Youth Leaders International

Leaders International, formerly known as Youth Leaders International (YLI)^[1] is a 501(c)3 organization based in Spencerville, MD. Leaders' website is www.leaders.org. It is now known by the abbreviation Leaders.

Leaders International

Leaders was founded in 1996 by Jerry Samet.^[2] It is headquartered in Spencerville, Maryland, USA.

Future programs

In the summer of 2013, Leaders is hosting the Leaders United Program in Washington DC. This program is focused on developing individual and team leadership skills, sustainability, globalization, and conflict resolution.^[3]

Previous programs

Leaders has run programs taking place in June - August since 1997.^[4] In 1997 Leaders went to Ireland.^[5] In 2002 and 2003 at Leaders' World Leaders Conference, Leaders partnered with Workable Peace.^[6] In 2003 Leaders participated in Community Volunteer Day to Beautify DC Public Schools that was run by Service For Peace.^[7]

Some of the notable speakers Leaders has had are:

• Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
• Mo Mowlam
• John Putzier
• Joshua Piven & David Borgenicht
• Robert Holden
• Michael J. Gelb
• Mike Marriner & Nathan Gebhard
• Ilyce Glink
• Rita Emmett
• IRobot
• Peter Dixon
• Akram Elias
• Victoria Seitz
• Hans Scholl
• Jasmine Birtles
• Michael Hindley
• Jane Read
• Avril Carson

Leaders had a 2011 Global Leaders Program in Washington, D.C. July 23–30, 2011.^[8]

Structure

Leaders International, headquartered in Maryland, is overseen by a Board of Directors, and is advised in educational matters by an Education Panel.^[9] Day-to-day activities are run by the Leaders Staff and the Youth Leaders International Foundation Staff, while Programs are run by education professionals and Leaders alumni.

Board of Directors

• Jerold Samet (Chairman)
• Hon. David Ross (Honorary Chairman), Commissioner of Office of Child Support Enforcement, US Dept of Health and Human Service, 1994-2001
• Dennis Cunanan, Director General, Technology Resource Center for the Philippine Government
• Sherry Mueller, President Emeritus of NCIV
• Alicia Rios, Head of History, Markham College, Peru
• Sambia Shivers-Barclay, Coordinator of Sub-Saharan Affairs & International Visitors, United States Department of Education
• David Smyth, Assistant Principal, Melbourne High School, Australia^[10]
• Irena Krasteva, CEO of NBMG, Sofia, Bulgaria

Leaders Education Panel

• Sambia Shivers-Barclay (Chairwoman, YLI Education Panel), Coordinator of Sub-Saharan Affairs & International Visitors, United States Department of Education

Chapters

Australia (Melbourne & Sydney)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
Canada (Montreal & Winnipeg)
China (Beijing)
Czech Republic (Prague)
Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)
France (Paris & Noisy le Grand)
Greece
Honduras (Tegucigalpa)
Ireland (Dublin)
Israel (Haifa, Holon, Metulla, Lehavim, Modiin, Tel Aviv, Tirat-Carmel, Yavne)
Kenya (Nairobi)
Moldova (Chisinau)
Peru (Lima)
Philippines (Manila)
Romania (Bucharest & Turnu-Severin)
Russia (Moscow & Volgograd)
Turkey (Istanbul)
USA (Fosston MN, Minneapolis MN, Waterport NY, Kansas City MO, Silver Spring MD, Eastlake OH, Oakton VA)

Youth Leaders International name change

On May 14, 2013, the organization changed its name from Youth Leaders International to Leaders International, citing the desire for a simpler name, as well as to avoid the confusion that the term "youth" causes in different areas of the world. The organization also launched a new logo to go along with the new name.^[11]

References

External links

• leaders.org