Presenting Hotelie Hall of Fame Story - Evan Frazier '92
An excerpt from Evan's story...
Evan Frazier is the president and CEO of The Advanced Leadership Institute, an organization aimed at cultivating Black executive leadership to strengthen companies, institutions, and communities. In this new role as of March 2021, Frazier guides the mission of The Advanced Leadership Institute to educate, develop, connect, and position Black leaders for executive advancement.
It was Frazier’s early vision that led to the formation of The Advanced Leadership Initiative in 2017 that focused on building the pipeline of talented African American leaders in Pittsburgh. Under Frazier’s leadership as founding director, the initiative partnered with Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business to develop a signature program, the Executive Leadership Academy. Since 2019, this world-class executive development program provides the tools, exposure, and training necessary to prepare Black leaders to contribute to their organizations — and the community – at the highest levels.
Building on early success of TALI in the Greater Pittsburgh Region, Frazier led the strategic expansion of the organization from Initiative to Institute by extending the portfolio of executive development programs to impact a larger pool of Black leaders locally and nationally.