GEM Program Welcomes Class of 2023-24
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    GEM Program Welcomes Class of 2023-24

    23 August 2023

    The Georgia Education Mentorship Program Identifies the Next Generation of Georgia’s Leaders

    The Georgia Education Mentorship Program (GEM) admitted 25 students into the class of 2023-24.
    • Lilian Alfaro  
    • Ava Avalos
    • Emanuel Beasley 
    • Paige Blakemore
    • Sydney Charles
    • Kelsey Foster
    • Christy Garlock
    • Madison Groft
    • Justyna Grotkowska
    • Turner Hill
    • Stuart Hilsman
    • Gael Humphries
    • Cole Lochstampfor
    • Laura Loughran
    • Hue Maierhofer
    • Elle Pugh
    • Sophia Ricketts
    • Anastasia Riggins
    • Leighton Scott
    • Katherine Smith
    • Grayson Stoudenmire
    • Wesley Sutton
    • ​Jacob Tipton
    • Emma Vann
    • Heather Vincent
    The GEM Program is a one-of-a-kind partnership between Georgia College and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce that prepares the next generation of Georgia’s leaders for the public good. The GEM Program matches students with senior state leaders for a yearlong partnership that creates mutual benefit between Georgia College and its partners. In addition to frequent meetings and exchanges with their mentors, students enjoy individual consultations, classroom-based learning, and statewide site visits.

    In collaboration with the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, we are committed to providing our state and its communities with the leadership, ingenuity, and workforce development we all will need across the coming generation.

    Harold Mock, director of leadership programs

    "GEM is, first and foremost, a program that serves the future of Georgia,” says Dr. Harold Mock, program director. “In collaboration with the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, we are committed to providing our state and its communities with the leadership, ingenuity, and workforce development we all will need across the coming generation.” Mock was a member of the inaugural class of GEM, in 2002.  

    The GEM Program offers an unparalleled opportunity for juniors and seniors to experience life after Georgia College.

    Nancy Leslie, Georgia Chamber of Commerce

    “The GEM Program offers an unparalleled opportunity for juniors and seniors to experience life after Georgia College,” says Nancy Leslie ‘19, investor engagement manager at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. “Students are pushed well beyond their comfort zone, and with support from GC Leadership Programs and their mentors, they hone their soft skills, learn from influential Georgians, and make lifelong connections.”  
    Established in 2002, the GEM program was created from a mutual recognition that students at Georgia College could benefit from working and creating relationships with top state leaders and that members of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce could benefit from directly investing in the next generation of leaders. Now in its twenty-second year, the program has graduated more than 600 students. 
    Learn More about GEM

    Georgia College’s Office of Leadership Programs provides teaching, research, and public service related to leadership, citizenship, democracy, and public affairs. With the support of a distinguished faculty and practitioners, we educate the next generation of Georgia’s leaders for the public good. Our programs bring together scholars and students, as well as business leaders, non-profit executives, journalists, and public officials, and offer a trusted forum on citizen-leadership and pressing issues of the day.

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