2016 Annual Report-21st Century Leaders

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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS

2016 Annual Report

Contents Leadership Message

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Who We are

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Who We Serve

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What We Do

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How We Celebrate

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Who Creates Impact

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Alumni Impact

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Celebrating 25 Years

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Finances

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Who Supports Us

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Our Mission 21st Century Leaders is a collaboration of business and professional leaders inspiring high school students to take on leadership positions, seek out opportunities, and give back to their communities by connecting them with a diverse group of enthusiastic peers, passionate professionals and powerful ideas, transforming their skills, attitudes, and abilities through training and hands-on experiences.

Joseph Minani addressing his peers at Turner Voices Youth Media Institute in summer 2016

“21st Century Leaders is the key that unlocks the door that leads you to place where you can look at your future differently and confidently.� - Joseph Minani, Fugees Academy, Class of 2017

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Our Leadership Message Dear 21st Century Leader Supporter, It’s amazing to think that 25 years ago we launched our first leadership program. Back in 1991 that first program, then known as the Summer Business Academy, engaged and impacted 31 students from 8 high schools, dozens of business and professional volunteers and several Georgia corporations to launch what would become, several years later, what we now know as 21st Century Leaders.

It’s no surprise that the building blocks of that first program have remained constant. Students still undergo a rigorous application process and are selected on the basis of merit rather than the ability to pay an expensive program fee.

Business leaders and professionals put their expertise, and that of their companies, to work on behalf of a motivated and inspired group of high school youth. Hands-on workshops in leadership and professional development. Networking. Multiple opportunities to speak in public (a first for many students). An emphasis on working together to solve problems. A respect for diversity and all that means for students now and especially for our future. Developing a vision for yourself but, more importantly as leaders, inspiring others

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to develop it for themselves. It was all there in 1991 and remains firmly imbedded in our organizational values and practices 25 years later.

As you look through our 2016 Annual Report we continue to be honored by the support our organization continues to receive, enabling us to serve over 12,000 students since that first program in 1991. But I hope you’ll pay particular attention to our newest initiative: Leadership Connect.

Combining a highly engaging and interactive group of over 100 online leadership lessons with webinars and the live experiences we have traditionally delivered, this new initiative promises to help us scale our efforts to reach even more students from every corner of the state in the coming years. It has been in the pilot phase for the past two years; next year’s annual report will detail our first full roll-out of this program.

Let’s allow ourselves to dream a little. With Leadership Connect, built to be scaled, how many more amazing young leaders can we impact in the next 25 years? Stay tuned!

Sincerely,

Robert Watson Executive Director

Students at 2016 summer institute, EarthCare

2015-2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kevin Sessions TalentQuest Chair Kathy Solley Nelson Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP Secretary

Jeff Gregor Turner Arden Henderson AirWatch, LLC 21CL Alumni Katrina Jackson United Acceptance

Mike Szalkowski Schejola Partners Treasurer

Matt Johnson KPMG

Steve Cave AGL Resources

Tyrone Johnson Euramax International

D’Andre Davis Huron Business Advisory

Jim McCaffrey Community Volunteer

Dr. Corey Dortch Emory University, Goizueta Business School 21CL Alumni

Mike Parisi McGuire Woods

Marty Fleischmann Farrago Comics

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Scott Riggs HD Supply Construction & Industrial

Ed Roche Cox Communication Tunstall Rushton The Benevolink Corporation Patrick Solomon CARE, Inc. Steve Stone Community & Southern Bank

Who We Are Connect.

21st Century Leaders (21CL) connects high school students to a diverse group of peers, professionals, ideas and organizations.

More than 800 high school students across Georgia partcipated in 21CL programs, workshops and training events in 2016.

21CL youth also engaged with more than 500 volunteers from the business, eductational, and non-profit sectors in over 50 days of interactive business experiences.

Transform.

21CL transforms student’s skill-sets, ideas and attitudes.

Our year-round youth leadership development programming provides critical tools young Georgians will need to be prepared to assume leadership positions.

Through more than 50 corporate partnerships, 21CL provided students with robust and stimulating corporate and professional experiential learning opportunities.

As a result, 90% of students report an increase in their teamwork skills, critical thinking and business knowledge after attending our programs.

Inspire.

21CL inspires youth to lead.

21CL provides high school students with the training, guidance, and encouragement necessary to enter college and the workforce with a highly developed set of leadership skills and qualities.

Students leave 21CL embodying our five core values.

A leader is passionate, resourceful, service-oriented, able to leverage diversity, and forward-thinking.

98% of students who have participated in our program take on new leadership roles in their schools, places of worship and communities.

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Who We Serve 21st Century Leaders serves a diverse group of high school students (freshman - seniors) from all across the state of Georgia through our year-round leadership and talent development programs.

Our students are Representing

51% 26% 10% 5% 8%

40% Male 60% Female Face Barriers 50%

to Success

African-American Caucasian Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic Other

1,017 Students 160 High Schools

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What We Do

Through the generous support of our corporate and community partners and donors, 21st Century Leaders is proud to offer leadership and talent development programs in-person and online to our students year-round at little to no cost.

2016 Program Highlights

3 Summer Institutes 238 Students 127 High Schools 330 Volunteers Summer Leadership Institutes 21st Century Leaders hosted its 25th year of summer programs. 21CL provided 3 one-week residential summer leadership programs on college campuses.

76 Students 58 High Schools 22 Counties 138 Volunteers

SYLI@Goizueta

87 Students 57 High Schools 31 Counties 94 Volunteers

EarthCare (fully sponsored by

75 Students 52 High Schools 23 Counties 120 Volunteers

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21CL received 2 or more student applications per program slot for all three summer leadership institutes, and accepted 240 students for the summer program.

Held at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School on June 5th - June 10th.

Georgia Power) Held at Berry College in Rome, GA on June 12th-June 17th.

Turner Voices Youth Media Institute (fully sponsored by Turner)

Held at Georgia Institute of Technology on June 19th-June 24th.

Summer Orientation

188 Students 21st Century Leaders hosted its second annual summer orientation on April 22nd at Georgia Power Headquarters in Atlanta for all the students attending our summer leadership institutes.

Goizueta Youth Leadership Summit

10th annual winter summit | “Navigate Your Future” 21CL hosted its 10th annual Goizueta Youth Leadership Summit on February 5-6, 2016 at Emory Univeristy’s Goizueta Business School. This twoday, overnight training focused on business and entreprenuership and was sponsored by SAGE and Goizueta Gives (MBA students from Goizueta Business School). Students also heard from keynote speaker, C.J. Stewart, former Chicago Cubs player and Founder and Director of L.E.A.D., Inc.

88 Students 37 High Schools 36 Volunteers

Leadership exCHANGE 79 Students 20 High Schools 22 Volunteers

Youth Leadership Centers

Our Youth Leadership Centers are schoolbased, student-led programs designed to build leadership and career pathway skills for students housed in Georgia high schools. The 2015-2016 school year became a restruting year, as 21CL began to implement Leadership Connect as the basis of the centers.

With an emphasis on servant leadership, as well, students organize and implement service projects and leadership forums throughout the school year.

Thousands of hours of community service were conducted at 21CL Youth Leadership Centers, such as: - Water for Flint: Students at Centennial High School in Fulton County partnered with FBLA and Skills, USA to collect 1,200 waters bottles in repsonse to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

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Fall Summit 21CL hosted a one-day training event, Leadership ExCHANGE on October 1, 2016, with a focus on government and civic leadership.

Hosted at the Fulton County Government Center Board of Commissioners Auditorium, students networked with and heard from over 20 civic leaders, including keynote speaker Representive Rob Woodall.

9 High Schools 918 Students Engaged

Youth Leadership Team s

21CL provides dynamic special youth leadership teams for our students during the school year, which are comprised of highly engaged and motivated 21CL students who work together and independently on fulfilling the mission of 21st Century Leaders. Meeting monthly, our Youth Ambassadors and Youth Leadership Council help organize and lead our summits, plan service projects, take part in workshops and webinars, write our blog posts, recruit new students/market our program, and speak at all of our 21CL student and corporate events.

1,200 Service Hours 48 Students

2015-2016 Youth Leadership Team • Youth Ambassadors are 24 students from 23 High Schools • Youth Leadership Council are 24 students from 21 High Schools In August of 2016, 21CL selected its 2016-2017 Youth Leadership Team.

2016-2017 Youth Leadership Team • Youth Ambassadors are 25 students

from 22 High Schools • Youth Leadership Council are 16 students from 14 High Schools

Pictured above is the 2015-2016 Youth Leadership Team Pictured below is students at a summer youth leadership Institute

“21st Century Leaders has every aspect you could want in a program. It challenges you, inspires you, and makes you realize that even at a young age, you are an asset to this world.” – Raina Gars, Pope High School, Class of 2017

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Leadership Connect 21st Century Leaders’ newest leadership and career development program is its first online learning management system, Leadership Connect. Leadership Connect launched in 2014 for its pilot program with 25 students designed to help students discover, explore, and master the seven foundational leadership competencies, as well as their career area of interest.

Leadership Connect will now give 21st Century Leaders the power to impact hundreds more students across the state through technology, exposing each of them to career pathways and leadership skills through online lessons. Along the way students are incentivized through rewards, our live leadership training events, special experiences, and our summer leadership institutes.

2014

Pilot program launched with 25 sophomore high school students, known as Leadership Connect (LC) Scholars.

LC Scholars are students commited to our 3-year intensive Leadership Connect Program.

2016

LC Scholars begin final 20162017 school year of their three-year commitment of Leadership Connect with opporitunity for summer internship in summer 2017.

21CL begins implementing Leadership Connect in

Youth Leadership Center high schools in Fall 2016.

In September 2016, 21CL also permanently secures funds and commitments to endow 5-named LC Scholarships for students in our 3-year LC Scholar program through Leadership Connect.

Our seven leadership competencies centered around Leadership Connect are recognized by a Task Force of leadership and talent development professionals.

1. Communicating Effectively 2. Problem Solving 3. Action – Oriented 4. Self-Development 5. Building Effective Teams 6. Integrity/Trust 7. Career Ambition

Webinars

As part of our new online training 21CL continued its monthly webinar series #WebinarWednesday with 7 webinars during October 2015-May 2016. Partnering with professionals on a number of topics, over 170 students participated in this online leadership and career development training. One special webinar featured Georgia Congressman Tom Graves on careers in polititcs.

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7 Webinars 172 Students

Who Creates Impact

21st Century Leaders’ strength and distinction lie in the engagement of business leaders and professionals as volunteers, the retooling of high-level corporate leadership training programs for our program delivery model, and an unyielding commitment to the power of diversity. Our volunteers lead by example, by giving back to the communinty and inspiring the next generation of leaders.

503 Volunteers 59 Days Served 59 volunteer training and hands-on opportunities were provided in 2015-2016 for our corporate and private sector volunteers including: • 18 days of summer leadership institutes • 17 days of school-year training events/summits • 15 days of summer application readings • 5 days of conducting in-person student interviews • 4 days of meetings for Board of Directors

“21CL represents an opportunity to reinvest in the next generation of leaders some of what others invested in me. I helped develop and lead one of the 21CL programs and came away impressed by the enthusiasm and caliber of the students. I continue to be excited about its mission, the quality of its programs and students, and the commitment of the leadership team.” - Matt Johnson, Partner, KPMG

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Double Double the the Impact Impact They may look nearly identical, but twin sisters Natalie and Natasha Walker show us that every leader is distinct, and that shared experience has personal impact. The two 21st Century Leaders’ Alumnae are giving back and moving forward, with networking, volunteer service and mentorship.

Natalie and Natasha joined 21st Century Leaders while in high school before graduating from Marietta High School in 2012 and then Auburn University in 2016. Today, both young women are leading their future and their careers with two of 21st Century Leaders’ corporate partners.

MEET NATASHA “21CL taught me that leaders aren’t born, they are made. You may be a great leader already, but there is always an opportunity for growth. As a student at Auburn University, I chose to not only excel academically, but also to be a part of change on my campus. I served as Administrative Vice President for the Black Student Union, as a Resident Assistant, an Ambassador for the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, an Orientation Leader for International Students and more. If it wasn’t for the strong foundation and practice with 21CL in high school, I wouldn’t have been allotted as many opportunities or as prepared to interview for those positions.” - Natasha Walker Natasha Walker participated in two summer leadership institutes in high school, as well as the Youth Leadership Center at Marrietta High School.. She attended EarthCare at Berry College in 2009 and the Summer Leadership Institute at Georgia Southern University in 2010. She also attended 21CL events throughout the year, such as the Goizueta Youth Leadership Summit,, Fall Rally Day and the Fall Leadership Summit.

In 2016, Natasha joined the 21CL Summer Leadership Team as a returning alumna and shared her experience and talents with the current students. Natasha also regularly volunteers with 21st Century Leaders and Marietta YELLS. From there she went on to start her career and work with Turner.

MEET NATALIE “21CL taught me invaluable skills such as work-life balance and networking.

Working with and connecting with so many professionals and peers really boosted my confidence and exposed me to different leadership principles, my personal strengths and weaknesses and exposed me to a diverse group of peers that forged in me a more global and forward thinking mindset. I used those skills to lead groups of students at Auburn University.”

- Natalie Walker Natalie Walker participated in the Youth Leadership Center at Marietta High School and attended the summer leadership institute at Georgia Southern University in 2009 and 2010, and EarthCare with Georgia Power in 2011.

After graduating from Auburn in 2016, Natalie earned a summer internship with Cox Enterprises, which led to a full-time position as a Strategic Sourcing Analyst at Cox Enterprises. Natalie is also a regular volunteer with 21st Century Leaders.

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How We Celebrate Our Special Events

GEORGIA YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS Celebrating 20 Outstanding Youth Leaders

$90,720 Raised The 8th annual Georgia Youth Leadership Awards were held on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta. 21st Century Leaders’ Georgia Youth Leadership Awards (GYLA) is its signature fundraising event honoring and celebrating youth leadership while awarding the top 20 outstanding high school leaders from across the state.

Over 200 business and civic leaders from metro Atlanta, including our GYLA presenters and members of Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 under 40, came together to celebrate youth leadership and raise support for 21st Century Leaders’ year-round student programming.

Through the support of our corporate sponsors, each winning youth leader was awarded a $250 mini-grant, with one special youth awardee, Faith Omotor, from Central Gwinnett High School , given the distinguished Turner Voices Innovative Leadership Award and a $1,000 grant for her extraordinary work. The 2016 Georgia Youth Leadership Awards was sponsored by 16 corporate partners, including Turner, Georgia Power, Ampcus, Cox Enterprises, Community & Southern Bank, HD Supply, ZeroChaos, Benevolink, Emory University Goizueta Business School, KSU Coles College of Business, KPMG, Slalom, TalentQuest, Thriveworks, Nelson Mullins, STONE Resource Group.

20 Youth Winners 16 Sponsors 225 Guests $5,750 Mini-Grants Awarded 13

LEADERBOARD AT EAST LAKE

3rd Annual Golf Outing

$45,000 Raised On October 14, 2015, 21st Century Leaders hosted its 3rd annual golf outing, Leaderboard at East Lake at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Hosted by the Chair of the Board of Directors, this donor cultivation and fundraising event raised $45,000 to help provide support of our year-round student programming.

The golf outing was supported by 18 corporate sponsors including AGL Resources, Euramax, Benevolink, Community & Southern Bank, Georgia Power, Hunter Technical Resources, McGuireWoods, Nordson, Northwestern Benefit Corporation, Sessions Family, Slalom, Sports Challenge Network, TalentQuest, Turner Broadcasting Networks, and ZeroChaos.

Georgia Gives Day $12,742 Raised 21st Century Leaders took part in the state’s largest online fundraising event for non-profits, Georgia Gives Day on November 12, 2015. Over 75 of our supporters raised $12,742 for our leadership and talent development programs. The 2015 Georgia Gives Day event raised more than double from that in 2014.

We’re proud to share that 21CL student leaders from our Youth Leadership Team (Youth Ambassadors and Youth Leadership Council) together raised close to $1,000 of our final amount..

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25 Years of Impact Founded in 1989 by a group of corporate professionals, 21st Century Leaders launched its first leadership program the summer of 1991, and continues to impact students around the state 25 years later. tod

Georgia Business Forum rebranded as 21st Century Leaders. The organization also expands from one summer academy on a college campus to five summer programs on different college campuses in Geogia with a total of 225 high school students.

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1991 In the summer of 1991, 21st Century Leaders (known then as the Georgia Business Forum) launched its first Summer Business Academy at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia with 31 rising freshman high school students from 8 high schools in Georgia.

21st Century Leaders provides Youth Action Centers (known now as Youth Leadership Centers) in 5 different high schools across the state.

2002 1999

1992 Atlanta Christian College 1993

21st Century Leaders reaches a milestone of serving its 1,000th high school student.

1,000TH

STUDENT SERVED In 1992, Georgia Business Forum (21st Century Leaders) adds second year of curriculum to its Summer Business Academy with 49 high school students from 14 different high schools in Georgia.

21st Century Leaders launches its high school-based program Youth Leadership Centers, including Henry W. Grady High school in Atlanta which remains in operation today.

21CL students at Youth Leadership Center led a school-wide drive for a local animal shelter.

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The Georgia Youth Leadership Awards (20 under 20) is established to honor the top 20 youth leaders in Georgia.

10,000TH STUDENT SERVED

21st Century Leaders reaches a milestone of serving its 10,000th high school student.

Winning Class of 2009

2012

In 2015, 21CL’s summer institute, Leadership Unplugged is rebranded to Turner Voices Youth Media Institute for 75 students at Georgia Institute of Technology.

2015-16

2006-09

2013-14

21st Century Leaders (21CL) transforms summer programs with corporate partnerships with three summer leadership institutes. In 2006, 21st Century Leaders partners with Turner Broadcasting System to launch its first summer institute together, Leadership Unplugged: A CNN Experience for 100 students at Georgia Tech.

In 2014, 21CL launches its online learning management system pilot program, Leadership Connect with 25 students.

In 2008, 21CL partners with Georgia Power to launch the summer institute, EarthCare: The Leadership Challenge for the 21st Century with 75 at Berry College in Rome, GA. In 2009, 21CL partners with Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 under 40 honorees to launch a summer institute, G5! at Emory University’s Goizueta Buinesss School for 75 students.

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In 2013, G5! summer institute is rebranded to Summer Youth Leadership Instute (SYLI@Goizueta).

EarthCare 2008

SYLI 2014

In 2016, Leadership Connect launches to Youth Leadership Centers for the 20162017 school year for a primary focus of leadership and career development training.

Income

9%

Contributions/ Individual Grants & Giving

9%

Foundations

22%

Special Events

60% Corporate

Your Investment at Work

91 cents

Expenses

of every dollar given to 21CL is directly invested in the mission

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55% Direct Youth Program Expenses 36% Program Staff Expenses 9% Adminstrative & Resource Development

2016 Statement of Activities *For the Year October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016 REVENUE AND SUPPORT

Contributions Grants Program sponsorships and income Other

$ $ $ $

337,229 175,158 180,539 394

Net assets- beginning of year Net assets- end of year Change in net assets

$ $ $

219,727 222,015 2,288

EXPENSES Programs $ 643,312 General and administrative $ 41,515 Fundraising $ 6,205 Total expenses $ 691,032

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS 2015 2016

$708,072 $693,320

In 2016 the Board of Directors launched the Future Leaders Fund for the purposes of establishing an endowment designed to provide program scholarships for 21st Century Leaders students.

As of September 30, 2016, the fund had received cash and commitments of $100,650.

*A full copy of our Independent Auditors’ Report performed by Reed,

Quinn & McClure, LLC is available online at www.21stcenturyleaders.org

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Who Supports Us 21CL regrets any inadvertent omission of donor names.

Corporations/Organizations

Government

AGL Resources Alston and Bird AMPCUS APC Workforce Solutions II, LLC AT&T Benevolink CARE Catlin Group The Coca-Cola Corporation Community & Southern Bank Cox Enterprises, Inc. Euramax Intl Georgia Power Company Goizueta Business School HD Supply Hunter Technical Resources KPMG Kroger Kennesaw State University, Coles College of Business McGuireWoods Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP Nordson Corporation Northwestern Benefit Corporation Sage Software, Inc. Sam’s Club SCANA Energy Slalom Consulting Sports Challenge Network/Xbowling STONE Resource Group TalentQuest Technology Association of Georgia Education Collaborative Time Warner Employee Grants Program Turner Windham Brannon

DeKalb County Government Human Services Department

Foundations John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. Kiwanis Foundation of Atlanta Nordson Corporation Foundation Peachtree Kiwanis Foundation The Sage Foundation The Sessions Family SunTrust Foundation Tunstall P. Rushton Charitable Fund Wal-Mart Foundation – Facilities 8203, 2941 & 3710 The Zeist Foundation

In-Kind Donations Alston & Bird The Arby’s Foundation The Atlanta Beer Boutique Chick-fil-A Foundation Cox Enterprises DeNyse Companies Emory University’s Goizueta Business School Endive Catering Fulton County Government Center Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. Georgia Power Corporate Headquarters Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP Society of Human Resource Management, Atlanta Chapter Turner

21CL is proud to manage the SCANA Energy Homework Centers.

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“My experience with 21st Century Leaders put me on the path to opening up to people, and since then, I have become an officer in my local TSA chapter, my first leadership position at school.� - Hensel Smith, A. R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School, Class of 2018

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“The most important leadership lesson that I have learned as a member of 21CL is that sometimes you have to step out of your comfort zone to become an effective leader. Before I joined 21CL, I was afraid of public speaking. However, I was encouraged by other 21st Century Leaders to go and try to do some introductions during the summer institute, and it was an excellent feeling to know that the fear was becoming more and more minuscule every time I introduced myself or someone else.� - Caitlin Jones, Westlake High School, Class of 2018

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Who Supports Us Individuals

**100% of the Board of Directors made a financial contribution to 21st Century Leaders..

Furman Agee Abdullah Al-Obaidi Scott Anderson Javaris Askin Yvette Askin Monica Bell James Benedict Tracy Benedict Kristen Burton Steve Cave Nicole Champion Jason Cumming Marcia Dailey D’Andre Davis Andie Derricho Beth Ebinger Deirdre Edwards Martin Fleischmann Edward Fletcher Katelyn Fredericks Gigi Giannoni Ron Giannoni Tim Giannoni Wayne Glover Margarette Goldstein Marina Hernandez Gomez Brenda Greene Tucker Greene Jeff Gregor Chris Griffith Brandi Harrison Tim Hartigan

Jack Healey Will Hensley Estefi Herrera Kate Hewitt Tia Hollins Cody and Brandon Huggins Katrina Jackson Rohini Jella Matthew Johnson Mike Johnson Tyrone Johnson Joey Kendrick Lee Kester Scott Klinger Krunch Kloberdanz Ted Lekas Danny Lindsey Robert Lippert Bari Love Walter May James McCaffrey Shaun McCarthy Sonia McKenzie Frank Morman, Jr. Paul Oberman Mike Parisi Laura Perlman Dawn Perry Adriane Randolph Christopher Reynolds Sara and Tony Rich Scott Riggs

Ed Roche Kantrice Rose Alison Rubenstein Tunstall Rushton Kathryn Solley Patrick Solomon John & Cynthia Stegeman Stephen Stone Catrice Swann Mike Szalkowski Johnnis Tillman Sarah Waithe Chance Walker Lisa Walsh Joan Waters Cindy Watson Robert Watson Goodloe White Anastasia Williams Christopher Willox Alvin Winston, II Kay Wright Noah Young Youth Ambassador Youth Leadership Council

21CL wants to thank all anonymous donors for their contribution.

21CL also regrets any inadvertent omission of donor names.

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www.21stcenturyleaders.org “This (21st Century Leaders) has changed me as a person.

I learned that I do have a voice that can inspire and motivate people. I am more open to speak out and I learned to overcome my fear when I give speeches. I also learned that I can be an inspiration around others not just when I give a speech, but also when I am just being myself.�

- Khamis Jaden, Fugees Academy, Class of 2017

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