How Change-Makers Are Driving Community Solutions: The Journey Behind Engage Montgomery When a group of CORE 2025 class participants set out to design their community engagement project, they knew they wanted to do more than fulfill a program requirement— they wanted to create something lasting, meaningful, and real. The outcome was to create a session [...]
2025 Cohort-Based Programs Launched Rockville, MD (October 3, 2024)—Leadership Montgomery (LM), a Montgomery County-based nonprofit that connects leaders working in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, is set to launch their 2025 Emerging Leaders (EL), Connecting Our Region’s Execs (CORE), and Encore Programs last month. “LM is thrilled to convene such a diverse group of leaders [...]
Racial Equity: The Investment You Can't Afford to Ignore (Part I) In today's rapidly evolving corporate landscape, fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) isn't just a moral imperative; it's a strategic necessity. Businesses prioritizing DEI initiatives contribute to a fairer and more just society and reap tangible benefits in innovation, employee engagement, and long-term sustainability. [...]
Leading with Impact: A Sneak Peek into Leadership Montgomery's Exciting Program Year By: Sarah Burnett Two months in, I can confidently say that returning to Leadership Montgomery was an excellent decision. Some of you may remember me from my time leading LM's corporate engagement work from 2017 to 2019; I'm thrilled to be back as [...]
Empowering Change: A Deep Dive into the CORE 2023 Program’s Impactful Community Engagement Projects It says it in our mission: We connect and prepare leaders to build thriving and inclusive workplaces and communities. At Leadership Montgomery (LM), we bring together leaders in a way that facilitates change and impacts our community every day. Our strategic [...]
Leadership Montgomery Announces 2024 Program Participants Along with 2024 CORE and Emerging Leaders, organization launches revamped Encore Program Rockville, MD (June 28, 2023)- Leadership Montgomery (LM), a Montgomery County-based nonprofit connecting leaders working in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors has announced the participants for its 2024 Emerging Leaders (EL), Connecting Our Region’s Execs (CORE), and [...]
Lieutenant Governor-Elect Miller, Other Alumni Poised to Take Office Lieutenant Governor-elect Aruna Miller (CORE 2013) leads the list of Leadership Montgomery (LM) alumni who were successful in their bids for election to public office. More than 20 LM alums from three of LM's leadership programs were on the ballot during yesterday's general election.* (Nearly 40 [...]
Invest in Yourself: Four Tips from Emerging Leaders Emerging Leaders participants learning about the county. With many of us still feeling the emotional effects of 2020 and 2021, it's hard to believe that 2022 is winding down. Where did the time go? Looking ahead to 2023 can simultaneously feel overwhelming and hopeful—a strange [...]
Leadership Montgomery Announces 2023 Program Participants The 2023 CORE and Emerging Leaders classes will begin in September and October. Rockville, MD (July 7, 2022)- Leadership Montgomery (LM) has announced the participants for its 2023 Connecting Our Region’s Execs (CORE) and Emerging Leaders (EL) classes. This year’s leadership program participants include Montgomery County leaders from [...]
Quality Offerings + Strategic Adaptability = Program Longevity Leadership programs begin today with new director By Rick Henry As the new Director of Leadership Programs here at Leadership Montgomery, I could not be more excited to launch the latest iterations of our flagship leadership programs. It all starts today, Friday, Sept. 17, when our eighth [...]
