2027 Bingham Fellows – The Collaboration Economy
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The Bingham Fellows Class of 2027 to explore the collaboration economy.
How stronger partnerships can help shape Louisville’s next chapter of growth
By Aaron Miller, Vice President,
Leadership Louisville Center
For thirty-seven years, Bingham Fellows has brought together experienced leaders from across our community to take on issues that matter to Louisville’s future. Each class is built around a timely challenge or opportunity, one that calls for new perspectives, cross-sector thinking, and leaders willing to look beyond their own organizations.
For 2027, that focus turns to the power of collaboration and its potential to fuel Louisville’s economic growth. The topic for the 2027 Bingham Fellows is The Collaboration Economy: Aligning Louisville for Growth.
Louisville is home to innovative businesses, respected institutions, entrepreneurial talent, and committed civic leaders. Those strengths have helped shape our city’s success for generations. The opportunity now is to better connect them.
Louisville’s Next Competitive Advantage Is Collaboration
As communities compete for investment, talent, and innovation, collaboration has become more than a leadership principle, it is an economic advantage. When businesses, universities, government, and civic organizations work together, they create an environment where companies can grow, ideas move faster, and opportunities expand.
Bingham Fellows is designed to create that kind of connection. Through an immersive 11-month experience, Fellows step beyond the perspective of their own organizations, learn alongside leaders from every sector, engage local and national experts, and build relationships that can help address complex community opportunities long after the program concludes.
The 2027 class will examine how stronger collaboration can accelerate economic growth by strengthening partnerships, reducing barriers, and aligning efforts across sectors. Fellows will explore practical examples from Louisville and beyond while asking an important question:
How can Louisville become one of the easiest places in America to start, grow, and do business?
Applications close November 1.
Throughout the year, Fellows will explore:
- How the private sector can work more effectively with government to cut friction and unlock growth
- How businesses and universities can partner to build talent pipelines
- And how businesses themselves can collaborate for shared economic gain
More than a discussion about collaboration, the 2027 Bingham Fellows experience will challenge leaders to think differently about how communities grow, and the role they can play in shaping that future.
If you’re ready to step in, grow your influence, and leave a mark on Louisville’s future, now’s the moment.
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Nominations are open for the 2027 class, use link below to recommend someone for the program.