Sentences with phrase «become civic leaders»

Generations of the Flavel family would become civic leaders in the town, while the factory itself became a major local employer.

Tanya St. Julien currently serves as chief of staff at Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE), a national leadership development organization that works with teachers to become civic leaders in advocacy, community organizing, policy, and elected office to improve education for all kids.

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Finally, Georgia has a pro-growth and investment governor and the Atlanta civic leaders have become increasingly strategic on growing their ecosystem.

His father was a business and civic leader who was the first African American to become a director of a college football bowl game (1982 Fiesta Bowl).

In 2011, Cuomo had urged business and civic leaders to become a more forceful presence in Albany, particularly as a counterweight to labor unions.

America's ability to compete economically on a shrinking planet, as well as our national security and cultural vitality, depends to a great extent on whether today's ablest girls and boys are well - prepared to become tomorrow's scientists, inventors, entrepreneurs, engineers, and civic leaders.

Though Bersin's undergraduate degree at Harvard was in government, and he spent years as a corporate lawyer and federal prosecutor, he made a career shift to education in 1998 when a group of San Diego civic leaders asked him to consider becoming the school superintendent in that city.

Fulton Leadership Academy is committed to a rigorous academic environment that empowers young men in grades 6 - 12 to become productive civic leaders.

Beginning around 2009 it became clear to civic leaders and councilmembers that the City of San Diego faced serious financial challenges.

Parents, teachers, business owners, and civic leaders who work with and on behalf of young people and communities can become involved and promote ethical decisions in all facets of life.

An important secondary goal of the Program is to develop future community leaders who will become civic advocates for public education.

For the best chance to become a finalist, a city should excel in all three categories of land availability, civic leader support and community votes.

In 1989, NCMA became a private not - for - profit institution and since then has been governed and funded by a private board of trustees which includes many of Long Island's most prominent business, civic and social leaders.

Delivering a civic engagement pep talk to students waiting to register Wednesday, Johnson urged them to become informed about the political world — and to look for leaders beyond celebrities like Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga or LeBron James.