2025-2026 Presenting Sponsor
The Leadership Asheville Executive Director Roundtable (LA-EDR) is designed to primarily connect organizations, foster collaboration, and develop leadership capacity in the non-profit sector.
The LA-EDR is an inclusive space for non-profit executives to learn and grow while providing a conduit to peer leaders for support, guidance and collaboration. The group is intentionally kept small so that conversations can remain focused and productive. There is a small fee for participation in LA-EDR, which primarily goes to cover program expenses for the year.
The program runs annually from October through May, and meetings fall on the first Friday of every month. Each meeting lasts for two hours. Meetings are dedicated to personal leadership development, peer support and community orientation, led by a variety of facilitators and community leaders and members of the group. Specific topics will vary and are often set by the group as timely responses to current trends and events.
Past meeting topics have included:
- Non-profit collaboration in a competitive environment
- Fundraising
- Board management – how to frame roles and manage effective board members
- Staff retention
- Volunteer recruitment, management, and retention
- Realistic self-care and work/life balance for ED’s
- Creative benefits – how to support staff in meaningful ways
- The importance of organizational culture
- Peer development
- Leadership from the heart
- Difficult conversations
- Old-style management methods don’t work – it’s time to get more human
- Your self-awareness (who you are) affects everyone
The generous support of Mercy Urgent Care, allows for leaders of all types of non-profits to participate in the Leadership Asheville Executive Directors Roundtable.
Interested in participating? Reach out to Leadership Asheville Executive Director Sarah Goldman: sgoldma2@unca.edu