LOAA is now seeking feedback from alumni during its 2024 Spring Survey. All graduates of the Chamber's Leadership Oakland program are invited to provide input, which will inform the future of LOAA's programs and events. 

Deadline for survey participation is May 31, 2024. 

Now is the perfect time to upgrade your membership in LOAA! All LO alumni can save 15% on Gold or Silver premium memberships through March 31, 2024.

Silver and Gold members enjoy discounts on networking and leadership events, and Gold members receive special recognition on the home page of the website and at events.

Your membership dues help support our nonprofit volunteer-led organization and enable us to bring events and programs to our alumni. 

To upgrade, log in to your profile, change your membership status and enter Discount Code "LOAA15" before your process your payment. If you need help with upgrading your membership, please email us.

Your LOAA board has been busy! The past several months we've been hard at work developing a brand new membership package.

And today's the day. We're beyond excited to roll out the details and invite you to officially join the Leadership Oakland Alumni Association!

Congratulations LO grads - you automatically qualify for Bronze member benefits such as invites to networking happy hours and professional development events, access to Facebook and LinkedIn groups and email updates from LOAA. 

We think you'll be especially intrigued by our Silver and Gold Premium memberships. These exclusive packages include our most-requested perks like an online alumni directory, non-profit board matching, discounts to events, free admission to our Annual Holiday Happy Hour, and special member recognition.

You'll want to act quickly to take advantage of our 25% discount for Gold and Silver memberships through January 26th.

Your membership dollars are crucial to support the ongoing operations of LOAA, including the investment of new software that supports our membership, event and website management.

Find out all the details about our new membership benefits and dues here. Join us today!

Leadership Oakland alums gave a nod to an online alumni directory as the most desired new membership benefit, according to the results of the LOAA Fall 2020 Survey.

Survey participants also indicated a strong interest in nonprofit board matching, discounts to association events, and free admission to the popular annual Holiday Happy Hour. 

Alumni are also keenly interested in continued learning and development opportunities, with 84 percent of respondents desiring workshops focused on leadership, civic and professional development, or current trends. More than two-thirds are interested in networking events, information on leadership opportunities, and panel discussions. 

The LOAA Board is using the survey results to craft a new membership package to be introduced in early 2021.

In addition to assessing membership benefit preferences, the survey also sought to determine preferred enrichment activities and identify alumni interested in engaging in LOAA committees and ad hoc activities. Board members are in the process of contacting interested alumni who expressed interested in getting more involved with the organization.

Seventy-five alumni representing 20 cohorts provided feedback via the online survey over a two-week period in November.

It's been anything but a normal year, but that didn't stop our alumni from stepping up to volunteer for the City of Oakland Annual Thanksgiving Dinner. Our team masked up and safely packed 3,000 meals (that's not a typo!) to be delivered to those in need across our community. Watch our video to see us in action!

Thanks to everyone who gave their time and their hearts for this cause.