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Valley Leadership is committed to empowering every Arizonan to lead. Get to know our new programs!

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If you’re ready to make a difference or grow your impact, you’ll start your journey with Catalyze!

Empowering People Who Get Things Done for Arizona

Are you ready to make a difference? When you say yes, we’ll take you on a journey. It starts with learning and development to help you build a foundation to better understand yourself, your leadership skills and the issues facing Arizona. You’ll then have the opportunity to put your leadership to the test and take action on the most pressing issues facing our state through Impact Maker.

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Leadership Programming

We’ve been strengthening Arizona leaders for over 40 years. How we prepare leaders is guided by our Principles of Doing – to lead most effectively in Arizona. And, no matter how you engage with us, you’ll come away with new skills and experiences, new connections, broader perspective and a personal plan for how you’ll make a difference going forward.

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Impact Maker

We launched Impact Maker as a collaborative space to solve challenges together, with a commitment to long-term change that strengthens Arizona. We invite all Valley Leadership alumni to support and join this effort, working with community champions and experts to create and execute thoughtful, strategic solutions to issues that matter most to Arizona.

What’s Happening at VL

Explore Class 2 Visits Mesa

Explore Class 2 recently traveled to Mesa, where participants had the chance to learn about the community's focus on arts and culture, affordable housing efforts, economic development and immersive media experiences at the ASU MIX Center!

May 26, 2023

Our Explore Program Takes It’s First Trip to South Phoenix!

Explore Class 2 took the program's first trip to South Phoenix last week for a day of farming and learning about the city's education structures, economic development, and broad community outreach.

May 23, 2023

Explore Class 2 Visits “Ambos Nogales”

Explore's second trip spent two days in Ambos Nogales (Spanish for “both Nogales”), which refers to the two cities with the same name: Nogales, Arizona, United States, and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.

May 8, 2023

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