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Pacific Leadership Institute
The Pacific Leadership Institute’s mission is to build a more positive, effective and resilient community
through the development of our youth. The PLI has two key ingredients to fulfil its mission. We
deliver inspiring team adventures focusing on personal and group development that include adventure
challenge courses, team building events, and workshops to a wide range of our community. The Youth
Lead! Teen Leadership Initiative is where PLI trains and engages youth to play a leadership role in our
programs. The PLI seeks to have our leaders reflect the people and groups we serve. The Youth Lead!
program offers practical experience, positive civic engagement, and cultivates leadership and personal
growth. We give these youth the training, experience and responsibility to be leaders in our programs
and their lives.

Institute Awards
McAdams, D. and Roberts, N.S. (2011). Assemblywoman Ma honors pacific leadership institute for
service. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco State University.
Assemblywoman Fiona Ma visited SF State on August 31, 2012 to present a resolution to the Pacific
Leadership Institute (PLI) from the California State Assembly. The resolution recognized the
Institute’s 30th anniversary and the positive impact it has made in the Bay Area community.
McAdams, D. (2009). The Mott Award for innovation awarded to the Outdoor Youth Connection.
Sacramento, CA.
The California State Parks Director, Ruth Coleman, announced the 2009 Director’s Recognition
Awards. The awards go to those programs and partnerships who distinguished themselves for their
extraordinary achievements.
McAdams, D. (2007). The Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council Youth Investment
Grantee Appreciation Award. San Francisco, CA.

Institute Scholarship
Ben-Eliezer, H. (2002). How team-building trainings can be used effectively in organizations (Master’s
thesis). San Francisco, CA: San Francisco State University.
Holland, E. (2002). Factors which affect retention in volunteer-based adventure programs (Master’s
thesis). San Francisco, CA: San Francisco State University.
Luvas, E. (2009). Resiliency and youth-at-risk (Master’s thesis). Chico, CA: Chico State University.
Wilson, J.D. (2011). Pacific leadership institute: Improving leaders and strengthening groups. San
Francisco, CA: General Technical Report, San Francisco State University.
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