Leadership Greater Bridgeport

Executive Director: Lisa Labella
203-335-3800 ext. 116 or labella@brbc.org 

The charge of Leadership Greater Bridgeport is to identify the leaders of tomorrow, nurture their growth through training and education, and then identify the areas where they, acting either as individuals or as an alumni group, can do the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

The program consists of a 10-month course of 10 daylong workshops, along with an orientation, tour and graduation ceremony. Throughout the course, the participants are trained in leadership skills, including team building, negotiation, coping with conflict, communication, decision making and listening. In addition, participants acquire an acute awareness of community issues and challenges through face-to-face discussions with community leaders. The program sessions, many of which occur at a location related to the topic, provide information on human services, the economy, demographics, local and state government, public safety and justice, health care, education, the arts, the media, transportation, housing and much more. During the course, the participants are broken into groups that develop and implement a project that addresses a current community problem.

Members of the Leadership Greater Bridgeport Board of Directors are as follows: