The Arizona Civic Leadership Collaborative serves as a statewide resource and convener for organizations interested and involved in strengthening civic leadership.
The collaborative may:
- Provide technical assistance to entities wanting to establish leadership programs;
- Convene leaders of local leadership and civic organizations and programs to strengthen curricula, share best practices, recruit participants, and place graduates;
- Work with community colleges, universities, and other educational institutions to include civic leadership in a wide variety of programs.
(More information for members of the Collaborative, including downloadable materials.)
Directory of Regional/Local Leadership Programs
Some 50 local and regional nonpartisan civic-leadership training programs have been identified in Arizona. This first-ever directory of leadership-development programs will be updated and expanded periodically as new organizations and initiatives emerge.
The organizations listed below (with links to their websites) are briefly profiled on the Arizona Civic Leadership Map.
You may also:
- Download map data as an Excel file;
- View organization profiles in list form, sorted by name, city, or category;
- Submit edits to individual entries, or suggest additions to the directory that we may have missed.
Leadership Programs and Organizations
Anytown at the Y – Valley of the Sun YMCA
Apache Junction Citizen Leadership Institute
Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education
Arizona Healthcare Leadership Academy
Arizona Humanities Council – Project Civil Discourse
Arizona School Boards Association Leadership Development
Arizona State University Bob Ramsey Executive Education
Arizona State University César E. Chávez Leadership Institute
Black Board of Directors Project
Children’s Action Alliance – CAA Leadership Academy
City of Avondale, Citizen Leadership Academy
City of Casa Grande Leadership Academy
Gilbert Leadership at Gilbert Chamber of Commerce
Havasu Leadership Development Programs at the Lake Havasu City Chamber of Commerce
Hispanic Leadership Institute (HLI) Tucson
Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) of Arizona
International Sonoran Desert Alliance
Junior League of Phoenix Leadership Development Institute
Maricopa Community Colleges’ Center for Civic Participation
Mentoring All Americans for Leadership
Mesa Leadership Training and Development Program
Phoenix College, Raul H. Castro Institute (RCI)
Pima Community College Desert Vista Campus: Pima Leadership Institute
Prescott Area Leadership, Inc.
Project CENTRL: Center for Rural Leadership
Sonoran Center for Leadership Development
Southern Arizona Leadership Council
Student Leadership Organization of Central Arizona College (SLOCAC)
University of Arizona Blue Chip Program
University of Arizona National Collegiate Leadership Conference
