AV Executive Fellowship
A Two-Year Journey from Strength to Strength
Shaping Leaders
We live in an age of profound fragmentation, where speed is celebrated over depth, noise over clarity, and achievement over identity. Many leaders, although externally successful, often find themselves internally depleted: isolated, overextended, and unsure of how to sustain a meaningful impact.
In a world that asks, What are you building, we ask Who are you becoming?
This Fellowship creates space for seasoned leaders to slow down, reflect deeply, and be formed anew - for the sake of their families, their communities, and the common good.
What we’re looking for…
Are You Successful… but Restless?
You’ve built, led, and achieved. Maybe you’ve exited a company, transitioned from a high-impact role, or simply felt the quiet discontent that whispers: Is this all there is?
You’re not alone—and you’re not finished.
The Access Ventures Executive Fellowship is a two-year formation journey for entrepreneurial leaders (ages 35–50) at a meaningful crossroads. This is not about résumé building or career acceleration. It’s about redefining your legacy around wholeness, wisdom, and lasting impact.
This Fellowship Is for You If You:
Have experienced significant success, but long for deeper alignment
Are asking Who am I becoming? more than What am I building?
Feel spiritually open and emotionally curious—ready for something deeper
Want to steward your influence for the flourishing of others
Are ready to slow down, reflect, and be transformed—not just informed
Why Now?
A COUNTERCULTURAL CALL TO WHOLENESS
We live in a fragmented world—one that values speed over depth, scale over soul. Even the most capable leaders feel depleted, disconnected, or out of sync with what really matters.
This Fellowship offers a different path.
Through five immersive gatherings, spiritual formation, emotional healing, and vocational discernment, you’ll reimagine what it means to lead with integrity—from the inside out.
You’ll craft a personal Life Plan. You’ll heal old stories and re-order your priorities. You’ll invest in your marriage, your relationships, your health, and your soul. You’ll prepare to transition from personal striving to generative stewardship.
In short: You’ll become whole again.
What You Can Expect
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Oxford Immersion & Moral Imagination
Reflect on the kind of leader you're becoming and explore moral imagination through the lens of faith, ethics, and the sacredness of calling.
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Justice & Vocational Design
Engage the complexity of systems and the invitation to live faithfully in the face of injustice and civic fracture.
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Onsite's Living-Centered Program
Dive deep into the heart. Tend to your story, identity, and emotional wounds in a healing space curated for soul restoration.
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Life Planning
Clarify who you are, what you’re called to, and how to live it out—with sustainable rhythms, vision, and grace.
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Marriage & Covenant Retreat
Reconnect with your spouse around a shared life of intimacy, clarity, and sacred commitment.
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Pilgrimmage & Embodied Reflection
Culminate your journey with a 100km walk across Spain—a spiritual commissioning where everything you’ve lived becomes embodied.
Selection & Requirements
Applications are accepted bi-annually until November 1
Selection
Applicants may self-nominate but a nomination from a board member or previous fellow is highly recommended.
Our fellowship runs every two years (with our current application now open for the 2026-2027 cohort).
Applications open August 1, 2025.
Applicants for the 2026 cohort will be notified of acceptance by November 21, 2025, and the new cohort will begin in January 2026, running for the next 24 months.
**If selected, we cover ALL of your expenses for your participation in the Executive Fellowship, EXCEPT for any travel….we pick up the tab for everything once you arrive.
(We estimate your cost of travel over the 2 years will be approximately $6,000 and partial scholarships may be available)
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We are looking for individuals who are in the midst of significant friction and are at an inflection point in life or career.
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We estimate the value of our investment in you as a leader at $75,000 over the two years so we expect full participation and a commitment to do the work assigned for each module. We recognize life happens and emergencies are unavoidable, but we feel the commitment is approximately 60 minutes each week during the program. You also have to commit, in advance, to attend ALL of our in-person events without exception:
Oxford Orientation (March 14-22, 2026)
Vocation & Justice (June 1-4, 2026)
Onsite: Emotional Integration (Oct 4-8, 2026)
Marriage & Family (Feb 22-25, 2027)
Pilgrimage (Sep 20-25, 2027)
If you have any questions or would like to discuss these expectations with anyone, please email info@accessventures.org
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Has already achieved a significant level of success - financial, organizational, creative, or civic
Feels a growing inner discontent or shift: “Is this it?”, “What’s next - and how do I make it matter?”
Open to redefining legacy around faithfulness rather than performance
Signals:
Sold a company, transitioned out of a C-suite role, or exited a startup
On a sabbatical, launching something new, or questioning the next career move
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Has a track record of starting, building, or pioneering - whether inside a company or independently
Not afraid of risk, complexity, or uncertainty
Energized by vision, but aware that past drive may have come at a cost
Signals:
Built multiple ventures or led new initiatives inside established structures
Known in their network as a builder, connector, or starter
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Willing to reflect on pain, family of origin, emotional blind spots, or burnout
Hungry for deeper spiritual formation (even if wounded or skeptical)
Not looking for formulas - but for truth, grace, and grounding
Signals:
Seen a therapist, has a spiritual director or mentor
Asking deeper questions: Who am I without my work?, What does wholeness look like?
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Has agency and margin to make change happen - financially, relationally, structurally
Sees their work as a platform for the broader good, not just personal advancement
Ready to steward influence more generously, wisely, and justly
Signals:
Leading a business, foundation, movement, creative enterprise, or civic initiative
Influencing teams, networks, capital, or culture in measurable ways
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Values deep process over quick results
Willing to commit to the time, presence, and vulnerability the Fellowship requires
Understands transformation is slow, embodied, and often painful - but worth it
Signals:
Strong references from others who’ve seen them lean into hard truths
Shows up with humility, grit, and a desire to become more whole
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Desires to better love their spouse, family, and community
Committed to repairing or deepening relational integrity
Understands that legacy is shaped in the lives we touch, not the things we build
Signals:
Open about relational wounds, growth areas, or longings
Invested in mentorship, family, friendships, or church
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In an all-consuming growth stage with no margin or a family circumstance that prevents 100% participation at this stage, and for the next 2 years.
Seeking a platform, not formation
Emotionally guarded or resistant to vulnerability
Already “fully formed” or uninterested in change