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Announcing Leadership North Carolina Class 32 Raleigh, NC – Fifty-six civic and community leaders from across the state have been accepted to form the 2024-2025 class for Leadership North Carolina, the state’s premier leadership deployment program. Each year, through a rigorous selection process, LNC chooses a class of established and emerging leaders from across…

Leadership NC Celebrates Graduation of Class 31

Leadership North Carolina Celebrates Graduation of 31st Class Raleigh, NC – On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, Leadership North Carolina held the graduation ceremony for its 31st class. Fifty-six leaders from across the state celebrated completion of this prestigious program at the North Carolina Museum of History. Each year, through a rigorous selection process, LNC chooses…

Leadership North Carolina Announces Members of 31st Class

Announcing Leadership North Carolina Class 31 Raleigh, NC – Fifty-six civic and community leaders from across the state have been accepted to form the 2023-2024 class for Leadership North Carolina, the state’s premier leadership deployment program. Each year, through a rigorous selection process, LNC chooses a class of established and emerging leaders from across the…

Leadership NC Celebrates Graduation of Class 30

Leadership North Carolina Celebrates Graduation of 30th Class Raleigh, NC – On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, Leadership North Carolina held the graduation ceremony for its 30th class. Fifty-five leaders from across the state celebrated completion of this prestigious program at the North Carolina Museum of History. Each year, through a rigorous selection process, LNC chooses…

Leadership North Carolina Announces Members of 30th Class

Announcing Leadership North Carolina Class 30 Raleigh, NC – Fifty-five civic and community leaders from across the state have been accepted to form the 2022-2023 class for Leadership North Carolina, the state’s premier leadership engagement program. Each year, through a rigorous selection process, LNC chooses a class of established and emerging leaders from across the…

Leadership NC Celebrates Graduation of Class 28

Leadership North Carolina Celebrates Graduation of Class 28 Raleigh, NC – On Tuesday, May 17, Leadership North Carolina held the graduation ceremony for its 28th class. This group of fifty-five civic and community leaders completed the prestigious program in May of 2021 and have now been formally inducted into the ranks of LNC alumni. Each…

Leadership NC Celebrates Graduation of Class 29

Leadership North Carolina Celebrates Graduation of 29th Class Raleigh, NC – On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, Leadership North Carolina held the graduation ceremony for its 29th class. Civic and community leaders from across the state celebrated completion of this prestigious program at the North Carolina Museum of History. Each year, through a rigorous selection process,…

Leadership North Carolina Announces Members of 29th Class

Announcing Leadership North Carolina Class XXIX Raleigh, NC – Fifty-seven civic and community leaders from across the state have been accepted to form the 2021-2022 class for Leadership North Carolina, the state’s premier leadership engagement program. Each year, through a rigorous selection process, LNC chooses a class of established and emerging leaders from across the…

Exploring Solutions with Climate Interactive

“This simulation was SO helpful. Prior to the simulation, I did not understand all the issues and factors [[related to climate solutions]]. This simulation did an excellent job explaining the various levers we can use to contribute to a better environment.” –LNC Participant Leadership North Carolina is grateful to Climate Interactive for presenting…

Leadership NC Celebrates Graduation of Class XXVII

Leadership North Carolina Celebrates Graduation of Class XXVII Raleigh, NC – On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, Leadership North Carolina held a virtual graduation ceremony for its 27th class. Dubbed the “Most Adaptable Class Ever,” this group of fifty-five civic and community leaders completed the prestigious LNC program despite tornadoes, a pandemic, and other disruptions. They…

Leadership North Carolina Announces Members of 28th Class

Announcing Leadership North Carolina Class XXVIII Raleigh, NC – Fifty-five civic and community leaders from across the state have been accepted to form the 2020-2021 class for Leadership North Carolina, the state’s premier leadership engagement program. Each year, through a rigorous selection process, LNC chooses a class of established and emerging leaders from across…

Leadership North Carolina Celebrates Graduation of Class XXVI

Raleigh, NC– On Thursday, May 9, 2019, Leadership North Carolina held a graduation ceremony for its 26thclass. Fifty-six civic and community leaders from across the state celebrated their completion of this prestigious program in the Old House Chamber of the North Carolina State Capitol. Each year, through a rigorous selection process, LNC chooses a class…

Stanley Frank Class Award – Schumata Brown, Class XXVI

The Stanley Frank Class Award is presented annually in honor of the late Stanley Frank, chair of the LNC founding committee, who gave his time, talents, and resources to make our state a better place to live and to work. Mr. Frank was a Greensboro businessman and a civic giant who was one of the…

2019 L. Richardson Preyer Alumni Award Recipient – Kathy Higgins, Class X

Events, NewsBy LNC Team

Each year, LNC presents the L. Richardson Preyer Alumni Award to an LNC alum who has made a significant improvement in the quality of life, economic well-being, and sense of community in our state. This award was created in honor of the late Greensboro congressman who was instrumental in the early days of Leadership North…

Leadership North Carolina Announces Members of 26th Class

Raleigh, NC– Fifty-six civic and community leaders from across the state have been accepted to form the 2018-2019 class for Leadership North Carolina, the state’s premier leadership engagement program. Each year, through a rigorous selection process, LNC chooses a class of established and emerging leaders from across the state to participate in its acclaimed program.…

Stanley Frank Class Award – Kathy Rummage, Class XXV

LNC Celebrates Graduation of Class XXV

On May 10, 2018, Leadership North Carolina celebrated the graduation of LNC Class XXV with a ceremony in the Old House Chamber of the North Carolina State Capitol. The event was attended by friends, family, and colleagues of the graduates as well as by LNC board members and alumni. For fifty-five outstanding leaders from across the…

Program Update: LNC Class XXV (2017-2018)

The members of LNC Class XXV are just one session away from wrapping up the 2017-2018 program year. This diverse group of 55 leaders from across the state first came together for their Orientation session in Boone in October. They formed quick connections and were immediately engaged when they reconvened in Raleigh for their November…

Recruiting Leaders for LNC Class XXVI

Are you interested in learning about challenges and opportunities in North Carolina while building connections with leaders from across the state? Do you know someone who would be an excellent LNC candidate? The LNC recruitment committee is working hard to build the next great class of North Carolina leaders, and they need your help. LNC…

Don’t Miss Out: Be Part of LNC Class XXVI

With the Class XXV program year well under way, the LNC Team is already focused on recruiting the next class of exceptional leaders from across the state. Winter is an excellent time to begin working LNC into schedules and budgets for 2018-2019. Prospective candidates can see the dates and locations for Class XXVI on the Apply page…

Announcing the Members of LNC Class XXV

Class, Events, NewsBy LNC Team

Leadership North Carolina is pleased to share the roster for LNC Class XXV (2017-2018) and to welcome these fifty-five outstanding leaders to the LNC program. These individuals represent the state’s business, government, education, and nonprofit sectors and reflect the diversity of the state from the mountains to the coast. They were selected from a competitive applicant…

LNC Celebrates Graduation of Class XXIV

On May 11, 2017, Leadership North Carolina celebrated the graduation of LNC Class XXIV with a ceremony in the Old House Chamber of the North Carolina State Capitol. The event was attended by friends, family, and colleagues of the graduates as well as by LNC board members and alumni. For fifty-five outstanding leaders from across the…

Stanley Frank Class Award – Paige Sayles, Class XXIV

Paige Sayles, director of Z.B. Collie Foundation in Louisburg and a member of LNC Class XXIV, was selected by her fellow Leadership North Carolina participants as the 2017 recipient of the Stanley Frank Class Award during the LNC Class XXIV Graduation and Awards Ceremony on May 11 at the North Carolina State Capitol. The Stanley…

2017 L. Richardson Preyer Alumni Award Recipient – Jeff Frazier, Class XI

Events, NewsBy LNC Team

Program Update: LNC Class XXIV (2016-2017)

The members of LNC Class XXIV are just two sessions away from wrapping up the 2016-2017 program year. This diverse group of 55 leaders from across the state first came together for their Orientation session in Boone in October. They formed quick connections and were immediately engaged when they reconvened in Raleigh for their November…

Recruiting Leaders for LNC Class XXV