True leaders are able to give whatever the situation demands, and the needs of a situation can vary dramatically whether the circumstances are military, team, business or educational. In choosing the following 10 leaders from among UHCL’s students, alumni, partners, donors, faculty and staff, leadership models from a variety of sources were considered. The U.S. Army, the Girl Scouts, business books like “Seven Habits of Highly Successful Leaders,” strategy texts like “Art of War” and theories of leadership such as the theory of servant leaders used by UHCL’s Center for Student Leadership and Community Engagement all paint the portrait of a leader according to a specific situation. But some traits of leadership stood out as universal, and it was these traits that guided the choice of leaders on the following pages: experience, vision, the ability to follow through, a desire for challenges, a desire to take responsibility, an ability to communicate and a sense of fairness and ethics. Through these distinct character traits, ordinary people, like those on the following pages, are transformed into leaders who inspire, create and make a difference wherever they go.

PORTRAITS IN LEADERSHIP:
10 WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Students, alumni, faculty, staff, donors and partners are represented in this selection of extraordinary individuals who choose to transform life’s ordinary tasks into opportunities to lead.