The 2025 cohort represents the tenth annual President’s Leadership Institute. As an exciting opportunity for emerging, high-potential, and high-performing members of the faculty and staff of Clemson University the President’s Leadership Institute (PLI) is a nine-month leadership development program designed to support and develop professional and personal leadership within a diverse and inclusive community.
The department’s own principal lecturer Dr. Alison Starr-Moss was nominated and selected to be a part of this years cohort. After earning her B.S. in Animal and Veterinary Sciences from Clemson in 2003, she received her Ph.D. in Genetics from Texas A&M University in 2007. Returning to Clemson in 2008, Starr-Moss focused her research on canine genetics and genomics.
She currently serves as the director of advising and instructional programs and M.S. program coordinator, where she is dedicated to undergraduate and graduate student development through degree planning and professional growth. Starr-Moss is recognized for her excellence in advising and teaching, having received the 2013 Frank A. Burtner Award for Excellence in Advising and the 2020 Dr. Ted G. Westmoreland Award for Faculty Excellence and most recently, the Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer Award.
The institute enables participants to build individual effectiveness, understand the power of critical thinking and communication, learn directly from President Jim Clements and embrace their own ability to lead within the Clemson community. Each cohort consists of 25 faculty and staff nominated by University leadership.
