A non-profit organization whose mission is to seek, prepare, involve, and sustain leaders from diverse backgrounds to address community and county-wide challenges. Leaders are not an elite group. They’re ordinary citizens who help their communities, organizations, and workplaces accomplish what needs to be done.

Since 1993, Leadership Hendricks County (LHC) has brought hundreds of people together to learn more about leadership and to gain insight into our county’s challenges. LHC graduates become part of a formal and informal network of community leaders who step up to make Hendricks County better.

Leadership Hendricks County consists of the adult program and Youth Leadership Hendricks County for high school sophomores.

Each year, a diverse group of 25 participants are selected from a pool of applicants. Class members meet monthly from January through November to study the many facets of life in Hendricks County. These include education, economic development, infrastructure & resources, government, agriculture, transportation, industry, social services, and public safety. Each class member also participates in a team project designed to study and address a community challenge.

The primary purpose of Youth Leadership Hendricks County is to develop leadership potential, foster civic awareness, promote responsible volunteerism, and encourage young leaders to make a lifelong commitment to the Hendricks County community.

The youth program is designed for high school sophomores and its schedule is synchronized with the school year. Five students from each of the county’s six public high schools and a few students from private/home schools are chosen for the program. Class sessions focus on leadership skills and the many components of life in Hendricks County. These include government, business, agriculture, public safety, and infrastructure.