Our Mission is to connect people and prepare them as leaders to shape the future of Santa Fe.

We do this by giving civic-minded people a vehicle for their community-oriented energies, and providing access to community leaders and policy makers over the course of nine months.

In Leadership Santa Fe, YOU...

ACCESS Santa Fe's community leaders
ACCESS policy makers and key players
ACCESS our diverse community
ACCESS lasting connections
ACCESS your vision for Santa Fe
ACCESS THE LEADER IN YOU!

By the time you graduate, you will be able to:
- Appreciate your leadership strengths and gifts and those of others
- Build strong, lasting connections with your classmates and other people,
organizations, and institutions in the community
- Have an increased understanding of Santa Fe and its community
- Define a vision for how the community should operate in the future
- Have an improved awareness of who the key players are in Santa Fe
- Understand the essential tasks of community leadership and apply them to help shape the future of the community
- State and act on your vision for the community
- Inspire people to work together across interests for the common good
- Take personal responsibility to remain self-aware, centered in values, courageous in convictions, and committed to action

"I left the program with a profound amount of respect for people’s abilities to be and become leaders." - Carmichael Dominguez, City Councilor, City of Santa Fe, Class of 2008

“I can honestly say it has been one of the richest experiences of my life” - Jackie Hall, Director of External Affairs, Georgia O'Keefe Museum, Class of 2010

"Leadership Santa Fe introduced me to people and places that I might not have otherwise had access to." - Donna Wynant, Land Use Senior Planner, City of Santa Fe, Class of 2008

“Leadership Santa Fe has given me the tools to grow both personally and professionally.” - Julie Garcia, Relationship Manager, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Class of 2010 

"I found the information helpful, and the contacts that I made with people in the community were even more valuable." - Kathy Holian, County Commissioner, Santa Fe County, Class of 2008

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