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Presidential Leadership Scholar influences nationwide rollout of health care tool

As the Director of Community Social Impact at Dallas’ Parkland Health, BrainCharge Founder and CEO, and 2017 Presidential Leadership Scholar, Vidya Ayyr is finding ways to identify and support what the World Health Organization terms the social determinants of health. Her team is collaborating with medical software provider Epic Systems Corp to capture these risks within every patient record at Parkland Health and beyond.

Vidya Ayyr

Class of 2017

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2022 Module Six Recap: Philadelphia

The 2022 Presidential Leadership Scholars completed their sixth and final module in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, earlier this month.

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Addressing the workforce crisis in trade industries

Presidential Leadership Scholar Adam Gilbertson, Vice President at RDO Equipment Co., is working to solve a major challenge in his home state of Montana and across the country: There aren’t enough young people entering into the trade industries.

Adam Gilbertson

Class of 2020

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2022 Module Five Recap: Austin

The Presidential Leadership Scholars Class of 2022 completed their fifth module in Austin, Texas, last week. This module focused on the leadership skill of working collaboratively to influence and persuade stakeholders through the lens of President Lyndon B. Johnson and his administration.

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2022 Module Four Recap: Dallas

This month, the Presidential Leadership Scholars visited the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas. The fourth program module focused on the leadership skill of decision making through the lens of President Bush’s leadership and administration.

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