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PLA Leadership Fellows Program

PLA Leadership Fellows Scholarship Program

The Public Library Association (PLA) is dedicated to providing our members with educational opportunities that will help them become leaders in public libraries and excel in their careers. PLA's scholarship program, PLA Leadership Fellows, offers PLA members who are public library managers a chance to attend executive leadership training at some of the best universities in the United States:

  • University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
  • University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business 
  • Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government 
  • University of Washington, Evans School of Public Affairs 

Program Details

Positive Leadership: Building Extraordinary Leadership Capabilities

University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
Program Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
PLA congratulates Leadership Fellows scholarship recipient, Stephanie Chase, Director of the Stowe (Vt.) Free Library.

Executive Management Program

University of Washington, Evans School of Public Affairs
Program Location: Seattle, WA
PLA congratulates Leadership Fellows scholarship recipient, Denise Lyons, a library development consultant with the South Carolina State Library.

Leading Organizational Change

University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
Program Location: Philadelphia, PA
PLA congratulates Leadership Fellows scholarship recipient, Jennifer Wright, Assistant Chief in the Materials Management Division at the Free Library of Philadelphia (Penn.).

Senior Executives in State and Local Government

Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
Program Location: Cambridge/Boston, MA
PLA congratulates Leadership Fellows scholarship recipient, Chang Liu, Associate Director of Neighborhood Library Services for the District of Columbia Public Library. 

All fellowships have been filled. 
PLA Announces Two Leadership Fellows Scholarship Winners 
PLA Announces Final Two Leadership Fellows Scholarship Winners

Currently, we are evaluating the program for the future.  Please check back in late summer for more updates.

Questions?

Contact the PLA Office at 312-280-2433 extension 5PLA, or email Melissa Faubel, PLA Meeting and Special Events Planner, at mfaubel@ala.org