Nominators

The Program provides an opportunity to bring leaders together to focus specifically not only on the inclusive economic development of their city or region, but also on challenges and opportunities of common concern to all generations across our state and region. This Program is regarded as a unique cross-sector development opportunity for high potential leaders. The diversity of sectors and leadership experience participants gain represent the vibrant and robust innovative and collaborative acumen needed to enhance the shared prosperity of our state and region.

We encourage leaders and organizations to nominate individuals to the Program as well as encourage individuals to apply. Nominations are not required - all individuals must complete a Program applications to be considered, and nominations do not impact selection into the Program.

Nominations for 2026 are now closed

Guidance for Nominators to Consider

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Questions To Consider When Nominating

  • Civic Engagement: What makes this person’s civic track record distinctive? Examples of impact?
  • Runway: Where does this person sit in the balance between track record and runway? How can the MYALP experience accelerate or alter this person’s trajectory?
  • Be open, bring expertise: Can they engage across regional topics? Across difference? Do they have an opportunity to apply the program learnings? Does the person have a wide breadth of interests/issue areas?

Program Requirements

Individually, each applicant must have:

  1. A minimum of seven years full-time work experience, including one or more of the following*:
    • Experience leading five or more other people. This could include a function, working group, committee, task force, department, division, or organization; or
    • Experience leading a cross-organization, cross-divisional, or cross-departmental process and/or experience representing an organization, constituency, geography or community in a multi-stakeholder initiative, process, or body; or
    • Formal designation by your organization as a “high potential” employee (or similar designation reflecting assessment as someone who has the ability, commitment, and motivation to succeed in senior positions in the organization) or are being trained for senior positions in the organization.

*Having more qualifications met is not more valuable than just one of the above qualifications.

  1. An interest and/or demonstrated experience in all of the following activities:
    • Collaborating across the for-profit, non-profit, and government sectors for the good of their city, state, or region;
    • Working across functions, roles, professions, differences in political perspective, beliefs, or life experiences;
    • Making time available outside of your day job to collaborate with other leaders for public good.