LEAD members contribute to remote, rural and regional Australia by:
- supporting local communities
- primary production and its support
- developing and implementing projects that address important issues
- contributing to change and development in primary industries at regional, state and national levels
- taking part in policy development and social or structural change
- maintaining their skills and capacity for leadership
- working with those who have sponsored them to give-back to rural Australia
- working with the Foundation and in its leadership programs so it can be effective, well advised and responsive

