PELA to be held July 5-10; August 2-7          
The UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government will once again offer the Public Executive Leadership Academy (PELA) this summer. This year’s PELA course will take place July 5-10 and August 2-7 at the Rizzo Conference Center in Chapel Hill.

This year’s class will be PELA’s fifth. The course is designed for city and county managers and assistants and key department heads to “learn more about themselves as leaders to gain the necessary skills to lead and manage change in their communities.”

The program is designed to learn about issues and challenges that you will face as a leader; create a framework for thinking about relationships with both board and staff; develop tools to dianose problems and find solutions; and learn from others by exchanging ideas.

Course director Carl Stenberg stated that they are hoping to have 30 students this year with five of those hopefully coming from outside the state of North Carolina.

PELA participants will stay overnight at the Rizzo Center for the two (separate) weeks of the program. Tuition for PELA has increased since last year.

“This is the time to make that investment because they are going to be asked to be creative in the future,” said Stenberg.

For more on PELA, go to www.pela.unc.edu or contact Gail Wilkins at 919-962-9754 or wilkins@sog.unc.edu.

Important Scholarship Information

Those interested in applying for a scholarship should email Gwen Harvey at gharvey@co.orange.nc.us on behalf of the Professional Development Committee. You must respond to these three questions ...

Why is NCCCMA scholarship assistance critical to your participation in PELA (or the Senior Executive Institute at UVa)?

Are you an ICMA-Credentialed Manager and is participation part of your professional plan for maintaining the credential?

How do you intend to "pay it forward" -- using the benefits of participation to add value to your organization and our professional association?