Amy Kroll
Class of 2020
Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Rani Elwy
Rani Elwy, 2024 Presidential Leadership Scholar and professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, shares her passion for health-related policymaking and legislation and four impactful lessons she learned throughout PLS.
Rani Elwy
Class of 2024
Lessons in leadership: The secret sauce
Valerie Jarrett, CEO of the Obama Foundation, speaks about her experience as the longest-serving presidential senior advisor in history, the importance of mentorship, and what she considers the secret sauce of leadership.
2024 Presidential Leadership Scholars join alumni network
Recap of the class of 2024 final module in Philadelphia.
Huston-Tillotson University President and CEO shares her PLS experience
“Knowing that I would have an opportunity to navigate and network with individuals who are all go-getters and leaders in their community, and to have a network as expansive as PLS – it was something that I could not shy away from.”
Melva Wallace
Class of 2016
Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Maya Enista Smith
"I believe that people are good, and more people together are better, and PLS has been the most transformative and enduring proof of that deeply held belief."
Maya Smith
Class of 2022
Exploring influence and persuasion in the Texas Hill Country
Recap of the 2024 fifth module in and near Austin, Texas.
Application opens for tenth class of Presidential Leadership Scholars
A one-of-a-kind opportunity to join a network of leaders making a difference in the world and learn from the presidential experiences of George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson