Congratulations to Laura Richardson and Jennifer Thistle, who were recently accepted as scholars on the Penn State AAC Leadership Project, a new federally funded doctoral level training grant in AAC (U.S. Department of Education grant #H325D110008). Laura is a second-year doctoral candidate who is interested in AAC for individuals with complex communication needs, particularly adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Jen is a second-year doctoral candidate working in the area of optimizing the design of visual displays to help make AAC interventions even more effective. We look forward to seeing Laura and Jen as members of the next generation of leaders in AAC.