Leah Fulton
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Combined Graph record U-07516 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6330.
Leah Fulton is Vice President of Programs at Chicago Scholars, the foundation that selects, trains and mentors academically ambitious students from under-resourced Chicago communities through college completion and into civic leadership; announced on July 22, 2025 after a nationwide search, she oversees its college-access and college-success programming. She holds a PhD in Higher Education from the University of Minnesota, brings sixteen years in higher-education leadership, and previously served as Vice President for Student Life at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights. She was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.
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Leah Fulton is Vice President of Programs at Chicago Scholars, the foundation that selects, trains and mentors academically ambitious students from under-resourced Chicago communities through college completion and into civic leadership; announced on July 22, 2025 after a nationwide search, she oversees its college-access and college-success programming.
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Organization edge: Chicago Scholars Foundation is not homed; an affiliated_with edge is BLOCKED until homed. Photo HELD: no Commons/LOC file located 2026-10-21.
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- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Vice President of Programs, Chicago Scholars Foundation.
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- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Leah Fulton as Vice President of Programs, Chicago Scholars Foundation, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
- Chicago Scholars, official site (accessed 2026-10-21): announcement of Leah Fulton as Vice President of Programs (July 22, 2025), overseeing college access and success programming, with her University of Minnesota PhD, sixteen years in higher-education leadership, and prior Vice President for Student Life role at Trinity Christian College; About page states the foundation's mission. (primary source · build store)
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