The Porter-Billups Leadership Academy
has been cultivating character development through an extensive academic curriculum
and exposes young leaders to career opportunities in their pursuit of individual success since 1996.
The Academy began in 1996 when Lonnie Porter and his daughter Staci Porter-Bentley cofounded the Lonnie Porter Leadership Academy. In 2006, Chauncey Billups partnered with coach Porter, and the program was renamed The Porter-Billups Leadership Academy.
99.9% Graduated
99% of Academy students graduated high school since the first class in 2002.
87% Went to College
87% of PBLA Academy students have gone on to college.
271
Alumni
There have been 271 PBLA Academy alumni since 1996.
FOUNDER EMERITUS
Lonnie Porter
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CHAUNCEY Billups
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ricardo Patton
HOW IT WORKS
Students enroll in a three-week summer program during third grade, and continue to attend the academy the summer prior to their senior year in high school. Upon completion of the program, graduates who qualify for admission to Regis University are eligible to receive a scholarship to Regis that covers tuition and fees.
FUNDING
The Academy is supported by generous donors and Regis University. Since 2002, PBLA has received $5.2 million in grants and scholarships for PBLA to attend Regis University. It costs around $2000 to send one student to the Academy for a year, and to the students we serve, the cost is $0 for the duration.
HOW TO HELP
Get involved! Help the Porter-Billups Leadership Academy provide academic and leadership training to students from underserved communities in the Denver area. We couldn’t achieve our goal of helping these students graduate high school and attend college without the generous support of people like you.
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