Westlake Student Selected for GA Youth Leadership Awards

21st Century Leaders Announces Winners of the 2016
Georgia Youth Leadership Awards
Top 20 High School Students Selected for Outstanding Leadership

(February 18, 2016) Atlanta, GA – 21st Century Leaders, a Georgia-based non-profit youth leadership and talent development program, announces the top 20 youth leaders selected for the 8th annual Georgia Youth Leadership Awards to be held on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the College Football Hall of Fame.

Since 2008, 21st Century Leader’s (21CL), in partnership with business and civic leaders, including Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 under 40 members, recognizes 20 outstanding high school students throughout Georgia who have made a significant impact on their schools, communities and beyond. This year’s top 20 includes non-profit founders, philanthropists, app creators, and community advocates who truly represent the diversity of Georgia with students from Atlanta to Valdosta, Muscogee County to Barrow County – all in high school. The nominated students were carefully chosen by a 23 member selection committee; comprised of Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 under 40 members, 21CL Board of Directors, 21CL alumni, and 21CL student peers.

21st Century Leaders is proud to announce the following 20 outstanding youth leaders for the 2016 Georgia Youth Leadership Awards:

1. Abdullah Al-Obaidi, senior at Apalachee High School
2. Anirudh Bikmal, senior at South Forsyth High School
3. Rudolph Brown, senior at Richmond County Technical Career Magnet
4. Shane Burke, senior at Chattahoochee High School
5. Cory-Lynn Duncum, senior at Jackson High School
6. Thomas Gilbert, senior at Johnson Ferry Christian Academy
7. Caroline Carr Grant, senior at The Lovett School
8. Jack Henslee, senior at Brookstone School
9. Jonathan Johnson, junior at Westlake High School
10. Vernard Kennedy, junior at The New Schools at Carver
11. Angelica Marquez, senior at Forest Park High School
12. Matthew McDaniel, junior at Archer High School
13. Faith Omotor, senior at Central Gwinnett High School
14. Addy Perlman, junior at Valwood School
15. Allison Robbins, senior at River Ridge High School
16. Max Rubenstein, sophomore at The Galloway School
17. Avneet Sethi, senior at Meadowcreek High School
18. Devneet Singh, junior at Gwinnett School of Math, Science & Technology
19. Remington Youngblood, freshman at Lambert High School
20. Laura Zhang, junior at Wheeler High School

The students will be honored at the Georgia Youth Leadership Awards on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta with our host, WSB-TV Anchor/Reporter, Craig Lucie. Through corporate sponsors, each youth leader will be presented with a $250 mini-grant, with one student awarded the Turner Voices Innovative Leadership Award – the event’s top award which includes a $1,000 mini-grant from one of the event’s leading sponsor, Turner Broadcasting.

For more information about the Georgia Youth Leadership Awards or to purchase a ticket to the event, please visit www.21stcenturyleaders.org. Proceeds from the event will support 21CL’s ongoing efforts to provide youth leadership and talent development programs for high school students.

About 21st Century Leaders
Since 1991, 21st Century Leaders has served more than 10,000 diverse high school students from over 250 Georgia high schools. 21st Century Leaders is a collaboration of business and professional leaders inspiring high school students to take on leadership positions, seek out opportunities and give back to their communities by connecting them a diverse group of enthusiastic peers, passionate professionals and powerful ideas, transforming their skills, attitudes, and abilities through training and hands-on experiences. For more information about 21st Century Leaders, visit www.21stcenturyleaders.org.