Welcome to The Community Leadership Association Web Site!

The Community Leadership Association is a tax exempt 501(c)3 organization dedicated to nurturing leadership in communities throughout the United States and internationally. Founded in 1979, The Community Leadership Association's members include hundreds of diverse community leadership organizations at local, state and national levels, thousands of individual graduates of these organizations and others interested in community leadership development. The Community Leadership Association encourages sharing and mutual learning by its members and embraces the diversity of community leadership development efforts.

The Community Leadership is a volunteer-driven and managed organization. Management services are provided pro bono by Next Wave Group, LLC, an association management firm, located in Arnold, MD.

To read more about our mission, please click here. To send a voluntary donation, please click here.

If you are interested in volunteering for CLA, please fill out our online Volunteer Interest Form

To view pictures of our Denver Conference, click here.

To learn more about our leadership development manuals and resources, click here