Nov 7, 2025
Part of the magic of American Leadership Forum lies in the fact that the cohort experience is just the starting point of a much longer leadership journey. ALF Affinity Groups help keep those cohort connections alive by offering spaces where Senior Fellows can continue...
May 15, 2025
A Reflection from April 30, 2024 It is hard to believe that it has been 49 years since I left my country of birth. As we commemorated this day in San Jose, I am amazed at how far we have come as a community. The event was held at the Rotunda at San Jose City Hall, a...
Jul 29, 2024
Embracing My Otherness In many AAPI cultures, we are conditioned to be quiet and to assimilate (into the) dominant culture for the sake of “fitting in.” That was certainly my experience growing up in a Filipino household in San Jose. My parents, who had...
Jul 1, 2024
This article is from the ALF Insights blog, which features content from the faculty, clients, and associates of ALF’s premier facilitation service. Read more at ALFInsights.org. March of 2020 was a dark and uncertain time. As the reality of the pandemic began to...
May 8, 2024
In honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) Heritage Month, we are thrilled to share a reflection from AAPI Senior Fellow Margaret Abe-Koga (Class XXII), Mountain View City Councilmember. Through the stories of incredible leaders like...
Feb 22, 2024
This new video series from ALF Silicon Valley’s La Comunidad for Justice, Equity & Inclusion affinity group aims to provide Latino/a/x Senior Fellows with a platform for sharing leadership journeys, gain insights and inspiration, explore opportunities to...
Feb 14, 2024
ALF Silicon Valley Celebrates Black History Month with a Spotlight on Trailblazers, Changemakers, and Conveners In honor of Black History Month, we’ve assembled a selection of ALF content from the past and present featuring some of the most accomplished and...
Dec 11, 2023
Through the support of the Heising Simons Foundation, ALF Silicon Valley special assignment writer Stefanie Demong has penned an incredible article now featured in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) detailing the impact of ALF’s CEO DIEL Cohorts....Sep 22, 2023
An astounding 70% of Senior Fellows from the last five classes are actively collaborating with each other. In case you missed it, here is an incredible story of impact from the Fellows Class that graduated earlier this year. This year’s annual campaign embraces...
Aug 18, 2023
A cornerstone of good entrepreneurial leadership is the ability to see opportunity and the courage to act on it. For the past few years, the ALF National Board of Directors has seen an opening taking shape before us in the form of growing polarization, extremism in... 
