In December 2000, the Gill Foundation National Leadership Project will bring together 20 national leaders in the LGBT movement for a week of intensive programs at the Center for Creative Leadership in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The curriculum is designed to strengthen the skills of participants and to provide them with the tools and skills to become better leaders.
Leadership is the first asset of any successful organization.
With leadership comes the power to create change. Businesses invest millions developing leaders, and we must do the same in the nonprofit sector, said Katherine Pease, executive director of the Gill Foundation. That s why the Gill Foundation is investing in the leadership of the LGBT movement through this project. The foundation convened an initiating group of LGBT leaders to determine criteria for nomination and consideration and to decide who should be invited to take part. The only stipulation set by the Gill Foundation was that all participants should be current leaders at the national level.