Board Leadership Training Accelerator
Activating effective nonprofit board leadership
Board Leadership Training Accelerator is an intensive leadership development program designed to prepare regional professionals for effective, ethical board service. Participants gain understanding of the skills required to steer mission-driven nonprofit organizations — and new strategies to create transformative impact. Participants graduate ready to lead with confidence, influence positive outcomes in nonprofit governance, and foster lasting regional impact.
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Board Leadership Training Accelerator includes four days of immersive leadership development sessions. Participants are required to attend all scheduled sessions to ensure a cohesive learning experience.
Program Launch: Participants are introduced to essential tools and frameworks to support their understanding of leadership in the nonprofit sector. Learn about the unique landscape of nonprofits in California, and the intersections of board service with real-world leadership skills.
Board Fundamentals: Participants gain real-world knowledge and practical frameworks to effectively support and advance nonprofit missions. Deepen understanding of board work and responsibilities:
- board ethics, compliance, oversight, and governance
- advocacy and community engagement
- fundraising, development, and financial management
- sustainability and strategic planning, and more.
Aligning Purpose and Values: Learn best practices to become an effective advocate and strategies to align board activities with the nonprofit’s mission and values — in service of supporting a strong, dynamic organization.
Collaborative, Impactful Service: Learn and practice strategies for effective collaboration, understanding group dynamics and the board’s role in addressing common challenges and opportunities. Gain essential tools to respond well to organizational challenges through adaptive leadership practices and inquiry-based decision-making.
Launch your nonprofit Board service; gain access to nonprofit board decision makers and exposure to an array of board service opportunities. Emerge with a Personal Board Profile highlighting your capacity for service and impact
Become an effective nonprofit board member through inquiry-based decision-making, adaptive leadership practices, and tools for advancing community advocacy and mission-oriented change. Gain knowledge of board governance best practices, collaboration skills, and strategies for navigating nonprofit challenges.
Grow a robust network of nonprofit leaders and change makers, and build meaningful relationships with other service-minded professionals in the region. Join Coro’s 15,000-strong network of remarkable leaders.
At Coro, the learning doesn’t stop when your program ends. Coro alumni gain access to:
Alumni-only continuing education sessions.
- Networking events with key decision-makers working to shape the spirit and integrity of our region.
Coro Classifieds, an alumni-only job board.
A Credly by Pearson™ digital badge showcasing your credentials.
Alumni-only digital networking platforms to exchange resources and collaborate with other alumni.
- a 15% tuition discount toward Coro programming in Executive Leadership Network, Lead LA or Women in Leadership in order to further expand their networks, skills, and knowledge.*
* application and selection required; discount valid for two years following BLTA participation.
Find the Program Benefits Guide below to learn more.
For decades, Coro leaders have made their way to influential positions in business, public service, and as advocates on behalf of our country’s most pressing issues. Coro values diverse perspectives, identities, experiences, and worldviews in our programs.
Ideal candidates…
- are interested in or currently serving on a nonprofit board
- live or work in the Greater Los Angeles Region.
- are eager to broaden their community impact and advance mission-driven nonprofits.
- are committed to deepening their leadership capacity with a cohort of peers.
- are looking to expand their professional network.
- commit to meeting for the scheduled sessions.
There’s nothing like the Coro approach. Coro helps people deepen their innate leadership skills, giving them the tools and a lifelong network to activate tangible change.
It’s not just about finding the right solutions; Coro training is uniquely focused on helping leaders ask the right questions. It’s about equipping leaders to relate across differences rather than simply reacting to them. Coro leaders intentionally engage and collaborate with others across identities, ideologies, sectors, and generations. Participants should be ready to engage productively with different perspectives and in personal reflection.
Coro views leadership as an active practice that requires hands-on experiential learning. Participants are expected to be engaged, mindful, and fully present, minimizing external distractions to maximize their growth and contribution to the cohort.
Coro leaders learn to move from judgment to curiosity, navigate ambiguity, sit in discomfort, and embrace empathy and vulnerability as essential leadership practices, critical for unleashing learning, and building authentic connections. Participants must be willing to embrace vulnerability to foster a psychologically safe environment — a necessary precursor to adaptive, innovative collaboration.
Program Cost
Tuition is $2,950 (subsidized from $6,500 by our generous donors).
Employer Assistance
Coro recommends applicants engage their employer about potential support as part of their organization’s social responsibility initiatives. Please reference the Program Benefits Guide below to support this conversation with your employer.
Tuition Discounts
If financial limitations are an obstacle to participation, please contact Carson Bruno, Vice President of Growth, at carson@corola.org to inquire about need-based discounts.
Past Participating Organizations
See Housing & Houselessness Leadership Network graduates’ organizations
Abundant Housing LA
Century Housing
City of Long Beach, Department of Health and Human Services
City of Los Angeles, City Planning Department
City of Los Angeles, Office of Council President Paul Krekorian (CD 2)
City of Los Angeles, Office of Council Member Nithya Raman (CD 4)
City of Los Angeles, Office of Council Member Heather Hutt (CD 10)
City of Pasadena, Accessibility and Disability Commission
Coalition for Economic Survival
Communities for a Better Environment
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
County of Los Angeles, Office of the Chief Executive
County of Los Angeles, Office of Supervisor Holly Mitchell (District 2)
Covenant House California
Downtown Women’s Center
Ethos Real Estate
Highland Park Developments
Hollywood Food Coalition
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Impact Justice
Los Angeles County Development Authority
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA)
Los Angeles Metro
Los Angeles Mission
Merritt Community Capital
Miracle Messages
M. Sherman Consulting
My Friend’s Place
National Council of Jewish Women LA
Ontario International Airport Authority
Orange County Department of Education
PATH
Rainbow Services, Ltd
RAND Corporation
Safe Place for Youth
San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust
SSG/HOPICS
Southern California Health and Rehabilitation Program
The Center in Hollywood
The People Concern
Thomas House Family Shelter
Urban Environmentalists
Thomas Safran & Associates
WET Design
Whalar
Alumni Testimonials
Monique Alvarado
Organizational Advancement & Marketing Project Manager
Los Angeles Mission
“I valued being given a space to engage myself as a diverse leader….I felt pushed to explore myself, and I value the deep relationships I fostered. I feel like I walked out with a family and a coalition that can innovate and change the future of homelessness. In no unclear words, Los Angeles needed this leadership space to have difficult conversations and the innovations that can possibly come out of our personal commitments to purpose and change…”
Jason Brown
Safety & Security Manager
WET Design
“I’ve gone through corporate management training before, with varying degrees of success, but participating in HHLN was very different. It was a truly diverse cohort with participants from all different sectors. Our cohort was a microcosm of the housing and houselessness space at large: developers from the private sector collaborated with social workers and case managers. We shared a mutual respect for each other and our different areas of expertise.”
Amy Turk
Chief Executive Officer
Downtown Women’s Center
“We have first-hand seen an advancement in our mission because of the deeper network, civic engagement, and personal and professional skills building that come with joining the Coro community. Staff who have completed Coro programs demonstrate greater adaptive leadership skills at DWC, a timelessly important quality, but one that converging health and social pandemics demands of our current workforce today more than ever.”