Baldrige Executive Fellows Program

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Baldrige Performance Excellence Program
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2022–2023 Application: Now Open
Deadline: December 15, 2021
(Selection decisions will be made in January 2022)

How to Apply
To apply, submit the following documents:
1. Your resumé, including email, postal address, and telephone contact
information; and the name and email address of an assistant or alternate
contact person
2. An organizational chart that includes names and titles showing your position
within the organization
3. A recommendation letter from your highest-ranking official showing the
organization's support of your participation in the program
4. A list of key competitors (in order that we may avoid creating a cohort that
would be unable to share effectively due to competitive situations)

Contact

Dawn Bailey

Baldrige Performance Excellence Program

301.975.3074

[email protected] (https://www.nist.govmailto:[email protected])
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Selection Process
Selection decisions will be based on (1) sector mix, (2) appropriate level within the
organization, (3) likelihood to follow through, (4) diversity, and (5) no direct
competitors with participating award recipients or other Fellows. Candidates will be
notified of the decision by January 10, 2022. Tuition payment of $28,000 is due by
February 18, 2022. The fee covers all materials, as well as a standard hotel room and
at least four meals for each session.

KEY DATES 
2021-2022 Cohort Schedule
April 11–14, 2021

Program Kickoff

32nd Quest for Excellence Conference
June 21–22, 2021

Southcentral Foundation and

Stellar Solutions

Anchorage, AK
January 11–12, 2022

The Ritz-Carlton and GBMC HealthCare, Inc.

Pentagon City, VA
March 1–2, 2022

City of Fort Collins, Donor Alliance, and

Elevations Credit Union

Fort Collins, CO
April 2, 2022

Capstone Presentation

33rd Quest for Excellence Conference

Gaylord National Harbor

National Harbor, MD

2022-2023 Cohort Schedule
April 3–6, 2022

Program Kickoff

33rd Quest for Excellence Conference

National Harbor, MD
June 21–22, 2022

St. Louis, MO
October 18–19, 2022

Houston, TX
January 11-12, 2023

Washington, DC
April 1, 2023

Capstone Presentation

34th Quest for Excellence Conference

National Harbor, MD

What Executive Fellows Are Saying

true payoff
Steven Schloss, United States Golf Association

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The Fellows Program provides senior leaders the tools, framework, relationships, and
best practice sharing in a highly interactive and thought provoking environment. We
tend to move quickly and take little time out to learn and invest in our own growth.
The one-year program commitment will have a true  payoff personally and for my
organization for the long term. 

Resources
2022 Baldrige Fellows Information Packet (https://www.nist.gov/document/baldrige-fellowsinfo-packet-2022docx) Word

Journey to Excellence
(https://www.nist.gov/document/journeytoexcellencequalityprogressarticlepdf) PDF, originally
published in ASQ’s Quality Progress

A Crowning Achievement for Your Own Organization
(https://www.nist.gov/blogs/blogrige/crowning-achievement-your-own-organization)

Peer Learning, the Baldrige Fellows Program (https://www.nist.gov/document/leadershipexcellence-harry-hertz-article-july-2012pdf), by Harry Hertz, from Leadership Excellence
July 2012 PDF

Benefits for Participants
(https://www.nist.gov/document/2013baldrigefellowsbenefitsforparticipantswquotespdf) PDF
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Contacts
Dawn M. Bailey (https://www.nist.gov/people/dawn-m-bailey)
[email protected] (https://www.nist.govmailto:[email protected])
(301) 975-3074
Created September 3, 2013, Updated January 3, 2022