Ajeet Yadav, environmental health and safety director at Central Lakes College, was accepted as a 2016-17 policy fellow at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
The program is designed to develop leaders in self-awareness, coalition building and understanding how to make things happen in and around the policy process. The course work is over a 10-month period in which fellows learn to network and use leadership on a grander level than their lone institution.
A committee of prominent Minnesota Republican and DFL leaders, a nonprofit director and business leaders recommended Yadav's admission to this year's group.
"This is a great opportunity for me to learn and develop leadership skills," Yadav said in a news release. "This is a very stimulating experience that inspired me to find meaning in what I do, taught me to be thoughtful and take responsibility to give back to the community."
