Advanced Leadership Training Program (ALTP)
ALTP
A year-long leadership development experience designed for professionals who want to strengthen their leadership effectiveness, expand their impact, and build the confidence to lead people, teams, and change.
Cohort Exclusive registration open through January 13, 2027.
Limited seats available.
Program At a Glance
- Four immersive two-day, in-person sessions
- Year-long cohort experience
- Denver Metro Area
- Leadership assessments throughout the program
- Peer coaching between sessions
- Applied leadership project
- Cross-sector learning community
Why Leaders Choose ALTP?
Leadership Development That Lasts Beyond the Classroom
Today’s leaders face increasing complexity, competing priorities, workforce challenges, and growing expectations to create organizations where people and communities can thrive. Technical expertise remains essential, but effective leadership requires much more. Leaders must build trust, communicate across differences, support others’ growth, foster collaboration, and navigate complex organizational challenges with confidence and purpose.
ALTP provides the time, space, and support to:
- Reflect on your leadership practice
- Learn alongside peers facing similar challenges
- Experiment with new leadership approaches
- Receive coaching and feedback
- Apply learning to real-world situations
- Build relationships that extend beyond the program
- Develop greater confidence leading people, teams, and organizational change
Participants leave with greater self-awareness, stronger leadership skills, practical tools, and a network of peers committed to creating healthier organizations and communities.
Why I Applied to ALTP
Maddie Philley, graduate of the Advanced Leadership Training Program (ALTP), talks about why she signed up and what she got out of the program.
What You Can Get Out of ALTP
Djuana Harvell, graduate of the Advanced Leadership Training Program (ALTP), talks about what she would tell someone who is thinking about signing up for the program.
How the Program Sessions Work Together
Each session is valuable on its own. Together, however, they create a comprehensive leadership development experience that progresses from self-awareness to leading others, building high-performing teams, and navigating complex organizational challenges. Between sessions, participants apply new learning in their work, engage in peer coaching, and return ready to deepen their practice.
SESSION 1 – Lead Yourself
Personal Leadership: Develop self-awareness, resilience, and intentionality.
SESSION 2 – Lead Others
Coaching for Leaders: Build coaching skills that strengthen trust and communication, and support personal and professional development.
SESSION 3 – Lead Teams
People Leadership: Create cultures of collaboration, feedback, belonging, and accountability.
SESSION 4 – Lead Change
Leading Change and Complexity: Navigate uncertainty, lead change, and address adaptive challenges.
Together, these four learning experiences build the self-awareness, relational skills, and systems perspective needed to lead effectively in today’s complex organizations.
SESSION 1: Personal Leadership
Lead Yourself
Leadership begins with self-awareness. Explore the mindsets, habits, and practices that help leaders lead with intention, resilience, and authenticity while building the foundation for the year ahead.
You’ll explore:
- Self-awareness and leadership effectiveness
- Strengths, values, and leadership practices
- Nervous system regulation and resilience
- Unconscious bias and mindfulness
- Building psychological safety
Included Assessment
Strengths Profile Leader Assessment
Anchor Question
What does it mean to be self-led?
Session Details
Dates: February 25-26, 2027
Location: TBA, Metro Denver
SESSION 2: Coaching for Leaders
Lead Others
Discover how a coaching approach can strengthen leadership by building trust, fostering accountability, and helping others think, learn, and grow. Through guided practice and feedback, you’ll develop practical coaching skills that can be applied immediately in your leadership role.
You’ll explore:
- Foundations of coaching
- Trust and psychological safety
- Active listening and powerful questions
- Coaching conversation frameworks
- Practice coaching with peers
Included Experience
Peer coaching launch
Anchor Question
How can I help others think, learn, and grow without taking over their process?
Session Details
Dates: May 6-7, 2027
Location: TBA, Metro Denver
SESSION 3: People Leadership
Lead Teams
Strengthen your ability to build collaborative, high-performing teams by developing emotional intelligence, improving communication, and creating workplace cultures grounded in trust, feedback, and belonging.
You’ll explore:
- Emotional intelligence
- Collaborative leadership
- Difficult conversations
- Feedback and accountability
- Diversity, belonging, and allyship
Included Assessments
EQ-i2.0 Emotional Intelligence Assessment
SCARF Assessment
Anchor Question
What helps teams thrive, and what gets in the way?
Session Details
Dates: September 16-17, 2027
Location: TBA, Metro Denver
SESSION 4: Leading Change and Complexity
Lead Others
Build the confidence and perspective to lead through uncertainty, navigate complex systems-level challenges, and create meaningful change in dynamic environments.
You’ll explore:
- Leading change
- Leading in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) times
- Equitable leadership
- Systems thinking
- Trauma-informed leadership
- Integrating learning through capstone project presentations and reflection
Anchor Question
How do we lead when there is no obvious answer?
Session Details
Dates: November 4-5, 2027
Location: TBA, Metro Denver
Registration for the full cohort includes all four sessions and is the best way to experience the complete leadership journey.
Individual session registration may become available if space remains after cohort enrollment closes.
Is ALTP Right for You?
ALTP is designed for professionals who want to strengthen their ability to lead people, teams, organizations, and systems more effectively.
Whether you are an emerging leader preparing for greater responsibility, an experienced supervisor seeking new approaches, or a senior leader navigating complex organizational challenges, ALTP provides practical tools, supportive challenge, and meaningful opportunities for growth.
The program is especially valuable for:
- Supervisors and managers
- Emerging and experienced leaders
- Directors and executives
- Public health professionals
- Environmental health professionals
- Community health leaders
- Nonprofit leaders
- Professionals responsible for influencing people, projects, teams, or systems
You do not need a formal leadership title to benefit from ALTP. If your work involves helping others achieve results, navigate change, or build stronger organizations and communities, ALTP can help strengthen your leadership practice.
Registration & Tuition
Register for the 2027 ALTP Cohort
The full cohort experience is the primary way to participate in ALTP. Participants progress through all four sessions together while engaging in leadership assessments, peer coaching, an applied leadership project, and ongoing reflection throughout the year.
2027 Cohort Tuition: $6,200
Tuition includes:
- Four two-day, in-person leadership development sessions
- Leadership assessments integrated throughout the program
- Four peer coaching sessions
- Applied leadership project support
- Peer learning
- Participant materials and resources
- Snacks, lunch, and beverages during all session days
- Networking and cross-sector learning opportunities
Cohort Exclusive Registration Window is open through January 13, 2027.
On January 14, 2027, individual session registration will open and seats in the full cohort cannot be guaranteed after this date.
Tuition rate is subject to change in future years.
All registrations for the ALTP are secured on a first-come, first-served basis. Participant registration is dependent upon receipt of full payment, which must be received prior to the start of program. In some cases, arrangements may be made for an individual payment schedule by contacting Chrissy Chard, Program Director through the form at the bottom of this page. Activities in the Program depend upon full tuition payment by all participants.
RIHEL accepts payment by credit card, check or ACH. The online registration payment default is credit card. To pay by Check or ACH, enter the code PAYBYCHECK during checkout to bypass the online fees and complete the registration. Within 3 business days, a separate invoice with check and ACH payment options will be emailed directly to the registrant.
All payments will be in U.S. dollars.
Given that activities in the Program depend upon full tuition payment by all participants, the following cancellation and refund policies apply.
Cancellations made:
- 90 days or more in advance of the first date of the program: the registration may be transferred to another person, or the tuition will be 100% refunded.
- 89 – 30 days in advance of the first date of the program: no refund will be processed, but the registration may be transferred to another person.
- Less than 30 days in advance of the first date of the program: no refunds or transfers will be processed.
Requests for cancellations or transfers should be directed to Chrissy Chard, Program Director, using the contact form at the bottom of this page. Written notice of cancellation or transfer shall be effective on the date the withdrawal is received by RIHEL. Refunds will be made within 45 days following receipt of cancellation or withdrawal requests.
Individual Session Registration
The full ALTP cohort offers the richest leadership development experience and is our priority each year.
If seats remain after cohort exclusive registration closes on January 13, 2027, individual sessions may be opened for registration beginning January 14, 2027.
Participants who register for an individual session receive the learning experience, materials, and any assessments associated with that session. Peer coaching and the applied leadership project are reserved for cohort participants.
Individual Session Tuition: $1,550
Tuition rate is subject to change in future years.
All registrations for the ALTP are secured on a first-come, first-served basis. Participant registration is dependent upon receipt of full payment. In some cases, arrangements may be made for an individual payment schedule by contacting Chrissy Chard, Program Director through the form at the bottom of this page.
RIHEL accepts payment by credit card, check or ACH. The online registration payment default is credit card. To pay by Check or ACH, enter the code PAYBYCHECK during checkout to bypass the online fees and complete the registration. Within 3 business days, a separate invoice with check and ACH payment options will be emailed directly to the registrant.
All payments will be in U.S. dollars.
Given that activities in the Program depend upon full tuition payment by all participants, the following cancellation and refund policies apply.
Cancellations made:
- 30 business days or more in advance of the first date of the session: the registration may be transferred to another person, or the tuition will be 100% refunded.
- 29 – 15 business days in advance of the first date of the session: no refund will be processed, but the registration may be transferred to another person.
- Less than 15 business days in advance of the first date of the session: no refunds or transfers will be processed.
Requests for cancellations or transfers should be directed to Chrissy Chard, Program Director, using the contact form at the bottom of this page. Written notice of cancellation or transfer shall be effective on the date the withdrawal is received by RIHEL. Refunds will be made within 45 days following receipt of cancellation or withdrawal requests.
Program Policies
Download the full ALTP Program Policies PDF.
Scholarships
A limited number of specialized scholarships may be available from year to year. These scholarships are competitive and recipients are typically selected by the awarding organization.
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch (HPCDP) in the Prevention Services Division (PSD) in the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)
HPCDP is committed to supporting and developing public health leaders. In an effort to remove or reduce financial barriers, HPCDP is providing a limited number of scholarships towards the Advanced Leadership Training Program tuition (ALTP).
Eligibility Criteria:
- Participant must be based in Colorado.
- Participant must represent or be an employee of CDPHE, a local public health agency, a community-based organization, or a healthcare organization dedicated to public health.
Priority considerations will be given to applicants who work in organizations serving underrepresented communities, rural or frontier organizations.
Colorado Environmental Health Association (CEHA)
Historically, CEHA has offered scholarship support for the ALTP. Only CEHA members are eligible to apply for this scholarship.
If you have questions, please use the form at the bottom of this page to contact RIHEL staff directly.
A Long Record of Leadership Impact
ALTP has a long history of developing leaders in public health, environmental health, and related fields.
Research examining leadership changes among 67 ALTP graduates found that the program contributed significantly to participants’ leadership development. Graduates reported increased self-awareness, a stronger leadership framework, and practical skills they could apply across a range of leadership situations.
The findings concluded that ALTP had a positive overall impact on the leadership development of participating alumni.
The ALTP Experience
Participants in the RIHEL Advanced Leadership Training Program share about their experience in the program and the value that it provides.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I have to attend all four sessions?
The full cohort experience includes all four sessions and is the primary way to participate in ALTP. If space remains after cohort registration closes, individual sessions may be opened for registration.
Can I send different employees to different sessions?
If individual session registration becomes available, organizations may register different employees for different sessions, subject to space availability.
Where is ALTP held?
All sessions are held in the Denver Metro Area. Specific locations are listed with each session.
Is ALTP interactive?
Yes. Participants engage in discussions, leadership assessments, peer coaching, reflection, practical application, and skill-building activities throughout the program.
ALTP Faculty & Staff
Chrissy Chard, PhD
Director, Advanced Leadership Training Program, RIHEL
Leanne Jeffers, MPH, PCC
ALTP Core Faculty
Coaching Academy Director
Programs and Operations Manager
RIHEL
Jordan White, MA, CNL
Ready to Strengthen Your Leadership?
Leadership growth doesn’t happen all at once. It develops through intentional practice, reflection, feedback, and the opportunity to learn alongside others who are equally committed to making a difference.
Join the next ALTP cohort and invest in your leadership, your team, and the communities you serve.
Questions Regarding ALTP or the registration process?
Please contact RIHEL Staff through the form below.