{"id":180093,"date":"2026-01-20T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/gulf-coast-business-council-and-southern-miss-launch-inaugural-executive-leadership-academy-focused-on-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:00:10","slug":"gulf-coast-business-council-and-southern-miss-launch-inaugural-executive-leadership-academy-focused-on-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/gulf-coast-business-council-and-southern-miss-launch-inaugural-executive-leadership-academy-focused-on-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf Coast Business Council and Southern Miss Launch Inaugural Executive Leadership Academy Focused on Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usm.edu\/news\/2026\/releases\/executive-leadership-academy.php\">Gulf Coast Business Council and Southern Miss Launch Inaugural Executive Leadership Academy Focused on Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usm.edu\/news\/2026\/releases\/executive-leadership-academy.php\">https:\/\/www.usm.edu\/news\/2026\/releases\/executive-leadership-academy.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-20 16:59:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.usm.edu\">www.usm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>The Gulf Coast Business Council (GCBC) and The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) have launched the GCBC-USM Executive Leadership Academy focused on artificial intelligence (AI) leadership.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The nine-month program will educate up to 25 senior executives from various industries on AI&#8217;s impact on business operations and leadership.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Monthly in-person meetings will commence on March 13, 2026, concluding in November, with sessions at USM\u2019s Gulf Park campus in Long Beach, Mississippi.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The initiative aims to prepare leaders to manage AI governance, ethical oversight, and strategic direction to ensure AI&#8217;s benefits are maximized while minimizing risks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Graduates will receive certifications and a capstone leadership project that integrates AI strategy into long-term organizational plans.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The program is targeting senior executives and decision-makers responsible for strategy, governance, workforce leadership, and innovation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Registration is open with a deadline on February 28, 2026, with a restricted enrollment to maintain high-quality interactions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>More details and enrollment can be found on the USM Executive Education website.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gulf Coast Business Council and Southern Miss Launch Inaugural Executive Leadership Academy Focused on Artificial&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":180094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.usm.edu\/news\/2025\/_images\/hardy-hall.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-180093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180095,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180093\/revisions\/180095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}