For technical issues relating to this application form, please email: Tracy Warrington

As you prepare to complete this application, please review the following information designed to provide you with a greater understanding of Leadership Florida and the selection process. A statewide Selection Committee reviews each application and your application should reflect who you are.

This application is spread over multiple pages and contains several questions that will take significant time to complete. Please read the following suggestions to assure that your progress is saved as you move through the application.

At the bottom of the page is a "save and resume" link. After telling us your name and email, we HIGHLY recommend utilizing this feature before proceeding to the next page. Simply click the link at the bottom of any page, and you will be given a link that will allow you to come back to your progress within the next fourteen days. Please save this information.

The next page will outlines essential details about Leadership Florida and the Cornerstone program. You will also receive this information in your confirmation email.

The next several pages of the application is where you will spend the most time. We recommend saving your progress periodically throughout this process. Some internet browsers will "time out" if progress is not saved occasionally.

The final two pages are for reviewing information, payment options, and submission.

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Please note, however, that if the link had not yet been created, we will not be able to reset it and your progress will be lost.

We have a 'working file' available if you would prefer to work offline and then copy/paste your responses in. Please remember however, that all applications must be digitally submitted through this form. No paper or emailed applications will be processed.

Download here:
Cornerstone XXXVII Working File

Leadership Florida is celebrating 37 years of educating, engaging, and inspiring Florida’s leaders, Leadership Florida is a highly respected and trusted leadership organization. Our mission is to continually convene a statewide community of committed leaders to enhance and recharge their leadership skills and to educate and inspire them to work across their strengths and diversities for a better Florida. We engage Floridians by providing meaningful forums for sharing essential information and viewpoints, and we create opportunities for shared experiences that are inviting, inspiring and of lasting value.

One of the many ways we work to accomplish our mission is through our Cornerstone Class program. For our thirty-seventh class, 55 leaders aged 40 and older will be chosen to participate in a stimulating and thought-provoking nine-month educational program that consists of a series of 5 (five) two and three-day sessions held in cities throughout the state, the culmination of which is the equivalent of a sixth session where you will join fellow Leadership Florida members at our Annual Meeting. These sessions include programming on issues critical to Florida, refining well-developed leadership skills via sessions with leadership experts, and relevant information on Florida's history, demography, diversities, challenges, and opportunities.

One of the most rewarding and lasting benefits of the program is the chance to spend valuable time interacting with other leaders from a variety of professions, philosophies, and geographies who represent Florida's diverse ethnic and racial composition. The program sessions provide ample experiences designed to facilitate the deepening of relationships among the Class members and thus extend the network of relationships that form the fabric of our statewide leadership.

Graduation from our classes does not signify the end, but the beginning of a lifetime of opportunity as a member of the Leadership Florida membership network. Leadership Florida convenes regular meetings, regional and statewide, to facilitate continuing issues-oriented education, advanced leadership training, networking and the opportunity for members to work together toward shared goals.

The over 3,000 graduates of Leadership Florida programs are men and women who serve as chief executive officers of some of Florida's top corporations, mayors, and other elected officials, executives of pivotal non-profit groups, and leading academicians. They are also farmers, managers of high-tech consortiums, rural hospital administrators and head Florida's most important agencies. They own small businesses and even include law enforcement officers in communities throughout our state. They are committed to local and state community through their collective service on over 5,000 boards of companies and organizations throughout Florida.

The Leadership Florida Selection Committee, comprised of Leadership Florida graduates from throughout the state, seeks to identify those individuals most likely to utilize their leadership abilities for the long-term benefit of Florida and individuals who are committed to making Florida a better place in which to live and prosper. Through the application process, including discussions with references, the committee strives to select participants who will provide the Class with broad professional, geographic, ethnic and gender representation. The basic profile of and criteria for selection include:

• Senior-level leaders with significant achievements in career and community
• Sincere concern about the future of Florida and a personal commitment to help shape its future
• Demonstrated commitment to the community through past and present activities
• The potential for exercising substantial leadership in the future
• Willingness to commit the time and energy necessary to continue involvement in the organization

All applications must be submitted electronically through this form no later than Friday, May 4, 2018.

To apply for Leadership Florida Cornerstone XXXVII, you must be 40 years of age or older on the first day of the opening session to be eligible or be a graduate of a past Executive, Connect, or College Leadership class, regardless of age.

Applicants who will be under the age of 40 on the date noted above should complete the application for the Leadership Florida Connect program.

A processing fee of $100 must accompany the application. The fee can be paid online or by check. Checks must be received by May 15, 2018. The Selection Committee will not review applications that remain unpaid. Please mail checks to the following address:

Leadership Florida
Attn: Class Applications
215 S. Monroe Street
Suite 710
Tallahassee, FL 32301

Your application will not be complete until:
• You have digitally signed your application
• You have accepted the policies terms and clicked the final "Submit"
• Leadership Florida has received your processing fee

The Selection Committee's decision will be announced by mid-July 2018.

Please keep in mind that the Selection Committee is building a class representative of Florida's professional, geographic, age, racial, gender, and ethnic diversities.

The tuition for Leadership Florida's Cornerstone Program is $5500 per participant, payable upon acceptance to the program. This amount includes most meals during meetings but does not include lodging. This amount also includes your first year's annual dues of $275.

Tuition must be paid by August 30, 2018, unless Leadership Florida has approved a previously agreed-upon payment plan.

A limited number of tuition scholarships are available. Partial scholarships (up to 50% of tuition) may be available based on financial need. Payment plans are also available.

An opportunity to request scholarship information will be available before finalizing your application.

Scholarship funds are not available for application costs.

Leadership Florida strongly encourages participants to take their commitment seriously. Our cancellation policy follows:

• Withdrawal more than 30 days before the first day of the opening retreat: full refund less $250.
• Withdrawal less than 30 days before the first day of the opening session will result in forfeiture of 100% of tuition. Those funds will instead become a tax-deductible donation to Leadership Florida.

Participants are REQUIRED to attend the ENTIRE opening retreat and participate in at least 80% of the remaining sessions to graduate with their class. Leadership Florida strictly enforces this policy.

The 2018-2019 session dates are as follows:

1. October 3-5 (Wednesday-Friday) River Ranch
2. November 14-16 (Wednesday-Friday) West Palm Beach
3. January 9-11 (Wednesday-Friday) Tampa
4. February 27-March 1 (Wednesday-Friday) Tallahassee
5. May 15-18 (Wednesday-Saturday) Miami
6. June 20-23 (Thursday-Saturday) Orlando - 2019 Leadership Florida Annual Meeting

Typically, class program sessions will begin about noon on the first day listed and end about noon on the last day listed. Specific times will be provided after the class is selected.

Leadership Florida takes pride in choosing a class that is diverse in all areas. Please provide the following demographic information:

The Selection Committee places great emphasis on the time you commit to improving your community through volunteer activities.

At Leadership Florida, we continually discover and convene committed individuals, enhancing and recharging their leadership skills by introducing them to an influential community through whom they find knowledge and inspiration. We engage Floridians by providing essential information and a meaningful forum for their opinions and create opportunities for shared experiences that are inviting, inspiring, and of lasting value.

You may upload any supporting documents here. A professional resume is required. Other examples would include letters of recommendation, additional references, resume, etc.

Please list contact information for two persons who are in a position to comment on what you would bring to Leadership Florida's program. Provide their name, title, business address, telephone number and email address.

Upon acceptance into the program, this information will be used for purposes of creating a member directory. Please be sure the image is of high quality.

The application fee for Leadership Florida Cornerstone XXXVII is $100. The next page will request payment information. You may either mail a check to Leadership Florida or use your credit card during the application process.

The tuition cost for each participant in Leadership Florida's Cornerstone Program is $5,500, payable upon acceptance to the program. This amount includes most meals during meetings. However, it does not include lodging. This amount also includes your first year's annual dues, which is currently $275.

Leadership Florida expects that the employers and families of all participants understand and fully support the significant commitment of time away from home and office, as well as the financial obligation. A limited amount of financial assistance is available for tuition scholarships of up to $2,750 for individuals who are accepted to the program and are not able to fully finance their participation solely from their employer's or personal resources.

Please note that this information is kept confidential and only shared with the Leadership Florida staff if you are accepted into the program.

Please provide the following information to assist Leadership Florida staff in allocating the limited scholarship funds.

Scholarship funds are not available for application costs.

Please review all of your information.

Check for typos. If you are accepted into the Leadership Florida Cornerstone XXXVII program, the information that you include in this application will be used in the class directory and other future publications.

Clicking Submit below will finalize your application process. If you have elected to pay by credit card, you will be taken to a payment processing page next.