GLOBAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY - Key Persons


Lauren O'Grady

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Tommy Spaulding - Founder, President

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • President
  • Founder and President, Tommy Spaulding Companies
Tommy Spaulding is the president of Tommy Spaulding Companies and founder of GYLA. He is a world-renowned speaker on leadership, an author of multiple best-selling books, and he coaches and trains executives. His latest book, The Heart-Led Leader, was listed on the Inc.com Top 100 Best Business Books of 2015. Tommy rose to become the youngest President of the world-renowned international leadership organization Up with People. He also founded Leader's Challenge, which grew to become the largest high school leadership program in the state of Colorado as well as National Leadership Academy, an intensive, four-day leadership Academy for high school students held in Denver, CO. Tommy travels with our group and shares his expertise and knowledge with our students throughout the week.