About
Our Mission
To create a bridge of opportunity between employers and first-generation college goers of color to increase knowledge workforce diversity at all levels
Our Vision
A world in which a college degree provides equitable access to a choice-filled life.
Who We Are


Sonia Atsegbua
Director of Employer Partnerships


Teresa Baez
Program & Operations Associate


Mohamed Barry
Career Success Manager


Claudia Esteva
Career Success Manager


Amber Field
Chief Program Officer


Maura FitzGerald
Director of Program Design


Erin Haywood
Director of Fellowship


Alyssa Hurtado
Career Readiness Facilitator


Jesus Lara
Operations Manager


Andrew Lindsay
Manager of Strategic Initiatives


Gary Marin
Data Analyst


Ben Maskell
Director of Data Strategy


Paola Muñoz
Career Success Manager


Omar Naimi
Product Manager, Content


Maggie Raible
Co-Founder, Head of Impact & Innovation


Sheila Saremzadeh
CEO, Founder


Alistair Scott
Senior Manager of Alumni Success


Nikki Thompson
Chief Operating Officer


Diego Zeceña
Career Readiness Facilitator
Board


Jamie Davidson
Education Consultant


Bob Giannino
President & Chief Executive Officer, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley


Degan Leopold
Diversity and Inclusion Recruiting Team Leader, Bloomberg LP


Johanna Meadows
Director, Centerbridge Foundation


Alejandro Perez
Chief Administrative Officer, BNY Mellon


Carrie Previtera
Partner, New Profit


Abe Taleb
Founding Partner, Equitable Hiring Group


Michelle R. Weise, PhD
Vice Chancellor of Strategy and Innovation, National University System
Advisory Board


Hilary Darilek
CEO E.L. Haynes Public Charter School

Frances McLaughlin
President - Education Pioneers

Michelle Molitor
CEO - FREE

Carmita Semaan
Founder - Surge Institute

David Wick
Chief External Affairs Officer - KIPP
Awards




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