{"id":224229,"date":"2026-03-16T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/gcbc-southern-miss-launch-executive-ai-leadership-academy-with-inaugural-gulf-coast-cohort\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:25:09","slug":"gcbc-southern-miss-launch-executive-ai-leadership-academy-with-inaugural-gulf-coast-cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/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<p>Mon,<br \/>\n                     \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t03\/16\/2026 &#8211; 09:58am<strong> | By: Gabriela Shinskie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p>                        The\u00a0Gulf Coast Business Council (GCBC), in partnership with\u00a0The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), launched<br \/>\n                     the inaugural Executive Leadership Academy: Executives and Artificial Intelligence on Friday at the\u00a0USM Gulf Park Campus\u00a0with 28 participants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nine-month, executive-level academy is designed for senior leaders responsible<br \/>\n                     for integrating artificial intelligence into their organization\u2019s strategy and decision-making.<br \/>\n                     As AI rapidly transforms industries ranging from health care and shipbuilding to finance<br \/>\n                     and government, the academy equips executives with the knowledge and leadership frameworks<br \/>\n                     needed to guide responsible adoption while strengthening regional competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the opening session, executives explored the strategic implications of artificial<br \/>\n                     intelligence, including organizational readiness, governance frameworks and responsible<br \/>\n                     implementation. The program emphasizes how leaders can harness AI to improve decision-making,<br \/>\n                     drive innovation and manage emerging risks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jamie Miller, president and CEO of the\u00a0GCBC, said the academy represents a strategic<br \/>\n                     investment in regional leadership and long-term economic competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThrough this academy, GCBC is helping equip Gulf Coast executives with the insight,<br \/>\n                     tools and peer network they need to lead confidently, responsibly and strategically<br \/>\n                     as AI reshapes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usm.edu\/news\/2026\/releases\/executive-leadership-academy-first-session.php\">Source<\/a><\/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":224230,"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":[],"class_list":["post-224229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224231,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224229\/revisions\/224231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}