The Center for Excellence in Public Leadership (CEPL)

Rise to Your
Next Leadership Challenge

The mission of the GW Center for Excellence in Public Leadership (GW CEPL) is to develop public leaders who make a positive difference in their organizations, communities, and in the lives of the people they serve. The Center further fulfills its mission by weaving together a combination of academic and practitioner resources to provide rigorous, graduate-level executive education, grounded in the realities of public sector leadership and management.

Graduates of
GW CEPL’s executive education programs

Years of experience providing
world-class leadership development support

Countries reached through our training and coaching services

Identified savings for DC Government through our
Lean Six Sigma projects

Nation’s first Executive Coaching Certification, serving UN’s Sustainable Development Goals