynnwoodfoundation.org/leeinstitute/
• Natural Resources Leadership Institute, NCSU, Raleigh: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/agecon/nrli/
• North Carolina Rural Economic Development Institute, Raleigh: http://www.ncruralcenter.org/leadership/institute.htm
• Southern Rural Development Initiative, Raleigh: http://www.srdi.org/srdi/
• Vision Henderson County, Hendersonville: http://www.visionhendersoncounty.org/
• Wildacres Leadership Initiative, Durham: http://www.wildacresleadership.org

• Carolina Leadership Development, UNC-Chapel Hill: http://leadership.unc.edu/
• General Henry Hugh Shelton Initiative for Leadership Development: http://www.ncsu.edu/extension/sheltonleadership/youth_leadership/leadership_challenge.htm
• Jovenes Lideres en Accion, El Centro Hispano, Durham: http://www.elcentronc.org/
• Student Leadership Information for Tomorrow, Asheboro: http://chamber.asheboro.com/chamberinformation-leadership.html
• Junior Leadership Durham: http://www.juniorleadershipdurham.org/
• Junior Leadership Scotland: http://www.laurinburgchamber.org/committee.htm
• North Carolina Civic Education Consortium: http://www.civics.org
• Sturgeon City Youth Leadership Development Institute, Jacksonville: http://www.sturgeoncity.org/Institute.htm
• Surry County's Promise, The Alliance for Youth: http://www.surrycountyspromise.org/
• Teen Leadership Greenville-Pitt County: http://www.greenvillenc.org/
• Teen Leadership High Point: http://www.highpointchamber.org/hppc/deptservices.html
• Youth Leadership Cary: http://www.carychamber.com/benefits.html
• Youth Leadership Cleveland County, Shelby: http://www.cisnet.org/cleveland/default.asp?.=443
• Youth Leadership Rocky Mount: http://www.rockymountchamber.org
• Youth Leadership Rowan: http://www.rowanchamber.com/
• Winston-Salem State University Youth Leadership Institute: http://www.wssu.edu/WSSU/About/Administration/Office+of+the+Chancellor/Student+Leadership+Institute/

Other Leadership Programs

• Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro: http://www.ccl.org
• Education Policy Fellowship Program: http://iel.org/epfp/
• NCCBI Young Executives Forum, Raleigh: http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/External_Affairs/foundation.htm
• North Carolina Community College Leadership Program, Winston-Salem http://www.wssu.edu/WSSU/About/Administration/Office+of+the+Chancellor/Student+Leadership+Institute/
• North Carolina Education Policy Fellowship Program, Raleigh: http://www.ncforum.org/programs/epfp/
• School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: http://ncinfo.iog.unc.edu/
  Winston-Salem State University Youth Leadership Institute: http://www.wssu.edu/WSSU/About/Administration/Office+of+the+Chancellor/Student+Leadership+Institute/
• Women in Leadership Development, NCSU, Raleigh: http://www.ncsu.edu/csleps/leadership/wild.htm
• Women’s Leadership Institute, Bennett College, Greensboro: http://www.bennett.edu/

Citizen Engagement Programs

• League of Women Voters of North Carolina: http://www.rtpnet.org/~lwvnc
• NC Space Grant Informal Education and Public Outreach Programs: http://www.ncspacegrant.org/gp/