Summer Institute
Your journey to excellence begins Summer 2025 at EDI.
Program Costs + Offerings
Intensive week-long training, speakers, networking, lodging and daily meals.
Courses
Our course offerings are carefully planned by the EDI Curriculum Review Committee to ensure the highest quality training experience for all participants.
Registration Information
Check-in Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1, 2025 (Must attend mandatory orientation @ 3 p.m.); Check-out is Saturday, June 7, 2025 (Participants are required to stay through 5 p.m. on Friday, June 6, 2025 in order to receive their certificates of completion, no exceptions).
Your EDI Summer Institute Registration Includes…
- All EDI classes and special evening sessions
- Three all-you-can-eat buffet meals per day
- Dorm housing with linens at Dillard University June 1-6, 2025
- Orientation and Welcome Cookout Reception on Sunday, June 1, 2025
- EDI Graduation Ceremony on Friday, June 6, 2025
- EDI Polo shirt and gift
Early Bird Registration – $1000
Until February 28, 2025 (Registration opens soon.)
Standard Registration – $1,150
March 1 – May 15, 2025
Late Registration – $1,300
After May 16, 2025
The EDI Experience
The Carl Holmes Executive Development Institute (EDI) is one of the nation’s largest and most renowned organizations which is committed to excellence by offering quality professional training today to serve those leading the country’s fire service tomorrow.
For more than 30 years, EDI participants have been transformed by this high-energy, high-content and high-involvement seminar. EDI is much more than a conference, it’s a lifechanging and career-building experience!
Best of all, you’ll be able to use what you’ll see modeled by the industry’s best!
Thanks to the EDI workshops and course modules, numerous EDI graduates have advanced professionally beyond measure and assumed high-ranking administrative and fire chief positions throughout the country.
Expand Your Professional Horizons with EDI 2025
For more than 30 years, EDI participants have been transformed by this high-energy, high-content and high-involvement seminar.
Legacy
EDI has successfully trained more than 2,500 fire service professionals by incorporating the philosophy that harnesses inspiration and passes it forward through the experiences of our uniquely qualified staff and outstanding curriculum.
Life changing
EDI is much more than a conference, it’s a lifechanging and career-building experience!
Leadership
Best of all, you’ll be able to use what you’ll see modeled by the industry’s best!
EDI Client Testimonials
Don’t take our word for it – here’s what our students say:
Eddie Burns
Police Chief
Forest Hill, TX PD
Dallas, TX FD Fire Chief (Ret.)
“EDI has made a significant impact on my career path. The connections and networking opportunities are phenomenal and long lasting.”
Tiffanye Wesley
Deputy Fire Chief
Arlington County, VA FD
“EDI is an awesome experience. So great to learn from fellow graduates and see how the program has helped them advance as leaders in the EMS and fire service industry.”
Howard Fisher
Deputy Fire Chief
Harvey, IL FD
“I make EDI a priority! There’s nowhere else that I can get real-world information from subject matter experts that know firsthand how to make a difference in their departments and communities.”
Their Stories
Hear from our students…
EDI Portfolio
The Carl Holmes EDI Summer Institute is a career-changing event that welcomes fire and emergency personnel from across the country and around the world to the beautiful campus of Dillard University in New Orleans. Students participate in an intensive weeklong professional educational experience that features hands-on instruction from industry executives and subject matter experts, as well as unparallel networking opportunities.
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You won’t want to miss this! The Carl Holmes Executive Development Institute (EDI) is one of the nation’s largest and most renowned organizations which is committed to excellence by offering quality professional training today to serve those leading the country’s fire service tomorrow.
EDI Board of Directors
Carla Holmes
Chair
Aedren Rutledge
Vice Chair
Cassie Peters
Secretary
Bertral Washington
Treasurer
Brent Burton
Director
EDI OFFICERS
Our EDI Officers is a dedicated group of individuals who are committed to the values and mission of the Carl Holmes Executive Development Institute. They strive to advance the profession of the fire service industry and nurture the next generation of servant leaders in communities across the U.S.
David L. Washington
President & CEO
Norris Wilson
1st Vice President
Eugene Campbell, Jr.
2nd Vice President
Annette Nance-Holt
Treasurer Liaison & Administrative Officer
Art Battles
Logistics Officer
John Alston, Jr
Planning Officer
Kwame Cooper
Assistant Operations Officer
Bruce Bouyer
Secretary & Officer of Student Affairs
Eddie Burns
Curriculum Officer
