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Leadership PE Home | Leadership PE Program Information | Leadership PE Application (Part A) | Leadership PE Recommendation Form (Part B) Current Leadership PE Class | Schedule for 2025-2026 | LPE Alumni Classes Leadership P.E. is a leadership development program designed to encourage, strengthen, and build the professional careers and the civic involvement of entry- and mid- to upper-level engineers. This is accomplished through organized career-training sessions and networking opportunities with business and community contacts and peers, as well as interactive meetings with community decision makers. It will involve a cross-section of leaders who are active in business, education, the arts, religion, government, community-based organizations, and ethnic and minority groups. It will reflect the diversity of the professional engineering community and Kentucky. This unique and challenging program is designed specifically to benefit men and women in the engineering profession. Successful applicants will be selected to participate in seven specially designed leadership experiences over an eight-month period. The charter class was selected in the summer of 1998 and followed the concepts developed by Leadership KY and other similar leadership programs. Leadership P.E. is the first of its kind to focus on professional engineers and was designed, organized, and implemented by members of the Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE-KY), the American Council of Engineering Companies of Kentucky (ACEC-KY), and the Kentuckiana Post of the Society of American Military Engineers (KP-SAME). Criteria & Application Participation in Leadership P.E. is a competitive process open to persons living or working in Kentucky. The individual must be a member of NSPE-KY, ACEC-KY, or KP-SAME. Typically, fifteen individuals will be selected to participate in the program each year. Participants must be either a PE or an EIT. One application will be accepted from any one company or organization (and/or major division of a company or organization). Participants will be chosen by the Leadership PE Selection Committee based upon the information provided in the Leadership P.E. application. The Committee will seek representation from a cross-section of the state. Participants will be leaders or potential leaders who are active in business, education, the arts, religion, government, community-based organizations and/or ethnic and minority groups with the goal of reflecting the diversity of the state and the profession. Applicants must have been living or working in Kentucky for one year prior to submitting the application and have the full support of the organization or corporation they represent. Successful applicants must devote the time and resources necessary to complete the program. Attendance at the Orientation Session is mandatory and participants missing more than one of the remaining six sessions may be asked to withdraw from the program. Interested individuals should contact the Kentucky Engineering Center and request an application. Completed applications must be typed and all sections of the application must be completed. The application must be signed by both the applicant and the employer (sponsor). The deadline for returning the application is typically June 30th of each year. Two photographs, suitable for publication, must accompany the application. Three recommendation forms must all be completed and submitted. For additional information, contact: Kentucky Engineering Center |
