The Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials graduated 44 new leaders from the GALEO Institute for Leadership recently in Atlanta.
This is the 18th group of graduates resulting from GALEO's leadership development efforts. The total number of GALEO Institute for Leadership alumni now stands at 604 from across the state.
GALEO Executive Director Jerry Gonzalez spoke on the need for leadership development and rising leaders to continue work in community betterment. He reminded them of the work ahead of them in the coming year and how their leadership development can help with today's pressing issues. "Leadership with passion and heart is what is needed in our world today. Your love of community needs to continue to show as we make progress towards the changes we need to see in our lifetime."
This year's class represented the following countries:
United States
Colombia
Brazil
Ecuador
Mexico
Puerto Rico
El Salvador
Honduras
Italy
Venezuela
Peru
Syria
Nicaragua
The graduates represented fourteen counties in Georgia:
Barrow
Clayton
Cobb
Coweta
DeKalb
Fayette
Forsyth
Fulton
Gwinnett
Hall
Paulding
Stephens
Sumter
Walton
A spokeswoman said the agency does not have a county-by-county breakdown on the number of graduates from each county but their profiles can be found here.
GALEO says the leadership program was made possible in part by the Sapelo Foundation, University of Georgia-Fanning Institute, Kilpatrick Townsend, Georgia Power, State Farm Insurance Company, GALEO and individual donors.
Recruiting has already begun for the GALEO Institute for Leadership class of 2018. For information on the 2018 sessions and the application process, visit http://galeo.org/leadership/gil/.
For other questions regarding the upcoming GALEO Institute for Leadership, contact Maria del Rosario Palacios at 678.897.3153 or [email protected].
