Water Leadership

Colorado Water Leaders Program

Beorn Courtney, director of water resources engineering at Headwaters Corporation

The Colorado Foundation for Water Education is committed to providing education and leadership opportunities to professionals throughout the West. The Water Leaders Program was created in 2006 to offer emerging Colorado professionals the opportunity to develop their leadership potential with a focus on water resources issues. The year-long program has since provided training in conflict resolution, communication and negotiation to participants from across Colorado. The program also includes extensive self-assessment and networking opportunities. Click here for a full list of Water Leaders Alumni.

Program Participants

Who Participates?

The Water Leaders course is open to any mid-level professional in Colorado with an interest in water resources and career development. Click on the pictures above to learn more about some of the past paticipants. The application process is open to participants from all walks of life and the program will strive to recruit diverse classes. Past participants include employees and managers from:

AECOM
Applegate Group
Aqua Engineering
Boulder County Open Space
Brown & Caldwell
CDM Inc.
Cities of Aurora, Boulder, Loveland, Thornton and Pueblo
Colorado Division of Water Resources
Colorado State Parks
Colorado Watershed Assembly
Douglas County Water Resource Authority
Headwaters Corporation
Leonard Rice Engineers
The Nature Conservancy
Riverside Technology, Inc.

Candidates must exhibit clear leadership potential within their own organization, on-the-job experience in a leadership position, commitment to understanding water issues, and interest in seeking leadership roles on public boards and commissions or have the potential for advancement to key leadership roles within their own organization.

2010 Water Leaders Program

Information for 2010 Program

The application period for the 2010 class closed in November 2009. Application dates for the 2011 class will be posted here when the materials become available. If you want to be notified when the materials become available, please contact the office.

Learn more about the program in the 2010 Water Leaders flyer

The focus of the Water Leaders class is split between personal leaderships skills and water resources education.

Personal Leadership includes: conflict resolution, management techniques and working with different personality types.

Water Resources Education includes: opportunities to shadow senior Colorado water professionals for a day, attendance and participation in the Colorado Water Congress Summer Convention, and peer learning through a collaborative education project with other class members.

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Support for the Colorado Foundation for Water Education is tax-deductible and provides numerous benefits, including discounts on publications and event registrations. Your membership supports development of new publications, outreach efforts across the state, and critical operational needs.

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