On the gray navigation bar, type your Username into the white "Fellow Login" box. Next, type your Password in the white password box. Click the blue "login" button.

If you have logged in correctly, the gray navigation bar will now say "Welcome: Your Name: Manage Your Account | Logout."

Your Username and Password have not changed. If you have a username and password for the old ALF website, you may use them to login to the new ALF website.

If your current information does not work or you have forgotten your usermane and password, please contact Kim Crider at kim@alfhouston.com or 713-807-1253.

To access the membership profiles, you must first be logged into the ALF website.

To see your own member profile or profiles of other ALF Senior Fellows, Click on "Search ALF Directory" under the For Senior Fellows menu. An alphabetical listing of all Senior Fellows will appear. You may use the "search" function or scroll down the list using the side navigation arrows to locate a specific name. Click on the "advanced search" feature if you would like to search using specific criteria.

To access a member profile, click on the Senior Fellow's name (highlighted in blue) to access the current member profile information.

To access/change your membership profile, you must first be logged into the ALF website.

You may access your own membership profile information in two ways:

• Click the "manage your profile" link in the gray navigation bar (next to where it says Welcome).

• Under "For Senior Fellows" click "edit my profile."

This will take you to a membership page where you can change your password, change your e-mail address or change your profile information.

Under "For Senior Fellows" click "ALF Classes and Committees," this will take you to the general webpage. Once there, click on the class, group or committee name and you will be taken to the individual group page.

You can e-mail any class or committee on which you serve or all Senior Fellows. You can either initiate the email from a list included on the Classes and Committees page under For Senior Fellows or you can just use that address (eg ClassI@alfhouston.com or Curriculum@alfhouston.com) in the address line of a regular email. If you want to send a message to a group list other than those you are a member of, please send the message to kim@alfhouston.com who will forward it as directed.

There are four ways to search the ALF Senior Fellow database.

1. Click on "People" on the blue navigation bar. You do not need to be logged into the ALF Website to use this search feature under the People menu. However, your search results will be limited. Senior Fellows' profile information will not appear, unless you are logged into the ALF website.
2. Login to the ALF Website. Under either For Fellows or For Senior Fellows, click on "Search ALF Directory."  Enter a Fellow or Senior Fellow's first or last name and click "go."  Your search will create a list. You can click on any of the names listed to pull up that person's profile.
3. Instead of entering a name, you can enter a word in the search box, and then you will see a list of everyone who has that word in their profile. For example, if you enter "education" you will get a list of everyone with education either in their company name, their ALF affiliation, their interests, or areas of expertise.
4. You can use Advanced Search (see below).

You may search for Fellows/Senior Fellows using the advanced search.  The database can be searched by any one of the following criteria:  ALF Affiliation, Sector, Current and Previous Industries, Areas of Interest, Areas of Expertise, and Education (please note you can only search one of the criteria at a time).

For example, if you wanted to search for all Senior Fellows who attended a certain university, you can select the name of the university and click on the "Go" button.

The database is only as good as its information.  The search will only include Fellows/Senior Fellows who have entered such information into their profiles.

American Leadership Forum (ALF) is a national 501(c)(3) not for-profit organization with local chapter affiliates. In an effort to reweave what John Gardner called the "unraveling social fabric," Joseph Jaworksi founded ALF in 1980 in Houston (www.alfnational.org). Its mission is "joining and strengthening diverse leaders to better serve the public good."

There are now nine active chapters: Charlotte, North Carolina; Great Valley, California; Houston, Texas; Michigan; Mountain Valley, California; Oregon; Silicon Valley, California; Tacoma, Washington; and Waccamaw Region, South Carolina.

Each year, the ALF community gathers to honor leaders who model the boundary crossing, collaborative servant leadership style that ALF promotes. The event is typically the largest gathering of ALF Senior Fellows each year, and event sponsorships provide important support for ALF's mission of joining and strengthening leaders for the common good.

The 2009 Joseph Jaworski Leadership Award was presented to Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza and the three Marek brothers.

The Archbishop and the Marek brothers have demonstrated their compassion for the needy in our community over many years, and exemplify ALF principles of inclusiveness and coalition building. Among the many initiatives that have benefited from their dedication are the social services programs of Catholic Charities, food pantries of St. Vincent de Paul, medical services of San Jose Clinic, and new homes built in Independence Heights.

Past Jaworski Award Recipients
2008 Downey Bridgwater
2007 Jim and Molly Crownover
2006 Judge Robert Eckels and Mayor Bill White
2005 Elizabeth and Peter Wareing
2004 Dorothy Caram, Ed.D. and Gasper Mir, III
2003 Kirbyjon Caldwell
2002 Emily and Holcombe Crosswell
2001 Peggy and Bill Barnett
2000 Maconda Brown O'Connor, Ph.D.
1999 Judge John Hill, Jr.
1998 Laura Lee and Jack Blanton
1997 David Underwood

Because ALF primarily serves to bring together diverse leaders to better serve the community, the organization typically does not hold positions on community or political issues. ALF, as an organization, would require a resolution by the Board of Trustees in order to take a position on any issue. ALF Fellows and Senior Fellows, on the other hand, frequently advocate for positions on community issues, and ALF encourages such activity. The views of ALF Fellows and Senior Fellows, however, should not be construed as those of the organization, its staff, or its Board of Trustees.

The cost of the Core program is $6,000 per Fellow, plus a $1,000 personal commitment. The cost of the Single Sector program is $5,000 per Fellow, plus a $500 personal commitment. Most Fellows are supported, at least in part, by the corporation or organization for which they work. While ALF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, scholarship help is available to ensure that financial concerns do not prevent a potential Fellow from accepting the invitation.

Participation in an ALF Fellows Program is by invitation. Members are selected for their demonstrated leadership both at work and in the community, as well as their commitment to the community. Fellows should be willing to challenge their own assumptions, and increase their understanding and awareness of others.

The selection process for the Core Program is designed to create a diverse group within each class of Fellows, bringing together individuals from different sectors, ethnic backgrounds, religious traditions, political affiliations, genders, geographies, and more.

The selection process for single sector programs is designed to create a group that brings together diverse perspectives within that community.

Criminal Justice Class brings together leaders who can actually affect change who are focused on criminal justice but working on different aspects of the issue. The goal is to understand each others' roles and perspectives better and perhaps come up with some creative new ideas. This could be suggestions they could implement themselves to marginally improve the functioning of the system, or more profound changes they could work to implement over time. Class members are drawn from a broad definition of "criminal justice sector", including District Attorney, defense attorney, judge, probation officer, correctional officer, law enforcement officer, alternative school administrator, nonprofit leader working to reduce recidivism, policy advocates, academician, chaplain, and mental health professional.

Medical Class members are drawn from a broad definition of "medical community", including representatives from among the following organizations: hospitals and clinics including private/public/for profit; schools including medical, nursing, public health, community college; public health departments; insurance companies; corporate health care purchasers; pharmaceutical or medical equipment suppliers; foundations and mental health providers. The individuals represent all functions (physician, administrator, development, nurse, public health and board member).

Education Class members are drawn from a broad definition of "education community", including representatives from among the following organizations: schools including multiple school districts, charter schools, early education and college; business and government representatives; foundations; nonprofit organizations supporting schools; and other community partners. The individuals represent all functions, including board members.

Nominations for future Fellows come from ALF Senior Fellows. Nominations are reviewed and invitations extended by the ALF Selection Committee for the Core Program and by the Executive Director for the single sector programs.

ALF Fellows are members of the classes currently participating in an ALF Fellows Program. Senior Fellows are individuals who have participated in and graduated from ALF's Fellows programs. See the list of ALF Class XXVII Fellows, Education Class 3 Fellows, Criminal Justice Class 1 Fellows, and Senior Fellows.

The American Leadership Forum is a nonprofit corporation funded by the participants, by the groups they represent, and by organizations and individuals who care about a healthy, thriving, diverse community.

Criminal Justice Community Program
The American Leadership Forum Criminal Justice Community Program is designed to join and strengthen leaders involved in all aspects of criminal justice in the Greater Houston community. The sixteen-day program is being offered for the first time in 2009, with content similar to the Core Fellows Program. The program presents participants with a broad perspective of the complex environment in which criminal justice operates, and enables them to develop relationships that can facilitate collaboration. This program offers benefits to the community, but also to the organizations sponsoring participants (leadership development and networking across the criminal justice sector), and to the participants themselves (personal growth, professional growth, effective skilled service to the community, and long lasting bonds with relationships of mutual trust among diverse leaders). Current Criminal Justice Community Fellows

Medical Community Program
The American Leadership Forum Medical Community Program is designed to join and strengthen leaders in the Houston medical community by participation in a class comprised of representatives from all sectors in our community involved in health care. Three classes have completed the sixteen-day program, which was first offered in 2006. Content is similar to the Core Fellows Program. This program offers benefits to the community, but also to the organizations sponsoring participants (leadership development and networking across the medical sector), and to the participants themselves (personal growth, professional growth, effective skilled service to the community, and long lasting bonds with relationships of mutual trust among diverse leaders).

Public Education Community Program
The American Leadership Forum Public Education Community Program is designed to join and strengthen leaders in the Houston education community by participation in a class comprised of representatives from all sectors in our community involved in education. The sixteen-day program was offered for the first time in 2007, with content similar to the Core Fellows Program. The program presents participants with a broad perspective of the environment in which public education operates, and enables them to develop relationships that can facilitate collaboration. Public Education Class 3 is currently in progress. This program offers benefits to the community, but also to the organizations sponsoring participants (leadership development and networking across the public education sector), and to the participants themselves (personal growth, professional growth, effective skilled service to the community, and long lasting bonds with relationships of mutual trust among diverse leaders). Current Education Community Fellows

Each year, ALF selects 25 senior leaders from the Houston/Gulf Coast area in for profit, public and independent sectors to participate in the ALF Core Fellows program. The one-year program includes monthly seminars on collaborative leadership topics and community issues, a six-day Wilderness experience, and an initiative the class develops that includes community diaglogue and is designed to strengthen the Houston/Gulf Coast community. One of the most important aspects of the program is the strong personal friendships that develop between the Fellows, promoting lifelong relationships that span multiple boundaries. Follow links to learn more about the Fellows Programs, or to see a list of the Current Fellows.