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Meet future leaders

Our History

Future Leaders was founded by our Executive Director, Nick Vandennieuwenhof. 


During his time at Arizona State University, Nick was elected to serve as Vice President of Policy for the Associated Students. While in this position, Nick helped manage and deliberate a budget consisting of student fees amounting to over one million dollars annually. With such a large responsibility, Nick saw a lack of leadership resources offered to help support students in positions of student government. Nick felt that there should be a leadership organization that helps guide and mentor students to become the best versions of themselves while in office across all colleges and universities. 


After moving to Southern California in 2021, Nick founded Future Leaders of California, a non-profit organization aimed at assisting on-campus student leaders and creating a pipeline between students and local business leaders.

What We Do

Identify

We first and foremost identify high-quality student leaders that we believe will have a lasting impact on their community. The students we connect with must meet "The Future Leadership Profile" We identify students through our extensive network of university faculty members, business owners, campus advisors, in-house field teams, inbound applications, and many more.

Mentor

We then mentor our student leaders during their time on college and university campuses. Mentoring comes in many ways, such as providing leadership training seminars and retreats. We use our resources to help students further develop their on-campus leadership roles by offering free services to our students. These services include professional headshots, resume building workshops, and financial assistance in the form of grants.

Connect

It is ultimately becoming increasingly challenging to find a job or career that allows you to stay here in beautiful California. Our mission is to close the gap between students graduating and businesses looking for labor and talent, specifically here in California. We host several events annual where our students will be able to connect with a local and prominent business while learning more from keynote speakers.

The Future Leadership Profile

We are looking for well-rounded individuals. The following characteristics are recommended for our

  • Honors Student
  • Participate In Extracurricular Activities
  • Hold A Student Government Position 
  • Volunteer Hours
  • Greek Life
  • Entrepreneur 
  • Early Graduation

The Future Leaders Team

Erik Varas

Jose Cortez-Hernandez

Jose Cortez-Hernandez

Strategic Initiatives Director

erik@lincolninstituteca.com

Jose Cortez-Hernandez

Jose Cortez-Hernandez

Jose Cortez-Hernandez

Operations Director

jose@lincolninstituteca.com

Isabella Mourani

Jose Cortez-Hernandez

Isabella Mourani

Communication Strategies Director

isabella@lincolninstituteca.com

FUTURE LEADERS IS INDEPENDENT AND UNIQUE

Future Leaders of California is a distinct program housed by the Lincoln Institute of California.  This program operates independently from the Institute and its additional programs.  Any views, opinions, or actions expressed by one program should not be attributed to the other. Please be aware that any communication or interaction with one program does not imply or establish a relationship with the other.


As a 501(c)3 organization, Future Leaders of California declares that it does not have the authority, power, or intention to engage in any activities that may influence or interfere with the operations of any educational institution, including colleges and universities.


Furthermore, Future Leaders of California does not endorse, support, or oppose any political party, candidate, or issue. We remain neutral on all matters related to politics and education, and our organization operates solely for charitable and educational purposes. 

PO Box 8095 Newport Beach, CA 92658

Copyright © 2019 Future Leaders of California - All Rights Reserved.

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