LEAD Overview

Visit ANTHC’s Leadership Excellence through Advancement and Determination (LEAD) webpage, https://anthctraining.com/leadership-development/lead/, for a detailed program description and lists and links to required documents. To complete your application, gather documents and signatures:

• Current Curriculum Vitae or Resume
• Leadership Program Development Plan
• Program Time & Obligations form
• Personal Statement
• Who you are, why you work in Tribal Health, and what your motivation for applying to LEAD is
• Your short-term and long-term goals, and how participating in LEAD will help you achieve them
• What leadership means to you and how you demonstrate or role model leadership in your current position
• Following your participation in LEAD, how you will reinvent yourself both personally and professionally

ANTHC Employee  General Eligibility (Including Remote):

In addition to being Alaska Native or Native American one must:

• Be a full time employee, including designated groups of employees who work “regular full time” at 36 hours per week
• By Program Kick Off, September 18, 2025, have been an ANTHC employee for a minimum of twelve months
• Have no corrective actions, and be in “good standing” for the past twelve months
• Have received a “Successful Performer” (or higher) on Annual Performance Evaluation or employees who haven’t received an evaluation must obtain a Letter of Recommendation from their supervisor

Non ANTHC Employees

In addition to being Alaska Native or Native American one must:

• Work for a THO within the ATHS for a minimum of twelve months by Program Kick Off (September 18, 2025) Reach out to leadershipprograms@anthc.org if you are unsure if your organization qualifies
• Obtain a formal letter of recommendation/endorsement from current supervisor. Please keep to 3-4 paragraphs.

THO organizations may or may not have their own requirements for LEAD applicants, recommended requirements include:

• Have no corrective actions, and be in “good standing”, for the past 12 months;
• Have received a “meets expectations” (or higher) on Annual Evaluation.

LEAD Specific Requirements for both ANTHC and Non ANTHC Employees

Track 1: APU – Strong written and oral skills are needed, participants must be able to turn in graduate level writing for the APU modules.
Track 2: CM – Strong ability to study and prepare for exams independently.

Must have:

• A combination of education and work experience
• Undergraduate degree, AND
• Be a supervisor for a minimum of 1-year or obtain Supervisor Letter of Recommendation

or

• Be a Pathways to Leadership Graduate AND
• Be in a leadership position for a minimum of 1-year

Notes:

• Applicants must wait one year between applying for the next program, i.e. a 2022 Pathways graduate may apply for the 2023-2024 LEAD program
• Employees who live outside 50 miles of Anchorage are required to attend a minimum of 4 in person events, in Anchorage, during the LEAD program. ANTHC does not provide any funding for the participants expenses to attend in person events.

LEAD Application

This application is for the 2025 – 2026 Leadership Excellence through Advancement and Determination (LEAD) program at ANTHC. Completed applications must be submitted by June 8, 2025.

If you have any questions or difficulty completing this application, please email leadershipprograms@anthc.org.