EVP Curriculum
Your Executive Leadership Journey
This isn’t eight independent modules. It’s one integrated leadership experience where each session builds on the knowledge, relationships, and perspective gained in the last.
| Theme | Module | Primary Growth Area | Secondary Growth Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Family Business | 1 | Think Strategically | Expand Your Influence |
| Truck to Table | 2 | Think Strategically | Advance Swine Health |
| The Algorithm in the Barn | 3 | Leverage Technology | Think Strategically |
| The Body Under Pressure | 4 | Lead | Advance Swine Health |
| PRRSv | 5 | Advance Swine Health | Think Strategically |
| PEDv | 6 | Advance Swine Health | Lead |
| Economics: Show Me the Money | 7 | Think Strategically | Lead |
| The Vet in the Room | 8 | Expand Your Influence | Lead |
Explore the Eight Learning Experiences
Module 1 | The Family Business
Theme: Understanding the Business Behind the Barn
Decision-making in modern production systems, family business leadership, financial literacy, and building trust with producers.
Module 2 | Truck to Table
Theme: Seeing the Entire Food Production System
Food production systems, food safety, transportation, processing, and consumer expectations.
Module 3 | The Algorithm in the Barn
Theme: Leading Through Technology
Artificial intelligence, precision livestock technologies, data ownership, and practical AI applications.
Module 4 | The Body Under Pressure
Theme: Performance Under Pressure
Clinical observation, veterinary regulations, resilience, and emerging monitoring technologies.
Module 5: PRRSv
Theme: Advancing Swine Health Through Innovation
PRRS management, gene editing, vaccine strategy, and disease economics.
Module 6 | PEDv
Theme: Crisis Leadership and Disease Response
Outbreak response, immunology, prevention strategies, and leadership during uncertainty.
Module 7 | Economics: Show Me the Money
Theme: Understanding the Economics of Swine Production
Agricultural economics, capital investment, financial decision-making, and policy.
Module 8 | The Vet in the Room
Theme: Leading with Purpose
Leadership, negotiation, communication, executive coaching, and career planning.
A Cohort That Grows Together
Unlike traditional conferences, you’ll learn with the same cohort throughout the two-year program. As the curriculum progresses, so do the conversations. Participants challenge one another, share experiences, and build trust that extends well beyond the classroom. Many alumni say these relationships become one of the most valuable and enduring outcomes of the program.
The Executive Veterinary Program Experience
| You Begin As… | You Graduate As… |
|---|---|
| A skilled veterinarian | A trusted advisor |
| Solving today’s problems | Preparing for tomorrow’s challenges |
| Focused on individual cases | Thinking in systems |
| Reacting to change | Leading innovation |
| An individual contributor | A leader and influencer |
| A participant | A lifelong member of the EVP alumni network |
The Executive Veterinary Program doesn’t change what you do—it changes the level at which you lead.