ILA is grateful to the many students, parents, alumni, corporations, foundations and friends who continue to support the efforts of the program. Because of you, ILA continues to develop values-based, impact-driven leaders.

2023 Corporate Sponsors

2023 ILA Corporate Sponsors

ILA Alumni & Student Donors

William Brooks Andrews
Jake Antonio
Jake Arendsen
Andrew Aspinwall
Brian Baker
Elizabeth Ballard
Emily Bauer
Sarah Beatty
Joseph Benken
Erin Bierbusse
Grayson Borrego
Matthew and Gina Breckbill
Kemper Brennan
David Brian
TJ Callaway
Paul and Brittany Chitwood
Chelsea Clever
Adam Cohen
Rachel Cole
James Collins
Timothy and Anne Conroy
Jacey Conti
Elizabeth Dangler
James and Courtney Dantzler
Emily Dardaman
Emma Downey
Ann Dylla
Mark Dylla 
Ella Everhart
Cameron Falk
Margaret Fields
Daniel Fields
Jennifer Fink
David Fischer
Sean Foley
Gabriel Fontana
Sarah Forbes
Andrew Fulton
Nicholas Garrett
Ilya Gokhman
Justin Golshir
Alan Goodno
Anna Goodwin
William Harkins
William Harper
Andrew Henry
Karl Hermann
Mitchell Hogan
Chad Hume
Jason Hymel
Muhammad Iqbal
Ryan Irvine
Iruofagha James Jr.
Michelle Jenkins
Faeez Juneja
Matthew Karempelis
Uma Kasibhatla
Mary Catherine Kelley
Aaron Konnick
Elizabeth Kozak
Michael Lage
John Langner
Jonathan Lauria
Brittany Leamon
Will MacArthur
Ethan Mann
Michael Mannina
John Mattioli
Matthew Matuszewski
Connor McAdams
Emily McCord
Melissa McDonald
Jordan McGriff
Erin McNicholas
Adam McTish
Saumil Mehta
Mimi Messawer
Bryan Miller
Brit Mohler Dufilho
Michael Moore
Allison Myers
Michael Naghshineh
Lauren and Ross Nelson
Carey Newsome
Mai-Lise Nguyen
Sarah Ninan
Kathleen O’Donnell
Benjamin Pace
Anna Park
Himani Patel
Margaret Patton
Summer Peabody
Evan Pellegrino
Allyson Peppenhorst
Carlie Perner
Adam Prusiecki
Wen Qiu
Mitchell Reiner
Wesley Roberts
Mark Rockett
Caroline Roddy
Kathryn Rothenhofer
Darrell Roy
Latham Saddler
Olivia Sanders
Bryon and Erin Sergeant
Garrett and Kathleen Sherwood
Randall Smith
Emily Smith
Kelsey Strott
Ivey Tanner
Nathaly Torrealba
Michael Veal
Scott Voigt
Helen Waddell
Davis Webb
Jordan  Wecksler
Brian Whitaker
Elizabeth White
Jacob Worden

ILA Friend Donors

Courtney and Jason Aldrich
Yaovi Avoudikpon
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Richard Bullock
Chubb Charitable Foundation
Tyler Courtney
Joseph Ellenberg
John Francis
General Electric Foundation
Greater Pinebelt Community Foundation
Preston Griffith
Heather Howarth
Ryan and Ashley Irvine Charitable Fund
John Jackson
Laura Little
LMEPAC Charity Program Custodial Account
Keith Mason
John McMahon
Mohawk Carpet Foundation
Pace Family Charitable Fund
Robert Pease
Ross Perloe
Adam Prescott
Schmidt Family Giving Fund
Southern Company
YourCause LLC

ILA Matching Gifts

Charities Aid Foundation    
The Southern Company 
SalesForce
Textron, Inc.

ILA Family Donors

The Benken Family
The Berman Family
The Buckis Family
The Butcher Family
The Collins Family
The Foster Family
Bill and Denise Garrigan Family Fund 
The Herbert Family
The Johnson Family
The Kropp Family
The Langner Family
The Lockwood Family 
The Marlow Family
The Nolley Family
The O’Leary Family
The Paris Family
The Parker Family
The Patton Family
The Stoeckel Family 

2021-2022 Academic Involvement

Speakers/Mentors

Seonghyun Cho
Shan Cooper
Dumbi Edmond
Marty Flanagan
Derek Hammock
Akhil Hazari
Adil Jooma
Kendall King
Aaron Konnick
Kunal Mitra
Andrea Morris
Anna Park
Kathleen Reynolds 
Teneil Salmon
Julie  Schertell
Monica Smith
Kendreya Skinner
Korryn Williamson

Executives of the Day

Leslie Little
Sr. Recruiter Corporate Talent Acquisition (Merchandising, Assortment Planning and Pricing), The Home Depot 

Tom Dierdorff 
Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate & Investment Banking, Synovus

Bill Linginfelter
Commercial Banker, Regions

John Mattioli
Sr. Director, Learning & Development, Chick-fil-A

Aaron Konnick
Director of Tax Accounting, Reporting and Technology, UPS 

Sam Gruber
Senior Manager, Financial Services Strategy & Business Transformation, EY

ILA Alums of the Day

TJ Callaway
Elizabeth Dangler
Lily Goodwin
Kyle Ganeriwal
Sam Gruber
Cameron Harris
Mitch Hogan
Michelle Jenkins
Stephanie Kenary
Will Landrum
Jack Langner
Doug Legg
Nick Loudermilk
Will MacArthur
Blake Mitchell
Summer Peabody
Ben Palmer
Allyson Peppenhorst
Savannah Welch

ILA Chick-fil-A Steering Committee

Woody Faulk
Michael Lage
Melenie Lankau
John Mattioli

Corporate Site Visits

Chick-Fil-A Operator Athens Chick-fil-A

Service-Learning Clients

Athens Area Humane Society
Atlas Ministries (via UGA Archway Partnership)
Bigger Vision Athens
City of Hartwell (via UGA Archway Partnership)
City of Hawkinsville (via UGA Archway Partnership)
City of Moultrie (via UGA Archway Partnership)
Colquitt County (via UGA Archway Partnership)
Connected Resilient Communities
Dublin-Laurens County (via UGA Archway Partnership)
Eco Incubator
Elberton Granite Association
Georgia Commitment Scholarship (via UGA Archway Partnership)
Let All the Big Dawgs Eat
MAC on Main (via UGA Archway Partnership)
Medlink
Newton County (via UGA Archway Partnership)
Spalding County (via UGA Archway Partnership)
Sparrows Nest
Terry College of Business Alumni Board
Thomson-McDuffie County (via UGA Archway Partnership)
UGA Archway Partnership 
Washington County (via UGA Archway Partnership)
Waynesboro-Burke County (via UGA Archway Partnership)
WRK

Leadership Dawgs – Community Impact Projects

Atlanta Angels
Bald Ridge Lodge Inc.
C5 Georgia
Captain Planet
Empowr
Heads Up for Harry
Help from Hattie Inc.
Helping Mamas
It’s The Journey
LA Amistad
National Black Arts Foundation
No Longer Bound
PAWKids
SafeRide America
The Baby Pantry
Trees Atlanta

ILA Application Readers

Alumni

Virginia Adair
Bridget Bambenek
Isabel Berger
Lindsey Berman
Erin Bierbusse
Elizabeth Dangler
Abby Drake
Nick Garrett
Kensley Hickman
Matthew Johnson
Carter Lankford
Megan Leith
Brittany McCall
Jori Palmer
Danny Sanchez
Austin Summers
Savannah Welch
Garrett Wright

Faculty

Sarah Banghart
Hua Chen
Margaret Christ
Filipe Correia
Jason Epstein
Kayla Freeman
Scott Graffin
Karim Jetha
Richard Martin
Marc Ragin
Aaron Schecter
Bjorn Stillion Southard

Leonard Leadership Scholar Alumni Interviewers

Brittany Chitwood
Madeline Davis
Lilly Goodwin
Derek Hammock
Cameron Harris
Will Landrum
Jack Langner
Kyle Reed
Michael Veal
Rachel Zilinskas