HONOLULU — The Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawai‘i has opened recruitment for its new class of leadership training, a news release states. Applicants statewide are sought for the 16-month Agricultural Leadership Program that is geared for promising leaders from Hawai‘i’s
HONOLULU — The Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawai‘i has opened recruitment for its new class of leadership training, a news release states.
Applicants statewide are sought for the 16-month Agricultural Leadership Program that is geared for promising leaders from Hawai‘i’s agricultural, natural resources management, and rural community sectors.
The Foundation will hold an informational meeting at 4 p.m., Tuesday, in Room 209 at the State Office Building, 3060 Eiwa St., Lihu‘e. Program leaders will be there to answer questions and discuss details and personal experiences relating to the Agricultural Leadership Program.
Recruitment information and application forms are posted on ALFH’s website: www.agleaderhi.org.
The application deadline is July 2. The program will commence in September 2010 and conclude in December 2011.
The ALP is composed of a series of six seminars and a two-week national trip. The four-day seminars are held around the state about every eight weeks. The core curriculum includes training in group process, facilitation, and strategic planning expertly led by Donna Ching of the University of Hawai‘i. Educational field trips to farms, ranches, aquaculture and ag-forestry businesses, nurseries, watershed protection areas, cultural projects and other rural community endeavors are also essential to the program. The national trip includes one week in Washington, D.C. to study national and international issues, and one week in another state (of the class’ choice) to be exposed to agricultural and rural community systems.
Tuition is $4,000 and scholarships are available.
ALP alumni from Kaua‘i include: Laurie Goodwin, Laurie Ho, Steve Kai, Val Kaneshiro, Ed Kawamura, Tim Martin, Jerry Ornellas, Liz Ronaldson, Mike Shimatsu, Johanna Ventura, Kawika Winter and Randy Yokoyama.
For more information, call Liz Ronaldson at 822-2367 or 639-4598; visit www.agleaderhi.org or contact the Foundation’s executive director, Kim Coffee-Isaak, at (808) 947-2914 or kim@agleaderhi.org.
