Interested in developing your leadership skills, expanding your professional network and helping guide the WDA and organized dentistry into the future? The biennial WDA Leadership Academy – a free benefit available to WDA member dentists – is designed just for you!  

The WDA Leadership Academy is held every even-numbered year, with details for the 2028 Academy currently being finalized.

On day one of this valuable, free program, you’ll go through hands-on leadership and teamwork training. You’ll learn more about WDA governance and that night, you’ll have dinner with the association’s officers.

On day two, you’ll attend the winter Board of Trustees meeting, with opportunities to network with more dentist leaders. Academy attendees also meet individually with a WDA past-president during the summer before graduating at the WDA House of Delegates in November 2028.

The WDA covers meals and overnight expenses, and you’ll earn four non-clinical CE credits for participating. Attendance is limited. We work hard to build a diverse Academy class with representatives from various career stages, practice models and regions of the state.

Applications for 2028 Leadership Academy are not yet open. Contact Christine Jacobs, WDA Director of Membership and Communications, at cjacobs@wda.org with questions.