Leadership Track
IMPORTANT COVID UPDATE: To honor the integrity of our program for all our participants and to help ensure the health and safety of both our participants and our speakers, The Lincoln Series is postponing The Leadership Track until Illinois enters Phase 5. In the meanwhile, please check out our Empowerment Track programming which includes monthly events currently all online, allowing you to participate from home or wherever you choose. Programming includes lectures, talks and our newly announced Networking Happy Hours. Membership is required to enjoy and learn from these events.
Leadership Track Programming:
This elite Leadership training will help you learn the intricacies at all levels of government and possible public service career paths. This annual program requires a six-month commitment to attend sessions throughout the state, including one trip to Springfield and another to Washington DC, for two to three days each.
Membership in The Lincoln Series is required to participate in the annual Leadership Program.
Leadership Track Programming:
This elite Leadership training will help you learn the intricacies at all levels of government and possible public service career paths. This annual program requires a six-month commitment to attend sessions throughout the state, including one trip to Springfield and another to Washington DC, for two to three days each.
Membership in The Lincoln Series is required to participate in the annual Leadership Program.
For references purposes only, you can review here the application to the Leadership program.
Please note, the application and programming may change in order to be responsive to COVID Phase 5 rules and regulations.
Please note, the application and programming may change in order to be responsive to COVID Phase 5 rules and regulations.
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The Leadership Track provides a unique experience for each participant, helping to inform and educate Fellows at all political levels. The curriculum begins with the basics of the structure of the Republican Party. Each program, thereafter, expands on some aspect of what is learned in the first program with county government, followed by state and federal government, ethics, as well as campaign training, public speaking and media relations. Each program is set up not only to educate and inform, but also to network with speakers, state and federal legislators, and government officials, among others. These exciting opportunities set the stage to learn more about the nuances of life in the political world, while creating and building lifelong mentoring relationships to help our select Fellows reach their professional goals.
The program begins in January and goes through mid-June, with two-to-three day seminars held once a month at varying locations across the state, plus one session in Washington DC. These seminars are taught by leading experts, elected and party officials volunteering their time on topics including, but not limited to, county, state and federal government, as well as ethics in leadership and much more. Each May a National Convention of Excellence Programs is held in Washington DC for the member states across the country and includes meetings with members of Congress, administration officials, foreign policy experts and Republican party officials. |
State Senator, and Lincoln Series Alumna, Sue Rezin welcomed the 2019 class at their inaugural Chicago meeting.
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Lincoln Series Board Vice President Susan Wynn Bence (left) and former Lt. Gov Evelyn Sanguinetti (right) congratulate 2019 Leadership Track Vasavi Chakka (center).
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A sample agenda includes, but is not limited to:
January Welcome / Nuts and Bolts of the GOP February Fundraising March Public Speaking April Springfield Trip / State Government May Washington DC Trip / Federal Government June Campaign School & Graduation |
Each session dives deep into its subject matter, opening doors and career opportunities to participants which they might otherwise have never known is an option. All the while, the class will both cultivate and build life-long relationships with not only your classmates, but also with the already 200+ alumnae. Participation numbers are limited each year to maximize the personal and professional impact for each Fellow.
