As a means of building community trust and living into their institutional missions, many higher education institutions have initiated or are exploring strategic community engagement initiatives and partnerships that directly address the needs of local and regional communities. Whether through research, workforce development, educational outreach, or direct service, institutions seek to be responsive to community needs and priorities. Place-based, hyperlocal, and anchor-based community engagement offers a form of engagement that is informed by residents and community stakeholders, is holistic and context-rich, and seeks to build community capacity by leveraging institutional resources and assets. This study explores, through portraiture, the leadership practices of Community Engagement Professionals (CEPs) engaged in place-based efforts that result in shared power with their community partners. The goals of the study were to: 1) increase understanding in the field of community engagement of how power is understood in place-based work;?2) identify new or emergent competencies required of community engagement professionals to share power more effectively with place-based partners; and?3) explore how findings might inform or expand current research on community-based leadership practice (e.g., community leadership, collective impact theory, ensemble leadership, etc.). Research questions explored how "shared power" and "shared voice" are understood in place-based engagement efforts, how place-based community engagement approaches have evolved in ways that increase levels of community participation and voice, how participants work to create "effective" power-sharing between their campuses and place-based community partners, and the leadership practices required to effectively encourage shared power and voice when working in and with communities. Through interviews and conversations with four leaders in campus-community and place-based engagement, portraits were created that reflect individual and collective learning, insights, and future hopes for the field. Findings reveal study participants' different notions and models of place-based engagement, constructs of power experienced in partnerships, essential place-based leadership qualities, and the role of authentic relationship development in building trust and shared purpose. Findings identified seven competencies of place-based Community Engagement Professionals (CEP) that contribute to increasing shared power and voice in place-based partnerships. These include Navigating, Engaging, and Redistributing Power, Building Community Power and Networks, Co-creating and Co-Locating, Community Organizing, Transforming (students, faculty, and institution), Cultivating Authentic Relationships, and Knowledge of Self and Others. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]