Two metro Atlanta professionals have been accepted into a national leadership development program that includes talks from speakers such as former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

Dana Bolden, Coca-Cola public affairs and communications group director and Tracey Henry, of Powder Springs, an assistant professor and assistant health director at Emory University School of Medicine were both chosen to participate in the third annual Presidential Leadership Scholars program.

The program begins Feb. 7th in Washington, D.C. and runs through July.

Sixty scholars were selected based on their "leadership growth potential" and the strength of their personal leadership projects aimed at improving society by addressing a problem or need in a community, profession, or organization, according to a Monday press release from the Clinton Foundation.

The initiative uses resources from the presidential centers of  Bill ClintonGeorge W. BushGeorge H. W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Chick-fil-A Foundation Executive Director Rodney Bullard of Atlanta was a member of the 2016 class.