Change makers and leaders statewide are invited to apply for the sixth cohort of the Omidyar Fellows.
Founded in 2012, the program seeks to cultivate the conditions in which Hawaii thrives by equipping midcareer leaders with the skills and cross-sector relationships necessary to collectively affect societal change.
Applications are being accepted at www.omidyarfellows.org and are due by noon April 26. Candidates will be selected based on their motivation and ability to make transformative change happen in Hawaii. The best candidates are midcareer leaders who have been entrepreneurial in their career and had the experience and drive to be disrupters and transformative catalysts within organizational leadership and/or outside of formal roles.
The application and selection process for the Omidyar Fellows includes an online written application, letters of support, small group process and in-person interview. Selected fellows will participate in an executive-level 15-month curriculum and join a vibrant network — the Forum of Fellows — at no cost to the fellow or their employer/sponsoring organization. The program provides travel stipends for neighbor island fellows.
“The future of our state relies tremendously on the ability of its emerging leaders to address and solve the growing, complex challenges facing our community,” said Bill Coy, director of Omidyar Fellows. “The Omidyar Fellows program presents an incredible, life-changing opportunity for those leaders to grow. Together, those leaders will foster and enact innovative change in Hawaii.”
Omidyar Fellows, a program of the Hawaii Leadership Forum, commences in October 2018 with Cohort VI. The curriculum includes a full-day session once a month, executive coaching, an individual learning excursion, conversations with community, business and government leaders and more.
After the initial 15 months, the curriculum portion of the Omidyar Fellows journey concludes, and the cohort becomes fully engaged in the Forum of Fellows, an active network of 70 leaders and change makers from five islands, all of whom are dedicated to making positive movement on Hawaii’s most pressing issues.
“Courageous leadership is what calls one to the Omidyar Fellows program,” said John Leong, Cohort III, Kupu. “This program is for those who have a bigger vision for the world around them and seek to raise the tide and change the game for the broader community.”
For more information, visit www.omidyarfellows.org. Omidyar Fellows is also on Facebook at www.facebook.com/OmidyarFellowsHI.
