Leadership Greater Jackson's accomplishments:

• Twenty years of services in developing leaders in the tri-county community
• Trained nearly six-hundred individuals
• Has been recognized nationally for it's contribution to the community since its inception
• Has initiated programs such as Education Advance, which developed a common calendar for the metro area private and public schools
• Developed the Community Foundation of Jackson (formerly known as the Greater Jackson Foundation of Jackson) who has distributed more than $3 million in grants within the last 8 years, including a distribution of $1.4 million in grants just last year
• Worked with Jackson Public Schools with curriculum and the recruitment of qualified teachers
• Has taken on nearly one hundred community action team projects
• Has inspired many to become political figures such as mayors, city council members, state legislators and county officials