Endorsements
  • "By encouraging leadership and educating teenagers about the vast world of opportunities before them, the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) program is making a very important contribution to our nation's future."

 

Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State

  • "Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) - and its countless volunteers - have developed a way to educate America's next generation in the art and purposes of leading a free people; and that is an enduring and significant achievement."

 

President George H.W. Bush

  • "The continued vitality of American business, our communities and our nation is highly dependent upon the knowledge and capabilities of our young people. Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) nurtures today's young people into tomorrow's leaders."

 

Al Gore, Former U.S. Vice President

  • "You know, we business people like to say we're driven by the bottom line. The real bottom line is the future, and we owe it to our youth to prepare them for that. Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) does just that. By promoting leadership, HOBY is building a corp of young people who will be prepared to meet the challenges facing future generations."

 

Ted Turner, Businessman and Philanthropist

 

  • “One of the best things that Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) does is it labels every student who attends the conference a leader, whether they’ve ever considered themselves one before or not. Second thing it does is it allows sophomores, possibly for the first time in their lives, a chance to leave behind everyone’s ideas of who they are. For that weekend… they’re completely free to come up with their own definition of self…”

 

                  Actor James Van Der Beek, 1993 HOBY Alumnus

  • "Attending the Hugh O'Brian Leadership (HOBY) seminar in 1971 was a genuine turning point in my life. It was my first time to fly on an airplane, travel outside of the state, and meet people from around the nation and world. I forged friendships that have continued for years, and the impact of HOBY is a large part of why I was Governor of my state."

 

Mike Huckabee, Republican Presidential Candidate and former Governor, State of Arkansas, and 1971 HOBY Alumnus