WELCOME
Greetings and welcome to the Leadership Tri-County’s web site.  LTC is the leadership development program for Southeastern Kentucky’s counties of Laurel, Knox and Whitley.  Please browse the many pages on our site.   Southeastern Kentucky needs all its leaders networked and empowered.  Please contact us, we need you!

OUR MISSION
Leadership Tri-County is a non-profit organization established in 1987 as an educational program designed to identify potential, emerging, and current leaders from Knox, Laurel, and Whitley counties and to nurture their continued development into the leaders our area needs now and in the future.

OUR HISTORY
During the late seventies, a few larger cities in the country began to study the need for a program that would advance the natural evolution of some citizens to become its civic, business, and political leaders. These programs became known as local community leadership networks.
     In 1985, the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce sponsored their first statewide leadership network called Leadership Kentucky. Dr. William Hacker, Tom Handy, and Jim Oaks from the tri-counties were chosen to participate.  From that experience they recognized the need for a similar program in the tri-counties. 
     They began the process of developing a structure for the local organization in 1986 and by the fall of 1987, the charter class of Leadership Tri-County was selected.  Today, Leadership Tri-County continues to serve the mission of the organization by advancing its leadership and networking task.  Class members are brought together to build vibrant relationships and deepen their knowledge of the area’s challenges and opportunities and to inspire them to commit quality leadership skills either individually or collectively to further Southeastern Kentucky's future.

WHO GETS INVOLVED
Individuals from diverse backgrounds and professions are recruited each year to participate in the program.  Those who have a genuine interest in their community and are willing to be a catalyst for effective change should consider participating. As a LTC participant, you will expand your personal and professional network to include other area leaders who share your common vision for a stronger regional community.  It’s fun too.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED
To be considered an applicant, contact any business partner or alumni member.  You must be willing to give one day a month for nine months to graduate from the program. The selection process is competitive.  Tuition is paid by the class member, his/her firm, or through scholarship.