Bohnett Leadership Fellows

David Bohnett Gay & Lesbian Leadership Fellows at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government

The Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute is extremely proud of its collaboration with the David Bohnett Foundation to send outstanding LGBT leaders to the Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Executives in State and Local Government program. Designed primarily for senior-level executives from state, county and local governments, and their elected counterparts, the summer program hones skills and builds the leadership potential of already-accomplished LGBT individuals from across the country.



Each session’s members are selected to reflect a broad spectrum of functional responsibilities and levels of government, as well as geographical diversity.  With the support of the Bohnett Foundation, the Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute provides partial scholarships to those LGBT individuals who have been accepted by the Harvard Kennedy School.  It is the expectation of GLLI that every accepted applicant will anticipate some expense in paying for the program. 

The application deadline for the David Bohnett Gay & Lesbian Fellowship has been extended to Friday, March 12, 2010.  Please note that the GLLI application is due prior to the final deadline for the Harvard Kennedy School. 

Click here learn more about the application process at the Harvard Kennedy School .

In 2009, 16 applicants were awarded Bohnett Fellowships and completed the program at Harvard.  They are:

Mr. David Ambroz, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. David Augustine, San Francisco, CA
Mr. Daniel Bernal, San Francisco, CA
Representative Cathy Connolly, Laramie, WY
Representative Mark Ferrandino, Denver, CO
Mr. David Hopkins, Seattle, WA
Representative Marko Liias, Mukilteo, WA
Senator Joe McDermott, Seattle, WA
Treasurer Doug Milliken, Centennial, CO
Honorable Terry Mutchler, Rose Valley, PA
Supervisor Kyle Richmond, Madison, WI
Honorable David Roberts, Solana Beach, CA
Commissioner Andrea Shorter, San Francisco, CA
Mayor Jeffrey Slavin, Somerset, MD
Sheriff Lupe Valdez, Dallas, TX
Mr. Jeffrey Walker, Cambridge, MA

For more information about applying to become a Bohnett Leadership Fellow in 2010, contact:

George Walker
Vice President, Leadership Initiatives
202.842.7305
george.walker@glli.org