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Leadership Training Found Nowhere Else
The Executive Leadership Seminar provides formal education in leadership with an emphasis on resource protection that can't be found anywhere else.
Managing Change Together
Attendees work together to develop action plans for implementation on return to their home parks.
How Will You Manage and Preserve Public Lands?
Learn from world-renowned experts on topics like fire policy, ecosystem management, water resources and air quality that affect the future of natural lands.
Is the Executive Leadership Seminar for You?
If you are a park and protected-area leader, this 10-day seminar on leadership, innovation, and organizational renewal can help you better manage change.
A Real-World Learning Experience
Institute at the Golden Gate in San Francisco, UC Merced and Yosemite National Park serve as field laboratories for observation, demonstration and discussion during the seminar.
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The Executive Leadership Seminar is an 10-day intensive management seminar on leadership, innovation and organizational renewal for park and protected-area leaders. Courses are held at Golden Gate National Recreation Area, UC Davis, UC Merced, and Yosemite National Park. Participants share park business challenges and develop brief action plans for implementation upon their return home.

 

NPI EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP SEMINAR | PROPOSED: APRIL 22 - May 1, 2025

DINING, LODGING AND TRANSPORTATION FROM CAVALLO POINT TO UC MERCED AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK IS INCLUDED

San Francisco - overlooking the Golden Gate bridge at Cavallo Point
SAN FRANCISCO | CAVALLO POINT AND THE LODGE AT THE GOLDEN GATE
 
UC Merced campus showcasing Beginnings sculpture
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED
 
Yosemite National Park - view of Half Dome
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
 

 

 

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

"Each speaker provided a great opportunity for participants to learn something new. On a scale from 1 to 10 it was a 10."
Neal J. Bedlan
Chief of Interpretation
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
"I must say that this program has been really an eye opening for me in getting to meet, discuss and learn from many leaders around the world. I have learned a lot and I am certain that I will be able to make use of these lessons here in Bhutan. The program has been just amazing….."
Lhendup Tharchen
Nature Conservation Division
Department of Forests and Park Services, Bhutan
 
"The seminar should be on every superintendent's Individual Development Plan…”
Kelly Fuhrmann
Superintendent
El Morro, El Malpais National Monuments

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SEMINAR BENEFITS

  • JOIN a cohort of 25 park leaders from around the globe to learn from world-renowned experts on topics that affect the future of natural lands and cultural heritage.
     
  • LEARN how to anticipate and lead strategic change, reinvigorate your organization and incorporate innovative thinking into your management repertoire.
     
  • GAIN knowledge in iconic park settings and share experiences alongside a global cohort that will develop a superlative professional network of global NPI alumni. 
     
  • CREATE future avenues for ongoing knowledge exchange and continued partnership as NPI park leaders.

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

SENIOR AND MID-LEVEL MANAGERS OF: 

  • Parks
  • Protected areas
  • Marine sanctuaries

MANAGERS OF:

  • Non-governmental organizations, non-profits
  • Educational institutions
  • Partner organizations that support natural and cultural resource protection and management
  • Natural preserves
  • Historic sites
  • Places of cultural significance

 

APPLY TODAY

Apply graphic | APPLY BY 2/11/2025

HAVE QUESTIONS? EMAIL US TODAY!

 

THE NPI EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP SEMINAR IS PRESENTED BY:

Ernest & Julio Gallo Management Program logo

 

National Parks Institute Executive Leadership Seminar - Overview

 

The opportunity for partnership between the University of California and National Park Systems is quite extraordinary for the advancement of both research and teaching.
- E.O. WILSON
NATIONAL PARKS INSTITUTE SPEAKER

 

 

PARTNERS

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UC Meced Extension
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Clemson University
Institute at the Golden Gate
National Park Service
Cal Poly Pomona

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Together, we foster an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse backgrounds and voices of our campus and community. We, as participants in NPI, agree to follow the policies of the University of California in this regard: please see our policy at https://ejie.ucmerced.edu/policies.