Leadership Spartanburg Alumni Association
This active group of community volunteers are graduates of the Chamber's successful Leadership Spartanburg program. If you are an LSAA member and need additional information, or to update your contact information, please click here.

Leadership Spartanburg
Established in 1980, Leadership Spartanburg is a program sponsored by the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce to develop a corps of informed, committed and qualified individuals capable of providing dynamic community leadership for Spartanburg County. The objectives of the program are to:

• Identify and select highly motivated and potential community leaders to participate in the program.
• Systematically challenge the participants to become aware of, to examine and to respond to the social and economic needs of the community.
• Develop an esprit de corps among the participants, which will provide a common ground for working together on present and future community needs.
• Identify organizational and individual opportunities for community involvement and assist in the placement of participants.
  

Time commitment:

• Nine-month curriculum September through May focusing on community information and issues
• Opening retreat (mandatory attendance) in September
• Monthly sessions each month October through April
• A closing retreat in May

Session topics may include:

• Opening Retreat - Focusing on Team Building
• The History of Spartanburg
• Local and State Government
• Community Health and Social Issues
• Education
• Diversity and Race Relations
• Arts, Recreation and Quality of Life
• Growth, Resource Management and the Environment
• Economic Development
• Closing Retreat - Spartanburg's Future & Your Role In It

For additional information, including tuition, contact Yvonne Harper at 864-594-5032.