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 Entrepreneurship, and the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty. 

News About Previous Cohorts:

List of Current and Previous Cohort Members:

NameCohort YearCollege/UnitSchool
Myers, Robert2025-2026SchellerNA
Arriaga, Rosa2025-2026ComputingInteractive
Yang, Eunhwa2025-2026DesignBuilding Construction
Boukouvala, Fani2025-2026EngineeringChemical & Biomolecular
Kumar, Satish2025-2026EngineeringMechanical
Li, Jing2025-2026EngineeringIndustrial and Systems
Pinto, Ameet2025-2026EngineeringCivil & Environmental
Singh, Ankur2025-2026EngineeringMechanical
Tang, Yuanzhi2025-2026Engineering/SciencesCivil & Environmental/EAS
Wilson, Corey2025-2026EngineeringChemical & Biomolecular
Das, Aditi2025-2026SciencesChemistry & Biochemistry
Torres, Matthew2025-2026SciencesBiological Sciences
Holdsworth, Elizabeth2025-2026LibraryNA
Conwell, Christine2025-2026GTRINA
Gomez, Paula2025-2026GTRINA
Slieper, Chad2025-2026OUENA
Calmon, Andre2024-2025SchellerNA
Rahmani, Morvarid2024-2025SchellerNA
Ploetz, Thomas2024-2025ComputingInteractive Computing
Zonouz, Saman2024-2025ComputingCybersecurity and Privacy
Andris, Clio2024-2025DesignCity & Regional Planning
Champion, Julie2024-2025EngineeringChemical & Biomolecular
Di Leo, Claudio2024-2025EngineeringAerospace
Khan, Asif2024-2025EngineeringElectrical & Computer
McDowell, Matthew2024-2025EngineeringMechanical
Holder, Mary (Conklin)2024-2025SciencesPsychology
Reddi, Amit2024-2025SciencesChemistry & Biochemistry
Stewart, Christie2024-2025SciencesBiological Sciences
Alemdar, Meltem2024-2025Lifetime LearningNA
Bing, Kristin2024-2025GTRISEAL-ISRD
Valdes, Francisco2024-2025GTRICIPHER
Harris, Joyelle2024-2025VPUENA
Christian, John2023-2024EngineeringAerospace
Dai, Sheng2023-2024EngineeringCivil
DiSalvo, Betsy2023-2024ComputingInteractive Computing
D'Unger, Amy2023-2024OUENA
Forsthoefel Fitzgerald, Dana2023-2024GTRISensors and Electromagnetic Lab
Grijalva, Santiago2023-2024EngineeringElectrical
Hyde, Allen2023-2024Ivan AllenHistory and Sociology
Inan, Omer2023-2024EngineeringElectrical
Jariwala, Amit2023-2024EngineeringMechanical
Linden, Maureen2023-2024DesignNA
Nazzal, Dima2023-2024EngineeringIndustrial and Systems
Peralta-Yahya, Pamela2023-2024SciencesChemistry and Biochemistry
Rakha, Tarek2023-2024DesignArchitecture
Wise, John2023-2024SciencesPhysics
Young, Aaron2023-2024EngineeringMechanical
Zeagler, Clint2023-2024Inst for People & TechNA
Bogdanović, Tamara2022-2023SciencesPhysics
Curtis, Jennifer2022-2023SciencesPhysics
Desai, Deven2022-2023SchellerNA
Emelianov, Stanislav2022-2023EngineeringElectrical
Gavrilovska, Ada2022-2023ComputingComputer Science
Grover, Martha2022-2023EngineeringChemical & Biomolecular
Hassan, Narin2022-2023Ivan AllenLit, Media, Comm
Hatzell, Marta2022-2023EngineeringMechanical
Kalkanci, Basak2022-2023SchellerNA
Lerch, Alexander2022-2023DesignMusic
Losego, Mark2022-2023EngineeringMaterials Science
Pishdad-Bozorgi, Pardis2022-2023DesignBuilding Construction
Randall, Dana2022-2023ComputingComputer Science
Stewart, Lauren2022-2023EngineeringCivil
Thomas, Susan2022-2023EngineeringMechanical
Zhang, Ying2022-2023EngineeringElectrical
Arson, Chloe2021-2022EngineeringCivil
Biddle, Justin2021-2022Ivan AllenPublic Policy
Choi, Christina2021-2022DesignIndustrial Design
Dasi, Lakshmi Prasad2021-2022EngineeringBiomedical
Jordan, Jenna2021-2022Ivan AllenInternational Affairs
Moore, Elliot2021-2022EngineeringElectrical
Nair-Reichert, Usha2021-2022Ivan AllenEconomics
Newman, Andrew2021-2022SciencesEarth & Atmospheric
Paynabar, Kamran2021-2022EngineeringIndustrial & Systems
Peng, Zhigang2021-2022SciencesEarth & Atmospheric
Raman, Chandra2021-2022SciencesPhysics
Realff, Mary Lynn2021-2022EngineeringMaterials Science
Rimoli, Julian2021-2022EngineeringAerospace
Wang, May Dongmei2021-2022EngineeringBiomedical
Yee, Shannon2021-2022EngineeringMechanical
Ashuri, Baabak2020-2021DesignBuilding Construction
Ballantyne, David2020-2021SciencesPhysics
Chau, Polo2020-2021ComputingComputational Science & Engr
Cherry, Elizabeth2020-2021ComputingComputational Science & Engr
Cohen, Morris2020-2021EngineeringElectrical
Erickson, Anna2020-2021EngineeringMechanical
Feigh, Karen2020-2021EngineeringAerospace
Fernandez, Facundo2020-2021SciencesChemistry & Biochemistry
Hammer, Brian2020-2021SciencesBiological
Head, Karen2020-2021Ivan AllenLit, Media, Comm
Klein, Benjamin2020-2021EngineeringElectrical
Oliver, Matt2020-2021Ivan AllenEconomics
Orso, Alessandro2020-2021ComputingComputer Science
Soper, Jake2020-2021SciencesChemistry & Biochemistry
Xie, Yao2020-2021EngineeringIndustrial & Systems
Zhang, Fumin2020-2021EngineeringElectrical
Amekudzi-Kennedy, Adjo2019-2020EngineeringCivil
Breedveld, Victor2019-2020EngineeringChemical & Biomolecular
Cadonati, Laura2019-2020SciencesPhysics
Desai, Jaydev2019-2020EngineeringBiomedical
Dixon, Brandon2019-2020EngineeringMechanical
France, Stefan2019-2020SciencesChemistry & Biochemistry
Hora, Manpreet2019-2020SchellerNA
Irizarry, Javier2019-2020DesignBuilding Construction
Kim, Julie Ju-Youn2019-2020DesignArchitecture
Liu, Jin2019-2020Ivan AllenModern Languages
Prvulovic, Milos2019-2020ComputingComputer Science
Raychowdhury, Arijit2019-2020EngineeringElectrical
Schmidt-Krey, Ingeborg2019-2020SciencesBiological
Shemyakina, Olga2019-2020Ivan AllenEconomics
Singh, Jennifer2019-2020Ivan AllenHistory & Sociology
Smith, Marilyn2019-2020SciencesPhysics
Bhatti, Pamela2018-2019EngineeringElectrical
Botchwey, Nisha2018-2019DesignCity & Regional Planning
Dhongde, Shatakshee2018-2019Ivan AllenEconomics
Edwards, Keith2018-2019ComputingInteractive Computing
Goodisman, Michael2018-2019SciencesBiological
Harmon, Steve2018-2019GTPE 
Hunter, Michael2018-2019EngineeringCivil
Huo, Xiaoming2018-2019EngineeringIndustrial & Systems
Kosal, Margaret2018-2019Ivan AllenInternational Affairs
Levine, Aaron2018-2019Ivan AllenPublic Policy
Lieberman, Raquel2018-2019SciencesChemistry & Biochemistry
Lynch-Stieglitz, Jean2018-2019SciencesEarth & Atmospheric
Ranjan, Devesh2018-2019EngineeringMechanical
Rozell, Christopher2018-2019EngineeringElectrical
Schumacher, Eric2018-2019SciencesPsychology
Thomas, Valerie2018-2019EngineeringIndustrial & Systems
Balch, Tucker2017-2018ComputingInteractive Computing
Beyah, Raheem2017-2018EngineeringElectrical
Clarke, Jonathan2017-2018SchellerNA
Duarte, Audrey2017-2018SciencesPsychology
Essa, Irfan2017-2018ComputingInteractive Computing
Flowers, Benjamin2017-2018DesignArchitecture
Kalaitzidou, Kyriaki2017-2018EngineeringMechanical
Kelly, Wendy2017-2018SciencesChemistry & Biochemistry
Keskinocak, Pinar2017-2018EngineeringIndustrial & Systems
Lu, Hang2017-2018EngineeringChemical & Biomolecular
Paty, Carol2017-2018SciencesEarth & Atmospheric
Rodriguez, Juan Carlos2017-2018Ivan AllenModern Languages
Shofner, Meisha2017-2018EngineeringMaterials Science
Taylor, John2017-2018EngineeringCivil
Walker, Mitchell2017-2018EngineeringAerospace
Wheaton, Lewis2017-2018SciencesApplied Physiology
Berry, Roberta2016-2017Ivan AllenPublic Policy
Burns, Susan2016-2017EngineeringCivil
Dass, Nishant2016-2017SchellerNA
Dufek, Joseph2016-2017SciencesEarth & Atmospheric
Freeman, Jason2016-2017DesignMusic
Grinter, Beki2016-2017ComputingInteractive Computing
Jones, Christopher2016-2017EngineeringChemical & Biomolecular
LeDoux, Joseph2016-2017EngineeringBiomedical
Pollock, Anne2016-2017Ivan AllenLit, Media, Comm
Ruffin, Stephen2016-2017EngineeringAerospace
Shoemaker, Deirdre2016-2017SciencesPhysics
Singleton, Jenny2016-2017SciencesPsychology
Stulberg, Adam2016-2017Ivan AllenInternational Affairs
Vigoda, Eric2016-2017ComputingComputer Science
Walton, Krista2016-2017EngineeringChemical & Biomolecular
Zhang, Han2016-2017SchellerNA