The DeVos Institute Global Executive Fellowship serves entrepreneurial executives in the arts and cultural sector who are prepared to look critically at their work, challenge assumptions, and develop rigorous strategies to address the most pressing challenges facing their organisations, regions, and art forms at large.
Led by DeVos Institute Founder & Chairman Michael M. Kaiser and President Brett Egan, this high-intensity programme serves executives of arts, culture, heritage and humanities non-profits worldwide. It provides training and guidance in strategic planning, leadership, fundraising, marketing, board governance, human resources, and financial planning coupled with peer learning, networking, and time for personal reflection. It is designed as both a catalyst for leaders at critical points in their careers, as well as a high-touch, long-term investment in a generation of leaders who will support one another, and their fields of service, for a lifetime.
Individuals engage in the Fellowship at a point of career inflection when they are well-positioned to make a significant investment in their work at their organisation and their role as a leader in their field. Fellows pursue the programme through the lens of their current organisation–developing, implementing, and refining strategies for their organisation through its curriculum.
It serves CEOs, Executive Directors, General Managers, and similar who have strategic responsibilities across all core functions of their organisation. On average, Fellows bring 10-20 years of professional experience and 5-7 Fellows are selected to begin the programme each year.
Fellows attend a four-week residency in July/early August (in a USA city) for three consecutive years and engage in cohort-based activities between residencies.
Fellows receive air and ground transportation, lodging during the Fellowship, per diem to cover living expenses during the Fellowship, and visa sponsorship (for international applicants).
