ATLANTA – State Representative Keisha Waites (D-Atlanta) has been selected by the Council of State Governments (CSG) as one of 48 members of the 2016 class of Henry Toll Fellows. The Toll Fellowship Program is a national leadership development program for state government officials.
“I am honored to be selected by the Council of State Governments as a member of the 2016 class of Henry Toll Fellows,” said Rep. Waites. “This distinguished organization is one of the oldest and most well-respected leadership programs in the country, and I am thrilled to join my fellow elected officials from across the nation to exchange ideas and foster positive relationships between our states.”
Each year, Toll Fellows brings 48 of the nation’s top officials from all three branches of state government to Lexington, Kentucky for an intensive six-day, five-night “intellectual boot camp.” Rep. Waites and Rep. Brian Prince (D-Augusta) are the only two Georgia House members of this year’s class, which will meet Aug. 26-31. To date, only 18 Georgia legislators have been selected to the program, with the first Georgian being selected in 1988.
The program’s agenda includes a lineup of speakers and sessions designed to stimulate personal assessment and growth, while providing networking and relationship-building opportunities. While each year’s program is unique, previous programs have included sessions on leadership personality assessment, media training, crisis management, appreciative inquiry, adaptive leadership and much more.
For more information about CSG and its Toll Fellowship Program, please click here.
Representative Keisha Waites represents the citizens of District 60, which includes portions of Clayton and Fulton counties. She was elected into the House of Representatives in 2012, and currently serves on the Interstate Cooperation, Juvenile Justice, Public Safety & Homeland Security, Special Rules, and Transportation committees.
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