Minority Elected and Appointed Officials
The Challenge
The Answer
The Program targets MEAOs in local, state, and federal governments, including county commissioners, city councilpersons, school board members, senior government managers, transportation agency personnel, sheriff’s departments, and agents from government-sponsored enterprises. It is a structured program designed to help Minority officials utilize the governmental systems and personnel to be held more responsive to their minority communities using a succinct sustainable model.
Through the CeGOLD program, MEAOs will expand their knowledge and develop new skills based upon performance excellence principles. These principles magnify and improve the potential contributions of governmental organizations and policies and cause a transformation so that what works for the minority community will work for everybody.
The outcome objective is to equip MEAOs to change the narrative and to produce the desired outcomes between their community and government resources that enhance their constituents’ quality of life.
There are three (3) Certificates offered in the “Certificate of Excellence in Government Operations and Leadership Development” (CeGOLD) Workshop Series. Each Certificate series is composed of three (3) workshops conducted over consecutive months.
- Certificate of Excellence in Government Operations
- Certificate of Excellence in Government Leadership, Strategy, and Constituent Focus
- Certificate of Excellence in Government Knowledge Management, Employee Focus and Systems Focus


CeGOLD Workshop Summary
What?
How?
Registration
2021 Workshop Calendar
Series #1a Certificate of Excellence in Government Operations—June 5th, July 10th, and August 7th, 9am-4pm on the campus of Fort Valley State University
Series #1b Certificate of Excellence in Government Operations —September 11th, October 2nd, and November 6th, TBD
$2,250 Per Series of 3 Workshops