Emerging Leaders

The Emerging Leaders program connects a diverse group of individuals in their 20s, 30s and 40s to make an impact on the community.

Member Criteria

• Yearly contribution at $1200 or above
• Voluntarily opt-in to the program

Member Benefits

• Invitations to exclusive semi-annual Leadership Panel events. Past guests include CEOs of Harley-Davidson, Johnson Controls, Marcus Corporation, Manpower, Northwestern Mutual, Palermo Villa Inc., Metavante, the mayor, police chief and county executive.
• Invitation to the annual Emerging Leader Evening event at which the Philanthropic Five awards are presented to five young community leaders.
• Invitations to additional educational and volunteer opportunities.
• Recognition in the United Way Leadership Registry (optional) with an Emerging Leader mark.

Impact

• Emerging Leaders have supported eight United Way agency program partners with 1,368 hours of volunteer work through the annual Day of Action​ event, established in June 2009.
• Since the Emerging Readers program began in 2012, 571 young students at agency program partners have received over 4,283 books from Emerging Leaders volunteers.
• 1,200+ Emerging Leaders have contributed over $15 million to United Way’s annual campaign since its inception in 2006. In 2013 alone, Emerging Leaders members contributed $2.1 million.