What is LEAD Team?
LEAD Team members are current undergraduate students who serve as peer education facilitators. They are trained to facilitate a variety of leadership development workshops for all students on campus.
LEAD Team worked to come up with a list of values they felt represented them as a team. These student leaders are committed to the overall mission of student success by using the following values to inform their work:
- Curiosity
- Communication
- Community
- Compassion
- Competency
- Consistency
Each workshop focuses on a different leadership topic or skill to foster your personal and professional development. You’ll get great experience and information to help you lead and be able to network with other students interested in leadership.
Interested In Joining Our Team?
If you are interested in peer education, personal & professional development, facilitating interactive workshops, and networking – we open our application to join LEAD Team on November 18th!
Learn more about the role at one of our interest meetings! See below for dates, times, and locations.
2025 LEAD Team Members
Anna Bradford
Peer Leadership Educator
Major: Psychology
Minors in Leadership Studies and Spanish for Health and Helping Professions
Zoe' Barron
Peer Leadership Educator
Major: History Education
Minors in Judaic Holocaust Peace Studies and Special Education
Dottie Benninghofen
Peer Leadership Educator
Major: Recreational Management, conc. Outdoor Experiential Education
Minor in Integrative Experiential Learning
Ella Bolz
Peer Leadership Educator
Major: Psychology
Minors in Chemistry and Biology
Charlie Poth
Peer Leadership Educator
Major: Recreational Management, conc. Commercial Rec and Tourism
Minors in General Business and Leadership Studies
Amari Mealy
Peer Leadership Educator
Major: Middle Grades Education – Math and Science
Court Graham
Peer Leadership Educator
Major: General Management
Minor in Cybersecurity
Bella Lebron
Peer Leadership Educator
Major: Psychology and English
Minor in American Sign Language
Greyson Lindsey
Peer Leadership Educator
Major: History
Makenna Holman
Peer Leadership Educator
Major: Public History
Minor in Appalachian Studies
Gabby Kreuter
Peer Leadership Educator
Major: Sustainable Business Management
Minors in Psychology and Accounting
Calli Plott
Peer Leadership Educator
Majors in Political Science and English
Sara Woltz
Peer Leadership Educator
Majors in Creative Writing and Public Relations
Minor in Gender and Women’s Studies
Ava Cruz Yelverton
Peer Leadership Educator
Major: Sociology, conc. in Criminology
The work that the LEAD Team does is some of the most important work on campus. Every student has leadership capacity, and most will act in some leadership capacity throughout their time at App, even though most will not receive proper leadership education. While students need to have their own experiences that lead to developing their leadership style, providing them with the tools to be the type of leaders we want out in the world is essential. Teaching students about strengths-based, empathetic leadership is something I have carried over into other roles because of my work with the LEAD Team.
Questions?
We encourage you to fill out the contact card should you have any questions. You can also reach out directly to Kaleigh Del Greco at delgrecoka@appstate.edu – please allow 24-48 hours for a response. For more information on our workshops and how to request one, please visit the page located under the LEAD Team tab!