Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Be an employee of a Meat Institute member company or a Protein PACT partner
- Be a mid to senior level executive at the time the application is received
- Have the support of senior management at your organization
- Be a member of one of Meat Institute's committees listed below:
- International Affairs
- Communications and Marketing
- Cyber Security
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Food Security
- Worker Safety and Health
- Labor and Employment
- Animal Welfare
- Health and Wellness
- Environmental Affairs
- Scientific Affairs (SAC)
- Food Safety and Inspection Affairs (FSIAC)
Participation Requirements
Members of the Meat Institute Emerging Leaders Program should plan to attend the following:
- Virtual Networking and Protein PACT Presentation briefing webinar to be held shortly after winner announcement (September 2023)
- 2023 Protein PACT Summit (October 4-6, 2023, San Diego, CA)
- 2024 Protein PACT Summit (October 8-10, 2024, Austin, TX)
- Advocacy and George Washington Leadership Institute Programming (May 8-10, 2024, Washington, DC)
- Various other virtual sessions
How to Apply
Applications for the Class of 2024 are now closed. If you have any questions, contact Megan McCullough at mmccullough@meatinstitute.org.
- The twenty selected individuals will be announced by September 1, 2023.
- Only the top applicant from an individual company will be selected
- To determine winners, answers will be scored on the following factors:
- Commitment to continuous improvement efforts in the meat industry
- Individual initiative
- Leadership potential
- Communication/clarity of information