To be a self-aware, reflective, ethical leader with a strong sense of professionalism, commitment and passion for the nonprofit sector.

This is the goal for each participant in the Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Management (CNLM).

The program’s 20 full days over 10 months – August through May with graduation in June – and over 160 hours of contact time, built on a strong competency model, offers one of the most comprehensive nonprofit professional development opportunities in Texas. It seeks to be a transformative experience for its participants.

Designed for both professional staff and volunteers already engaged in, or aspiring to be volunteer and/ or professional leaders and managers, within the Nonprofit Sector of Texas, CNLM affords a disciplined view of self, of the organizations in which you operate, and the overall environment of the Texas Nonprofit Sector. Its serious course of study – requiring the commitment and investment of its participants – provides the “learning” and “experience” required to be a committed, competent and effective leader and manager within the nonprofit community.

CNLM program coordinators and faculty are passionate expert practitioners who help participants to build their personal effectiveness and then to strengthen the organizations they serve.

Many nonprofit practitioners and volunteer leaders come to their work through passion more than by way of an education that has taught them how to lead and manage effectively in order to manifest that passion.

The Certificate Experience seeks to raise the bar on the practice of professional and volunteer leadership and management in Texas by developing a cadre of informed, motivated and effective nonprofit professional and volunteer practitioner leaders who will build their professional networks so as to support each other (throughout their careers) in the difficult work of strengthening societal resources and assets for assuring the community’s quality of life.