Will Davis, MAES National President (center) and Gil

Will Davis, MAES National President (center) and Gil Saez, National VP of Programs and Events (right), stand for appreciation toward all MAES leadership during the 2014 MAES Leadership Academy Closing and Awards Banquet at the El Paso Club, in El Paso, Texas, Feb. 8, 2014. Marines engaged community leaders throughout the week while they embedded key leadership traits during workshops and exercises with students. Special guests included El Paso natives, Major General Juan G. Ayala, Commanding General Marine Corps Installations Command, Headquarter in Washington, D.C., and Lt. Colonel Raphael Hernandez, Chief Marketing Officer with the Marine Corps Recruiting Command.