Published On: Thu, Jun 28th, 2018

Annual Leadership Awards Brunch with Congressman Ted Deutch

BY ROBERT S WEINROTH

Where will our future leaders come from? Is the toxic political landscape causing our students and young leaders to eschew committing themselves to public service? The New Leaders Council Palm Beach is committed to developing the skill sets necessary to create the next generation of leaders for Palm Beach County.

The mission of NLC Palm Beach is to recruit, train, and promote our next generation PBC leaders. The inaugural NLC Palm Beach chapter was founded in August of 2014. In its first quarter, the NLC Palm Beach executive board recruited and selected a diverse bipartisan class of young professionals with a wide range of interests, passions, and expertise.

To build those essential skills, NLC Palm Beach seeks out candidates for its NLC Institute, a leading training program for young professionals. NLC equips its Fellows with the skills to run for office, manage campaigns, launch businesses, create starts ups and network with thought leaders.  The NLC Institute is an intensive, six-month progressive entrepreneurship training program.

Applicants are typically entrepreneurial young professionals, typically 25-35, from diverse backgrounds and industries, with strong progressive values and leadership aptitude, who will apply NLC’s trainings in their careers and lives. The 2019 NLC Institute will begin in January 2019.

The NLC Fellows are successful in their industries, risk-takers, and progressive advocates. Fellows commit to one weekend per month for five months in which each Fellow, along with 15-20 of their peers, participates in trainings on topics from messaging to finance to political management.

To find out more on the Institute go to:   www.NewLeadersCouncil.Nationbuilder.com

Applications to participate in the Institute are due before 3PM on Monday October 1, 2018.

The application fee is $30. After the application fee is paid, applicants will receive information on how to complete the written portion.

NLC strives to provide access to programming to individuals regardless of their financial situation.  Therefore, they provide a limited number of application fee waivers to those whom the fee will create a financial hardship. The deadline for application fee waiver requests is September 15, 2018.

If you have any questions, please contact info@newleaderscouncil.org.

At this year’s luncheon the Council presented awards to Ricky Aiken (Rising Star); Greenacres Mayor, Joel Flores (Rising Star); Adriana Gonzalez (Advocate of the Year); and Congressman Ted Deutch (Legislator of the Year).

The graduating Fellows, recognized at the luncheon, were a diverse group of individuals ready to take their place supporting candidates sharing their values or, in many cases, stepping forward to become a candidate for public office.

Meet the 2018 Palm Beach Fellows

Alexandria Ayala, Community Engagement Director, FL Democratic Party

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LaToya Benjamin. Pharmacist

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Giselle Bodden

Brown Management Consulting / American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M)

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Eric Bruns

President / Captain / Member Representative, Voice for Veterans / US Army Reserve / NFIB

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Ashley Cacicedo, Election Specialist, PBC Supervisor of Elections

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Kasey Lewis, Legislative Assistant, FL Representative Matt Willhite

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Rob Long, Loss Prevention Engineer, AIG

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Alex Newell Taylor, Executive Director, Summer Festival of the Arts

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Debbie Origho Manigat, Program Spec, Children’s Services Council of PBC

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Geraldine Pierre, Community Health Educator,

Planned Parenthood of North, East, South Florida

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Brieana Salter, Community Health Educator,

Planned Parenthood of North, East, South Florida

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Justine Scott, Regional Director, For Our Future

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Thomas Valeo, District Aide, FL Representative Matt Willhite

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