WASHINGTON, DC—The Senior Leader Program is critical to the agency’s leadership development program and key to succession planning. To date, more than 550 agency leaders have graduated from SLP. The program’s curriculum and learning activities are aligned with the leadership competency framework developed by the Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Agriculture and the agency. The program is further enhanced by experiential learning around the Forest Service This is Who We Are and engagement with executive leadership, coaches, partners and peers.

We are pleased to announce the Executive Leadership Team’s selections for the Forest Service Senior Leader Program Class of 2023. The 2023 SLP class is made up of 40 SLP-16 residential cadre members and 32 virtual cadre members.

Both the residential and virtual cadres will engage in a year-long transformative experience. SLP features senior leader engagements, peer learning and dialogue, opportunities for self-reflection and journaling, and a newly designed team-based learning journey.

Please join us in congratulating our agency’s Senior Leader Program Class of 2023!