by Sherrie Loraine

When Kathy Wever, NGA Support Team Chief at the U.S. Transportation Command, saw an article in USA Today about a new leadership program, she seized the opportunity to not only grow her leadership skills, but aid the community.

The Presidential Leadership Scholars program selects people from diverse backgrounds and across the United States who desire to act on a societal challenge with a community project, which they pitch to the program panel as part of the application.