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Primed to Lead: Lawrence Soler

Sometimes good ideas come out of the mouths of babes—and Lawrence Soler pays attention. One example: In 1999, Soler, then just a few years into his job in legislative affairs for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, had heard about a group of activist parents meeting to consider ways to raise the issue of the chronic disease with lawmakers in Washington. In the midst of all the grown-up talk, one eight-year-old boy piped up with the answer—have the kids say what it’s like to live with diabetes.“From the kid’s thought, I sat down and started to sketch it out,” Soler said. He then created one of the nonprofit’s most successful advocacy campaigns,… Read More