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WE Lead Application Class 20

WE Lead Application Class 20

APPLICATIONS CLOSE MAY 17, 2025
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    Applications will be reviewed as received and accepted until the class is full, but note that
    admission is competitive. Space is limited. Please submit your application online as soon as possible for the best opportunity to be accepted.

    There are a series of long-form questions with character limits on the online application. Before beginning, we recommend that you review the application questions. You can download a list of questions here. We suggest you download, complete, and save this document with your long-form questions and answers to your computer in advance of starting the online application to avoid loss of work.

    To complete your application, you will need to supply a reference. Please send your reference this form and have them submit it by the application due date (May 17, 2025).

    There will be a non-refundable $50 application fee due at the time of submission. Once you hit the submit button, you will be automatically redirected to make your payment. Your application will not be considered complete or reviewed until we receive this payment.

    If you have any issues submitting your application or processing your payment, please contact Devona Stripling at dstripling@cincinnatichamber.com.

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    • Afghanistan
    • Albania
    • Algeria
    • American Samoa
    • Andorra
    • Angola
    • Anguilla
    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • Argentina
    • Armenia
    • Aruba
    • Australia
    • Austria
    • Azerbaijan
    • The Bahamas
    • Bahrain
    • Bangladesh
    • Barbados
    • Belarus
    • Belgium
    • Belize
    • Benin
    • Bermuda
    • Bhutan
    • Bolivia
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Botswana
    • Brazil
    • Brunei
    • Bulgaria
    • Burkina Faso
    • Burundi
    • Cambodia
    • Cameroon
    • Canada
    • Cape Verde
    • Cayman Islands
    • Central African Republic
    • Chad
    • Chile
    • China
    • Christmas Island
    • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
    • Colombia
    • Comoros
    • Congo
    • Cook Islands
    • Costa Rica
    • Cote d'Ivoire
    • Croatia
    • Cuba
    • Curaçao
    • Cyprus
    • Czech Republic
    • Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Denmark
    • Djibouti
    • Dominica
    • Dominican Republic
    • Ecuador
    • Egypt
    • El Salvador
    • Equatorial Guinea
    • Eritrea
    • Estonia
    • Ethiopia
    • Falkland Islands
    • Faroe Islands
    • Fiji
    • Finland
    • France
    • French Polynesia
    • Gabon
    • The Gambia
    • Georgia
    • Germany
    • Ghana
    • Gibraltar
    • Greece
    • Greenland
    • Grenada
    • Guadeloupe
    • Guam
    • Guatemala
    • Guernsey
    • Guinea
    • Guinea-Bissau
    • Guyana
    • Haiti
    • Honduras
    • Hong Kong
    • Hungary
    • Iceland
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Ireland
    • Israel
    • Italy
    • Jamaica
    • Japan
    • Jersey
    • Jordan
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kenya
    • Kiribati
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • Kosovo
    • Kuwait
    • Kyrgyzstan
    • Laos
    • Latvia
    • Lebanon
    • Lesotho
    • Liberia
    • Libya
    • Liechtenstein
    • Lithuania
    • Luxembourg
    • Macau
    • Macedonia
    • Madagascar
    • Malawi
    • Malaysia
    • Maldives
    • Mali
    • Malta
    • Marshall Islands
    • Martinique
    • Mauritania
    • Mauritius
    • Mayotte
    • Mexico
    • Micronesia
    • Moldova
    • Monaco
    • Mongolia
    • Montenegro
    • Montserrat
    • Morocco
    • Mozambique
    • Myanmar
    • Nagorno-Karabakh
    • Namibia
    • Nauru
    • Nepal
    • Netherlands
    • Netherlands Antilles
    • New Caledonia
    • New Zealand
    • Nicaragua
    • Niger
    • Nigeria
    • Niue
    • Norfolk Island
    • Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
    • Northern Mariana
    • Norway
    • Oman
    • Pakistan
    • Palau
    • Palestine
    • Panama
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Paraguay
    • Peru
    • Philippines
    • Pitcairn Islands
    • Poland
    • Portugal
    • Puerto Rico
    • Qatar
    • Republic of the Congo
    • Romania
    • Russia
    • Rwanda
    • Saint Barthelemy
    • Saint Helena
    • Saint Kitts and Nevis
    • Saint Lucia
    • Saint Martin
    • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
    • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    • Samoa
    • San Marino
    • Sao Tome and Principe
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Senegal
    • Serbia
    • Seychelles
    • Sierra Leone
    • Singapore
    • Slovakia
    • Slovenia
    • Solomon Islands
    • Somalia
    • Somaliland
    • South Africa
    • South Ossetia
    • South Sudan
    • Spain
    • Sri Lanka
    • Sudan
    • Suriname
    • Svalbard
    • eSwatini
    • Sweden
    • Switzerland
    • Syria
    • Taiwan
    • Tajikistan
    • Tanzania
    • Thailand
    • Timor-Leste
    • Togo
    • Tokelau
    • Tonga
    • Transnistria Pridnestrovie
    • Trinidad and Tobago
    • Tristan da Cunha
    • Tunisia
    • Turkey
    • Turkmenistan
    • Turks and Caicos Islands
    • Tuvalu
    • Uganda
    • Ukraine
    • United Arab Emirates
    • United Kingdom
    • United States
    • Uruguay
    • Uzbekistan
    • Vanuatu
    • Vatican City
    • Venezuela
    • Vietnam
    • British Virgin Islands
    • Isle of Man
    • US Virgin Islands
    • Wallis and Futuna
    • Western Sahara
    • Yemen
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
    • Other
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    Please Select
    • Please Select
    • Afghanistan
    • Albania
    • Algeria
    • American Samoa
    • Andorra
    • Angola
    • Anguilla
    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • Argentina
    • Armenia
    • Aruba
    • Australia
    • Austria
    • Azerbaijan
    • The Bahamas
    • Bahrain
    • Bangladesh
    • Barbados
    • Belarus
    • Belgium
    • Belize
    • Benin
    • Bermuda
    • Bhutan
    • Bolivia
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Botswana
    • Brazil
    • Brunei
    • Bulgaria
    • Burkina Faso
    • Burundi
    • Cambodia
    • Cameroon
    • Canada
    • Cape Verde
    • Cayman Islands
    • Central African Republic
    • Chad
    • Chile
    • China
    • Christmas Island
    • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
    • Colombia
    • Comoros
    • Congo
    • Cook Islands
    • Costa Rica
    • Cote d'Ivoire
    • Croatia
    • Cuba
    • Curaçao
    • Cyprus
    • Czech Republic
    • Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Denmark
    • Djibouti
    • Dominica
    • Dominican Republic
    • Ecuador
    • Egypt
    • El Salvador
    • Equatorial Guinea
    • Eritrea
    • Estonia
    • Ethiopia
    • Falkland Islands
    • Faroe Islands
    • Fiji
    • Finland
    • France
    • French Polynesia
    • Gabon
    • The Gambia
    • Georgia
    • Germany
    • Ghana
    • Gibraltar
    • Greece
    • Greenland
    • Grenada
    • Guadeloupe
    • Guam
    • Guatemala
    • Guernsey
    • Guinea
    • Guinea-Bissau
    • Guyana
    • Haiti
    • Honduras
    • Hong Kong
    • Hungary
    • Iceland
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Ireland
    • Israel
    • Italy
    • Jamaica
    • Japan
    • Jersey
    • Jordan
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kenya
    • Kiribati
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • Kosovo
    • Kuwait
    • Kyrgyzstan
    • Laos
    • Latvia
    • Lebanon
    • Lesotho
    • Liberia
    • Libya
    • Liechtenstein
    • Lithuania
    • Luxembourg
    • Macau
    • Macedonia
    • Madagascar
    • Malawi
    • Malaysia
    • Maldives
    • Mali
    • Malta
    • Marshall Islands
    • Martinique
    • Mauritania
    • Mauritius
    • Mayotte
    • Mexico
    • Micronesia
    • Moldova
    • Monaco
    • Mongolia
    • Montenegro
    • Montserrat
    • Morocco
    • Mozambique
    • Myanmar
    • Nagorno-Karabakh
    • Namibia
    • Nauru
    • Nepal
    • Netherlands
    • Netherlands Antilles
    • New Caledonia
    • New Zealand
    • Nicaragua
    • Niger
    • Nigeria
    • Niue
    • Norfolk Island
    • Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
    • Northern Mariana
    • Norway
    • Oman
    • Pakistan
    • Palau
    • Palestine
    • Panama
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Paraguay
    • Peru
    • Philippines
    • Pitcairn Islands
    • Poland
    • Portugal
    • Puerto Rico
    • Qatar
    • Republic of the Congo
    • Romania
    • Russia
    • Rwanda
    • Saint Barthelemy
    • Saint Helena
    • Saint Kitts and Nevis
    • Saint Lucia
    • Saint Martin
    • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
    • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    • Samoa
    • San Marino
    • Sao Tome and Principe
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Senegal
    • Serbia
    • Seychelles
    • Sierra Leone
    • Singapore
    • Slovakia
    • Slovenia
    • Solomon Islands
    • Somalia
    • Somaliland
    • South Africa
    • South Ossetia
    • South Sudan
    • Spain
    • Sri Lanka
    • Sudan
    • Suriname
    • Svalbard
    • eSwatini
    • Sweden
    • Switzerland
    • Syria
    • Taiwan
    • Tajikistan
    • Tanzania
    • Thailand
    • Timor-Leste
    • Togo
    • Tokelau
    • Tonga
    • Transnistria Pridnestrovie
    • Trinidad and Tobago
    • Tristan da Cunha
    • Tunisia
    • Turkey
    • Turkmenistan
    • Turks and Caicos Islands
    • Tuvalu
    • Uganda
    • Ukraine
    • United Arab Emirates
    • United Kingdom
    • United States
    • Uruguay
    • Uzbekistan
    • Vanuatu
    • Vatican City
    • Venezuela
    • Vietnam
    • British Virgin Islands
    • Isle of Man
    • US Virgin Islands
    • Wallis and Futuna
    • Western Sahara
    • Yemen
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
    • Other
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    e.g. "Mary Ann Moore, researcher, and writer, president of the Smith Associates consulting firm.  She received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago. In recognition of her work as Director of Public Information for the City of Cincinnati, she was chosen one of Cincinnati's Women of the Year in 2023.  A former staff member of the United Way, she is a board member of the Mental Health Association, WCET, and Council on World Affairs.  In addition to family activities with her husband, Geoff and their son, she enjoys photography, travel, and tennis."
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    Financial commitment from your organization is not required. There is an option for self-pay or a combination of self-pay and organization contribution. The cost for members of the chamber is $4,500 and non-members of the chamber $5,500.
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    Your participation is critical to the program's success. This program will be offered in person only and hosted at multiple regional locations. The curriculum for WE Lead includes a kickoff reception (mandatory), an overnight retreat (mandatory), five full-day sessions, four half-day facilitated mastermind group coaching sessions, two private sessions with a professional coach, and a graduation ceremony. September 16th, 2025 – Opening Reception & Kickoff (3-5:30 PM) Mandatory September 25th-26th, 2025 – Overnight Retreat at Hueston Woods (9 AM Thursday to 4 PM Friday) Mandatory October 7th, 2025 – Class Session (8:30 AM-4:30 PM) November 11th, 2025 – Coaching Session (8:30 AM-Noon) December 2nd, 2025 – Class Session (8:30 AM-4:30 PM) January 13th, 2026 – Coaching Session (8:30 AM-Noon) February 3rd, 2026 – Class Session (8:30 AM-4:30 PM) March 3rd, 2026– Coaching Session (8:30 AM-Noon) April 7th, 2026 – Class Session (8:30 AM-4:30 PM) May 5th, 2026 – Coaching Session (8:30 AM-Noon) May 19th, 2026 – Class Session (8:30 AM-4:30 PM) June 2nd, 2026 – Graduation (3-5:30 PM)
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    Please share any dietary restrictions you may have if selected for the program.
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    Your signature verifies your submission. When you hit submit, you will be redirected to pay your $50 application fee. As a reminder, your application will not be considered complete or reviewed until this payment is received. DO NOT FORGET TO SEND YOUR REFERENCE LETTER THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE PROGRAM. GO BACK TO THE TOP FOR SUBMISSION.
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