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Presidential Leadership Scholar Dr. Anahita Dua has worked to reduce the number of unnecessary amputations in hospitals -- directly affecting scholar Nubia Peña's family.
Nubia Peña
Class of 2023
Anahita Dua
Class of 2023
An-Me Chung, 2015 Presidential Leadership Scholar and Director and Strategic Advisor for New America, discusses her passion for education and the lessons she learned in the Presidential Leadership Scholar program.
An-Me Chung
Class of 2015
How listening diverse voices aren't just for the Presidential Leadership Scholars program -- they're also for the holiday dinner table.
Nubia Peña, 2023 Presidential Leadership Scholar, serves as Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox’s Senior Advisor of Access and Opportunity and the Director for the Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs. She discusses her background and career trajectory in advocating for historically underserved communities.
Nubia Peña
Class of 2023
The Presidential Leadership Scholars program has remained steadfast through the political winds of three presidential elections – 2016, 2020, and 2024 – by uniting Scholars to each other and their communities.
Randell Trammell, 2023 Presidential Leadership Scholar, Georgia Commissioner on Civic Education, and CEO of Georgia Center for Civic Engagement, discusses his passion for education and the lessons he learned in the Presidential Leadership Scholars program.
Randell Trammell
Class of 2023
Danielle Rugoff is working to bridge divides in language with her new initiative, Purple Lexicon. It’s designed to flag words that may carry political weight for certain groups so that communicators can be more intentional and effective when they speak or write.
Danielle Rugoff
Class of 2024
The combined effect of the broad heterogeneity of our cohorts, the focus on a more interactive approach to leadership, the inclusion of projects of variety of scales and stages of development, and a program experience curated to promote relationships among the Scholars has produced remarkable outcomes.