Visioneering Health Alliance Leadership Initiative

Visioneering Health Alliance is focused on improving the health and quality of life for all people in the Wichita area. The Visioneering Health Alliance convenes, catalyzes and collaborates to influence policies, environments, and systems that lead to measurable improvement of the health of our residents. This community health improvement group seeks to achieve meaningful outcomes for the community identified health priorities: mental health, oral health, obesity and diabetes, access and health disparities.

The Kansas Leadership Center is working in partnership with the Visioneering Health Alliance to make a measurable difference in the health of Wichitans. The Visioneering Health Alliance was chosen from 21 statewide applicants for the Kansas Leadership Center’s unique training on civic engagement.

A Leadership Development Opportunity for You

KLC's Visioneering Health Alliance Leadership Initiative will help participants turn the tide on the five health priorities already identified through formal listening: access, health disparities, mental health, obesity & diabetes and oral health. KLC will provide immersion-style, leadership training to build the skills necessary to take these ideas to action over the next few years.

This multi-session program will take place in Wichita on October 21-24 with a second session, three day session in 2014. Participants will be placed in a team to work with a team coach to identify, plan and implement a strategy to make progress on the health priorities.

This program will:

Increase your civic leadership capacity to help you make progress on issues you care about most.
Connect you to a team to develop and implement a plan to make progress on the five health priorities in the Wichita area.

Who is this program for?

This program is for individuals from the Wichita MSA (Sedgwick, Butler, Sumner, and Harvey) who:

Care about one or more of the five health priorities (Access, health disparities, mental health, obesity & diabetes, and oral health)
Are open to new ways of exercising leadership.
Reflect the diversity of the region.
Are willing to work in a team to make progress on one of the five health priorities.

Creating a team or a part of a pre-existing team?

If you would like to create a team or apply as a part of an existing team, please contact Thomas Stanley at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Each Team member must fit the participant criteria above as well as be cross sectoral. Teams must strive to have representatives from a variety of sectors like business, healthcare (perhaps from a variety of disciplines), education, government, community members, public health, philanthropy, faith communities or others. Teams must be between five and seven individuals.

Application Deadline: August 15

Location: Wichita

Cost: Free

Kansas Leadership Center

To Foster Civic Leadership for Healthier Kansas Communities