News and Insights - Presidential Leadership Scholars

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Sheril Kirshenbaum

September 19, 2023

In this Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight, Sheril Kirshenbaum, host of Serving up Science, and Academic Specialist at Michigan State University, discusses her passion for the intersections of science, politics, and people, and the lessons she learned in the Presidential Leadership Scholar Program.

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For Dallas Fire-Rescue Deputy Chief, emergency response time is personal

September 19, 2023

This article was previously published in White Rock Lake Weekly. Imagine calling 911 with a real emergency and being told no one was available to help. Dallas Fire-Rescue Deputy Chief Steve Lopez knows personally how important emergency response times can be. His mother “was being beaten by a lot of boyfriends” when he was young. […]

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Supporting Afghans two years after the fall of Afghanistan

August 15, 2023

By Sloane Davidson 2020 Presidential Leadership Scholar and Founder and CEO of Hello Neighbor In the two years since Afghanistan’s fall, the United States has welcomed nearly 90,000 Afghans through Operation Allies Welcome (OAW), a historic government effort unseen before in this century. We as a Nation have shown inclusive wraparound support from government, private […]

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Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Anita Ravi

July 27, 2023

Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your personal leadership project (PLP). I am a family medicine physician and the CEO and co-founder of the PurpLE Health Foundation (PurpLE Health). Our nonprofit organization builds health care systems for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV)– including women and girls who have experienced human trafficking, domestic […]

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Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Victor Jones

June 12, 2023

In this Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight, Victor Jones, Education Special Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., discusses his involvement with Louisiana Act 960, how to move the needle on mental health education and support, and impactful lessons learned during his time in PLS.

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How to become e pluribus unum

June 1, 2023

By Michael Cooper We call ourselves the United States of America, but we’re anything but united these days. The divisions aren’t about the issues. Instead, we’re sorting ourselves by culture, education level, negative partisanship, and the choice to associate only with those whom we agree with. That’s not healthy for our democracy or sustainable. But we […]

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A conversation with Jean Becker, journalist turned Chief of Staff to President George H.W. Bush

May 17, 2023

Jean Becker’s career journey took her places she never would have imagined. The New York Times bestselling author grew up in rural Missouri, then became a reporter on USA Today’s election team in 1988. She then moved to the White House, serving as Deputy Press Secretary to former first lady Mrs. Barbara Bush before eventually […]

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Application opens for ninth class of Presidential Leadership Scholars

May 3, 2023

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 The Presidential Leadership Scholars (PLS) program opened the application process today for its 2024 program cycle. PLS brings together a diverse group […]

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What will it take to deliver a historic deal for nature?

April 21, 2023

By Brian O’Donnell, 2015 Presidential Leadership Scholar and Director of the Campaign for Nature

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Presidential Leadership Scholar leads first known all-woman heart transplant team

March 24, 2023

Dr. Amy Fiedler is a cardiothoracic surgeon, an assistant professor at the University of California San Francisco, and a 2020 Presidential Leadership Scholar. As Fiedler was finishing up a standard heart transplant last December, she noticed something she had never previously experienced: Everyone in the operating room, including the patient, was a woman. After documenting […]

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