Meet five students who’ve honed their personal leadership styles by heading up student clubs at Leeds. Their stories are different, but their approaches share a common thread: Next-gen leaders will seek to understand rather than command.

Trisha Tyagi smiles at the camera while posing on campus.

Trisha Tyagi (Fin, InfoMgmt’25)
Former President, Leeds Student Government

It’s rare for a junior to lead a club—and even more so when that club is Leeds Student Government (LSG), which serves more than 3,600 undergraduate students.

Trisha Tyagi, however, never considered her age a hindrance for leadership.

The opportunity came suddenly, but she felt plenty prepared, having previously served as LSG’s director of finance. Since taking the new role, she’s created immediate impact through different initiatives she’s helped lead while building professional development skills that complement what she’s learning in class.

As you might expect, Tyagi was at first scared to take on the role—she had a fear of failure and making mistakes—but as she realized the strength of the support system around her, she came to understand that you have to persist through the scary moments to enjoy the beautiful ones. That’s the perspective she plans to take into her future.

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