We are excited to announce our new name as the Institute for Leadership and Social Impact. We are an interdisciplinary institute that promotes servant leadership and organizational practices that contribute to a more just, caring, and equitable world.
Through workshops, coursework, grants, and a major lecture series (Impact), the Institute for Leadership and Social Impact empowers our community to account for the economic, social, and environmental impacts of businesses. We bring together students, researchers, business leaders, and social entrepreneurs in ways that stimulate core-level change.
We foster leadership development and collaboration between academia, for-profits, and non-profits, promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship and a broad sensitivity to human-centered values.
Our ultimate goal is to enhance the capacity of Georgia Tech to produce graduates who are motivated and prepared to contribute to just,
2020 Year-End Report
A Brief History
Former Scheller College Dean Terry C. Blum has the unique position of being able to look at the Scheller College of Business within the larger picture of the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 2006, she set out to fill in some of the gaps she realized existed. Dr. Blum wanted to focus on the ecosystem of entrepreneurship and leadership while encouraging collaborative pedagogy.
When the ILSI was founded, the Impact Speaker Series and the Leadership Roundtable were incorporated and expanded. Since that time, the ILSI has grown programmatically and extended its network of partners both within and beyond Tech's campus. The creation and secured funding for the new Cowan-Turner Program in Servant Leadership is the latest example of ILSI's commitment to promoting and fostering socially responsible leadership at Georgia Tech.
Directions to our office.
The Institute of Leadership and Social Impact is located on the 4th floor of the Scheller College of Business at Technology Square. Our building is on the corner of 5th and Spring Street and is most easily recognized from the street by Barnes and Nobles and Starbucks on the ground floor. If you are traveling by car, please park in the Technology Square Deck, which is located next to the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center at 770 Spring Street where Armstead Place dead ends into Spring Street. The deck costs $2 per hour with an $18 maximum.
If you are not familiar with Technology Square, more detailed directions to the Technology Square Deck can be found on the Scheller College of Business's Directions and Parking Link.
Due to safety issues, all exterior doors of the Scheller College of Business will be locked. You will have to enter through the main doors at 800 West Peachtree Street. You can still park in the Georgia Tech Hotel Deck located at 770 Spring Street Northwest.
Once you have parked here are the walking directions. Cross Spring
Once inside, take a left towards the elevators, go up to the fourth floor, and continue straight out of the elevator. The Institute for Leadership and Social Impact is located in the fourth door on the left.
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Partnerships
We believe the partnerships we forge are the best measure of our success in communicating our mission and encouraging others to join us in carrying it out. Our goal – as we strive to be Georgia Tech’s “virtual civil engineers”- is to build bridges within Tech: among students, faculty, staff, and different campus departments.
There are many opportunities for you to be involved with our partners. You can find out more about each organization by following links from this page. If you are intrigued by their work and need advice on how to make the first step towards getting involved please and we will help you get connected with the right people within the organization.
We especially need students who are willing to commit their time and talents. Your engineering, computer programming, or fresh business ideas might be just what our partners are looking for. As a student, you have carved out these years of your life to grow, and the more involved you can be in your community the more enriching your experience at Georgia Tech will be.
Lastly, if you belong to an organization that is interested in becoming one of our partners or you are someone who is interested in supporting the Institute for Leadership and Social Impact financially please and we will be happy to meet with you.
SLS's mission - to give students the tools to create sustainable communities where people and nature thrive - closely aligns with ILSI's philosophy of improving the human condition by developing leaders for a more just, equitable, and caring society. Over the past four years, we have partnered on the Ideas to Serve competition, the Leadership for Social Good study abroad program, and the Impact Speaker series. In 2018, together, we launched the Innovating for Social Impact Program. Enrolled students take the Social Innovation Buzz Course, which fulfills the LEARN requirement of the program.
Net Impact is a network of more than 10,000 new-generation leaders committed to using the power of business to improve the world. Georgia Tech has a thriving MBA Chapter and we are excited about the impending formation of a strong Undergraduate Chapter as well. NetImpact’s goal is to improve the world by growing and strengthening a network of leaders who use the power of business to make a positive social, environmental, and economic impact.
One of the great benefits of an Interdisciplinary Institute, especially one housed in one of the nation’s leading universities, is that we are able to form valuable partnerships with many organizations and companies that we share our values with. Our goal is to build long-lasting and mutually beneficial partnerships with our outside partners in an effort to further Georgia Tech’s mission “to provide the state of Georgia with the scientific and technological base, innovation, and workforce it needs to shape a prosperous and sustainable future and quality of life for its citizens.” We are currently collaborating with many different groups on various levels and are looking forward to expanding our network both deeper in the Atlanta community and further out across the globe.
ILSI is partnering with nonprofit and community organizations in Atlanta by connecting them with GT students with a passion for social impact by facilitating supported internship opportunities. Our upcoming collaboration is with Global Growers for a Social Enterprise intern position during the fall semester. You can find details about the position here. Please contact Dori Pap () with any questions about the Social Impact Fellows program. More information can be found here.
Faculty and Staff
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John Bare, Vice President for Programs, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Bruce Byington, Executive Vice President, Center for Creative Leadership Brian Cayce, Vice President, Investments, GrayGhost Ventures Jay Alex Gregory, Former Chairman of the Board, CEO, and President of YKK Corporation of America Bill Gunn, Leadership Fellow Kathleen Kurre, President, Fusion Advisors, LLC. Teela Spiller, Executive Director, Atlanta Micro Fund Wes Wynens, |
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Graduate Student Assistants
Undergraduate Student Assistants
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