Gwen’s Favorite Leaders

Frances Hesselbein, Leader to Leader, Former CEO Girl Scouts of the USA
Harriet Tubman, Abolitionist
Booker T. Washington, Educator, Philosopher, Intellectual, Activist
Barak Obama, President of the United States
Condeleeza Rice, former Secretary of State
Bill and Melinda Gates, The Gates Foundation
Captain William F. Burke Jr., FDNY Firefighter, killed 9/11/2001
Ann Curry, Journalist and Humanitarian
Kirk Franklin, Musician
Joanne Shenandoah, Musician and Activists
Regional Leaders
Carol Love, former CEO Planned Parenthood
Lovie Winslow, Onondaga County Legislator
Linda Ervin, Onondaga County Civic Leader
Dr. Maritza Alvarado, Community Activist
Melina Carnicelli, Auburn’s First Woman Mayor, Educator, Philanthropist
John Currier, CEO Currier Plastics
Elaine S. Buffington, Principal bmc
Pastor Robert Wilson, Roosevelt Memorial Baptist Church
Laurel Ullyette, Civic Leader
Monique Wright Williams, Executive Director Booker T. Washington Community Center