2017 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Program

To learn more about the Presidential Leadership Scholars program, visit www.presidentialleadershipscholars.org.

For updates about the Presidential Leadership Scholars, use #PresidentialScholars or follow @PLSprogram on Twitter and Medium. The 2017 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars are:


Michael Addis, Litigation Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY;

Chike Aguh, Chief Executive Officer, EveryoneOn, Beltsville, MD;

Gabriel Albornoz, Director, Department of Recreation, Montgomery County Government, Kensington, MD;

Lisa Atherton, Executive Vice President, Military Business, Bell Helicopter, Keller, TX;
Vidya Ayyr, Community Relations Specialist, Parkland Hospital, Plano, TX;

Hazami Barmada, Strategy Consultant, Social Entrepreneur, and Social Impact Activist, United Nations, Cambridge, MA;

Brian Barnes, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TandemEd LLC, Memphis, TN;

Anurima Bhargava, Fellow, Institute of Politics, Harvard University, Chicago, IL;

Dana Bolden, Group Director, Public Affairs and Communications, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA;

Zachary Bongiovanni, Head of Infrastructure Expansion, Google, San Francisco, CA;

Sheila Colclasure, Vice President, Global CPO and Public Policy Executive, Acxiom Corporation, Little Rock, AR;

Marta Michelle Colon, Chief Performance and Attitude Strategist, Buena Gente, San Juan, PR;

Rory Diamond, Chief Executive Officer, K9s For Warriors, Neptune Beach, FL;

Renee DiResta, Founder and Director of Marketing, Haven, San Francisco, CA;

David Dixon, Major, United States Marine Corps, New Orleans, LA;

Thomas Dolan, Chief Operating Officer, CEI Capital Management LLC, Cape Elizabeth, ME;

Rodolfo Fernandez, Chief of Staff to the President and Vice President for Government Affairs, University of Miami, Miami, FL;

Josh Goldberg, Director of Strategy, Boulder Crest Retreat for Military and Veteran Wellness, Bluemont, VA;

Carlos Gutierrez, Jr., Senior Government Affairs Advisor, Clark Hill, Washington, DC;

Yasaman Hadjibashi, Group Chief Creation Officer, Barclays Africa Group, Barclays PLC, Johannesburg, South Africa;

Tracey Henry, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Health Director, Emory University School of Medicine, Powder Springs, GA;

Jane Henzerling, Founder and Head of School, The Mission Preparatory School, San Francisco, CA;

Wade Hinton, Chief Legal Officer and City Attorney, City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN;

Gerardo Interiano, Head of External Affairs, Southwest U.S., Google, Austin, TX;

Robert Israel, Chief Leadership and Chief Operating Officer, 68 Ventures, Mobile, AL;

Kristin Ito, Physician of the Department of Family Medicine and Director of the Hillside Wellness Center, Lincoln Community Health Center, Durham, NC;

Kristin Judge, Director of Special Projects, National Cyber Security Alliance, Ann Arbor, MI;
Lenore Karafa, Partner, McChrystal Group, Alexandria, VA;

Hannibal Williams II Kemerer, Senior Attorney, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Reisterstown, MD;
Basim Khan, Executive Director, Neighborhood Health, Arlington, VA;

Mansi Kotwal, Pediatrician, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC;

SreyRam Kuy, Chief Medical Officer, Louisiana Medicaid, Louisiana Department of Health, Baton Rouge, LA;

Lucy Lang, Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney's Office, New York, NY;

Francisco Martin-Rayo, Expert, Boston Consulting Group, Arlington, VA;

Katherine McNerney, Founder and Partner, LeaderFit, Washington, DC;

Mariam Memarsadeghi, Co-Founder and Co-Director, E-Collaborative for Civic Education, Bethesda, MD;

Hollis Meminger, Camera Operator, Cinematographer and Producer, SELF, Brooklyn, NY;

Neha Misra, Co-Founder and Chief Collaboration Officer, Solar Sister, Silver Spring, MD;

Michael Monroe, Chief of Staff, North America's Building Trades Unions, Washington, DC;

Griffin Myers, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Oak Street Health, Chicago, IL;

Nitikaji Nautiyal, Executive Director, Chicago Anchors for a Strong Economy, World Business Chicago, Chicago, IL;

Sarah Cotton Nelson, Chief Philanthropy Officer, Communities Foundation of Texas, Dallas, TX;

Scott Nolen, Director, Drug Addiction Treatment, Open Society Foundations, Silver Spring, MD;

Elizabeth Northcutt, Founder and Executive Director, City Living NY, Brooklyn, NY;

Meghan Ogilvie, Chief Executive Officer, Dog Tag Inc., Washington, DC;

Manuel Pelaez-Prada, Attorney, Pelaez Prada, PLLC, San Antonio, TX;

Daniel Presley, Chief of Police, Webster Police Department, League City, TX;

Natasha Quiroga, PREP Manager and Senior Counsel, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC;

Michael Reeves, Managing Director and Head of Marketing, Investor Relations, and Business Development, Greylock Capital Management LLC, New York, NY;

Christina Rosenthal, Dentist and Chief Executive Officer, Paradigm Dental Center, LLC, Collierville, TN;

Byron Sanders, Vice President and Private Client Advisor, U.S. Trust, Addison, TX;

Jenifer Sarver, Principal, Sarver Strategies, Austin, TX;

Scott Schlegel, District Court Judge, 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, Metairie, LA;

Jamie Scott, Executive Director, Pulaski County Youth Services, Pulaski County, North Little Rock, AR;

Prabhjot Singh, Chair, Department of Health System Design & Global Health, Mount Sinai Health System, Pelham, NY;

Shoeb Sitafalwalla, Medical Director, South Asian Cardiovascular Center, Advocate Health Care, Chicago, IL;

Kate Smith, Chair of the Board, Raphael House, San Francisco, CA;

Joseph Stenger, Chief Executive Officer, Flying Scarfs Inc and F-35A Instructor Pilot, U.S. Air Force, Goodyear, AZ;

Brintha Vasagar, Associate Program Director, Tidelands Health MUSC Family Medicine Residency Program, Medical University of South Carolina, Surfside Beach, SC;

Antonio Williams, Senior Director of External and Government Affairs, Comcast NBCUniversal, Washington, DC