The Advancing Leadership program is designed to ensure that the pool of talent from which the community can draw its future leaders continues to be renewed. Adult participants utilize key leadership components designed to create a healthy community by implementing a class-selected project that will benefit the Federal Way Community, inclusive to economic development, human services, government, education, quality of life, community service and diversity.

The adults accepted into the nine month program will participate in a balanced combination of retreats, full-day class sessions and community projects. The program begins in September with a retreat focusing on development of personal and public leadership and team building. Once a month, participants attend a daylong session, which culminates with a team project and class graduation.