Lunch, Learn, Lead
Do you want to connect with other emerging and established leaders from your rural community?
Join RDI for Lunch, Learn, Lead!
This is an opportunity to learn, network, and build your capacity and collaborations to lead community efforts.
Lunch, Learn, Lead is a one-day, 4-hour interactive leadership development training tailored for rural leaders in the Pacific Northwest. By the end of the workshop, participants will leave equipped with the knowledge and confidence to understand their leadership role, explore volunteer recruitment and retention, and build collaborative partnerships.
Key Highlights:
- Interactive Sessions: Engage with peers through real-time discussions and hands-on activities during the lunch hour.
- Rural-Focused Content: Understand community leadership concepts and explore vital topics such as catalytic leadership, effective collaboration, and social capital.
- Network Building: Develop a network of passionate rural leaders committed to enacting positive change in their communities.
- Tailored Approach: Focuses on place-based issues unique to your community and empowers local leaders to implement lasting, community-driven solutions.
"Thank you for the great day. I felt it was worthwhile and was a good use of my time." - 2025 Lunch Learn Lead Participant.






MEET OUR TEAM

Christine Gilmore
Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships
cgilmore (at) rdiinc.org

Ximena Lemus-Hernandez
Bilingual Program Manager
xlemus (at) rdiinc.org

Kendra Schaffer
Networks and Engagement Manager
kschaffer (at) rdiinc.org

Erubiel Valladares
Bilingual Program Manager
evalladares (at) rdiinc.org
