Nebraska LEAD (Leadership Education/Action Development) Group 42 participants have been announced by the program’s director, Dr. Terry Hejny. The two-year program will begin in September.
The newest members of Nebraska’s premier two-year agricultural leadership development program are involved in production agriculture and/or agribusiness in Nebraska.
“I am excited to get started with this cohort as it appears that Class 42 is filled with outstanding individuals from throughout our state. Once again, our task will be to prepare and motivate them for future leadership roles in their community, our state, and beyond,” Hejny said.
LEAD Fellows will participate in 12 monthly three-day seminars across Nebraska, a 10-day national study/travel seminar and a 14–16-day international study/travel seminar. The goal of the program is to develop problem solvers, decision makers, and spokespersons for Nebraska agriculture and beyond.
Seminar themes include leadership assessment/potential, natural resources, energy, communication, agricultural policy/finance, international trade, Nebraska’s political process, social/cultural issues, agribusiness and marketing, information technology, advances in health care, the resources and people of Nebraska’s Panhandle and other areas designed to develop leaders through exposure to a broad array of current topics and issues and how they interrelate.
The Nebraska LEAD Program is governed by the non-profit Nebraska Agricultural Leadership Council in cooperation with the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and 13 other institutions of higher education throughout Nebraska.
Panhandle Area LEAD Fellows include April Delsing, of Hemingford and Jessica Palm, of Mitchell.