The Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) started in 2016 and is a collaboration between the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research, the Institute for Leadership and Social Impact, and the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty. Over the course of eight months, participants take part in several activities —  workshops, small-group work, and coaching — to contribute to leadership development.

Starting in August 2026 and continuing through Spring 2027, the eleventh cohort of Georgia Tech’s Emerging Leaders Program will take part in several leadership development activities, including a kick-off retreat, regular workshops, small group work, and leadership coaching. 

Eligibility for the program consists of faculty with the following ranks:

• associate or full professor
• senior or principal research engineer, scientist, associate, technologist, or extension professional
• senior or principal lecturer
• senior or principal academic professional or
• librarian or archivist III or IV 

College of Business  

• Alex Hsu, Associate Professor of Finance
• Mingfeng Lin, Dean's Distinguished Term Professor, Professor of IT Management, and ITM Ph.D. Program Coordinator
• Karthik Ramachandran, Professor, Operations Management Area

College of Computing  

• Alex Endert, Professor, School of Interactive Computing 

College of Design  

• Leandro Miletto Tonetto, Interim Chair and Associate Professor, School of Industrial Design 

College of Engineering  

• Blair Brettmann, Associate Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Santanu S. Dey, Anderson-Interface Chair and Professor; Director of Doctoral Recruiting and Admissions, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Erin Ratcliff, Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Levi Wood, Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Bioengineering Graduate Program, School of Mechanical Engineering

College of Lifetime Learning

• Lacy Hodges, Director of Learning Analytics & Assessment, Professional Education

College of Sciences  

• Neha Garg, Associate Professor and Blanchard Early Career Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Alexander Robel, Jean “Chris” Purvis Associate Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• Emily Weigel, Senior Academic Professional, School of Biological Sciences 

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

• Chris Hayter, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy

Georgia Tech Research Institute

• Adam Meier, Principal Research Scientist, CIPHER LAB 

Partnership for an Advanced Computing Environment (PACE)

• Jeffery Young, Principal Research Scientist