Executive Leadership Academy

The Executive Leadership Academy (ELA), founded by Josefina Castillo Baltodano in 2011, is designed for individuals from all backgrounds who are currently in administrative roles within higher education and aspire to advance to executive positions such as dean, vice president, provost, president, or chancellor. The academy offers a five-day intensive training experience, guided by a distinguished faculty team of over 20 senior-level higher education executives.

The sessions focus on 26 Executive Leadership Skills that are essential to serving as successful higher education administrators, with topics on shifts in higher education and higher education leadership, changing funding sources and expectations, new requisite multicultural competencies, risk management, governing board relations, fundraising, and many more. This Academy will prepare current and future leaders to appreciate the multicultural and global dynamics of higher education by promoting key critical thinking skills, leadership, and strategic planning for higher education officials.