Latest NRLI class graduates
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North Carolinians from across the state and a natural resource professional from Knoxville, Tenn., are the most recent graduates of the Natural Resources Leadership Institute. Founded by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, the NRLI is a nationally recognized leadership development model offered by other states like Kentucky, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, Montana, Alaska, the Pacific Northwest and Indiana.
Housed within the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at N.C. State University, the NRLI has graduated 300-plus professionals since its inception in 1995. The NRLI is a capacity-building model, designed to build the leadership capability of North Carolinians involved in natural resource management and some of our most contentious environmental issues.
Graduates represent a diverse mixture of experiences, backgrounds, affiliations and statewide geographic locations. During the 18-month leadership development program, participants engage in exploring the leader within as well as expanding their understanding about the practice and responsiveness of leadership. Since 2002, Progress Energy has provided scholarships, enabling participants to attend who otherwise would not be able to do so.
As part of the applied learning environment, the NRLI Fellows "put knowledge to work" by developing a leadership or practicum project mentored by the institute faculty. The faculty of the NRLI are Mary Lou Addor, Ed Jones, John Stephens, Toddi Steelman and Steve Smutko.
For more information on the Natural Resource Leadership Institute call 919.515.9602 or visit www.ces.ncsu.edu/NRLI.
Housed within the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at N.C. State University, the NRLI has graduated 300-plus professionals since its inception in 1995. The NRLI is a capacity-building model, designed to build the leadership capability of North Carolinians involved in natural resource management and some of our most contentious environmental issues.
Graduates represent a diverse mixture of experiences, backgrounds, affiliations and statewide geographic locations. During the 18-month leadership development program, participants engage in exploring the leader within as well as expanding their understanding about the practice and responsiveness of leadership. Since 2002, Progress Energy has provided scholarships, enabling participants to attend who otherwise would not be able to do so.
As part of the applied learning environment, the NRLI Fellows "put knowledge to work" by developing a leadership or practicum project mentored by the institute faculty. The faculty of the NRLI are Mary Lou Addor, Ed Jones, John Stephens, Toddi Steelman and Steve Smutko.
For more information on the Natural Resource Leadership Institute call 919.515.9602 or visit www.ces.ncsu.edu/NRLI.