Get Involved

Attend an Event

There’s many ways to get involved with our environmental and economic efforts underway throughout the Midwest. Delta Institute hosts everything from informative webinars to fun events to project ribbon cutting ceremonies. We’d love to have you join us.

Join Our Board

Delta Institute’s Board of Directors provides a balanced approach to governance and oversight while actively managing and guiding all organizational facets. Board meetings occur quarterly, with Board-led committee meetings also occurring quarterly in adjacent months. All Directors sign membership agreements that cover governance and philanthropic requirements. In return, Delta Institute provides personal and professional fulfillment, networking, and the opportunity to help shape a dynamic regional nonprofit.

Become a Delta Emerging Leader

Delta Institute recruits emerging professionals to volunteer on our associate board, the Delta Emerging Leaders (DELs). The associate board, composed of up to 25 professionals from a wide array of sectors, collaboratively work to advance Delta’s mission by expanding our network of supporters, donors, and partners through events and initiatives that engage new and diverse audiences. The DELs’ recruitment cycle takes place each spring for one-year, renewable terms beginning July 1. Questions about joining the DELs? Please click here to email us or click the link below to learn more.

Careers and Internships

Full-time & part-time

Internships

Delta Institute is undertaking a fundamental incorporation of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in all recruitment efforts for staff, as well as for our governing and associate boards. We welcome learning more about organizational leaders who have diverse experience and a keen focus on equity and inclusion in their leadership. Please read more about our commitment to DEI.

Associate, Programs

Delta Institute is seeking an energetic environmental professional to support our work our three programmatic areas: Nature-based Climate Solutions, Resilient Agriculture, and Sustainability and Support Services. A Programs Associate will collect quantitative and qualitative data and translate information into meaningful, high-quality deliverables, calculate the environmental, economic, and community impact of Delta’s project work utilizing various models, run water quality, agriculture conservation, carbon sequestration, urban forestry, greenhouse gas, and other quantification/impact modeling, research and review data from industry and scientific reports, create and compile new data sources, integrate knowledge of innovation from one strategic area or field of study with other strategic areas, create presentations and reports, and work collaboratively with technical and operational staff on Delta initiatives.

Specialist, Programs – Nature-Based Climate Solutions

As a Specialist, an employee will know what happens on the ground in the dynamic landscapes of the Midwest and Great Lakes. A Specialist will bring that robust experience to Delta while working within the team to implement a variety of projects that focus on changing how we think about the practices that we implement on the landscape, how we value the environmental impacts, and how to change the structural drivers to create large-scale impacts. Apply by August 9, 2024.

Lead, Programs Strategy

Lead, Program Strategy, will provide leadership and vison to Delta’s strategic initiatives with a focus on developing concepts and funding strategies to meet our impact objectives. Leads provide deep technical, analytical and project development leadership across Delta’s strategic priority areas. A Lead manages ideation, concepting, proposal development along with coordinated related research and relationship management in partnership with other Programs hive staff and leadership.

Support Us

Create a thriving Midwest for tomorrow by supporting Delta today.