Members from the staff and Board of the Leader to Leader Institute gathered in Pittsburgh to celebrate the 44 dynamic student leaders from the United States, Canada, and abroad who were selected from colleges and universities across theUnited States and Canada as Hesselbein Fellows in the first class of Universityof Pittsburgh's Hesselbein Global Academy for Student Leadership and CivicEngagement. 

From Saturday, July 11 until Tuesday, July 14, the Fellows were inspired by 11 talented mentors, including Ms. Tina Doerffer, Dr. Elizabeth Haas Edersheim, Major General RandalFullhart, Lieutenant Commander Carla Grantham, Ms. Toshiko Inoue, Mr. CharlesO’Connor, Mr. Gregory Roberts, Mr. Keith Schaefer, Dr. Betty Siegel, Ms. Tamara Woodbury and Mr. Sam Zacharias on presentation topics ranging from The Entrepreneurial and Innovative Spirit of a Leader to Multicultural Understanding in a Changing Global Environment.

At the Inaugural Ceremony Monday evening, Mrs. Frances Hesselbein spoke about the future — in 2019, 500 Hesselbein Fellows will convene in a Global Summit highlighting the impact they have made on society.

Jim Collins, author and management educator, was the keynote speaker, leaving the Fellows and those of us in the audience with a handful of advice on making choices and being disciplined.

He recalled the day he shadowed Peter Drucker. Mr. Drucker was about to get out of Jim’s car and he paused a moment and said, “You know, Jim, you worry about two things — survival and success. Forget about that. You must worry more about being useful.”