CLA Mentoring Program

The Colorado Leadership Alliance's (CLA) Mentoring Program connects Denver metro area-based business professionals with CLA students to help them kick start their engagement in their community and their exposure to the professional arena in which they would like to work. Student mentees from PLC are either self-selected or selected by the professional staff and matched by the CLA staff members at the Denver Leadership Foundation.

 

Mentors: The mentors for the CLA Mentoring Program are Leadership Foundation alumni. They represent the private, public and non-profit business sectors, and a variety of industries within those three sectors.

Matching Process: The mentors and mentees are matched based on professional and community interests. In some cases, a match may only align in one of these areas. The more that is known about the student's interests and future goals, the more closely they are aligned with an appropriate mentor.

There are two matching periods per academic year - the first is in late August/early September (fall semester), and the second is in late January/early February (spring semester). Students and mentors are encouraged to meet three times each semester, two of those meetings in-person and in a public place. If three meetings are not possible, the pair is encouraged to meet as much as scheduling allows. Students must come prepared to the first meeting with their mentor by bringing with them a goal on which they would like to explore and work on over during the mentorship. Click here to see an advisable timeline for the CLA mentoring process.

Click the button below if you would like to be referred to the CLA for the next matching period for mentors.

  CLA Mentoring Program Request