Seaca Earns Certified Community Leadership Practitioner (CCLP) Designation
August 18, 2025The Association of Leadership Programs (ALP) proudly recognizes Chuck Seaca, Director of Leadership Programs at the Alaska Humanities Forum, as the newest recipient of the Certified Community Leadership Practitioner (CCLP) designation.
The Certified Community Leadership Practitioner (CCLP) program was developed in response to membership feedback to provide extensive ongoing training opportunities for Community Leadership Program professionals. The CCLP designation provides Community Leadership Program professionals with an incentive to achieve excellence in professional performance with mastery of essential skills. The development of the Certified Community Leadership Practitioner program began in 2016, with the first CORE training course offered in 2019 in conjunction with the ALP National Conference held that year in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 23 Community Leadership professionals participated in the first cohort. Since 2019, 79 CLP professionals have completed the required 16 hours of CORE training.
Thirty-six individuals, including Seaca, have completed the process, passed the certification exam, and earned the CCLP designation.
About Chuck Seaca, CCLP
Chuck Arrsauyaq Seaca was raised by the Kuskokwim River in Bethel, Alaska, and now calls Anchorage home. He is passionate about how our stories connect and build empowered communities. He considers himself lucky to get to do this as the Director of Leadership Programs at the Alaska Humanities Forum. Chuck works in both adult and youth development through Leadership Anchorage, Story Works (a high school storytelling program), and by facilitating Community Leadership workshops. Before moving home to Alaska, he developed his facilitation practice at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he served as the Head Teaching Fellow for Public Narrative, Teaching Fellow for Adaptive Leadership, and Course Instructor for the Innovation Field Lab.
Chuck has facilitated and coached executives from across the world. His past clients include the Bloomberg City Leadership Initiative, the National Urban League, the Advanced Leadership Initiative, the Obama Foundation, and the Center for Public Leadership. After traveling the country as a leadership trainer and coach, he is thrilled to be developing leadership capacity in his home state. Chuck holds a Bachelor's in Public Policy Analysis-Sociology from Pomona College and a Master's in Public Policy with Distinction and a Certificate in Leadership, Management, and Decision Making Sciences from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Congratulations to Chuck Seaca, CCLP, on this significant achievement.
About the Association of Leadership Programs
The Association of Leadership Programs serves over 280 community leadership programs across the United States and beyond. The association strives to enhance the well-being of all communities through the work of community leadership programs. Founded in 2010, the mission of ALP is to strengthen the effectiveness of leadership programs and professionals. Authentic and organic community leadership development requires taking a critical look at situations, opportunities, and challenges our communities face through the lens of the entire community and pursuing a course that enhances the well-being of all.
Contact:
Jessie Baginski, Ph.D., CCLP
Director of Programs
programs@alpleaders.org