Leadership Sacramento
Growing leaders since 1985
Leadership Sacramento is a program of the Sacramento Metro Chamber Foundation that develops community-minded business and civic leaders of tomorrow. This year long interactive program provides a behind-the-scenes view of the issues that impact the region’s economy and culminates in the completion of a community project.
Why Leadership Sacramento?
Personal and Professional Development
Leadership Sacramento is an amazing program designed to surround you with like-minded, yet totally diverse individuals you wouldn’t otherwise have a chance to interact within your daily work or personal lives. Many of your classmates will become friends for life.
Connection
Expand your understanding of what is happening across Sacramento’s various sectors from some of the most influential leaders in our region.
Service
Participate as a group in a community service project benefitting a local nonprofit that leaves a lasting mark on our region and the community.
Inspiration
The people you meet, the places we go, and the industries we learn about contribute to what makes Sacramento a healthy region. Leadership Sacramento is your foot-in-the-door to help you identify what role you want to play in it.
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Interested in joining next year’s Leadership Sacramento class?
Applications for our 2025 cohort have closed. Please check back for more information.
Leadership Sacramento Class Projects
Each class works collectively to select and complete a community service project to benefit a nonprofit organization, project or cause. Past projects have included:
Habitat for Humanity: Implemented “Rock the Block” to make community repairs and improvements in local low-income neighborhoods.
Wellspring Women’s Center: Renovated outdated kitchen serving nearly 200 women and children in Oak Park every weekday with a nutritious breakfast, free counseling, enrichment classes, and safety net services.
Courage Worldwide: Assisted organization focused on combating human trafficking with additional housing, services and the start of new café to support victims.
Mustard Seed/Loaves & Fishes: Re-purposed a storage area to a multi-use room for children facing homelessness to learn life skills and explore future career paths.
Boys & Girls Club: Renovated seven rooms at downtown location to include a dance studio, recording studio, technology lab and fashion design arts studio.
Soil Born Farms: Developed and built an outdoor classroom and amphitheater to promote local agriculture for regional residents.
Monthly Sessions
Each month, Leadership Sacramento explores a new subject. The goal for each day is to give class participants a unique behind-the-scenes experience that furthers their knowledge of each subject, demonstrating the impact the subject has on the region and providing information and connections to enable immediate community action.
2025 Class Subjects:
- Regional History
- Non-Profit
- Environment
- Communications
- Business & Innovation
- Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Farm to Fork
- Health & Wellness
- Law & Order
- Leadership
Leadership Sacramento gave me the opportunity to meet people inside and outside of my industry that I may not have had a chance to come in contact with. The Metro Chamber’s continued support of this program shows its commitment to growing our region from the inside out.
Jamie Von Sossan
3Fold Communications
Leadership Sacramento is an investment I would highly recommend to others. Whether you’re looking to learn more about Sacramento, develop your leadership skills, or expand your network – Leadership Sacramento is the place to be.
