Training the next wave of leaders, then going out and finding them.

The New Leaders Council is a national institute that trains the next wave of progressive leaders and puts them to work in their own cities. Fellows come through a months-long program on how to lead, organize, and move a community forward.

Detroit's chapter is one of the strongest. I came through it in the Class of 2020, then turned around and went looking for who came next. As Vice Recruitment Chair and then Recruitment Chair, I recruited the classes of 2021 and 2022. I went after high-potential people without the usual visibility. In 2026 the chapter still called me one of its most active alumni.