Leadership East Kentucky

• Leadership East Kentucky has three broad goals: to provide an opportunity for individuals to enhance their leadership skills, to enable them to become more familiar with Eastern KY, and to build a network within the region.
• Each year, we recruit a class from throughout East Kentucky and from diverse fields of interest, including business & industry, education, government, non profits, religion, arts & culture, grassroots organizations and others.
• Topics for the sessions may include education, health, economic development, justice, governance, our youth, and other topics. In addition, we provide training in various skills, including collaboration, working in teams; asset based planning, visioning and leadership skills.
• We meet in different communities throughout the Region and have been to 45 different communities.
• Leadership East Kentucky is a program that is vital to the future of East Kentucky, growing leaders who in turn grow their communities. Leadership East Kentucky is sponsored by a consortium of community action agencies in East KY, including Bell-Whitley, Big Sandy, Daniel Boone, Gateway, Harlan Co., LKLp, Middle KY River, Norteast KY and KY Communities Economic Opportunity Council.

Linda Gayheart
PO Box 105, 370
Foxrun Ridge, Hindman, KY 41822
phone: 606.785.0606
email: gayheart@tgtel.com