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Board presidents, boards,
and executives who have chosen to lead deserve the latest and smartest research, publications and educational programs for
their leadership efforts. Artful and rigorous leadership is, after all, nothing less than critical to the health and effectiveness
of not-for-profit organizations.
Mission
The Academy for Leadership and Governance was founded in 2000 to support, develop, and enhance the practice of leadership
by executive directors, board presidents, and boards of directors in non-profit organizations.
History
The Academy is a division of the Jefferson Center and
an outgrowth of its mission to support non-profits. In the 1980's, the Jefferson
Center began offering seminars on executive leadership in collaboration with the
Mershon Center at the Ohio State University.
In 1990, and again in 1993, Executive Director Donn Vickers published books on board and executive leadership under grants
from the Lily Endowment. Beginning in 1995, the Columbus Foundation funded a three-year project to provide yearlong fellowships
to executives in non-profit organizations, this again being directed by Vickers. In 2000, The Academy for Leadership and Governance
began to expand leadership programs for The Jefferson Center and today offers educational programs and publications to non-profits
nationwide.
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