Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT)

This 6-page Advisory Board Case Study, provided by Internet Scout Research Group, is part of the Working Partners Toolkit. This toolkit was designed to help educators strengthen their relationship with industry and includes six case studies. The case studies are gathered from successfully initiated and sustained education-industry partnerships and are intended to help users gain tips and inspiration for implementing and sustaining industry partnerships. 

This case study covers the Business Leadership Team model (BILT), a variation of the standard advisory board. A BILT model includes industry members, on a local or national level, that serve and participate as co-leaders of national and regional grant programs as well as college-level programs of study. The creation of the model and its adoption across sectors is discussed.

This paper includes the following sections: Key Outcomes, Summary, Impacts, Challenges, Implementation Strategies, and Additional Resources. The Working Partners Toolkit and other case studies are available to view separately.