As Rockefeller Leadership Fellows, juniors and seniors gain a better understanding of the qualities and responsibilities expected of public policy leaders and learn to adapt their own leadership styles to different situations. Fellows are selected during the spring or summer term and begin the program in the fall of the following academic year.

Rockefeller Leadership Fellows is a two-term cohort-based program open to juniors and seniors of all majors. Over the course of the year, Fellows develop a close bond with their cohort as they reflect on their leadership experience, strengths, and weaknesses and learn from the insight and experience of each other, guest speakers, and alumni. Fellows learn about various management and leadership techniques and skills, work on public speaking and presentation skills, and have opportunities for engagement with alumni. Throughout the program, fellows work in small teams on public policy projects (3P). Fellows choose their policy areas in the fall and work through the winter term toward a final presentation and reception. Fellows apply leadership lessons to their roles on campus and consider how they will live out their leadership through public policy engagement post-Dartmouth.

• RLF kicks off with an off campus, overnight retreat event in early October at the Mt. Moosilauke Ravine Lodge.
• Fall and winter terms offer weekly program sessions where we hear from public and personal leadership experts and Dartmouth alumni.
• During Winterim, Fellows will travel to Washington, DC to engage with policy leaders, members of Congress and tour the Capital.
• Weekly program sessions are on Monday evenings from 6:15-8:00 PM in the Rockefeller Center 1930's Room.

I am so grateful for the experience to network and learn through the Rockefeller Center. The Winterim trip let me explore DC in a whole new light and taught me how to best outreach to Dartmouth alums.

-Hailey King, RLF Class of 2027