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Leadership Little Traverse
Leadership Little Traverse is a 9-month professional leadership program with a mission to inspire and prepare civic leaders in the Little Traverse Bay Region to take action and better our community. The most recent cohort to complete the program in May of 2025 brings the total alumni to 350 and was the 24th class to complete to program.
Selection Process

Leadership Little Traverse is open to anyone with an interest in learning about and becoming involved in the community. No more than 16 individuals will be selected to participate. Participants must attend all sessions and activities. Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee. A personal interview may be required as part of the selection process. Applicants are accepted based on the quality of their application.

Applications are available in early June, and the program begins each year in September and runs through May.
LLT Supporters

Thank you to these LLT Supporters for the 2024/2025 Class:

Graduation Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield
Binder Sponsor: Bearcub Outfitters

Session Sponsors: Building a Team: OsborneKlein, Environment: Class of 2023, Creativity/Ethics/DEI: Harbor Springs Festival of the Book, History and Beyond: Meyer Ace Hardware, Education: Kiwanis Club of Petoskey, Human Services:
United Way of Northwest MI, Local Government: Sunrise Rotary of Petoskey, Economy: Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation.

Lunch Sponsors: Little Bay Gourmet, City Park Grill, Perry Hotel, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, LLT Class of 2023, Julienne Tomatoes, Crooked Tree Breadworks and PHS Culinary.

Special Thanks: Transportation by Sunset Premier Shuttle, Photography by Matte Photography

Facility Contributors: Camp Daggett, City of Petoskey, Harbor Springs Area Historical Society, North Central Michigan College, Demmer Wellness Center, Harbor Hall, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Crooked Tree Art Center, Trout Creek Condominiums.

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Community Service Project RFP for Non-profits

Each LLT class is required to complete a community service project during the course of their nine-month program. The purpose of the project is to teach the class to work together as a team, to identify a community need and resolve it, to learn basic project development skills, and to give something back to the community.

Not-for-profit organizations that provide services in Emmet County are invited to submit proposals for the next Leadership Little Traverse (LLT) Community Service Project. To qualify, the proposed project should start no earlier than Nov. 1, 2025 and be completed by no later than April 30, 2026. To apply you can access the Request for Proposal here.
LLT Steering Committee

The Leadership Little Traverse Program is designed and presented by the LLT Steering Committee:

Nikki Devitt, Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce
Bonnie Kulp, Harbor Springs Area Chamber of Commerce
David Jones, Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation
Cora Smith, Little Traverse Tileworks
Lindsey Walker, Emmet County Recycling
Gail Kloss, Women's Resource Center of NM
Cindy McSurely
Kirstyn Horan, Health Department of Northwest MI
Brent Bolin, Top of Michigan Trails Council
Christian Smith, Great Lakes Center for the Arts
Lilah Clevey, Lilah Clevey Psychological Services
LLT Graduation Sponsor