HISTORY OF THE WASHINGTON, DC
LEADERS OF TOMORROW PROGRAM
The LOT program in Washington, DC was
started in 1994 by Lanta Evans, who has
also served as the NBMBAA-DC’s president
and a national board member of the
National Black MBA Association
LEADERS OF TOMORROW PROGRAM
The LOT program in Washington, DC was
started in 1994 by Lanta Evans, who has
also served as the NBMBAA-DC’s president
and a national board member of the
National Black MBA Association
Original programming primarily related to sponsorship of a business plan
competition to help students at H.D. Woodson Senior High School in Washington,
DC understand the value of entrepreneurship. Winners won technology donated
participated in career fairs, workshops, and seminars with those students, and
several students were taken to the Leaders of Tomorrow conferences each year.
In 2001, the program was revamped as a year-long program with expanded
programming in college preparation, professional development, community
service, and leadership. Students and mentors originally met in a storefront. Later,
the program added Kaplan certified SAT training and tutoring, and the SAT Valet
Service, which featured mentors paying for the SAT test, providing breakfast for
students, and then driving them to the SAT. Students were, for the first time,
required to have a 3.0 grade point average, take standardized test preparation,
and demonstrate that they were serious about college. They were required to
learn how to dress professionally, network,and analyze situations logically. Each
student also had to demonstrate oratorical expertise and perform community
service. The first student to graduate from the revamped program was Kevin
Murphy, an H.D. Woodson student who graduated in 2001. Daniel Jones, an H.D.
Woodson student, was the first student to graduate after participating for a full
four years.
Nationally, the LOT program began in Boston, MA as a conference for high school
students with a grade point average between C- and C+, who have exhibited
leadership potential, but require additional motivational factors in their lives to
achieve excellence.
competition to help students at H.D. Woodson Senior High School in Washington,
DC understand the value of entrepreneurship. Winners won technology donated
participated in career fairs, workshops, and seminars with those students, and
several students were taken to the Leaders of Tomorrow conferences each year.
In 2001, the program was revamped as a year-long program with expanded
programming in college preparation, professional development, community
service, and leadership. Students and mentors originally met in a storefront. Later,
the program added Kaplan certified SAT training and tutoring, and the SAT Valet
Service, which featured mentors paying for the SAT test, providing breakfast for
students, and then driving them to the SAT. Students were, for the first time,
required to have a 3.0 grade point average, take standardized test preparation,
and demonstrate that they were serious about college. They were required to
learn how to dress professionally, network,and analyze situations logically. Each
student also had to demonstrate oratorical expertise and perform community
service. The first student to graduate from the revamped program was Kevin
Murphy, an H.D. Woodson student who graduated in 2001. Daniel Jones, an H.D.
Woodson student, was the first student to graduate after participating for a full
four years.
Nationally, the LOT program began in Boston, MA as a conference for high school
students with a grade point average between C- and C+, who have exhibited
leadership potential, but require additional motivational factors in their lives to
achieve excellence.
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