Current Cohort Schedule

Orientation
November 1, 2018

Session One: Adaptive Pastoral Leadership
January 7-9, 2019

Session Two: Community and Pastoral Well-being
March 25-27, 2019

• Rev. Michael Mather & DeAmon Harges, Broadway United Methodist Church
• Brad Beaubien, City Planner, Indianapolis
• Clay Robbins, President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board, Lilly Endowment Inc.
• David Brooks, New York Times

Session Three: Demography and Immigration
May 13-15, 2019

• Arthur E. Farnsley II, Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, IUPUI
• Lisa Koop, Notre Dame Law School; National Immigrant Justice Center
• Afshan Z. Paarlberg, Saeed and Little LLP
• Roberto Rueda, Baptist Student Ministry, University of Texas Rio Grande

Session Four: Indiana’s Changing Economy
August 26-28, 2019

• Chalmer Thompson, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the IUPUI Counseling/Counselor Education Program
• Mayor Todd Barton and Dale Petrie, City of Crawfordsville, IN
• David Johnson, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership
• Melissa Spas, The Lake Institute of Faith and Giving, IUPUI
• Jason Kloth, founding President & CEO of Ascend Indiana

National Study Tour
October 4-11, 2019

Session Five: Education in Indiana
November 11-13, 2019

Session Six: Hunger and Poverty
January 6-8, 2020

Session Seven: Administering Justice
March 23-25, 2020

Session Eight: Healthcare in Indiana
May 11-13, 2020

Session Nine: Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation
August 24-26, 2020

International Study Tour
October 2-14, 2020

Session Ten: Your Leadership
December 7-9, 2020