Twenty-five local residents recently graduated from the 2018 Gulf Coast Leadership Institute, a Gulf Coast Community Foundation initiative created to encourage leadership among professionals and volunteers of all ages. The 2018 program included seven training sessions over a three-month period led by faculty of the Leadership Development Institute of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg. The Gulf Coast Community Foundation commissioned the training and provided all other resources at no cost to participants in exchange for their commitment to use their new skills to benefit their communities. Click here for a list of this year's graduates.