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The Aspire Leadership Youth Advisory Board

Aspire Leadership Consulting is uniquely poised to help businesses connect with and inspire the next generation of workers. By working closely with high school students participating in Aspire’s Youth Advisory Board, we’ve listened to and learned about their skills, goals, and expectations for the future. This has changed how we approach consulting, as we gain a better understanding of what young talent needs to succeed. Now, we help employers adapt to these changes so they can attract, develop, and lead the workforce of tomorrow.

Aspire Leadership YAB (Youth Advisory Board

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Grounding Ourselves in the Midst of “What If” Thinking
Future Leaders, Youth Advisory Board, YAB
Grounding Ourselves in the Midst of “What If” Thinking
Future Leaders, Youth Advisory Board, YAB

What do we imagine is on the horizon? For ourselves? Our society? Our world?  

With so much turbulence in our world today, it can be easy to get caught up in imagining far-out hypotheticals (highly imaginative, unconventional scenarios) as we look toward the future. 

My thesis: It is important to take a measured approach when those far-out hypotheticals take hold of our imaginations, so we can stay grounded and alert to what is possible in the present…

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Future Leaders, Youth Advisory Board, YAB
An Idea in the Making
Youth Advisory Board, YAB, Future Leaders, Jennifer Owen 'Oquill
An Idea in the Making
Youth Advisory Board, YAB, Future Leaders, Jennifer Owen 'Oquill

It’s 3 p.m. on a Sunday in August and I am logging onto my first work call of the week. “Work on Sunday afternoon?” you might ask. Yes, because this call is special. It is the first meeting of the 2024-25 Aspire Leadership Consulting Youth Advisory Board. I am about to spend two hours with some of the highest-achieving high school juniors and seniors from across Virginia…

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Youth Advisory Board, YAB, Future Leaders, Jennifer Owen 'Oquill

2025/2026 Cohort

  • Emma - Roanoke Valley

  • Britsia - Richmond

  • Jaime - Northern Virginia

  • Simone - Northern Virginia

  • Samantha - Northern Virginia

  • Kaylee - Northern Virginia

  • Elliott - Central Virginia

  • Hadley - Richmond

  • Ipek - Northern Virginia

2024/2025 Cohort

  • Prince - Northern Virginia

  • Farrah - Richmond

  • Gayathri - Northern Virginia

  • Britsia - Richmond

  • Aliha - Northern Virginia

  • Jaime - Northern Virginia

  • Simone - Northern Virginia

  • Emma - Roanoke Valley

  • Jack - Roanoke Valley

YAB Alumni

  • Saumik, 22/23, 23/24, 25-26 YAB Mentor

  • Darby, 22/23, 23/24, 25-26 YAB Mentor

  • Saanvi, 22/23, 23/24, 25-26 YAB Mentor

  • Katherine, 22/23, 23/24

  • Daniellah, 22/23, 23/24

  • Jessica, 22/23, 23/24

  • Prince, 23/24, 24/25

  • Farrah, 23/24, 24/25

Read More About the YAB in the Aspire Blog

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