From The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century came the clarion call: "Today the need for leaders is too great to leave their emergence to chance". Over its ten year history the Institute has created several one-to two-year executive education programs for public health administrators, managers, supervisors, and directors.

The first Southeast Public Health Leadership Institute combined state public health agencies in North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Its platform was to strengthen leadership skills and to provide a professional network of support in the southeast region.

The National Public Health Leadership Institute, begun in 1991 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, re-located to Chapel Hill in 2002. This leadership development program trains high-potential leaders with a commitment to leading in their own organizations and communities, but also leading system change on the national scene. The Center for Creative Leadership and the Kenan-Flagler Business School are partners with NPHLI.

Emerging Leaders in Public Health involves scholars nationwide from minority populations and those serving predominantly minority populations in the challenges of leadership and organizational impact. One of its guiding principles is that one way to address health disparities is to have minority representatives fill significant roles in public health's future.

Click here to visit the Institute's Office of Executive Education.

The Institute has inaugurated a variety of leadership programs for public health over its 10 year history.