1996 - Following her dream, Dennie designs and implements a pilot series of prevention workshops at Brighton (MA) High School. In short time, "Leaders of Tomorrow" (known informally as "Leaders") has expanded its service area to include Jackson Mann Elementary School in neighboring Allston.

1997 - A training program for select Boston University School of Social Work interns is initiated offering social work placements in both the elementary and the high schools.

2000 - Responding to growing support and enthusiasm for the program and its services, Leaders incorporates in April as the nonprofit organization "Leaders of Tomorrow, Inc."

2000 - In July, Thanks to the supportive investigation by Jackson Mann principal Joanne Collins Russell, Ed. D., Leaders moves into permanent office space in Allston.

2001 - The organization's then-four-member Board of Directors holds its first annual meeting in January. The organization receives its tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status the following August.

2002 - Leaders expands the number and diversity of its Board of Directors and establishes several working committees to strengthen the organizational infrastructure and allow it to meet the ever-changing needs of its schools.

Today - With its eye firmly set on the horizon for other opportunities to meet the evolving needs of the communities it serves, Leaders continually works to craft the best model of school based support services that can be offered by outside agencies and replicated nationwide.