Program Overview
Who Can Apply
Selection Process
Alumni Community
The Wexner Senior Leaders program offers an executive leadership experience that leverages the training and scholarship of the Harvard Kennedy School to strengthen Israel’s public service leadership and spur innovative, collaborative projects across government departments and agencies.
The program aims to strengthen skills and design strategies for leading transformative change, acquiring new tools for better decision making, and developing strategies for some of Israel’s most promising and influential senior leaders in the public sector. The program prepares a select cohort each year to exercise collaborative leadership within and across organizations and sectors.
The executive program includes the following modules:
Staff
Sivan Shani, Program and Network Director
Sharon Zini, Program Coordinator
Please note: the eligibility process is now closed.
Diversity and Inclusion are a core value of The Wexner Foundation. We strive to select cohorts that represent the broadest possible representation within Israel's civil service.
This program has a three-part selection process:
1. Eligibility Form
In the Eligibility Form, candidates will provide personal and career information that enables the Foundation to determine whether the candidate meets the criteria for applying to the program.
JUNE 1, 2023 - AUGUST 1, 2023
2. Application
In the Application Form, candidates will provide personal and career information, references and a letter of approval from the public service employer in order to participate in the program.
Candidates will be required to pass an internal English language competency test.
Deadline to submit is OCTOBER 1, 2023
3. Cohort Selection (Round Tables)
Interviews in a round table format will be held in order to assist the selection committee to select a diverse cohort. The final cohort will be announced shortly after.
OCTOBER 30 - 31, 2023
Residential Prep Seminar in Israel: December 17 - 19, 2023
Residential Program at Harvard Kennedy School: February 10 - March 10, 2024
Residential Closing Seminar in Israel: June 5-6 , 2024
Upon graduating, the participants join the Foundations’ alumni communities in Israel and the U.S. for further shared learning and significant activities for the public and society in Israel.
The alumni community and senior leaders network include over 500 members, most of them serving in senior key positions in Israel’s public service: Director Generals of government ministries, senior officers in the IDF, judges, hospital directors, municipality and third sector NGO’s director generals, etc.
The alumni community activities include annual institutes, networking and tutorial groups, forum gatherings for peer consultation, summits with U.S. alumni and work teams to promote professional cross-boundary collaborations, adaptive leadership workshops, accelerator workshops and more.
Meet Our Alumni
Wexner Heritage Program nominations are now open for its upcoming cohorts in Northern New Jersey, Philadelphia, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Nominate a Jewish lay leader today!