CEO Pathways to Excellence Summit

A Comprehensive Pathway into Stronger Leadership and Smarter Strategy

The CEO Pathways to Excellence Summit is a two-day immersive experience designed exclusively for nonprofit CEOs and Executive Directors focused on strengthening leadership and navigating today's strategic and organizational complexities. Through expert-led workshops, peer learning, and practical tools. participants will strengthen decision making, build leadership resilience, and gain actionable strategies to lead with clarity in a rapidly changing environment. This summit creates space for reflection, connection, and forward-thinking leadership equipping CEO's and ED's to drive sustainable impact for their organizations and communities.

March 26th & 27th

Ideal for CEOs or Executive Directors that have been in that role for 2 years or more. 

Thursday, March 26th  8 am – 5:30pm

  • 8-8:30 am Networking Breakfast
  • 8:30-10am - Breakout #1 
  • 10-10:10 Break
  • 10:10-11:40 – Breakout #2 
  • 11:40-1pm Lunch & panel discussion – Wellness/Burnout panel
  • 1-1:10 Break
  • 1:10 – 2:40 Breakout #3 
  • 2:40-2:50 – Break
  • 2:50- 4:20 pm Breakout #4 
  • 4:20-4:30 Closing remarks
  • 4:30-5:30 Networking Happy Hour

Friday, March 27th 8 am – Noon

  • 8-8:30 am Networking Breakfast
  • 8:30-11:30- Peer Strategy Exchange- A structured, confidential space for nonprofit CEOs to receive high-quality peer feedback on a single organizational challenge. Each CEO presents one issue and receives actionable insights from a small group of five peer executives.
  • 11:30-Noon-Closing Speaker 

Registration deadline-March 24th

When
March 26th, 2026 from  8:00 AM to  5:30 PM
Location
2555 Park Plaza
Nashville, TN 37203
United States
Event Fee(s)
Member $199.00
Nonmember $299.00
Certificate Details
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Event Topics & Instructor
Primary Nonprofit Leadership
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