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KCFC Executive Director Melissa Howell Chosen for Leadership Louisville's Bingham Fellows Class of 2010

January 4, 2010 - KCFC Executive Director Melissa Howell has been selected to participate in the Bingham Fellows Class of 2010.  Bingham Fellows was established over twenty years ago and is a program hosted by The Leadership Louisville
Center.

The mission for Leadership Louisville is to develop a diverse group of leaders who serve as catalysts for a stronger community. 

Programs and activities are designed to:

• Develop leadership skills and capacity through leading edge concepts, training, real life experience and the mentoring of senior
  leaders
• Connect people and ideas across organizations, disciplines and neighborhoods to create powerful networks and focused energy that can take our community to the next level
• Build a solid foundation of knowledge, experience and understanding of people and possibilities, issues and ideas, challenges and opportunities
• Engage our participants and members by providing opportunities and connections to get involved, share ideas, have a voice, and take action on projects that make a difference.

The Class of 2010 topic: Positioning Louisville as a Green Leader

The Bingham Fellows Class of 2010 has the opportunity to effect social change through the exploration of quality of life from the perspective of greening and sustainability.

The Fellows have the potential to create a "green" culture - a community that understands how care of the environment creates a better quality of life. The upcoming program year begins in January and ends in the fall of 2010 with the mission to integrate ecological principles and stewardship with community and business practices.

About the Bingham Fellows
The Bingham Fellows is Leadership Louisville Center's community action program and for over 20 years has provided creative leadership solutions to some of the region's most pressing problems.  The program brings together groups of passionate, informed, dedicated leaders to use a creative problem-solving process to address real community issues.

A peer-led experience
Participants in the Bingham Fellows class shape their own experience. Putting their advanced leadership skills into action, participants work in small groups to further explore the topic and implement solutions.  This process is peer-led and activities are peer-executed. 

Who participates?
The Bingham Fellows program is comprised of graduates of other Leadership Louisville Center programs including Focus Louisville, Ignite Louisville, Leadership Louisville and the Leadership Network.  Graduates of other community leadership programs are also encouraged to participate. 

www.leadershiplouisville.org