{"id":196374,"date":"2026-03-16T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/gcbc-southern-miss-launch-executive-ai-leadership-academy-with-inaugural-gulf-coast-cohort\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:30:11","slug":"gcbc-southern-miss-launch-executive-ai-leadership-academy-with-inaugural-gulf-coast-cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/gcbc-southern-miss-launch-executive-ai-leadership-academy-with-inaugural-gulf-coast-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"GCBC, Southern Miss Launch Executive AI Leadership Academy with Inaugural Gulf Coast Cohort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usm.edu\/news\/2026\/releases\/executive-leadership-academy-first-session.php\">GCBC, Southern Miss Launch Executive AI Leadership Academy with Inaugural Gulf Coast Cohort<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usm.edu\/news\/2026\/releases\/executive-leadership-academy-first-session.php\">https:\/\/www.usm.edu\/news\/2026\/releases\/executive-leadership-academy-first-session.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-16 11:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.usm.edu\">www.usm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Gulf Coast Business Council (GCBC) partnered with the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) to launch the first &#8220;Executive Leadership Academy: Executives and Artificial Intelligence&#8221; aimed at senior leaders integrating AI into their organizations. <\/li>\n<li>The nine-month program is designed to equip executives with knowledge, leadership, and frameworks to drive the responsible adoption of AI while enhancing regional competitiveness.<\/li>\n<li>During the opening, topics such as organizational readiness, governance frameworks, and responsible AI implementation were discussed.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative is positioned as a strategic investment by GCBC in leadership and economic competitiveness in the Gulf Coast region.<\/li>\n<li>The academy fosters monthly sessions on key AI topics, including governance, infrastructure, and strategic implementation.<\/li>\n<li>Participants include a diverse range of organizations from various sectors like healthcare, finance, government, and shipbuilding.<\/li>\n<li>Executives who complete the program will gain frameworks for evaluating AI opportunities and making strategic decisions about emerging technologies.<\/li>\n<li>The program aims to enhance collaboration among senior leaders across the Gulf Coast region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GCBC, Southern Miss Launch Executive AI Leadership Academy with Inaugural Gulf Coast Cohort https:\/\/www.usm.edu\/news\/2026\/releases\/executive-leadership-academy-first-session.php Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":196375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.usm.edu\/news\/2025\/_images\/ela-two.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-196374","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\/196374"}],"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=196374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196376,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196374\/revisions\/196376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}