Dr. Juel Smith Selected to Join the 2025 Cohort of the Executive Leadership Academy

Dr. Juel Smith, CCAC associate dean of sciences and executive director of the Homewood-Brushton Center, was selected as part of the 2025 cohort of the Executive Leadership Academy (ELA), the seventh cohort of The Advanced Leadership Institute's (TALI) flagship executive program. After a competitive process, Dr. Smith was one of only 21 talented local leaders designated to participate in this year's ELA cohort.

According to the TALI news release, this transformative program—which addresses the unique challenges Black professionals face in the workplace—aims to educate, develop, connect and position senior-level managers and executives with higher-level career aspirations for executive advancement. With course content delivered by the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business, ELA participants benefit from a world-class executive education, executive coaching, executive mentorship and peer networking.

The mission of The Advanced Leadership Institute is to cultivate Black executive leadership to strengthen companies, institutions and communities. It is facilitated through an educational partnership with Carnegie Mellon University and is supported by major corporations and foundations in the Pittsburgh region.