Podcasts about Posse Foundation

Join us on this episode of the Stang Stories podcast as Gustavo dos Reis sits down with Mr. Lamont Gordon '87, a proud Milton Academy alumnus and the executive director of College Visions. Reflecting on his years at Milton and beyond, Mr. Gordon shares the transformative experiences and leadership roles that shaped his path in education. From advocating for minority students to founding impactful programs at Brown University, his journey is a testament to the power of education and community. Discover how the values of confidence, diversity, and authenticity learned at Milton Academy guided him through his career and informed his work with organizations like the Posse Foundation. Mr. Gordon's story is a compelling narrative of dedication to making education accessible and equitable for all students. Gain insights into how Milton prepared him for success and the crucial mission he continues to pursue in the nonprofit sector.

The latest episode is with Jenny Rickard, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Common App, a not-for-profit membership organization committed to the pursuit of access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. Each year, more than one million students, one-third of whom are first-generation, apply to college through Common App's online application. Ms. Rickard was a pleasure to interview, it was fun conversation with lots of great details about her personal journey coupled with great insights and advice for our listeners. Ms. Rickard has shown a strong commitment to college access as evidenced by her accomplishments as the chief enrollment officer at both the University of Puget Sound and Bryn Mawr and in admission roles at Swarthmore and New York University School of Law. Her extensive service within the national higher education community includes a wide range of roles with the College Board, Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools (ACCIS), US Department of Education, and The Common Application Board of Directors — serving as Board President from 2007 to 2008. Within the corporate field, Ms. Rickard was a vice president responsible for higher education product strategy at PeopleSoft. She was also a consultant for the higher education software company Datatel and started her career on Wall Street at J.P. Morgan & Co. Since she joined Common App in August of 2016, the organization has developed a long-term strategic plan and roadmap and has expanded its access initiatives, including the acquisition of Reach Higher, the college access and success campaign founded by former First Lady Michelle Obama during her time in the White House, and the development of a new application system for transfer and adult students. Ms. Rickard serves on the board of directors for the Posse Foundation and College Possible. She is an advisory board member for the National Education Equity Lab and Liaison GradCAS, a centralized application for graduation admission, and she currently sits on the American Council on Education's Washington Higher Education Secretariat. She received a doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania; a Master of Business Administration degree from New York University, Stern School of Business; and a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Swarthmore College. This interview was extra special for Eli and Jordana due to the common connection of Swarthmore College. It was an fun interview for them, especially connecting on all things Swarthmore. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

This week in the guest chair we have Kareem Edwards, one of the very first men to grace the Side Hustle Pro guest chair! Hailing from Far Rockaway, Queens, Kareem got his start in major corporate roles at Lehman Brothers, Kraft Heinz, and Google—all while dreaming of owning a business. Kareem decided to pursue franchising and balanced a 9-to-5 at Google while working nights at a Chick-fil-A to master the day-to-day operations.In this episode she shares:The importance of community impact, creating an empowering work culture, and leading with empathyKey lessons on staffing, building trust, and innovating with different revenue channelsThe art of balancing grit and grace when trying to grow your businessHighlights include: 00:00 Intro03:00 Early career in finance09:00 Discovering Chik-Fil-a franchising 17:00 Choosing the right location25:00 Opening during a pandemic34:00 Staffing strategies43:00 Leaving a steady paycheck46:00 Expanding sales methods52:00 Tips for entrepreneursCheck out episode 451 of Side Hustle Pro podcast out now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTubeThis episode is brought to you by: Skillshare: Take Nicaila's class and explore thousands more hands-on classes taught by creative experts from around the world. Get one month free at sidehustlepro.co/skillshare.Links mentioned in this episodeKareem's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kareemjedwards/ Kareem's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kareemedwards Posse Foundation: https://www.possefoundation.org/ Chick-fil-a Franchising: https://www.chick-fil-a.com/franchising Chat GPT: https://chat.openai.com/ Uncle Nearest: https://unclenearest.com/ Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rssAnnouncementsJoin our Facebook CommunityIf you're looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can your identity become one of your greatest leadership strengths?   In this episode of Women of Color Rise, I speak with Shirley Collado, President and CEO of College Track. Previously, Shirley served as president of Ithaca College, executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer at Rutgers University-Newark, and executive vice president of The Posse Foundation.   Shirley and I discuss how women of color can embrace their identity as a superpower and lead authentically in spaces that may not always expect them to.  Define Your Narrative Shirley drew strength from her upbringing as a first-generation college graduate and daughter of Dominican immigrants to define herself as smart, capable, caring, and worthy of leadership. Show Up in Fullness As a Dominican-American woman leading in higher education, Shirley defied expectations. She reminds us to embrace our identity fully, even in spaces where others may not expect it, and to use our voice to challenge stereotypes. Model Possibility for Others Representation matters. Shirley's trailblazing career as the first Dominican-American president of a U.S. four-year college shows younger generations that leadership can come in diverse forms. Embrace the Strength in Differences Shirley highlights the unique strengths that come from being different, such as adaptability, resilience, and problem-solving, which first-gen students often possess.. Turn Perceived Deficits into Strengths What makes you different is what makes you strong. Shirley encourages reframing perceived disadvantages, like navigating multiple worlds, into assets that make you a more effective and resilient leader.   Thank you, Shirley, for sharing your incredible story with us and showing how embracing your full identity can empower you and others to thrive.   #WomenLeaders #WomenOfColorRise #IdentityLeadership #CollegeTrack   Get full show notes and more information here: https://analizawolf.com/ep-91-see-your-identity-as-a-superpower-with-shirley-collado-president-and-ceo-of-college-track

Before cloud economics entered his life, Corey's first true love was a good book. On this episode of Screaming in the Cloud, he's joined by Laura Brief, the CEO of nonprofit 826 National. The organization is the largest youth writing network in the country, something that's near and dear to our hearts at The Duckbill Group. Corey and Laura talk about why having a deep appreciation for reading and writing is vital no matter what career path you take. From offering a creative escape for kids to moonlighting as a “pirate supply company,” 826 National helps children realize that there's an author inside all of us. So check out this great conversation, and be sure to buy one of our shirts while you're at it!Show Highlights(0:00) Introduction(1:02) Gitpod sponsor read(2:14) The Duckbill Group's history working with 826 National(3:01) What is 826 National?(4:43) Corey's love of reading, writing, and how it correlates with 826 National's mission(10:11) The rise of ChatGPT and its impact on reading and writing(13:49) Why GenAI fails to capture the feeling of writing(22:30) Why writing education is important(24:54) The benefits of reading and writing for kids(31:39) 826 Valencia: the Pirate Supply Company(35:24) Buy a shirt benefiting 826 National!(37:15) Where you can find more from Laura Brief and 826 NationalAbout Laura BriefLaura Brief is the CEO of 826 National. Prior to joining the nonprofit, Laura held leadership positions at high achieving youth organizations including Build, First Graduate, Juma Ventures, and The Posse Foundation, where she developed the organization's first national career, corporate engagement, and alumni programs. She holds a Master's in Education and a Master's in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University, and is the Chair of the Board of Directors at Youth Speaks.Links826 National: https://826national.org/Reach out to Laura: laura@826national.org Buy our charity shirt to help support 826 National: shitposting.fashionSponsorGitpod: gitpod.io 

In this episode of The D2D Podcast, JP Arlie sits down with Olympic silver medalist and world champion bobsledder, Lauren Gibbs, who shares her inspiring journey from corporate sales to competing on the world stage.Lauren talks about the power of mindset and perseverance, drawing valuable lessons from both her sales career and elite sports experience. She reflects on the challenges of managing commission-only sales teams and how those experiences prepared her for the pressure and discipline required in professional athletics.In addition, Lauren dives into her co-authored book, The Medalist Mindset, which provides readers with practical strategies to adopt a champion's mentality in business and life. The conversation also covers the high-pressure moments leading up to the Olympics, the emotional aftermath, and her surprising decision to return to bobsledding after multiple surgeries.Listeners will gain valuable insights into building resilience, staying focused on long-term goals, and maintaining high performance under pressure. Lauren's ability to balance leadership roles in corporate sales, athletics, and now as VP of Business Development at Posse Foundation, offers inspiration to anyone striving for greatness.You'll find answers to key questions such as:How can lessons from sports help improve corporate sales performance?What mindset strategies can help salespeople overcome adversity?How do Olympians mentally prepare for high-pressure competitions?What are the keys to balancing a corporate career with athletic pursuits?How can I develop a champion's mindset in both business and life?Get in touch with Lauren Gibbs:LinkedIn: Lauren Gibbs on LinkedInInstagram: @lagibs84Email: laurengibbs@possefoundation.orgThank you for listening! Don't miss out on future episodes! Subscribe to The D2D Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Follow us on Facebook and Instagram. You may also watch this podcast on YouTube!You may also follow Sam Taggart on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok for more nuggets on D2D and Sales Tips.

Managing Director, Co-Head of U.S. Private Capital, President of BlackRock–TPC Capital Corp. and Investment Committee Chairman for US Private Credit Rajneesh Vig, Managing Director, is Co-Head of BlackRock U.S. Private Capital within BlackRock's Private Debt platform and President and COO of BlackRock-TCP Capital Corp (NASDAQ: TCPC). Prior to joining BlackRock, Mr. Vig was a Managing Partner at Tennenbaum Capital Partners (TCP), where he was also Chairman of the Investment Committee and a member of the Management Committee. TCP with its more than $9 billion in committed capital was acquired by BlackRock in 2018. Prior to TCP, Mr. Vig held roles within Investment Banking, Debt Capital Markets, and the Structured Solutions Group at Deutsche Bank Securities from 1999 through 2006. He currently chairs Blackrock Private Credit's Investment Committee and serves on BlackRock's Private Debt Executive Committee. He is a member of the Credit Oversight Committee and serves on the Board of Directors of TCPC and Edmentum. He also serves on the Los Angeles Board of the Posse Foundation. Mr. Vig earned a B.A. in Economics from Connecticut College and an M.B.A from New York Universit

Watchen Nyanue is an expert talent management strategist, speaker, and facilitator who helps Fortune 500 companies keep their employees from quitting. As the Founder and CEO of I Choose the Ladder, Watchen has been a guide for companies such as Nike, McDonald's, and Best Buy as they redefine what it means to cultivate a global, inclusive, and innovative workforce. With over fifteen years of corporate experience, Watchen's work sits at the intersection of talent, culture, and strategy. Prior to founding, I Choose the Ladder, Watchen was the Senior Vice President of MarketingPartnerships for the 2021 WNBA Champions, the Chicago Sky. During the past 15 years of working in Corporate America, Watchen has had the privilege to work for many renowned companies, including Comedy Central, Hearst Digital, Yahoo!, and Johnson Publishing Company. Watchen has a proven track record of creating work environments where individual contributors and leaders alike are inspired to take action to shape the future of corporate America for all employees. Watchen has been recognized as a Chicago Scholars 35 Under 35 Honoree, a 2018 Chicago Business Journal Woman of Influence Honoree, a Biz Women 2018 Headliner, and a 2019 Black Women's Expo, Presented by BET Her, Phenomenal Woman Honoree, 2020 WVON presented by Ariel Investments 40 Gamechangers Under 40 Award, 2022 CMAC "Iconic 22" honoree. Watchen has been featured on Forbes.com, Black Enterprise, WGN, XONecole, Madame Noire, WVON, and Amsterdam News. A proud immigrant, Watchen was born in Liberia and immigrated to Chicago in 1991 after living through the Liberian civil war. She is an alumnus of the Posse Foundation and holds a Bachelor's in Communication from DePaul University and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Website: https://www.choosetheladder.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/i-choose-the-ladder/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IChoosetheLadder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ichoosetheladder/ Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/watchen/

Regina Bain, Executive Director for the Louis Armstrong Museum, shared the story behind her title with us on April 17, 2024.In the midst of the reverberations of slavery, Jim Crow laws and the great migration, Armstrong became America's first Black popular music icon. The Museum preserves his home and archives and develops programs grounded in the values of artistic excellence, education and community. This year, Ms. Bain recently opened the new 14,000 sq. foot Armstrong Center housing a multimedia exhibit curated by Jason Moran, a 75-seat performance space, and the 60,000-piece Armstrong Archives — the largest archives of any jazz musician and one of the largest of any Black musician.Previous to her appointment at LAHM, Ms. Bain served as Associate Vice President of the Posse Foundation — a national leadership and college access program. Bain's efforts helped to increase Posse's national student graduation rates for four consecutive years. Bain is currently the co-chair of Culture @3's anti-racism subcommittee and recently served on the Yale Board of Governors.SUE SAYS"I sit down with Regina Bain and talked about her upbringing in southern California, her mother who taught her the value of music and the arts, finding her voice, and what it took to step into a leadership role during a global pandemic."Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/women-to-watch-r/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What's the secret to success, when a project lasts years longer than planned? What keeps us going when our work takes more time? How does the subject matter of a project relate to the form of a project? Why should we be thinking equally about the budget for what happens after a project opens? What is the “architecture of delight”? Why do “reverberations matter”? Which is more important: patience, or pushing? (Hint: it's a trick question.) And most importantly, why should everybody visit the house of Louis and Lucille Armstrong in Queens, New York? Regina Bain (Executive Director, Louis Armstrong House Museum & Archives) and Sara Caples, (Principal and co-founder of Caples Jefferson Architects) join host Jonathan Alger (Managing Partner, C&G Partners) to discuss the new Louis Armstrong Center project that all three worked on.Along the way: why everyone should take acting classes, and what it's like being inside a cello.Chapters:1. Louis and Lucille's House2. We'll Open in Three Months3. A Golden Curve4. Serious Acting5. The Reverberations Matter6. Patience and Pushing7. Letter to Your Earlier Self8. Budget Beyond OpeningHow to Listen: Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-the-museum/id1674901311 Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/6oP4QJR7yxv7Rs7VqIpI1G Everywherehttps://makingthemuseum.transistor.fm/ Guest Bios:   Regina Bain is an artist and educator serving as the Executive Director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum. In the midst of the reverberations of slavery, Jim Crow laws and the great migration, Armstrong became America's first Black popular music icon. The Museum preserves his home and archives and develops programs grounded in the values of artistic excellence, education and community. This year, Ms. Bain recently opened the new 14,000 sq. foot Armstrong Center housing a multimedia exhibit curated by Jason Moran, a 75-seat performance space, and the 60,000-piece Armstrong Archives — the largest archives of any jazz musician and one of the largest of any Black musician. Previous to her appointment at LAHM, Ms. Bain served as Associate Vice President of the Posse Foundation — a national leadership and college access program. Bain's efforts helped to increase Posse's national student graduation rates for four consecutive years. Bain is currently the co-chair of Culture @3's anti-racism subcommittee and recently served on the Yale Board of Governors. Sara Caples AIA is Principal and co-founder of Caples Jefferson Architects PC. Sara's early experience was focused on the design and direction of large projects, especially in the public realm. Since founding the firm in 1987 with Everardo Jefferson, she has remained committed to designing cultural, educational, and community centers for neighborhoods underserved by the design professions. Sara is a frequent lecturer at schools, community, and professional organizations. She has served as a visiting professor at Syracuse, CCNY, University of Miami, and Yale. Sara and her partner Everardo are currently William B. and Charlotte Shepherd Davenport Professors at Yale School of Architecture, and Everardo and Sara worked together on the design of the Louis Armstrong project. CJA has been honored with AIANY's President's Award and awarded the AIA's New York State Firm of the Year. With work widely published from Architect Magazine and Domus to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Their most recent book is Many Voices: Architecture for Social Equity. About MtM: Making the Museum is hosted (podcast) and written (newsletter) by Jonathan Alger. This podcast is a project of C&G Partners | Design for Culture. Learn about the firm's creative work at: https://www.cgpartnersllc.com Show Links: Louis Armstrong House Museum: https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/ Louis Armstrong (Artist) on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/19eLuQmk9aCobbVDHc6eek?si=lYvi-xRYRXyPTNj7TpzuqAImages of Louis Armstrong Center Building: https://www.capjeff.com/louis-armstrong-center-newImages of Louis Armstrong Center Exhibitions: https://www.cgpartnersllc.com/projects/new-project-the-louis-armstrong-center-2/ Regina on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reginabain/ Sara on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saracaples/ Caples Jefferson Architects: https://www.capjeff.com C&G Partners (Jonathan's Firm, Exhibition Designers): https://www.cgpartnersllc.comPotion Design (Technology Design for Interactive Table): https://www.potiondesign.com/ Art Guild (Exhibition Fabricators): https://www.artguildinc.com/ MtM Show Contact: https://www.makingthemuseum.com/contact https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanalger alger@cgpartnersllc.com https://www.cgpartnersllc.com Newsletter: Like the episode? Try the newsletter. Making the Museum is also a one-minute email on exhibition planning and design for museum leaders, exhibition teams and visitor experience professionals. Subscribe here: https://www.makingthemuseum.com 

In this episode of Product Thinking, Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Artico Search, joins Melissa Perri. Together, they discuss navigating the hiring landscape for Chief Product Officers, the importance of technical expertise and commercial acumen in today's market, and what the difference is between a Head of Product and a Chief Product Officer.

In this episode I touch on how my experience with the Posse Foundation set me on a trajectory of challenging personal boundaries both in travel and beyond. It all began with a phone call just before my band concert, bearing the life-changing news: "Congratulations, you're a Posse Scholar." A truly transformative journey that extended far beyond the concert stage that set in motion my ability to push my own limits of exploration across the globe.

In this episode, we welcome Dr.  Tamara Wilds Lawson, President and CEO of the Washington Area Women's Foundation, to discuss the Foundation's new research report, “Thrive as They Lead: Advancing the Infrastructure to Support Black Women Leaders in the D.C. Metro Area Nonprofit Sector.” The report explores and addresses 10 critical issues faced by Black women and Black gender-expansive nonprofit leaders in the Washington D.C. Metro area, and outlines a path to establish the necessary infrastructure to help them thrive. While the report was a regional initiative, the data it produced is consistent with the same challenges we see with Black women nonprofit leaders that we work with all over the country. In this insightful discussion, Dr. Wilds Lawson shares more in depth insights about the report results, recommended infrastructure components to meet the needs of Black women nonprofit leaders, and shares her vision for what organizations must do to create more equitable workplaces where Black women can thrive.   About Tamara Tamara is the president and CEO of Washington Area Women's Foundation, where she leverages her extensive expertise and influential leadership to actively advance The Women's Foundation's mission of fostering economic security for women and girls of color throughout the Washington metropolitan region. Prior to her appointment, she served as the Movement, Issue, and Charitable Organizations (MICO) Director at ActBlue—an organization that raises funding and awareness for progressive political causes and campaigns—and led a 20-person team that supports nonprofits raising funds on the platform and develops strategic partnerships with nonprofits.  Previously, she spent over a decade in nonprofit leadership as Chief Community Impact & Inclusion Officer for Washington Nationals Philanthropies and Director of the Posse Foundation's Washington, DC office. In addition to her diverse professional portfolio in higher education, Tamara gained national political organizing experience as Director of African American Outreach for the Democratic National Committee during the 2000 election cycle. Currently, she serves on the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) Executive Committee and the Board of Directors for the Academy of Hope Public Charter School, which serves adult women. Tamara received her B.A. from Occidental College and Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park. In 2019, she was selected as a Washington Business Journal 2019 Women Who Mean Business Honoree and is a member of Leadership Greater Washington. A proud Washingtonian, Tamara lives in Southeast Washington, D.C., with her family.   Connect with Tamara Website: https://thewomensfoundation.org/ Linkedin Resources: Thrive as They Lead Report Event: Join us for the Black Woman Leading LIVE! Conference +Retreat, May 13-16, 2024 in Virginia Beach! Learn more at bwlretreat.com Credits: Learn more about our consulting work with organizations at https://knightsconsultinggroup.com/ Email Laura: laura@knightsconsultinggroup.com Connect with Laura on LinkedIn Follow BWL on LinkedIn Instagram: @blackwomanleading Facebook: @blackwomanleading Podcast Music & Production: Marshall Knights  Graphics: Te'a Campbell Listen and follow the podcast on all major platforms: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher iHeartRadio Audible Podbay

Welcome to Season Seven of the Charity Matters podcast! We are SO excited for all of the amazing conversations we have scheduled for you this season. In this episode, we will introduce to you the amazing Debbie Bial, who for the past thirty plus years, has been passionate in building her national organization, Posse Foundation. Her foundation places gifted young people who might be missed by elite schools in supportive multicultural groups of ten students or posses. These students are mentored, prepared and positioned for success; After listening to Debbie's passion, you will understand why.

New Year Greetings Glocal Citizens! Thank you to all that land here with us weekly to #listenandlearn about #DynamicDiasporans living, working and playing worldwide. I look forward to a new year of conversations that will include taking deeper dives into the whys and ways of reimagining global impact economics alongside continuing to travel far and wide with our guests. Stay tuned! This week, I'm joined by Monroe France the inaugural Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence Tufts University (https://www.tufts.edu) and a professor of practice at the Jonathan Tisch College of Civic Life. Previously, Monroe served as the Senior Associate Vice President for Global Engagement and Inclusive Leadership in the Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation at New York University (NYU). Monroe's career at NYU spanned nearly 20 years and he has 25 years of progressive experience in higher education, non-profits, corporate sectors, arts and creative industries, as well as social responsibility, humanitarian, and philanthropy initiatives as an educator, professor, professional trainer, consultant, strategist, and keynote presenter. Monroe has provided DEI, leadership and strategic consulting for executive managers across the globe at organizations such as the American Eagle Outfitter (AEO) and Unilever Global, the executive team for American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, and the management team at the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) in Washington DC. He works regularly with UN Women and has served as a consultant to a number of United Nations affiliates globally. Monroe has written articles and given lectures across the globe on the future of higher education and work. When he was at NYU, he founded and was the primary principal for the Global Inclusive Leadership and Management Institute and NYU's Environmental and Justice Institute. Monroe's background spans higher education, non-profits, corporate sectors, arts and creative industries, as well as social responsibility, humanitarian, and philanthropy initiatives. Monroe currently serves on the board for Global Black Pride and the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy where he serves as lead strategist for DEI. Monroe is a member of Future Talent Council where he serves on their DEI Task Force, Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding, and Future Skills think tanks. Monroe is also a professor at NYU Abu Dhabi J-term and a visiting thought leader for Woxsen University in India. He was most recently a visiting scholar for the University of Southern Maine's school of business. Often described as a change maker, innovator, global thought leader, strategist, visionary, and a life-long learner I think you'll agree once you have a listen. Where to find Monroe? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/monroefrance/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/monroenyc/) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/monroef/) What's Monroe watching? HGTV (https://www.hgtv.com/shows) Investigation Discovery TV (https://www.investigationdiscovery.com) Other topics of interest: NYU Accra Labone Dialogues (https://www.nyu.edu/accra/about-us/labone-dialogues-and-events-.html) University of Free State, South Africa (https://www.ufs.ac.za/about-the-ufs) About the 2003 Northeast Blackout (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003) About Occupy Wall Street (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street) Lambda Legal (https://lambdalegal.org) Posse Foundation (https://www.possefoundation.org)

Alexis Cotton, a Design Lead at Meta, discusses her journey into design and her experience as a neurodivergent designer. She shares her passion for storytelling and finding her voice as a designer. Alexis also talks about the challenges of making friends during the pandemic and the importance of work-life balance.Key Takeaways:Learn how to rediscover hobbies, find new interests, and embrace change post-pandemicDiscover strategies for connecting with others and transform your home into a comfortable and uniquely creative space that perfectly reflects your styleCreate impactful designs using the power of communication and storytellingLeverage your distinctive point of view to accomplish outstanding outcomes in your professionUse Alexis' tip to effectively manage remote work and maintain a work-life balanceQuotes:"We should talk about how hard it is to make friends during the pandemic and be more upfront with people that we are close to and ask them to set us up." - Alexis Cotton"Your design work is only as great as the way that you can articulate it." - Alexis Cotton"With these decisions to go back to the office, be hybrid or remote, you should really think about where you do your best work." - Alexis CottonTimestamps:(00:24) Introduction to the episode and guest, Alexis Cotton(01:08) Icebreaker: Rediscovering hobbies post-pandemic (02:52) Icebreaker: The place that best symbolizes her personality(05:42) Icebreaker: The challenges of making new friends(08:13) Her journey into design and the impact of the Posse Foundation on her career(11:51) Her transition from fine arts to product design(14:01) Her role as a Product Design Architect at Meta(18:04) Neurodivergence and its impact on work(20:52) The importance of storytelling and finding your voice(28:07) Her advice on work-life balance and finding what works best for you(28:48) How to reach Alexis CottonAbout The Guest:Meet Alexis Cotton, a Design Lead at Meta with a fine arts and graphic design background. She has honed her skills at renowned companies like Gigster and Intuit. Alexis is passionate about storytelling and constantly strives to find her unique voice as a designer. Additionally, she is neurodivergent, which gives her a distinct perspective and helps her excel in her work.Connect with Alexis Cotton:LinkedInReferenced Links:Learn more about Posse here. Rent your furniture here. What's Next:Please leave us a rating and a review on Apple Podcast.Support Technically Speaking by being a Patron. Visit the website here. Connect With Me:InstagramLinkedIn

Greetings & welcome back to the rose bros podcast.This episode we are joined by Dan Pickering - CIO & Founder of Pickering Energy Partners  - a energy focused financial services firm headquartered in Houston, USA with ~$16 billion invested in all energy sub-sectors.Broadly speaking, Pickering Energy Partners consists of four divisions including capital investments, investment research, energy consulting & investment banking/advisory.Prior to Pickering Energy Partners, Dan served as the President of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., and Chief Investment Officer of TPH Asset Management. He has spent 29 years as an Energy Portfolio Manager, Researcher, and Analyst, first at Fidelity Investments (where he managed ~$1 billion of energy sector funds), then as Head of Research at Simmons & Company.He currently serves as the Portfolio Manager of PEP's energy equities strategy, is on the Investment Committee of PEP's energy co-investment and private equity strategies and serves in various business development and oversight roles across the firm. Dan is the Board Chair of Merge Electric Fleet Solutions and also serves on the Advisory Boards for the Houston CFA Society, Capital Creek Advisors, Dynamo Energy Hub, Midway Companies, as well as the Posse Foundation, the Board of Trustees for Texas Children's Hospital and the Texas Children's Hospital Foundation. He holds a BS in Petroleum Engineering from the Missouri School of Science and Technology and an MBA from the University of Chicago.Among other things, we sat down and discussed compounding investments at 20%, the value of trust in business & what makes a good energy investment.Enjoy.This podcast episode is sponsored by Connate Water Solutions.Do you need cost effective water sourcing options to supply your next drilling or completions program?Connate Water Solutions is a specialized hydrogeology company focused on water well drilling, testing and water management services in Western Canada and Texas.Contact info@connatewater.com or www.connatewater.com for more details.This podcast is sponsored by Headracingcanada.comLooking for high performance ski gear this winter? In partnership with 4x-Olympian Manny-Osborne Paradis, Headracingcanada.com is offering the lowest prices possible through its online storefront, by passing brick and mortar savings to customers. Check out  Headracingcanada.com for more info on high performance gear for the upcoming ski season.      Support the show

In this episode, we sit down with Shani Dowell, the founder of Possip, a groundbreaking platform that bridges the gap between parents and schools to enhance student outcomes. Dowell takes us on her inspiring journey, from her background in consulting to her passion for education and the founding of Possip in 2016.   Join us as Dowell discusses the challenges faced in improving student outcomes and explores the vital role parents and teachers play in achieving this goal. We delve into the future of education and the profound impact technology has on the industry. Dowell also shares insights on fundraising and emphasizes the significance of finding the right investors for long-term success.   Discover how Possip empowers parents by providing a platform for valuable feedback to schools. With its inclusive approach, more than half of the feedback received is in languages other than English, ensuring accessibility for non-English speaking parents. Through open-ended sentiment questions, parents can express praise, seek answers to questions, or voice concerns. The technology organizes this qualitative data into subcategories, offering quantitative insights without sacrificing the richness of feedback. The collected data facilitates decision-making at the district level, and schools receive tailored recommendations based on the feedback.   If your company is looking to scale its AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com). We are experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development. Founder Bio: Shani Dowell is a visionary entrepreneur and leader in technology and education. As the founder of Possip, her work helps revolutionize how schools and districts engage with their families, students and staff. A former middle school Math teacher, Shani started her career as a consultant at Bain & Co. and helped launch the Boston office of the Posse Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works to increase student retention and engagement on college campuses. Shani has also worked for education organizations across the country - seeking to create the strongest school possible for students, families, staff, and the broader community. Shani earned her BA at Howard University in Washington, DC, and her MBA at Stanford University.   Time Stamps: 03:08 Introduction to Shani Dowell's background 07:34 Paint point that led to the idea for Possip 09:21 The challenges of improving student outcomes 12:41 The role of technology in education 14:59 Use of text prompts and web links for parent engagement 16:56 Importance of building something you understand 19:56 Finding the right tech developer 21:16 Leveraging strengths in tech 24:08 Getting customers and understanding the education market 25:58 Finding the right price point for Possip 27:59 Business model and pricing 32:52 Fundraising journey and the importance of finding the right investors 35:40 Best fit investors for Possip 37:57 What's coming next for Possip 39:56 How to get in contact with the Possip team Resources: Company website: https://possip.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/possipit Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/possipit/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PossipIt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/possip/  

GDP Script/ Top Stories for Sunday May 21st  Publish Date: May 19th Friday  From the Henssler Financial Studio Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast  Today is Friday May 17th , and happy 70th birthday to Mr. T  ***Mr. T cut****    I'm Bruce Jenkins and here are your top stories presented by Mall of Georgia Chrysler Dodge Jeep  Lawrenceville police looking for suspect in shooting at Five Forks Trickum Road and Old Snellville Highway  State DOT Board green lights improvements for Georgia 316  Lawrenceville police looking for suspect in shooting at Five Forks Trickum Road and Old Snellville Highway    We'll have all this and more on the Gwinnett Daily Post podcast.    Commercial :  M.O.G.           Story 1. shooting    Lawrenceville police are seeking the public's help in an ongoing investigation regarding the shooting of a 54-year-old man. The incident occurred last week while the victim was commuting home from work. Riding a moped near the intersection of Five Forks Trickum Road and Old Snellville Highway around 11:30 p.m. on May 12, he was shot multiple times. The identity of the shooter remains unknown. Upon arrival, authorities found the victim lying on the road and promptly transported him to a local hospital. As of Wednesday, he remains in critical condition. If anyone witnessed the shooting or possesses information about the incident, they are urged to contact Lawrenceville Police Detective J. Woods at 770-670-5122 or email JWoods@LawrencevillePd.com. Alternatively, they can reach out to Crime Stoppers of Greater Atlanta at 404-577-8477 or visit www.StopCrimeATL.com, with the option to remain anonymous.    STORY 2:  316    The State Transportation Board has given approval for a series of improvements on Georgia 316 between Lawrenceville and Athens to address traffic congestion and enhance safety. The first phase, estimated at $100 million, involves constructing grade-separated interchanges at the intersections of Georgia 316 with Bethlehem and Barber Creek roads in Barrow County. The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to issue a request for proposals in July, with the winning contractor announced in December. Construction is expected to begin in the fall of the following year. Two additional project bundles are planned for Oconee County and Barrow County, including grade-separated intersections and overpasses. The DOT will manage the projects while the State Road and Tollway Authority will handle funding. These improvements aim to alleviate bumper-to-bumper traffic and enhance travel experiences along the corridor.      Story 3: Police    Lawrenceville police are seeking your help in a critical case. Last week, a 54-year-old man was shot multiple times while heading home from work. According to Police Capt. Salvador Ortega, the incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. on May 12 in the area of Five Forks Trickum Road and Old Snellville Highway. Sadly, the identity of the shooter remains unknown. The victim was found lying in the roadway and was immediately taken to a local hospital. As of Wednesday, he remains in critical condition. We need your assistance. If you witnessed the shooting or have any information related to the incident, please reach out to Lawrenceville Police Detective J. Woods at 770-670-5122 or email JWoods@LawrencevillePd.com. Follow this case at gwinnettdailypost.com…….. we're back in a moment    Commercial  Peggy Slappey  Commercial  Tom Wages - then Obits    STORY 4: Gwinnett Schools    In In a recent decision, the Gwinnett County Board of Education has adopted a new health curriculum, separate from the proposed sex education curriculum that has stirred controversy for months. Despite initial plans to use one provider for both curriculums, the board's choice means there will now be a split between the district's health and sex education programs. HealthSmart will be utilized for the health curriculum, while Choosing the Best will remain the sex education curriculum, at least for now. During the discussion, there was some confusion among board members regarding the timeline and the possibility of having no sex education curriculum for a year. However, district staff confirmed that Choosing the Best, which has been in place for over 20 years, will continue to be in place. The controversy surrounding the proposed sex education curriculum, also provided by HealthSmart, has focused on concerns about promoting abstinence, addressing gender identity, and textbook images. Some board members expressed their preference for using the latest version of Choosing the Best, citing positive outcomes such as lower rates of sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy in the county. Others are eager to begin the review process for a new sex education curriculum. Stay updated on this story at gwinnettdailypost.com    Story 5: Scholarships     Great news for nine high school seniors from Gwinnett County Public Schools! They have been awarded four-year, full-tuition scholarships by the Posse Foundation. The Posse Foundation, established in 1989, identifies exceptional public high school students who possess remarkable academic and leadership potential. These students may often be overlooked by traditional college selection processes. Posse offers them the opportunity to excel personally and academically by placing them in diverse teams called "Posses," consisting of 10 students. Partner colleges and universities collaborate with Posse to provide these scholars with four-year, full-tuition leadership scholarships. These scholars graduate at an impressive rate of 90% and make a significant impact both on campus and throughout their professional careers. Posse recruits students through its traditional program in various cities across the United States, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, and New York, among others. They also have a Virtual Program that reaches even more students in cities like Charlotte, Dallas, and Philadelphia. Posse has partnered with over 60 esteemed colleges and universities nationwide. Some of the host institutions for Posse cohorts from the Atlanta chapter include Bard College, Boston University, Brandeis University, The College of Wooster, and The George Washington University. …back after this    Commercial: City of Lawrenceville -GCPS job fair    Story 6: DUI    Gwinnett County police will launch Operation Whiskey Charlie, a traffic safety effort, this weekend before Memorial Day. The operation aims to target drivers who engage in speeding, aggressive driving, driving under the influence, or other traffic offenses. With 26 deaths from traffic collisions in 2023, the police department developed this initiative to emphasize the importance of adhering to traffic laws. By protecting lives and property and enhancing the community's quality of life, Operation Whiskey Charlie involves various units like Accident Investigation, Aviation, K-9, Community Response Teams, Special Investigations, and the Situational Awareness and Crime Response Center….We'll be back in a moment    Story 7: Brown    Get ready for some intense pickleball action in Peachtree Corners as the top players in the world gather for the Acrytech Atlanta Open, presented by Vizzy. Hosted at Life Time - Peachtree Corners, this tournament is part of the Carvana PPA Tour and one of the four Majors scheduled this year. With an estimated economic impact of $2.75 million, the event attracts players and fans from across the country. Pickleball, a unique blend of tennis, badminton, and ping-pong, features paddles and courts similar to badminton, but with tennis court markings. Over 1,000 players have registered for the event, competing in various divisions including singles, doubles, mixed doubles, and age-based brackets. Don't miss the thrilling matches with top-ranked players like Ben Johns, Anna Leigh Waters, Anna Bright, Catherine Parenteau, and Tyson McGuffin. The Pro Championships will take place on Sunday, while amateur divisions will continue throughout the weekend……more in a moment    Commercial:  Ingles 8  Story 8: basketball  Mill Creek High School recognized seniors Nate Eroh and Jonathan Taylor for their commitment to college basketball programs. Eroh, a 6-foot-6 forward, signed with Columbus State University after being named to the Region 8-7A All-Defensive Team in the previous season. Taylor, a 6-1 guard, signed with Southern Wesleyan University. He achieved recognition on the All-Region 8-7A Team, averaging 15.8 points per game. Congratulations to Nate Eroh and Jonathan Taylor on their achievements and best wishes for their college basketball careers.  Henssler 60  Thanks again for listening to today's Gwinnett Daily Post podcast. Giving you important news about your community and telling great stories are what we do. Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. Add us to your Alexa Flash Briefing or your Google Home Briefing and be sure to like, follow, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Get more news about your community at GwinnettDailyPost.com  www.henslerkennesaw.com www.mallofgeorgiachryslerdodgejeep.com www.psponline.com www.wagesfuneralhome.com www.lawrencevillegga.org www.gcpsk12.org  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deborah Bial makes leaders, and she does it with a simple but revolutionary idea: give talented kids a posse, and they'll succeed. This special conversation with the president and founder of the Posse Foundation covers leadership, staying motivated, and the best and worst cinematic teachers in history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Posse Foundation was founded in 1989 by Deborah Bial who received the MacArthur "Genius" Grant for her work to recruit students from across the nation and connect them with partner colleges and universities in the United States as a leadership cohort that is about inclusiveness, support, understanding and game changers. It is one of ten organizations chosen by President Barack Obama to receive a portion of his 1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize and has expanded their program not only with the Posse Arts Program in collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Miranda Family Fund but also with a new chapter in the Bay Area. With over 10,000 alumni there is no stopping these students and it is clear with data.Posse Scholars who are nominated their junior year by Posse nominators and selected late Fall their Senior year have quite a resume like cardiologist, state assembly member, CEO, writer, city council members and so much more. The program is still growing with additional grants from Google's Global Impact Award with a 1.2 million grant for the Posse Veterans Program, Netflix's $5 million donation to organize opportunities for Black creators, Black youth, and Black-owned businesses and even developed a STEM program. The four-year Campus Program works to "ensure the retention of Posse Scholars and to increase the impact of the program on campus." How does this happen? Posse staff visit schools four times annually and there are weekly Posse Scholar mentors weekly with their group - their "Posse."The program has expanded to a Career Program that helps schoalrs and alumni to a variety professional opportunities. There are over 20 chapters located in D.C, Virginia, Phoenix, Philadelphia, New York, New Orleans, Newark, Minnesota, Miami, Memphis, Los Angels, Indiana, Houston, Denver, Dallas, Cleveland, Chicago, Charlotte, Boston, Atlanta and NOW - the Bay Area. How does this process work to obtain a full tuition scholarship with priceless amount of support throughout college and beyond! Welcome to a great opportunity to listen to Mia - yes - Mia a Posse Scholar at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.

The Posse Foundation was founded in 1989 by Deborah Bial who received the MacArthur "Genius" Grant for her work to recruit students from across the nation and connect them with partner colleges and universities in the United States as a leadership cohort that is about inclusiveness, support, understanding and game changers. It is one of ten organizations chosen by President Barack Obama to receive a portion of his 1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize and has expanded their program not only with the Posse Arts Program in collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Miranda Family Fund but also with a new chapter in the Bay Area. With over 10,000 alumni there is no stopping these students and it is clear with data.Posse Scholars who are nominated their junior year by Posse nominators and selected late Fall their Senior year have quite a resume like cardiologist, state assembly member, CEO, writer, city council members and so much more. The program is still growing with additional grants from Google's Global Impact Award with a 1.2 million grant for the Posse Veterans Program, Netflix's $5 million donation to organize opportunities for Black creators, Black youth, and Black-owned businesses and even developed a STEM program. The four-year Campus Program works to "ensure the retention of Posse Scholars and to increase the impact of the program on campus." How does this happen? Posse staff visit schools four times annually and there are weekly Posse Scholar mentors weekly with their group - their "Posse."The program has expanded to a Career Program that helps schoalrs and alumni to a variety professional opportunities. There are over 20 chapters located in D.C, Virginia, Phoenix, Philadelphia, New York, New Orleans, Newark, Minnesota, Miami, Memphis, Los Angels, Indiana, Houston, Denver, Dallas, Cleveland, Chicago, Charlotte, Boston, Atlanta and NOW - the Bay Area. How does this process work to obtain a full tuition scholarship with priceless amount of support throughout college and beyond! Welcome to a great opportunity to listen to Mia - yes - Mia a Posse Scholar at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.

The Posse Foundation might just be the premier networking organization for young adults anywhere. The Posse model works for both students and college campuses and is rooted in the belief that a small, diverse group of talented students—a Posse—carefully selected and trained, can serve as a catalyst for individual and community development. As the United States becomes an increasingly multicultural society, Posse believes that the leaders of the 21st century should reflect the country's rich demographic mix. The key to a promising future for our nation rests on the ability of strong leaders from diverse backgrounds to develop consensus solutions to complex social problems. Posse's primary aim is to train these leaders of tomorrow.

Stuart Crainer, Des Dearlove, Steve Goldbach, Stacy Janice and Geoff Tuff marshall their thoughts and make sense of our podcast episodes from the year. What have they learned? What has surprised them? Which guests really made them re-think and re-set?  There are plenty of inspiring stories to choose from. We have had some amazing guests: Valerie Rainford, who has championed talent and diversity in the banking world and now for her own company; Debbie Bial, the founder and president of the Posse Foundation; the board member, author, and now member of the UK's House of Lords, Dambisa Moyo; the former CEO of Best Buy, and author of the Heart of Business, Hubert Joly; the trailblazer for Leading for Girls, Julie Carrier; Nobel Laureate, Bob Lefkowitz; astronaut, Charlie Camarda; the Dutch entrepreneur and pioneer of new ways of working, Tom van der Lubbe and the author of The Quit Alternative, Ben Fanning. In this special episode the Provocateurs hosts share their memories, insights and conclusions. And the results are as inspiring as the people who inspired them.  Listen to learn more about flipping failure for learning, the virtues of transparency, humility's role in leadership and how to really maximize diversity in teams. Be provoked!This podcast is part of an ongoing series of interviews with executives. The executives' participation in this podcast are solely for educational purposes based on their knowledge of the subject and the views expressed by them are solely their own. This podcast should not be deemed or construed to be for the purpose of soliciting business for any of the companies mentioned, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse the services or products provided by these companies.

Threading the NeedleRegina Bain was the first guest that I interviewed for Season One of At the Podium. She was the logical choice to step to the mic for that first episode. In my mind Regina was and remains the embodiment of the underlying ethos of the show: there is magic and richness to be found in taking a leap of faith into the unknown and saying “yes” to life's unexpected turns. She had lived her life with that principle when she left Florida and moved to New Haven, CT to attend Yale University as an undergraduate and then graduate student. She stepped into a new career path early on from our Yale Drama School acting years when she answered a call for the Posse Foundation and became their national trainer.  At Posse, she would spend 16 years of her career mentoring and guiding young high school students into universities across the country to pursue their academic dreams. Ultimately, she rose to the level of Associate Vice President of the organization. When we sat down during the height of the Pandemic in 2021, she had recently left Posse and joined the Louis Armstrong House Museum & Archives as their executive director. Again, reinventing herself. I also wanted to start the show with Regina, because she comfortably holds complex thoughts, speaks in artistic metaphors and despite all the business successes she has earned through her life, she still views herself as an artist. A dancer to be exact. In short, she is my kind of multi-hyphenate. As we start Season Two of At the Podium, Regina and I cover broad topics of the day: January 6, 2021, the beauty of black women and the essential role they play in todays and yesterday's social fabric, and yes Will Smith and Chris Rock. We discuss her learnings during the two years of the Pandemic. The importance and necessity of family. When to raise our voices in support of our beliefs, and the willingness to bear the resulting consequences of speaking out. The fragility of life itself and yet the need to live fully. The embracing of melancholy that can be found in Florida's gray skies before a thunderstorm. As Regina succinctly describes it, “So for me, I'm thinking about the choices that I am making, that I will make about where I use my voice. The modalities in which I use my voice, and the repercussions of that, and what I am willing to risk. And for me, I choose to engage.” In life today, as Regina declares in her lush contralto voice, we are constantly threading the needle between this and that. Between beauty and aloneness. And between pronouncing who we are with courage as Louis Armstrong did while yet acknowledging the delicateness and inherent risks of that act of audacity. Regina on IGRegina InformationPatrick's WebsitePatrick on FacebookPatrick on IGAt the Podium on IGPatrick on LinkedIn

Growing up in New York City, Brandy Hays Morrison (‘05) had never heard of Rice Business School. But in the mid 90s, when there was a push for more women and minorities to enter the field of engineering, someone told Brandy she should check it out, and it was off to Houston she went. In her words, Brandy says she “took a leap of faith, and it all worked out.”Brandy is actually a two-time Owl, earning her undergraduate degree from Rice in 2000, double majoring in computer engineering and managerial studies, and returning to earn her MBA from Rice Business in 2005. She has since served on the Board of Directors for multiple entities, including the Association of Rice University Black Alumni (ARUBA) and the Posse Foundation, a non-profit whose mission is to bring more diversity and leadership to college campuses.In her professional role, Brandy is currently the Vice President of Strategic Growth for Pluribus Digital, a technology firm based in Washington, D.C., where she leads business development efforts in the federal government contracting space. Brandy sits down with host Christine Dobbyn to chat about her years at Rice, learning to advocate for herself, starting the Black Business Student Assocation at the Jones School, and the importance of being knowledgeable in global customs. Episode Quotes:Changes Brandy has seen in engineering over the course of her career13:52 - So I've gone from being the only minority female in a room to now coming across other minority females. I say for women, there have been a lot more strides in terms of making sure that the pipeline is strengthened. And what I mean by that, is that there are more little girls who can see themselves as engineers. There are more little girls who can see themselves as software developers.How The Jones School got Brandy out of her shell03:25 - [Rice MBA] really transformed me from someone who was very much an introverted technical software engineer to someone who was more comfortable speaking in public and taking a leadership role and not being afraid to speak up.How the Rice Alumni network kept Brandy going19:43 - So I came from a New York city public school. And while I had phenomenal grades, I was very involved in school, it did not prepare me for the rigors of Rice undergrad. And so I struggled a bit. And so the biggest push that I needed was to keep going. And I mentioned the rice alum by the name of Russell Ross. He was absolutely someone who had a similar path as me as a student. And so being able to meet with an alum who had a similar story, I'm thinking, okay, I can do this too. Show Links:Guest Profile: Brandy Hays Morrison on LinkedIn Brandy Hays Morrison on Twitter

The third Season of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke's Building Up the Nerve podcast helps you strengthen your mentoring relationships with tools and advice from both trainees and faculty. We know that navigating your career can be daunting, but we're here to help—it's our job!In the sixth episode of the season, we focus on moving from mentee to mentor, developing your mentoring philosophy, co-mentoring, and culturally aware mentorship.Featuring Ruben Dagda, PhD - Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Reno; Kathryn Graves - Psychology PhD Candidate, Yale University; and Jasmine Quynh Le - Neuroscience PhD Candidate, Brandeis University. ResourcesmyIDP ScienceCareers for drafting an Individual Development Plan: https://myidp.sciencecareers.org/Posse Foundation: https://www.possefoundation.org/ NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award (F99/K00): https://neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov/training/nih-blueprint-d-span-award-f99k00 National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN): https://nrmnet.net/ Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS): https://www.sacnas.org/ Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS): https://abrcms.org/ Office for Graduate Student Development & Diversity (OGSDD) at Yale University: https://gsas.yale.edu/diversity/office-graduate-student-development-diversity-ogsdd Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses by L. Dee FinkTranscript available at http://ninds.buzzsprout.com/.

Regina Bain is the Executive Director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM). She is an artist, leader, facilitator and program designer with over 16 years of experience building non-profit capacity for organizational growth. Before joining LAHM, she served as Associate Vice President of the Posse Foundation. Posse is a national leadership and college access program which helps to send teams of students or “Posses” to top colleges and universities. Regina is committed to social justice. She facilitates and trains others to facilitate conversations on social identity, leadership and group dynamics. She is currently the co-chair of Culture @3's anti-racism subcommittee. She serves on the national advisory council of Urban Bush Women (UBW). UBW is a dance company that galvanizes artists, activists and audiences through performances, artist development and community involvement. She produces The Drama Podcast, leads the Yale Black Alumni Association and serves on the Yale Board of Governors. About AIGA Design Adjacent AIGA Design Adjacent is a monthly podcast series with AIGA's Executive Director, Bennie F. Johnson, in conversation with industry leaders who are innovating and designing the future. These conversations expand beyond the design community, encompassing industries and areas that intersect with design and shift the ways in which we think about and interact with each other and the world around us. About Bennie F. Johnson Bennie F. Johnson is the Executive Director of AIGA, the professional association for design. Bennie thrives on the connections between marketing, technology, education, and innovation. With experience in strategic and consumer marketing, brand management, and innovation management, he is drawn to opportunities that allow him to lead and create new modes for business engagement. He has broad experience growing brands, businesses, and organizations with a special focus on venture launch and brand relaunch business environments. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aigadesign/message

In this week's episode of Fostering Change Rob Scheer talks with Kate Trambitskaya, Chief Executive Officer, Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children. As Chief Executive Officer, Kate oversees the administration, programs, and strategic plan of Spence-Chapin. Kate began working at Spence-Chapin in 2012, most recently serving as Executive Vice President, General Counsel for the organization. Before coming to Spence-Chapin, Kate was a Senior Team Leader/Attorney for the Family Court Legal Services, Administration for Children's Services in Brooklyn for six years, representing the Commissioner of Social Services in court and various judicial proceedings. Kate is a Posse Foundation alumna, a fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, a member of New York Attorneys for Adoption & Family Formation (NYAAFF), and board member of the National Council For Adoption (NCFA).Kate received a bachelor's degree from Brandeis University and a JD from St. John's University School of Law.Story Key Notes:

From the panhandle of Florida to Wall Street with stops at the 75th Ranger Regiment and Vasser College, Travis Walker has taken full advantage of available mentorship and transition opportunities. Now an investment banking associate with Bank of America, Travis shares how the Posse Foundation and service to Schools prepared him to excel #ForAmerica.

From the panhandle of Florida to Wall Street with stops at the 75th Ranger Regiment and Vasser College, Travis Walker has taken full advantage of available mentorship and transition opportunities. Now an investment banking associate with Bank of America, Travis shares how the Posse Foundation and service to Schools prepared him to excel #ForAmerica.

The night after finishing his first oral argument at Harvard Law School, Brad Carney sat down with the Ranger For Life's A More Elite Podcast to discuss his transition from the 75th Ranger Regiment to Dartmouth College and Havard Law. Find out how Brad got connected with a The Posse Foundation's veteran scholarship and how he continues to serve #ForAmerica.

The night after finishing his first oral argument at Harvard Law School, Brad Carney sat down with the Ranger For Life's A More Elite Podcast to discuss his transition from the 75th Ranger Regiment to Dartmouth College and Havard Law. Find out how Brad got connected with a The Posse Foundation's veteran scholarship and how he continues to serve #ForAmerica.

The Posse Foundation identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential and places them in supportive, multi-cultural teams.  Since 1989, Posse's partner colleges have awarded $1.6 billion in scholarships and more than 10,000 scholars have so far been selected.  Posse scholars graduate at a rate of 90 percent.  Deborah Bial is the president and founder of Posse.  In conversation with Deloitte's Stacy Janiak and Stuart Crainer of Thinkers50, Debbie shares insights from her remarkable story of running with a powerful idea when aged just 23 and turning it into a Foundation which makes an enduring impact on peoples' lives—and the world.This podcast is part of an ongoing series of interviews with executives. The executives' participation in this podcast are solely for educational purposes based on their knowledge of the subject and the views expressed by them are solely their own. This podcast should not be deemed or construed to be for the purpose of soliciting business for any of the companies mentioned, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse the services or products provided by these companies.

Devina Maharaj is an experienced banking professional and the Program Head of Investec Business Online and API Banking SA. She has a Master of Business Administration from the University of the Witwatersrand, specialising in business and commerce, and was previously Investec's Head of Digital for South Africa. Maharaj has also served in the role of Team Lead for Strategic Projects at the financial services firm, and previously worked as Head of the Corporate and Career Programme at The Posse Foundation in the United States. In this What's Next interview, Maharaj discusses Investec's cool new private banking product – Programmable Banking. She unpacks what this product offers, why these features are so valuable, as well as the major pain points that they solve – such as the desire to have more control over their digital experiences. Maharaj also explains why Investec partnered with OfferZen on this product, before discussing how Programmable Banking will revolutionize both the local business banking market, and how businesses and individuals operate and transact in the digital economy. She concludes by discussing Investec's plans to build upon Programmable Banking to provide even more value to its customers.

#22 Meet Alexia. This no-nonsense brainiac was a Posse Foundation finalist and is now headed to become a mechanical engineer. Yep! What's her coolness factor? She grew her school nursing club by 500%. Hear this amazing story and learn where Lex will find her “POSSE” next fall. We've decided to Celebrate 30 Teens With 30 Dreams and reveal the 30 Destination YOUniversities they will call home! YOU are invited for a front row seat!! Join us and you'll hear each applicant's tale; the hits, the regrets, their advice, and where they will land this fall. ________________________________ Learn the 5 Biggest Mistakes Teens Make and the 4 Most Common Essay Topics: https://www.drcynthiacolon.com/essay-mini-training Check out the Destination YOUniversity FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2489993244570408​ See our website here: https://www.drcynthiacolon.com/​ Schedule a call with Dr. C: https://www.drcynthiacolon.com/schedule​ ________________________________ #MechanicalEngineering #WomenInSTEM #STEM #AmericanHeartAssociation #HobartandWilliamSmith #DePaul #Bucknell #Oberlin #Lehigh #BU #CaseWestern #BrynMawr #Brandeis #collegeadmissions #collegeessays #collegeapplication #financialaid #scholarships #collegeessaybootcamp #dreamcollegeacademy #drcynthiacolon #Classof2025

Patricia (Trish) Hurter, Dr. Patricia Hurter is CEO of Lyndra Therapeutics. Prior to Lyndra, Dr. Hurter was Senior Vice President of Pharmaceutical and Preclinical Sciences at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. She also served as Interim Head of Global Regulatory Affairs from 2013-2014 and oversaw several label expansions for Kalydeco® and the submission of the new drug application for Orkambi®. She played a leadership role in the development and commercialization of 5 transformative therapies for Vertex: Incivek®, Kalydeco®, Orkambi® and Symdeko® and Trikafta®. Prior to joining Vertex, Dr. Hurter was Director, Formulation Design and Characterization for Merck where she was a key member of the early development team for Januvia®, a treatment for type II diabetes. A respected thought leader in the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Hurter is a frequent contributor to many scientific publications. At Vertex, she founded and was the executive sponsor of “IWILL,” a Vertex employee network devoted to the advancement of women leaders. As a member of the Advisory Board for Women in the Enterprise of Science & Technology (WEST), she mentors Boston-area women who are early or in the midst of their careers in STEM. She also champions the Posse Foundation, an organization that recruits high school students from diverse backgrounds and supports them as they pursue college degrees and beyond. She is a mentor to alumnae from the program. Dr. Hurter earned her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as an M.S. in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University and a B.Sc. in chemical engineering, cum laude, from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. Jessica Ballinger Mrs. Ballinger is President and Chief Operations Officer of Lyndra Therapeutics. In her 25+ year career, she has contributed to the development and commercialization of more than 15 leading-edge patient therapies. Prior to joining Lyndra, she was a Senior Director at Biogen responsible for redesigning and transforming the patient-centered technical development organization. While at Biogen, she contributed to developing products in critical therapeutic areas such as hemophilia, Alzheimer's Disease, spinal muscular atrophy and multiple sclerosis, delivering high-quality, highly-innovative, globally approved products with three products filed and approved in just three years. Prior to Biogen, she was the Senior Director Injectable Product and Device Strategy and Business Unit Interface driving technology development and lifecycle management innovation priorities for injectable products and devices in partnership with Pfizer Business Units and R&D. While in this role, Ballinger delivered ~50% capital investment savings and 25% cost-of-goods reduction through an innovative injectable device platform. She led the technical development and manufacturing scale-up of critical therapies in diabetes, endocrinology, neurology, ophthalmology, cardiovascular, women's health and men's sexual health. Ballinger is a respected leader in diversity and inclusion, co-creating the inaugural Biogen Alzheimer's Patient and Caregiver Employee Resource Network (ERN), co-leading the inaugural Biogen Women's Innovation Network, and co-leading the inaugural Pfizer European Women's ERN. She was appointed to the inaugural Chief of Staff position supporting the Pfizer European R&D and Site Leader during her time at Pfizer Sandwich. She received the honorable Pfizer R&D Achievement Award twice in her tenure at Pfizer, recognizing her strong leadership and business impact. Ballinger is an active volunteer in fundraising and leadership roles, working with the Oasis Domestic Abuse Service and the Melanoma Education Foundation. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois – Champaign/Urbana.

Dr. Suzanne Rivera is the President of Macalester College. She also is a Professor of Public Affairs, and her scholarship focuses on research ethics and science policy. Rivera has written numerous journal articles and book chapters, and she co-edited the book Specimen Science. Her research has been supported by the NIH, the NSF, the DHHS Office of Research Integrity, and the Cleveland Foundation. She is engaged in numerous civic and municipal leadership roles, including Chair of the Board of Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R), Appointed Member of the Executive Council for Minnesota's Young Women's Initiative, Board Member of the Science Museum of Minnesota, Board Member of College Possible, and Member of the TeenSHARP National Advisory Board. Rivera received a BA in American Civilization from Brown University, an MSW from UC-Berkeley, and a PhD in public policy from UT Dallas. Head Start ProgramsBrown University Undocumented, First-Generation College, and Low-Income Student Center  Transcript SUMMARY KEYWORDSstudents, people, brown, feeling, college, Headstart, Minnesota, Posse, support, low income students, financial aid, St. Paul, sponsored, day, job, brown university, group, Marian Wright Edelman, graduate, phd SPEAKERSResa Lewiss, Sue Rivera Resa Lewiss  00:36Hi, listeners. Thanks so much for joining me with today's episode and I'm gonna start with a quote. You can't be what you can't see. One more time, you can't be what you can't see. Now this was said by Marian Wright Edelman. She was the founder of the Children's Defense Fund and was one of the original founders of the Headstart program. She graduated Spelman College and Yale School of Law. Now Marian Wright Edelman is not my guest in today's conversation, however, she was an inspiration for my guest. Today I'm in conversation with Suzanne M. Rivera, PhD MSW. Sue. Dr. Suzanne Rivera is the president of Macalester College in Minneapolis. She's also a Professor of Public Affairs. Her scholarship focuses on research ethics and science policy. She received her BA in American civilization from Brown University, a master's in social work from UC Berkeley, and a PhD in public policy from UT Dallas. Now Sue and I have a few areas of overlap. Number one, we graduated college one year apart. Number two is the Headstart program. Growing up in my small town, Westerly, Rhode Island, I was exposed to the Headstart program through my mother. My mother is an elementary school educator, and she did preschool testing for children. And my knowledge at the time was she helped with evaluating children for learning disabilities, for challenges with speech, sound, and sight. Let's get to the conversation where when we get started, Sue is explaining her ideas about mentorship, and who her mentors were, or at least a few of them. Sue Rivera  02:47I mean, one thing I tell young people all the time is, don't hold your breath waiting for a mentor who shares all of your attributes who can inspire you because especially if you're from a historically excluded or underserved group, the likelihood that there's going to be some inspirational leader who shares all your attributes is pretty small. So the mentors and sponsors who've made the biggest impact in my life have all been men. They've all been white men, they've all been white men who were significantly older than me and much more accomplished, and who came from backgrounds that were, you know, that had a lot more privileged than my own. And yet, we were able to connect on a deep level and they really opened doors for me. So a couple exams for Harry Spector at UC Berkeley was a great mentor is no longer with us. Another great mentor, for me was a guy named Al Gilman, a Nobel Laureate, who, who I worked for at UT Southwestern in Dallas, Texas, opened a lot of doors for me, encouraged me to go back and get my PhD when I was a 35 year old mother of two school aged kids. And once I got it, promoted me and then what, and then once I had a faculty appointment, invited me to co author a chapter for him with him in the kind of most important pharmacology textbook, that he was responsible for publishing, which means My name is forever linked with his in the literature, which is an incredibly generous gift for him to give to me. People like that have sort of stepped in at at moments where, if not for them, I might not have seen in my self potential that was there. Another person I would mention is a professor from my undergraduate days. Greg Elliot at Brown University in the sociology department, who sort of encouraged me to think about my own interests in social inequality and poverty as things that were worth studying things that were worth studying in a rigorous way as a scholar and not just sort of feeling badly about or complaining about or having a personal interest, but really taking them on as an intellectual project. So he sponsored me for a summer research assistantship, he had me serve as a TA in one of his classes. And he sponsored a group independent study project for me and a bunch of other students. And I'm still in touch with him to this day. He's somebody who certainly helped me think about myself as a scholar at a time where I was really thinking, I was just barely holding on, like, hoping I could graduate with a BA, I wasn't imagining that I could go on to become a professor and eventually a college president. Resa Lewiss  05:36People saw in you what maybe you hadn't yet seen for yourself. I was a sociology concentrator, and I took Professor Elliott's class, and I remember him reading from Kurt Vonnegut Mother Night, and it was really moving, he sort of cut to the punch line of we are who we pretend to be, so we must be very careful who we pretend to be. And that stuck with me. And that also launched a whole lollapalooza of reading Kurt Vonnegut. Sue Rivera  06:07Yeah, actually, this is one of the beautiful things about a liberal arts education, I think is that you know, so you became a physician after being a sociology undergraduate concentrator. I dabbled in a lot of different things as an undergrad did not imagine I would eventually become an academic, but I feel like the tools I got, from that degree have served me really well, moving between jobs. You know, I originally went to go work for the federal government thinking I was going to do policy work. Eventually, I worked in higher education administration, then I went back and got a PhD in public policy. But, you know, all along as I was making career changes, the tools I got as an undergraduate to think critically and communicate effectively and, you know, think in an interdisciplinary way work with people who have really different perspectives than I have. All of that is just priceless. I mean, so so incredibly valuable. Resa Lewiss  07:02Speaking of liberal arts education, let's jump right in and talk about Macalester for audience members that aren't familiar with the college. Tell us about the college and tell us about how it's been to be President. Sue Rivera  07:14Well, it's a wonderful college. It's it's almost 150 years old, and it's a originally was founded by Presbyterians and although still Presbyterian affiliated his is a secular liberal arts college, a small private liberal arts college in St. Paul, Minnesota. It has a deep history of being committed to social justice. It was the first college in the United States to fly the United Nations flag, which is still flying outside my window in my office here. And in fact, Kofi Annan was a graduate of Macalester the four pillars of a Macalester education as they're currently described, our academic excellence, internationalism, multiculturalism and service to society. And I think the character of this place actually is not that dissimilar from the brown that you and I know, in the sense that social justice is really important part of the character read institution, but it also attracts people who dispositional li are attracted to activism, to wanting to make a more just and peaceful world who think about their education in a sense as not only a privilege, but also an obligation to go out and make things better. And so the students we attract at Macalester are really sparky, in the sense that they, they, they're, you know, they're really passionate. They all come with it, let's just set aside that they're really academically talented because they all are so that no longer is a distinguishing characteristic once they get here because they're all academically talented. So what distinguishes them when they get here is all the other stuff in addition to being bright, you know, they're, they're committed athlete, they're a poet. They're a weaver. They're a dancer, they're, they're an aspiring politician involved in political campaigns mean that they're all just how they're debater, you know. So whenever I meet students, one of the first things I say to them is, well, what are you really loving right now? Or, you know, what's keeping you really busy right now, instead of saying, you know, what are you taking? Or what's your major, I'm much less interested in what their major is. And I'm much more interested in like, you know, what's got them really jazzed? What are they spending their time on? What's what's so exciting that they're staying up into the middle of the night working on it, Resa Lewiss  09:40The timing of your start.  There was an overlap with the murder of Mr. George Floyd. And I'm wondering if you can share with the audience how that sort of set a tone and set an inspiration for your work. Sue Rivera  09:55Yeah, it was a really difficult time I actually accepted the job. On January 31, of 2020. So at that time, if you can remember back to the before times, none of us had ever heard of COVID. And the board of trustees who offered me the job, were saying, this is going to be a turnkey operation for you, the previous president had been here for 17 years, smooth sailing, really easy transition, you know, easy peasy. And three weeks later, you know, every college in America started closing because of COVID. And I realized, wow, this job is about to get a lot more challenging. I was in Cleveland, Ohio at the time at Case Western Reserve University. And I was sort of watching as the news was unfolding, but also doing my job at another higher ed institution. So I could anticipate how it was going to get more difficult to come to McAllister, then literally on the day that I got in my car to drive to Cleveland, to drive to St. Paul from Cleveland to take this job was the day that George Floyd was murdered. So as I was driving all day, north of Michigan, and then across the up of Michigan, going west to St. Paul, I would drive all day and then turn on the TV at night and watch the news. And as we approached St. Paul, the city was deeper and deeper in grief and righteous anger and fear National Guard troops were coming in, there were fires all over the place. In fact, I was supposed to start the job on a Monday and arrive on a Saturday and I got a call on that Saturday while I was on the road saying don't try and come into the city because we've got a curfew. And it's not feeling safe right now. Just get in a hotel outside of the city and try and come in tomorrow. So I arrived really on Sunday in St. Paul to start the job on Monday. And I and I recognize that my first day was going to be very different than what any of us had imagined. Because what the, what the moment called for was to name the pain and grief and anger everyone was feeling. And to try to address people's grief in a way that was honest about the challenges offer some comfort, but also a call to action about how we could be how we could be of help how we could be of service. So you know, the first couple things I did that week were one was I attended a silent vigil that was organized by the black clergy of St. Paul from various different faith, faith communities, I also attended a food and hygiene drive that was organized by our students, you know, it's just a lot, you know, we stood up a mutual aid fundraising drive, within the first couple of weeks, it was just a lot of attending to the immediate needs of the community. And also, all of this was complicated by having to do almost everything by zoom, you know, so, you know, Zoom is good for a lot of things. But when people are crying when people are scared when people, you know, our international students, many of them couldn't go home, because of COVID. So they were staying over the summer, it was just very, very complicated and didn't look anything like what we thought it was going to look like. And what I didn't have was a reservoir of trust built up with this community. And the only way I could talk to people was on a computer screen, which doesn't give the full benefit of body language. It doesn't give all you know, everything you learned from being in a room with somebody. The various facial expressions, the way the way that when you talk to a roomful of people, you see two people make eye contact after you've said something and you recognize you have to go follow up with them and see what that was all about. You know, none of that is possible on Zoom. And, and it was just it was just an impossible summer. It was very, very difficult. I was trying to introduce myself at a time where I also had to deliver a lot of bad news to people. You know, we were having to take all sorts of difficult decisions about keeping the residence halls densifying the residence halls by telling some people they couldn't move back in August that was disappointing for them taking decisions related to the college's finances, like suspending contributions to employees retirement accounts for six months until we could understand how we were going to do financially. arranging for testing COVID testing was incredibly expensive and something we hadn't budgeted for figuring out where to put hand sanitizer and plexiglass and what our masking policy should be. I mean, really, it was like being a full time disaster management person not being a college president. And in many ways, the whole first year was was not being a college president. It was it was just one really challenging, ethical or logistical decision after another all year long. Resa Lewiss  14:50According to my reading in 1991, you delivered your graduation class orration and I'm wondering if you can fill us in on about what you spoke Sue Rivera  15:04well, I, you know, I basically I talked about my unlikely journey to being an Ivy League graduate and what that could mean for all of us about the possibilities of you know pathbreaking of moving into uncharted territory. When I, when I went to college, we didn't have the expression first gen, and we didn't have really a sense of pride around being a financial aid student to the contrary, my experience at an elite institution was that if you were there on financial aid, and came from a low income background, that you tried to hide it as much as possible in order to fit in, you know, back then Brown had a policy of limiting financial aid students to 30% of the student population. And that meant even just students who only had loans and got no grant awards. So just imagine an environment it's not like that anymore, I should clarify, Brown is not like that anymore. But back then 70% of the student body were full pay, meaning their parents could write the whole check. And just imagine what that means when the tuition is significantly more than the, you know, median income for a family of four in this country. It means you're, you're in a really elite and I daresay elitist environment. So what that meant if you were a student on financial aid was that it was kind of a scary place, it was kind of an alienating place. And when I arrived there, I really felt like a fish out of water. I thought about transferring, had a job in the Ratty in the dining hall. You know, my work study job, where I was sort of serving other students and feeling I don't know if I would say inferior but definitely had a sense of imposter syndrome. Like you know, one of these days somebody is going to figure out I don't really belong here. And the turning point for me was that in in the spring semester of that first year for me, a chaplain, Reverend Flora Kashagian who I don't know if that's a name, you know, but she offered like a discussion group, she and Beth Zwick, who was the head of the Women's Center offered a discussion group for students struggling with money issues. So I opened the school newspaper one day, and there's an ad in there. That's like, I don't even remember what it said. But it was something like are you struggling with money issues? Are you on financial aid, you know, are things tough at home, and you don't know how to talk about it come to this discussion. And let's rap about it. And for whatever reason, that spoke to me and I, I went, and there were like, 11 or 12 people in the room for this discussion group. But it was like the Island of Misfit Toys. Do you remember that, that that Christmas cartoon where like, every toy is broken in some kind of way, but they all have their gifts, right? Every student who showed up for that thing had a different non traditional path to get to brown and we were all broken in some kind of weird way. You know, for me, I had grown up in an immigrant home on was on public assistance, food stamps, free lunch, you know, you name it. I was there on a on a Pell Grant, which are, you know, the neediest students. And there were other people in the room who came from really different environments. I grew up in New York City, but there were other people who were like, from a rural farm family, or, you know, I mean, just all everybody had different reasons for why they came to that discussion group. But it was magical because we all saw each other in a really like, pure and non judgmental way. And we could all be real with each other. As it turns out, one of the other 11 people was the person who would eventually become my spouse. And other people in the room that day are lifelong friends. I mean, we really bonded, we ended up forming a club called sofa students on financial aid. We even have little T shirts made up that said, so far, so good. And it had like a picture of a couch that was all ripped and torn on on the front. And by making it a student club, that got incorporated by the student government, we kind of created legitimacy for ourselves on campus, and started to create a way of talking about being from a low income background that didn't feel shameful, that felt prideful, not prideful, in the sense of hubris, but in the sense of like, acknowledging the distance traveled was great that we were not born on third base. And yet we were here sort of competing with people who had every advantage in the world and having a sense of deserving to be there or belonging there. So by the time I was a senior and I got selected to give the one of the two oratory addresses at graduation, the theme for me really was one of triumph of having overcome all of those hurdles and feeling like finally I feel like I deserve at this place. I earned my spot here. Resa Lewiss  19:57In my freshman unit, there was a woman with whom I'm still very, very close. She is an attorney. She's an LA county judge. And she transferred from Brown for some of the reasons that you considered transferring. And she to this day says that it's one of her biggest regrets. And also she really feels if they were more visible vocal support for first gen students than she thinks it would have made a huge difference for her. Sue Rivera  20:29Yeah, no doubt and and Brown has come a long way. In this regard. I consider them a real leader. Now they have this you fly center. It's like it's an actual center on campus for people who are undocumented first gen or low income. And they get extra support. They have a dedicated Dean, they have programming. I think it's a real testament to the seriousness with which Brown has taken the unique challenges that face low income students going to a place like that. It also helped a lot that between Vartan, Gregorian and roof Simmons, two presidents, who I greatly admire from Brown, they were able to raise the money to provide financial aid to students who need it, but also to go need blind. So I told you that at the time that I went there, they limited the number of students on financial aid to 30% of the student body, that's no longer true. Now, when you apply to brown, you are admitted without regard to ability to pay and they commit to meet full need. So I think it's a much more socio economically diverse student body today. And I think Brown has really been a leader in how to increase access and support low income students when they get there, because I think it's a two part problem. You know, just letting people in. But allowing them to sink or swim is really not helpful. You need to increase access, but then also provide the support necessary so that the that educational opportunity is a ladder to economic mobility, people have to actually be able to finish, you know, complete the degree, and then go off and have a career afterwards in order for the opportunity to really, you know, fulfill that promise. Resa Lewiss  22:16Yeah, it reminds me a bit of what you described with the Headstart program of not just, you know, supporting this one individual child, but it's actually the system in place. So similar, like it's one thing to get in, but you have to help the student, succeed, thrive. Be healthy in that environment. I believe I've read that you that you're actually doing work to increase access and admission of students that may have fewer resources in the state. Can you talk a little bit about that initiative? Sue Rivera  22:47Yeah, I'd love to. So when I arrived at Macalester again, just like a little over a year ago, Macalester already had a relationship with the quest Bridge Program, which is one way to recruit first gen and low income students. But of course, we take those from all over the country. We also had other cohort programs like the Bonner Scholars Program and the Mellon Mays program. But after the murder of George Floyd, one thing that I heard a lot from people on campus was that while Macalester had done a great job recruiting a diverse student body from not only all over the country, but also all over the world. We have a very international student body that we hadn't done as much to focus on students from right here in Minnesota, especially talented students from historically excluded groups from right here in Minnesota. So we did two things last year. One was that we established a new fund called the Minnesota Opportunity Scholarship Fund, which is an effort to raise scholarship dollars that will be targeted specifically to talented students from Minnesota. And the second thing we did was that we joined forces with the Posse Foundation to sign on as a posse school, whereby Macalester will become recipients of the first posse from the state of Minnesota. I don't know if you're that familiar with posse, but that's a program that's 30 plus years old, that that's based on the Really clever idea that that their founder Debbie Bial had, which is that if you pluck one student from an under resourced High School, and you send them across the country to a private liberal arts college, they may feel like a fish out of water. But if you cultivate a cohort of students from a city, and you give them in high school leadership training and other kinds of support, and you foster trust and friendship among them, and then you take a group or a posse, if you will, and you take those 10 students and send them all to the same liberal arts college, the chances are, that they're going to be better equipped to persist and complete because they have each other you know, they don't have that feeling of walking into the dining hall and not seeing any familiar face. We're not having anybody who knows what it's like in their home city neighborhood. You know, the same feeling I had when I walked into that room and I saw the other Misfit Toys sitting around in a circle. The posse already formed a trusting cohort that can keep each other company and offer support through the four year experience of college. So we are adding posse to our other cohort programs here on campus. But we've specified that the posses gotta come from here in Minnesota, they will come from the Twin Cities, either Minneapolis public schools or St. Paul Public Schools. And we're going to get our first group of 10 in September, and we will give them all full tuition scholarships. It's really exciting. Yeah. Resa Lewiss  25:47Wow. What a conversation and honestly, I could have kept speaking with Sue for quite a while. I think she enjoyed the conversation too, regarding my friend that I referred to in the conversation. Attorney judge Serena Murillo. As I said, we're still friends, and she knows that I had tipped her during this episode. And all I can say is, listen to your heart. Listen to your brain. Have a growth mindset and know that your professional path is not linear. Thanks for joining and see you next week. The visible Voices Podcast amplifies voices both known and unknown, discussing topics of healthcare equity and current trends. 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In an attempt to understand the complexity and controversy of something called Critical Race Theory (CRT), I sat down with my buddy Dax-Devlon Ross to hear what he had to say. We talked a bit about his personal story as a black man, his time in law school, the reasons he wrote his remarkable book (Letters To My White Male Friends), and why he chose a career in the field of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. During some of our dialogue you’ll hear me laugh when it seems a bit inappropriate… probably due to the absurdity of the ever present racism woven into our culture. I’m gobsmacked about what I have learned over the past few years, and my chat with Dax is only scratching the surface.   In This Episode:Representation in the marketing industryDifferences of diversity, inclusion and equity (DEI)Exploitation of the black consumer baseBiased opinion of “exceptionality” versus “normal”Woke Updates and whitewashing vernacularBret Weinstein and Ideological dangersContempt for black people and how it’s rooted in racist historyBen ShapiroMoving beyond constructs and understanding opposing viewsDax-Devlon Ross has led a career as an educator, non-profit executive, equity consultant and journalist with a focus on social justice. After receiving his Juris Doctorate from George Washington University, he joined New York City Teaching Fellows where he taught in middle and high schools in Brooklyn and Manhattan. He later helped lead the national training and replication team at the Posse Foundation, one of the country’s foremost college access organizations. During his tenure at Bank Street College of Education, he managed the school’s partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service. As the founding Executive Director of After-School All-Stars New York and New Jersey, Dax built, from scratch, a team of 60 full and part-time program, development and operations staff serving more than 1,500 students across two states. Thereafter he served the organization as its inaugural northeast regional executive director, managing five chapter executive directors, while overseeing regional growth strategy, partnership development and management, donor stewardship, board governance and chapter operations.For over a decade, Dax’s social justice consulting practice has focused on developing disruptive strategies to generate equity in workplaces and education spaces alike. Dax’s clients have included: The Anti-Defamation League, The New World Foundation, The Posse Foundation, Fund II Foundation, Bard College, Kean University and more.Dax is the author of five books and his journalism has been featured in Time, The New York Times, The Virginia Quarterly Review and other national publications. He was the winner of the National Association of Black Journalists’ Investigative Reporting Award for his coverage of jury exclusion in North Carolina courts. He is currently an investigative reporting fellow at Type Media Center, an alumnus of Coro Leadership New York and a member of NationSwell Council.  https://dax-dev.com/Twitter: @daxdevIG: @daxdevross Get full access to True Thirty at truethirty.substack.com/subscribe

My guest today is Priyanka Carr, general manager of market research and insights at Momentive.  Additionally, she is a board member at The Posse Foundation (one of the most comprehensive and renowned college access and youth programs in the U.S.) Momentive (formerly SurveyMonkey) is an American company that develops cloud-based software as a service. It was founded in 1999 and went public in September 2018.  In June 2021, the company announced it was renaming itself as Momentive to better represent a growing business-to-business product suite, while its former namesake SurveyMonkey will remain as a subsidiary survey platform. Prior to joining Momentive, Pri was an Executive at Bain & Company and was the Doctoral Research Manager at Stanford University where she also holds a PhD in Psychological Science.  Find Priyanka Online: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pricarr/  Website: https://www.momentive.ai/  Find Jamin Online: Email: jamin@happymr.com  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaminbrazil Twitter: www.twitter.com/jaminbrazil  Find Us Online:  Twitter: www.twitter.com/happymrxp  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/happymarketresearch  Facebook: www.facebook.com/happymrxp  Website: www.happymr.com  Music: “Clap Along” by Auditionauti: https://audionautix.com

Episode Summary:In this episode of The Sydcast, Syd sits down with American businessman Michael Ainslie to discuss how the former President and CEO of Sotheby's fits into the complex stories of the 2008 financial crash, the ever-fluctuating prices of art, and the nature of educating underprivileged youth. It seems unbelievable that one man can be a focal point for three topics as diverse as these, but it's all true, and you can hear it all on this episode of The Sydcast. Syd Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life. Michael Ainslie:Michael Ainslie is an American businessman who's distinguished career includes, among other things, serving as President and CEO of Sotheby's from 1984-94 and transforming the world of auctioning. Prior to this he was the CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation where he helped to rewrite a tax law to provide a 25% investment tax credit for investment in historic buildings. He was a director at Lehman Brothers for 12 years, culminating with its 2008 bankruptcy. Ainslie was one of the ten people in the room on the night of September 14th, the night of the largest bankruptcy filing in US history, and afterwards was part of the team that oversaw the sale of the company's remaining assets. One of his more passionate ventures involved the Posse Foundation, which he helped to launch in 1994. This foundation finds young leaders from public and parochial high schools in ten major cities and sends them to one of over 50 elite university partners. They travel as a cohort of 10 scholars, and all receive a full merit leadership scholarship. To date there have been over 9200 Posse Scholars who have been awarded over $1.4 billion in scholarships. He is a Trustee Emeritus of Vanderbilt University and has served on the boards of Sotheby's, the United States Tennis Association, and the St. Joe Company. In 2020 he authored a book called A Nose For Trouble: Sotheby's, Lehman Brothers, and My Life of Redefining Adversity, in which he describes his personal experience with these high profile events. Insights from this episode:The complicated nature of the 2008 financial crisis and where Lehman Brothers exists in the storyHow deeply the global financial system depends on trustUnderstanding how the art market exists as one of the purest free markets in the world, for better or for worseHow important it is to provide students from under-privileged backgrounds with the support they need in University settings Quotes from the show:“The ability of a buyer from China or Russia or anywhere in the world to participate is now very easy to do. That has made it a true global market, it's also driven up the prices because a lot of these people have new wealth and they either want to own the art or be known to own the art.” - Michael Ainslie [00:32]“Universities go out of their way to admit students from very underprivileged backgrounds and they think their job is done. ‘We have diversity, we did a good thing, this is great,' and then they leave these kids to sink or swim.” - Syd Finkelstein [05:58]“The problem was that causing the bankruptcy triggered that basically banks stopped and stopped working together, and the global financial world froze.” - Michael Ainslie [12:55]There's something that gets done after a bankruptcy that's called an examiners report, and a firm from Chicago was hired to do that. Believe it or not they spent $100 million on the forensic evidence to put together that examiners report. They concluded there was no malfeasance, there was no lack of carrying out responsibilities by the audit committee, the board, or management. They literally said ‘Lehman became illiquid in the last 5 or 6 days of its existence due to things I spoke about earlier.'” - Michael Ainslie [26:28]Congress literally opened the floodgates to the subprime mortgage crisis, you remember this, they were changing the lending standards. Do they go to jail for that decision? Because that, in a sense, is what really precipitated the flooding of money into these financial instruments that financed these subprime mortgages.” - Michael Ainslie [29:03]I think the involvement of wealthy individuals, and frequently very newly wealthy individuals, in the art market has driven prices to levels that are really quite remarkable. And frankly I think a lot of people have trouble with that. When paintings cost three or four hundred million dollars, even though they're some of the great works of art, that seems excessive. - Michael Ainslie [32:39]“The Posse is kind of a genius idea because you have a team, you have friends, you have support group right from day one, which gives you a huge comfort level. You don't have to worry about having nothing to do on a Saturday night in the first month because you don't know anybody, you know nine people” - Syd Finklestein [49:24] Stay Connected: Syd FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastMichael AinslieWebsite: https://anosefortrouble.com/ Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify. This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry (www.podcastlaundry.com)

In our 54th episode, we welcome Wendy Gomez, originally of the Silver Lake and East Hollywood area, to the pod! Wendy completed her undergrad studies at Dickinson College through the Posse Foundation, and is now studying domestic policy at none other than Princeton university. We talk about Wendy’s coming up through Los Angeles via schoolsContinue reading EPISODE 54 – WENDY GOMEZ, PRINCETON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS →

In our 54th episode, we welcome Wendy Gomez, originally of the Silver Lake and East Hollywood area, to the pod! Wendy completed her undergrad studies at Dickinson College through the Posse Foundation, and is now studying domestic policy at none other than Princeton university. We talk about Wendy’s coming up through Los Angeles via schoolsContinue reading EPISODE 54 – WENDY GOMEZ, PRINCETON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS →

Full transcription available at http://heartsofgoldpodcast.com/ More about Laney: Alanis Renell Broussard (Laney) is a young woman who has an endless desire to advocate for avenues of change through the power of speech and communication with others across all walks of humanity. Having first joined Girl Scouts back in the 1st grade, Alanis is now a 2021 Gold Award recipient and alumna to the program. Education-wise, she is now a first-year Dean's Honor List student at Boston University who is double-majoring in Public Relations and Journalism. Reigning from the city of Atlanta, she constantly has a front row seat to the abilities of the black community, in particular, to evoke evolution of the media industry. Because of this, her desire to contribute a fresh, youthful twist on the traditional standards of media has never ceased to exist. Among the many accolades she has received, her most notable achievements include being selected as a speaker for the TEDxPenn 2021 conference, being interviewed by USA Today in her own segment entitled "Coronavirus Chronicles," being featured on Good Morning America, being one of the youngest keynote speakers at the Atlanta World Congress Center in 2019, earning a full-expense paid internship at Essence Magazine headquarters, being asked to speak on the nationally-televised event "Graduate Together 2020" hosted by Lebron James, and starting her own public speaking program for her Gold Award project called Soul to Speak. Alanis is also known for being announced as an official Posse Foundation scholar, acceptance into the Communicative Arts Governor's Honors Program 2019 cohort, a member of the leadership board for ChatHer Talks, an ambassador and frequent speaker for the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, an alumna for People to People travels, a student media chair for the Harvard Debate Council Diversity Project, and for being an ambassador for the Miss Media Program and National Calls Board. To her, the call to "speak your soul" has never felt more true as she continues her journey of inspiring, understanding, and communicating with others. Instagram: @laneybroussard Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanis-broussard-51428b191/ Project Website Link: www.soultospeak.org Personal Website Link: https://spark.adobe.com/page/e1fFPrXtvYhGN/ Join our Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/sherylmrobinson/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sherylmrobinson/?hl=en Please subscribe to Hearts of Gold on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/sherylmrobinsonor on your favorite podcast app. Support future Hearts of Gold episodes at https://www.patreon.com/heartsofgold Editing by https://www.offthewalter.com/ Walter’s YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt0wFZRVaOpUd_nXc_8-4yQ

We are thrilled to welcome today's guest, Chastity Lord. Chastity has spent two decades dedicated to dismantling systems of inequity for marginalized communities. She deeply believes that generational poverty is a social justice issue and that families are the best owners and narrators of their lives. History has proven time and again that building infrastructure, leadership, and power for marginalized communities creates a contagion of long-term change. Chastity's professional North Star and commitment to equity and justice for the past two decades is influenced by her own personal experience as a first-generation college graduate.  Chastity understands that education is not the panacea for inequity but unapologetically credits it to transforming how she dreams and disrupting the cycle of poverty for her own family.  Chastity has a robust resume working for several organizations including Color of Change, Achievement First and The Posse Foundation before recently landing at Jeremiah Program. She has a BA in organizational communication from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA in strategy and marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She is a 2012 Pahara-Aspen Fellow with the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Chastity shares her very profound ideas as we move the conversation around generational poverty from an economic issue to a social justice one.  She also talks about how being effective is more important than being right and shares her inspiring stories from her leadership roles that will you won't want to miss. You'll learn about the mission of Jeremiah Program ("JP"), a national nonprofit based in Minneapolis whose mission is helping single moms find success in the workplace and on the home front. JP uses a two-generational model committed to disrupting generational poverty by supporting single moms and their children two generations at time.   You can learn more about Jeremiah Program at: https://jeremiahprogram.org Check out these two videos showcasing the amazing new JP programming (scroll down to the bottom of this page) https://jeremiahprogram.org/jp-alumni-summit-2021/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/jeremiahprogram/ and https://www.instagram.com/jeremiahmsp/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/jeremiahmsp Startribune article Thanks to our amazing sponsors:This episode is brought to you by Appetite for Change, a non-profit in North Minneapolis that uses food as a tool for health, wealth, and social change. To learn more about AFC, listen to Episode 31 of our podcast with one of their co-founders Michelle Horovitz, as well as our bonus episodes with co-founder Princess Haley. 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In this episode we hear from Savannah Kelly '21 and Gianni Hill '21. Some of the topics discussed include what brought each of them to Hamilton, the Posse Foundation, a COVID senior year, they reflect on their experiences while at Hamilton, and some pro tips as seniors. Released on March 22, 2021

In this episode, I had the opportunity to speak with Tiffany Mane (pronounced Man-neh) about Rule of Law development and how it affects not only the legal system but also cultural norms, social responsibility, communities, criminal justice, human rights, and more... Tiffany is a daughter of Dominican immigrants, the youngest of seven children and the first person in her family to graduate from law school. She is a Posse Foundation alumna and graduated from Dickinson College with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies. She graduated from Howard University School of Law in 2018 with her Juris Doctor and is currently enrolled in a Master of Laws program in Rule of Law Development at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She is the co-author of a UN report on the issue of statelessness in the Dominican Republic (publication pending.) That experience led her to pursue her true passion, which lies in rule of law development. She is an avid reader and is also into all things health, wellness and interior design. I hope you found this episode interesting and inspiring as well. Follow me and subscribe to my podcast and be sure to follow Paralegally Speaking on Facebook and Instagram.  Until next time!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Listen to Zakiya Thomas, Director of the Posse Foundation, discuss the foundation, her role and responsibilities as the director and much more.

In this episode of the Questioning Everything podcast, we explore the movement to remove Robert E. Lee's name from Washington and Lee University. This contentious issue has long been discussed by students, faculty, and alumni alike. With the growing discord between political parties and the continued rise of domestic terrorism with members who are far too often draping themselves in the flag of the Confederacy, this issue of the school's name has become too difficult to ignore. Will a name change help transform the culture of the institution to one that is more welcoming and inclusive or will it be a bandaid fix for issues that go deeper than Lee's influence? For more information on this topic, check out some of the links below:Washington and Lee University History: https://www.wlu.edu/the-w-l-story/university-history/ Letting Go of Robert E. Lee at Washington and Lee University, by Toni Locy: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/robert-lee-washington-statue/Former W&L Trustees Argue for Keeping Lee's Name: https://www.thenews-gazette.com/content/former-wl-trustees-argue-keeping-robert-e-lee%E2%80%99s-name-0Professor Brandon Hasbrouck's Article - White Saviors: https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlulr-online/vol77/iss1/4/Posse Foundation: https://www.possefoundation.org/ Slavery at Arlington House: https://www.nps.gov/arho/learn/historyculture/slavery.htm Students and Faculty ask Washington and Lee to change its name: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/07/02/students-faculty-ask-washington-lee-change-its-name/Civil War History: https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history Kappa Alpha Order: https://www.kappaalphaorder.org/ka/history/Wikipedia Article on Kappa Alpha Order: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_Alpha_Order Celebrating the life of Ted Delaney: https://columns.wlu.edu/in-memoriam-theodore-carter-delaney-jr-85-professor-of-history-emeritus/ Full conversations with the individuals in this episode, as well as a bonus conversation with a current W&L student named Tanajia Moye-Green will be made available with video on our forthcoming Youtube Channel. Subscribe today so you can be the first to see all our great videos and upcoming content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQL2kQf6yjjyaFOckKi_STAGot any episode ideas you'd like to share? Send us an email at q.e.podcast2020@gmail.com.

Episode Summary:  This is Rambles & Doodles, the research and development podcast about reflection, journaling, and self discovery. This week Melinda explores our relationship to urgency and what it takes to slow down. This week:  Melinda's computer threw her into urgency with a low storage notification and leading to the deletion of this week's episode. It was deleted and gone. Melinda chose not to panic - she told a friend and honestly shared her disappointment with others. Through meditation, she acknowledged that urgency led to losing this podcast. Where do we learn Urgency? Melinda comes from a family of rush, of both familial and cultural urgency. Society has an attachment to doing things quickly. Hourly wages are built on time, rather than quality. In school, if you don't learn on the schedule you miss out on the learning. Because of this we don't learn at our own pace. We have built an internal reward system based on urgency. But when the time belongs to us, how can we pay attention to ourselves? Pleasure & Joy: Urgency is a response, it's the need to move fast. It comes from external pressures. Melinda is in a place of still trying to understand what is joy and what is pleasure for her, she hasn't fully arrived. The way urgency lives within her, she is seeking is how what she wants and looks for can be slowly sought. Journal Prompt:Time for a doodle! In this free write, set a timer for five minutes for each prompt. Write and take notice of how you are feeling after you write. Collect data for yourself - notice, no need to solve problems. What is your relationship to speed and urgency? What is your relationship to rest and slowing down? Take note in a feelings box of how you feel writing this. Journal Tip: Free write - a lesson from Melinda's writing coach and the Posse Foundation. A free write can help your thoughts emerge. Show Notes:  Mexe Mexe, by Bana (song) Follow @melinda.barbosa for more prompts, updates and more! Created, Hosted and Edited: by Melinda Barbosa Produced by: Marlees West(IG @_marlees) of The Sticky Thoughts Podcast (IG @theStickyThoughtsPodcast) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melinda-barbosa/message

In this episode you meet Monique L. Nelson. Monique is chair and chief executive officer of UWG, the country’s longest-standing multicultural marketing agency. She took the helm of the agency in May 2012, when founder and advertising pioneer Byron Lewis retired. Headquartered in Brooklyn, with offices in Detroit, Atlanta and Miami, UWG maintains a list of esteemed clients. Today, this list includes Ford Motor Company, Colgate Palmolive, The Home Depot, Bacardi U.S. and Coca-Cola. As one of the country’s leading multicultural agencies, UWG services its clients with General Market, Black, Hispanic, Asian and LGBT marketing and advertising, digital and traditional advertising, consumer insight, public relations, consumer healthcare communications and cultural fluency consulting. Ms. Nelson has expanded the agency’s client list and has led her team in the development of several award winning campaigns that show the wide range of the agency’s expertise, as well as its ability to connect its clients with the growing and diverse cultures of today’s marketplace. With today’s minorities becoming the new majority, Ms. Nelson sees the role of multicultural agencies as even more important than when UWG was founded 50 years ago. While a one-size-fits-all marketing campaign might be efficient, it may not be effective, according to Ms. Nelson. Thus, her vision for UWG is to continue its history of providing the deep insight, knowledge and cultural nuance that keeps its clients connected to their consumers. Prior to joining UWG, Ms. Nelson was the Global Lead for Entertainment Marketing at Motorola, where she ensured that the technology giant’s entertainment and music strategies and alliances lived up to their promise as results-driven strategic marketing weapons worldwide. Today, her leadership extends beyond her C-suite at UWG. Ms. Nelson contributes to many organizations and charities. She sits on the Advertising Week Global Board, AdWeek Diversity & Inclusion Council, The Brandeis Board of Trustees, The Eagle Academy Board, as well as the New York Advisory Board for The Posse Foundation, of which she is an alumna. She is a participant in the ANA’s Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing. Ms. Nelson continues to give back to her undergraduate alma mater by supporting the Vanderbilt on Madison Avenue Internship Program. She is also a member of the Brooklyn Chapter of Links, Inc., an international, not-for-profit corporation established in 1946, which is the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organization of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the cultural and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. Ms. Nelson has an MBA in international marketing and finance from Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University and a Bachelor of Science degree in human and organizational development from Vanderbilt University. In 2016, she received United Way of New York City's Women's Leadership Council’s Power of Women to Make a Difference Award. Her other distinguished honors include: The Network Journal’s 25 Influential Black Women Under Forty, Ad Age's 40 Under 40, and the 2015 Advertising Working Mothers of the Year. Some of the things that we discussed that had me ready to pass the collection plate were about:⁠ ⁠ 1. Handling mistakes.⁠ 2. The power of alignment.⁠ 3. How COVID has changed her day to day life.⁠ 4. The health scare that caused her to reorganize the role that work played in her life.⁠ 5. Buying a company, getting married, and having her first child in 12 months.⁠

Jo Grover has 15-years of experience as a cognitive therapist. In addition, she is a board-certified coach, a published member of the International Coaching Federation, and a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching. She has received her undergraduate degree in communications from Syracuse University and a master's degree in social work from New York University. Jo's greatest strength is her ability to help her clients feel more calm, clear, and confident. She believes strongly in life/work balance. Her 92-year-old father, a retired boat builder, taught her that a well-balanced boat will encounter less resistance and go further. In an effort to achieve this, Jo spends time with her family and friends, exercises, and practices meditation. Her purpose has always been to create communities of change. In her early 20's, Jo founded an environmental stewardship program in her struggling hometown of Freeport, NY. It has since grown tenfold and been nominated for a Presidential Award for Innovation. She was a founding board member for the Posse Foundation in Miami, Fl and the first person in the US to be certified in functional imagery training, a groundbreaking way of supporting behavior change using imagery. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/toby-usnik/support

This week on the pod, we connect with Dan Pickering, CIO of Pickering Energy Partners, who’s been having a great November. We talk long oil, equities, OPEC, valuation, and why we have seen flows into energy companies and chat - will it continue? You won’t want to miss this one!   #hottakeoftheday podcast Episode 87 w/Dan Pickering https://youtu.be/KWEiW9F-KUI   Podcast Audio   About our Sponsor The Kuiper Law Firm is a Multi-Jurisdictional full service oil and gas law firm with offices in Houston, Denver, Dallas, Midland, Oklahoma City, and Lafayette. The Firm is licensed to practice across most producing states, retains significant experience in every producing basin, and provides skillful representation across a wide variety of matters including title examination, regulatory representation, acquisitions and divestitures, contract review, midstream dedication, and many other aspects of onshore natural gas and oil operations. Kuiper Law Firm strives to create a better experience for clients by providing effective, efficient, and personable representation by attorneys that understand and know the oil and gas industry. Not only does the firm have extensive experience representing industry operators and participants, but most of Kuiper’s attorneys began their careers employed by operators. This hands-on experience allows delivery of legal services that are truly effective and efficient for our oil and gas clients. Through the difficult market presented by this past year, Kuiper Law Firm remains committed to serving oil and gas clients. Alex Kuiper founded Kuiper Law Firm with a vision of accessible expertise, efficient and quick service, and a client base revered as friends. Recognizing the many hardships on industry professionals today, the firm actively participates in free educational events available to all, welcomes questions from industry professionals we may address in our blog, and is available to all, clients and non-clients alike for guidance in these challenging times.   About Dan Dan Pickering is the Chief Investment Officer of Pickering Energy Partners (PEP). PEP manages client assets via energy strategies focused primarily on public markets and private equity. Prior to PEP, Mr. Pickering served as the President of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. and Chief Investment Officer of TPH Investment Management. Dan has spent 26 years as an energy portfolio manager, researcher and analyst, first at Fidelity Investments (where he managed ~$1 billion of energy sector funds), then as Head of Research at Simmons & Company and as the founding partner of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Dan currently serves as the portfolio manager of the PEP Energy Equity Opportunities Fund and on the Investment Committee of PEP’s Energy Co-Investment and private equity strategies. Dan grew up in Missouri, has a BS in Petroleum Engineering from the Missouri School of Science and Technology and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Personal Anecdote/Tidbits Dan sits on the Board of Trustees for Texas Children’s Hospital, the Texas Children’s Hospital Foundation, the Advisory Board of Midway Companies and the Houston CFA Society. Dan is also the Houston Board Chair of the Posse Foundation, a national non-profit organization focused on providing skills training and full college scholarships to young leaders in Houston’s public schools. Additionally, Dan also serves on the Advisory Board’s for Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., Capital Creek Partners and the Energy ESG Council. He likes to travel, avoid exercise, watch too much TV, play golf and complain about the Houston Texans.

As managing director, Catharine (“Cappy”) Bond Hill leads Ithaka S+R's research and consulting initiatives to broaden access to higher education, reduce costs, and improve student outcomes. A noted economist whose work focuses on higher education affordability and access, as well as on economic development and reform in Africa, Cappy joined Ithaka S+R in September, 2016. She oversees Ithaka S+R's two program areas, working to help the higher education, library, scholarly communication, and museum communities adapt to the technological and economic context of the 21st century. From 2006 to 2016, Cappy served as the 10th president of Vassar College. Under her leadership, Vassar reinstated need-blind admissions and replaced loans with grants in financial aid for low-income families. In 2015 the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, awarded Vassar the inaugural million-dollar prize for Equity in Educational Excellence for its efforts to expand access and support to students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. While at Vassar, Cappy also established a first-of-its-kind veterans admission partnership with the Posse Foundation, with Vassar enrolling its first eleven veterans as freshmen in 2013. Prior to her Vassar presidency, Cappy was the provost of Williams College, where she had chief academic and financial officer responsibilities. She originally joined the economics faculty at Williams in 1985. From 1994-1997, Cappy lived in the Republic of Zambia, working in the Ministry of Finance and with the Bank of Zambia. Cappy serves on the board of the Yale-NUS College and is senior fellow on the Yale Board of Trustees. Cappy graduated from Williams College, earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree at Brasenose College, Oxford University. She completed her doctorate in economics at Yale University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Stephen Hayes is the creator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a discipline founded in Cognitive Psychology that includes powerful methods for dealing with depression, anxiety, and trauma. He's also a fun-spirited guy, and a joy to talk to. His passion for people and his outlook on "why it's so hard to be a person," is helpful and healing.  ( www.stevenchayes.com ) Our featured charity this week is the Posse Foundation, a group that helps students through high school all the way past college, training youth to be tomorrow's leaders. Check them out at possefoundation.org

Welcome back to the Square Pizza pod! Today's interview is with Shani Dowell, the founder of Possip, a platform that helps make school decision-makers jobs easier by gathering feedback from families, parents, and teachers. In this episode we cover:- the founding process and inspiration behind Possip - the power of Possip's platform - Shani's connection to both Beyonce & Jay-ZAbout Shani: Possip's Founder & CEO, Shani Dowell is a former public school teacher. As a parent and educator at heart, Shani loves supporting the work of schools. Shani attended public schools in Houston, Texas, and went to Howard University in Washington, DC. She started her career at Bain & Co. and helped launch Posse Foundation's Boston office. She has an M.B.A. from Stanford University and Shani has worked for Houston ISD, KIPP, Teach For America, Bridgespan Group, and Relay GSE. Shani's goal is to support schools through the ideas of parents, teachers, and students. Support the show (http://Scherm.co)

As the CEO of Chicago Scholars, Dominique Jordan Turner is responsible for leading the organization, and working collaboratively with the Board, and senior level management to establish and implement operational and programmatic goals, as well as cultivating partnerships that positively impact the organization. If you are interested in learning more about the Chicago Scholars Community, and how to get involved, Dominique will be happy to connect with you.Prior to joining Chicago Scholars, Dominique served as the Posse Foundation’s Chicago Director. She was the Regional Director of Network Growth for the KIPP Foundation, where she managed the Smart Growth process across the network. Dominique began her career as a management consultant at Deloitte, where she focused on process reengineering and customer relationship management.Additionally, Dominique was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Republic of Panama. She is fluent in Spanish and holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Clark Atlanta University and a M.B.A. from Marquette University. She has been selected for several prestigious leadership programs including IMPACT through Chicago Urban League and University of Chicago, the Trinity Fellowship in Urban Leadership, New York University’s Lead the Way Fellowship and the Broad Residency in Urban Education. Dominique is also the founder and face of Speak On It™; a weekly video blog focusing on leadership, success and what she calls the ‘art of winning’. Because we spend most of our waking hours at work, she wants to help you be great when you are there. But before all of that, she says her most important job is being the mom to her daughter Kennedy, who is a brilliant, talented, kind and funny 4th grader at Morgan Park Academy. Dominique is a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated and a graduate of Clark Atlanta University. She has been recognized numerous times for her work in the community. In 2016, her sorority named her Woman of the Year, Glamour Magazine recognized her as one of their 50 hometown heroes, and the esteemed radio show Café Mocha acknowledged her with the Community Activist Award. Given her leadership in the city, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has appointed her to both the Chicago Board of Education and the Chicago Public Library Board. Additionally, Dominique is one of the 20 leaders selected from more than 20,000 applicants from 191 countries to be an inaugural Obama Foundation Fellow. This Fellowship will be a collaborative effort to elevate and continue to empower the next generation of Chicago leaders. Outside of work, Dominique is fluent in Spanish, loves to dance, travel and spend time with her “Fit Chics” family working out. Her home and office is filled with inspirational quotes and one of her favorite is “I’ll find a way or make one”. Dominique has a new book “Finding Your Superpowers” coming in 2019! Dominique is passionate about creating equal education opportunities for underserved youth. She believes that education is not a merit of socioeconomic status, but a valuable resource to pull marginalized youth out of poverty and into leadership positions that positively influence their communities.Dominique’s advice to Scholars is to maximize your leadership while in college. Do not just join an organization, be the president of that organization, or start your own.

Episode DescriptionAlexandra Bushman is one of the founding members of WeGaveWhat, the philanthropic arm of WeWoreWhat by Danielle Bernstein. Born & raised in NYC, Alex’s passion for working in social impact stems from living two blocks away from the Twin Towers on 9/11. She was 8 yrs old at the time & was displaced from her home& school for over a year. At a very young age, she saw the importance of compassion in healing communities & addressing complex global issues - something that has driven her entire personal life & professional career. Prior to starting WeGaveWhat, Alex worked at Eat Offbeat, a refugee & immigrant led meal delivery company in NYC. Before Eat Offbeat, she worked at The Posse Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing diversity in higher education. Alex received her certification in Social Impact Strategy from The University of Pennsylvania, a B.A. in Psychology from Georgetown University & a M.A. in Higher Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Alexandra Bushman is one of the founding members of WeGaveWhat, the philanthropic arm of WeWoreWhat by Danielle Bernstein. Born & raised in NYC, Alex's passion for working in social impact stems from living two blocks away from the Twin Towers on 9/11. She was 8 yrs old at the time & was displaced from her home& school for over a year. At a very young age, she saw the importance of compassion in healing communities & addressing complex global issues - something that has driven her entire personal life & professional career. Prior to starting WeGaveWhat, Alex worked at Eat Offbeat, a refugee & immigrant led meal delivery company in NYC. Before Eat Offbeat, she worked at The Posse Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing diversity in higher education. Alex received her certification in Social Impact Strategy from The University of Pennsylvania, a B.A. in Psychology from Georgetown University & a M.A. in Higher Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Alexandra Bushman is one of the founding members of WeGaveWhat, the philanthropic arm of WeWoreWhat by Danielle Bernstein. Born & raised in NYC, Alex's passion for working in social impact stems from living two blocks away from the Twin Towers on 9/11. She was 8 yrs old at the time & was displaced from her home& school for over a year. At a very young age, she saw the importance of compassion in healing communities & addressing complex global issues - something that has driven her entire personal life & professional career. Prior to starting WeGaveWhat, Alex worked at Eat Offbeat, a refugee & immigrant led meal delivery company in NYC. Before Eat Offbeat, she worked at The Posse Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing diversity in higher education. Alex received her certification in Social Impact Strategy from The University of Pennsylvania, a B.A. in Psychology from Georgetown University & a M.A. in Higher Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Alexandra Bushman is one of the founding members of WeGaveWhat, the philanthropic arm of WeWoreWhat by Danielle Bernstein. Born & raised in NYC, Alex's passion for working in social impact stems from living two blocks away from the Twin Towers on 9/11. She was 8 yrs old at the time & was displaced from her home& school for over a year. At a very young age, she saw the importance of compassion in healing communities & addressing complex global issues - something that has driven her entire personal life & professional career. Prior to starting WeGaveWhat, Alex worked at Eat Offbeat, a refugee & immigrant led meal delivery company in NYC. Before Eat Offbeat, she worked at The Posse Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing diversity in higher education. Alex received her certification in Social Impact Strategy from The University of Pennsylvania, a B.A. in Psychology from Georgetown University & a M.A. in Higher Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

In this episode you meet Chastity Lord. Chastity has spent two decades dedicated to DISMANTLING systems of inequity for marginalized communities. Chastity is currently the President and CEO at Jeremiah Program (JP), a national organization committed to disrupting the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children, two generations at a time. JP’s proven, holistic approach begins with establishing a supportive community for single mothers to pursue a career-track, college education. Through a combination of quality early childhood education, a safe and affordable place to live, and empowerment and life skills training, families find stability to respond to the proven systemic barriers that impede social and economic mobility. JP deeply believes that families are the best owners and narrators of their lives. History has proven time and again that building infrastructure, leadership, and power for marginalized communities creates a contagion of long-term change. When single women living in poverty THRIVE, their children and everyone living in the community THRIVES. Chastity also recently served as Chief Operating Officer at Color of Change (COC), a racial justice organization with over 2+ million members. Prior to joining COC, Chastity was the Chief External Officer of Achievement First, a nonprofit organization that operates 42 charter schools in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Brooklyn. Over five years, Chastity worked with community leaders to secure $200 million dollars, favorable expansion terms and progressive educational policy funding, helping level the playing field for poor and marginalized communities. Later Chastity spent eight years at The Posse Foundation, a nationally recognized and MacArthur Genius awarded college access program, devoted to public high school students who show academic and leadership potential but may be overlooked by the traditional college admissions process. Chastity’s professional north star and commitment to equity and social justice for the past two decades is influenced by her own personal experience as a first-generation college graduate. Chastity understands that education is not the panacea for inequity but unapologetically credits it to transforming how she dreams and disrupting the cycle of poverty for her own family. Chastity has a BA in organizational communication from University of Oklahoma and an MBA in strategy and marketing from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She is a 2012 Pahara-Aspen Fellow with the Aspen Global Leadership Network and serves on the board of Shriver National Center on Poverty and Law. During our conversation we discuss: - Getting from good to excellent - Creating Beyonce Coachella moments in your career - Building your network - Passion for the work Enjoy!!

The GW School of Business (GWSB) was created to prepare the business leaders of tomorrow. In the spirit of sharing the expertise of our distinguished alumni and other thought leaders, we've created the GWSB Proud podcast series. Voted best on-campus musician by GW's student-run campus news organization, Michael Ferrier composed the theme song for the GWSB Proud podcast series. Michael graduated in 2020 with a BA in Organizational Sciences, and he's also a Posse Foundation scholar. In this episode, he talks about his musical background — starting with his family — and how it has shaped his future. Michael also shares information about GW's recording studio at the Mount Vernon campus, the various music scenes on and around campus, and his involvement with the Posse Foundation. Connect with Michael on Instagram at plantain_papi_.

On this episode of the podcast, Brent hosts Ithaca College’s 9th president, Dr. Shirley M. Collado. Dr. Collado has an amazing story. She was a first-generation college student and is now the first Dominican American president of a four-year institution. Wherever her career has led — from running the Posse Foundation to leadership positions at Rutgers and Middlebury College — she's always been a change agent guiding institutions to put students first and create spaces for every voice.

This episode provides a conversation with Nancy Lowenstein (nlowe@bu.edu), the Clinical Associate Professor and Program Director at Sargent College. She shared her knowledge and experience on multiple sclerosis, and her involvement in the Posse Foundation. About the Posse Foundation: The Posse Foundation identifies, recruits and trains individuals with extraordinary leadership potential. Posse Scholars receive full-tuition leadership scholarships from Posse's partner colleges and universities. The moderator of the podcast is Dr. Karen Jacobs (kjacobs@bu.edu), who is the Associate Dean, Digital Learning and Innovation, a Clinical Professor and the Program Director for the on-line post-professional doctorate in the occupational therapy program at Sargent College. Marial Williams (marialw@bu.edu), a Boston University entry-level occupational therapy doctoral student, composed the music for the podcast.

Taaha gained admission to Lafayette College through the Posse Foundation, graduating with an English major and a Writing Concentration in 2011. He then worked at Comedy Central, where he supported acquisition of the 'Key & Peele' show. After leaving the entertainment industry to pursue his passion of educational access, Taaha worked in the admissions office of his alma mater for five years, raising enrollment of students of color from 12% to 29%. He received his Education Masters in Higher Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education, focusing on transitional support for marginalized young people. He was asked to serve on the School's board as a student, and found his next opportunity. In 2017, Taaha moved to Chicago to design a pipeline for students who have been historically marginalized from higher education - first generation college bound students, temporarily low-income, and students of color - to executive spaces over a 14 year academic journey. He recently accepted a new role on a project to improve post secondary efforts for five Chicago neighborhood schools with a substantial operational budget. A native New Yorker by way of Tanzania, Taaha currently resides in Chicago. He loves playing and watching basketball, spoken word, and comedy. Karim is a recent graduate of Lehigh University, where he studied mechanical engineering. He is very excited to enter the workforce and ready to learn as much as he can!

Deborah Bial, President & Founder of The Posse Foundation, discusses their efforts to send teams of students to college together so they can support one another. She explains that nearly 10,000 students have won more than $1.5 billion in scholarships from Posse partner colleges and universities. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Doni Holloway.

Deborah Bial, President & Founder of The Posse Foundation, discusses their efforts to send teams of students to college together so they can support one another. She explains that nearly 10,000 students have won more than $1.5 billion in scholarships from Posse partner colleges and universities. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Doni Holloway. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Show Notes: Privilege brings with it a sense of responsibility (4:00) Empowering others - "nurturing, supporting, and uplifting" (5:30) “Talent in unexpected locations" Levels of impact: individual and systems (7:45) Carrying people with you (8:20) POSSE Foundation (8:40) Compensatory and Distributive Justice (9:00) What she tells her students (10:45) Most proud of integrating race and gender into economics programs (11:00) What we are missing in the discourses of race and gender Difficult to reshape pre-conceived notions unless you allow everyone to explore (13:00) Interconnectedness of society and systems level thinking (14:00) A must read - Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows Becoming more comfortable with complexity and uncertainty - Santa Fe Institute guidance during COVID-19Cecilia’s message during COVID-19 (15:00) The Top 100 from 100&Change Respond to COVID-19 (16:30) “We don’t have the luxury of backing away from challenges to focus on a single one” (18:30) MacArthur Fellows Program (19:00) Characteristics of fellows (24:30) Howard Gardner “fruitful asynchrony” and his book Creating Minds (26:00) Role of poetry in Cecilia’s life (27:50) Her published poem “Apathy" The Poetry Foundation (29:15) The On Being Project (30:00) Finding hope and despair right now (31:00) Second-line show for healthcare workers (32:15) 'Five-Cut Fridays’ series Cecilia’s list

Can we talk about something else? Jason Hartman invites Michael Ainslie to the show to discuss his book, A Nose For Trouble. As well, Michael shares his business tactics helping to grow Sotheby's in his time with the company. In his stories as Director of Lehman Brothers, Michael talks about SATURDAY MORNING, the weekend that changed Wall Street forever, and some hypotheticals had things gone differently in 2008. And finally, Michael shares a brief story about the beginning of The Posse Foundation.  Key Takeaways: [3:00] Ten (actually 21) Commandments of Successful Investing, Amendment: Commandment number 22? [7:00] Michael Ainslie [9:15] Sotheby's growth using “good, basic business tactics” [13:18] The art market and purchasing of major works has become a way for new wealth to distinguish themselves [13:40] The Sotheby's scandal with Christie's Auction Company [16:00] Sotheby's real estate, “white elephants” [20:00] SATURDAY MORNING, Geithner said, “you have two hours to save Lehman,” the weekend that changed Wall Street forever [24:08] If there were no bailouts, what would that have looked like? [33:10] The Posse Foundation story Websites: www.JasonHartman.com www.ANoseForTrouble.com Jason Hartman PropertyCast (Libsyn) Jason Hartman PropertyCast (iTunes) www.holisticsurvival.com/

The following is a conversation between Deborah Bial, President and Founder of the Posse Foundation and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. • The Pivot the Posse Foundation Made to Serve Their Scholars and Alumni • Impact Pandemic Will Have on Nonprofit Workplace • The Contrast Between Frontline Health Workers and Decision Makers Underscores Need for Diverse Leadership

Gregory Zuckerman is a Special Writer at The Wall Street Journal. He writes about big financial trades, hedge funds, private-equity firms and other investing and business topics. In the past, Greg wrote the "Heard on the Street" column and covered the credit markets for the paper. Greg is the author of "The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters," published November 2013 by Penguin Press. He's also the author of “The Greatest Trade Ever. Michael Ainslie has been a champion of education for decades. His passion has been The Posse Foundation, which he helped launch in 1994. Michael was Posse's first board chair, serving for thirteen years and continues on the Posse board..This is the remarkable memoir of Michael Ainslie, a man who has always embraced the adventures and misadventures of business and life. In A Nose for Trouble, he describes his personal experience with several high profile events, including the 2008 bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers. He authored "A Nose for Trouble".

Can we talk about something else? Jason Hartman invites Michael Ainslie to the show to discuss his book, A Nose For Trouble. As well, Michael shares his business tactics helping to grow Sotheby’s in his time with the company. In his stories as Director of Lehman Brothers, Michael talks about SATURDAY MORNING, the weekend that changed Wall Street forever, and some hypotheticals had things gone differently in 2008. And finally, Michael shares a brief story about the beginning of The Posse Foundation.  Key Takeaways: [3:00] Ten (actually 21) Commandments of Successful Investing, Amendment: Commandment number 22? [7:00] Michael Ainslie [9:15] Sotheby’s growth using “good, basic business tactics” [13:18] The art market and purchasing of major works has become a way for new wealth to distinguish themselves [13:40] The Sotheby’s scandal with Christie’s Auction Company [16:00] Sotheby’s real estate, “white elephants” [20:00] SATURDAY MORNING, Geithner said, “you have two hours to save Lehman,” the weekend that changed Wall Street forever [24:08] If there were no bailouts, what would that have looked like? [33:10] The Posse Foundation story Websites: www.JasonHartman.com www.ANoseForTrouble.com Jason Hartman PropertyCast (Libsyn) Jason Hartman PropertyCast (iTunes) www.holisticsurvival.com/

Can we talk about something else? Jason Hartman invites Michael Ainslie to the show to discuss his book, A Nose For Trouble. As well, Michael shares his business tactics helping to grow Sotheby's in his time with the company. In his stories as Director of Lehman Brothers, Michael talks about SATURDAY MORNING, the weekend that changed Wall Street forever, and some hypotheticals had things gone differently in 2008. And finally, Michael shares a brief story about the beginning of The Posse Foundation.  Key Takeaways: [3:00] Ten (actually 21) Commandments of Successful Investing, Amendment: Commandment number 22? [7:00] Michael Ainslie [9:15] Sotheby's growth using “good, basic business tactics” [13:18] The art market and purchasing of major works has become a way for new wealth to distinguish themselves [13:40] The Sotheby's scandal with Christie's Auction Company [16:00] Sotheby's real estate, “white elephants” [20:00] SATURDAY MORNING, Geithner said, “you have two hours to save Lehman,” the weekend that changed Wall Street forever [24:08] If there were no bailouts, what would that have looked like? [33:10] The Posse Foundation story Websites: www.JasonHartman.com www.ANoseForTrouble.com Jason Hartman PropertyCast (Libsyn) Jason Hartman PropertyCast (iTunes) www.holisticsurvival.com/

Can we talk about something else? Jason Hartman invites Michael Ainslie to the show to discuss his book, A Nose For Trouble. As well, Michael shares his business tactics helping to grow Sotheby’s in his time with the company. In his stories as Director of Lehman Brothers, Michael talks about SATURDAY MORNING, the weekend that changed Wall Street forever, and some hypotheticals had things gone differently in 2008. And finally, Michael shares a brief story about the beginning of The Posse Foundation.  Key Takeaways: [3:00] Ten (actually 21) Commandments of Successful Investing, Amendment: Commandment number 22? [7:00] Michael Ainslie [9:15] Sotheby’s growth using “good, basic business tactics” [13:18] The art market and purchasing of major works has become a way for new wealth to distinguish themselves [13:40] The Sotheby’s scandal with Christie’s Auction Company [16:00] Sotheby’s real estate, “white elephants” [20:00] SATURDAY MORNING, Geithner said, “you have two hours to save Lehman,” the weekend that changed Wall Street forever [24:08] If there were no bailouts, what would that have looked like? [33:10] The Posse Foundation story Websites: www.JasonHartman.com www.ANoseForTrouble.com Jason Hartman PropertyCast (Libsyn) Jason Hartman PropertyCast (iTunes)

M I C H A E L  A I N S L I E has firsthand experience with several high-profile events, including the 2008 bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers: He was one of ten people in the Lehman boardroom on the evening of September 14, 2008, who saw firsthand the events that led to the largest bankruptcy filing in US history. Michael offers readers an insider’s view of the situations surrounding the price-fixing scandal between Sotheby’s and Christie’s, a scandal that rocked the art world and sent the ex-chair of Sotheby’s to prison. Michael has been a champion of education for decades. His passion has been the Posse Foundation, which he helped launch in 1994. Michael was Posse’s first board chair, serving for thirteen years and continues on the Posse board. He had a distinguished business career serving as president and CEO of Sotheby’s from 1984 to 1994, leading a transformation of the worldwide auction business. Previously he was president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation from 1980 to 1984. While at the National Trust, he helped rewrite the tax law to provide a 25% investment tax credit for investment in historic buildings. This incentive radically changed the landscape of historic preservation.  

M I C H A E L  A I N S L I E has firsthand experience with several high-profile events, including the 2008 bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers: He was one of ten people in the Lehman boardroom on the evening of September 14, 2008, who saw firsthand the events that led to the largest bankruptcy filing in US history. Michael offers readers an insider’s view of the situations surrounding the price-fixing scandal between Sotheby’s and Christie’s, a scandal that rocked the art world and sent the ex-chair of Sotheby’s to prison. Michael has been a champion of education for decades. His passion has been the Posse Foundation, which he helped launch in 1994. Michael was Posse’s first board chair, serving for thirteen years and continues on the Posse board. He had a distinguished business career serving as president and CEO of Sotheby’s from 1984 to 1994, leading a transformation of the worldwide auction business. Previously he was president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation from 1980 to 1984. While at the National Trust, he helped rewrite the tax law to provide a 25% investment tax credit for investment in historic buildings. This incentive radically changed the landscape of historic preservation.  

This week on “Marketing Today,” Alan talks with Amy Fuller, chief marketing and communications officer for Accenture. Fuller has built a career working on world-class brands like Kraft, IBM, Kimberly-Clark, Verizon, and Deloitte while working on both the agency and the client side. Before joining Accenture in 2017, she spent time in various leadership roles at Deloitte, MasterCard, Y&R, and Ogilvy & Mather, among others. During the course of their discussion, Fuller breaks down the complexity and challenging scope of serving as the chief marketer for a company the size of Accenture while offering observations and thinking that can be applied to an organization of any size. And she discusses formative experiences — from spending time throughout her childhood on an off-the-grid river island between the U.S. and Canada and earning a liberal arts education at Bryn Mawr College to learning how to “thrive with scarcity” while working on the agency side and her experience with the Posse Foundation, which helps diverse groups of college students find academic success — that have influenced her thinking and career. And Fuller offered her take on the future of marketing: “How you reach people, how you measure your efficacy in doing so, are technical,” says Fuller. “And they’re very real and very important. But the human part is not going away. And, if anything, it is getting more important.” Fuller goes on to add, “The more technical we become, the more important the human element becomes. And I think that is the future of marketing — it is the marriage of both.” Highlights from this week’s “Marketing Today” podcast include:  “Lots of responsibility and no resources, which is the definition of how you learn.” How Fuller’s first job helped prepare her for a career in marketing. (1:33) Working with world-class brands is the thread woven through Fuller’s career. (2:50) Fuller: “Understanding what you’re really trying to solve — not what you’re being told to solve, necessarily, but boring into the true business problem — is the only way you can succeed in marketing. (4:45) Fuller discusses the complexity and massive scope of her responsibilities at Accenture. (6:39) Fuller: “What Accenture is extremely good at is doing the kind of analysis that builds business cases.” (13:52) The why and how of taking a stand on causes in this polarizing time. (17:35) Fuller on the articulation of the talent brand at Accenture. (20:17) Simple advice for any new CMO: Ask questions and listen to the answers. (24:40) Growing up, Fuller learned resiliency and innovation during summers spent on an off-the-grid island on the St. Lawrence River. (26:50) What Fuller wishes she’d discovered earlier in her career: Asking for advice and coaching is a sign of strength — and a lot less stressful. (29:19) Support the show.

Kelsey Davis is the Co-Founder and CEO of CLLCTVE, an agency that develops collegiate creatives, in partnership with universities across the country, to develop Creative Solutions for brands looking to reach the Generation Z consumer market. Prior to CLLCTVE, Kelsey worked in production for Conde Nast Entertainment. Hailing from Atlanta, GA, she has been identified as a leader from the beginning, by being the youngest recipient of the 100 Black Men, Inc, “Image Award”, being honored with the 2015 Volunteer of the Year for YMCA Atlanta, and sent to the Newhouse School at Syracuse University to study Television, Radio, & Film, and Innovation, Design, & Start-ups, on the full-tuition Posse Foundation leadership scholarship. AGENDA FOR OUR INSTAGRAM LIVE:

Kelsey Davis is the Co-Founder and CEO of CLLCTVE, an agency that develops collegiate creatives, in partnership with universities across the country, to develop Creative Solutions for brands looking to reach the Generation Z consumer market. Prior to CLLCTVE, Kelsey worked in production for Conde Nast Entertainment. Hailing from Atlanta, GA, she has been identified as a leader from the beginning, by being the youngest recipient of the 100 Black Men, Inc, “Image Award”, being honored with the 2015 Volunteer of the Year for YMCA Atlanta, and sent to the Newhouse School at Syracuse University to study Television, Radio, & Film, and Innovation, Design, & Start-ups, on the full-tuition Posse Foundation leadership scholarship.

Deborah Bial, the founder and president of The Posse Foundation, discusses Posse's unique assessment process for scholars, which looks past test scores to find tomorrow's true leaders.

The 29-year-old organization sends promising high school grads in groups to 56 colleges across the nation. How about getting Philly in on that pipeline?

How do we crack a problem that has existed for decades? Jobs in science, technology, engineering & mathematics (STEM) jobs are projected to grow 17 percent between 2014 and 2024; non-STEM jobs are expected to rise only 12 percent. Even so, minorities, women and people with disabilities are still severely underrepresented in STEM-related fields. And if innovation springs from looking at problems from a very different perspective, then coaxing people who bring diverse perspectives should become a national imperative. As part of Silicon Valley’s Commonwealth Club discussion series, EdSurge CEO and co-founder Betsy Corcoran spoke with three MacArthur Fellows actively involved in helping people from underrepresented populations enter and thrive in STEM careers. Deborah Bial, founder of the Posse Foundation, Jim Fruchterman, founder of Benetech and Dr. Manu Prakash, a physical biologist from Stanford University, bring powerful—and different—perspectives on how to over barriers so many confront when pursuing careers in STEM.

I had the honor of meeting Quameiha through a scholarship program called the Posse Foundation. She is definitely one of those people who when you meet her for the first time, you can immediately connect with her. I am grateful for her friendship but also the powerful example of love, joy, loyalty, passion, and talent that she exudes. These very same characteristics of Quameiha flow through everything she does as filmmaker, poet, actor, and her amazing skill at oration and theater performance. But one of the most impactful things about Quameiha has always been her love for her family. I remember sitting in her dorm room looking at pictures of her family, friends, and especially her mother; how her face with glow with pride and excitement that made you feel personally connected with each loved one. Unfortunately, halfway through our college career, at 21, Quameiha lost her mom…and we all mourned alongside her. Yet, Quameiha did not let this damper her spirit. Her gratitude makes her shine even brighter. Quameiha is grateful to have come into this world through her mother…A strong, amazing woman who loved, guided, and instilled greatness and value into Quameiha and anyone else all around her. I’m grateful for how Quameiha holds onto the quote “The light of a man extends past their death”. It is such a great reminder that we do have an impact on those around us. This inspires me to live in such a way that people will see the light in me far after I am gone. I am also grateful for Quameiha’s resilient energy and how she uses the lessons she learned from her mother to face the good, the bad, and the ugly. Don’t miss out what her mother taught her and what motivates Quameiha to be who she is and where she today.

The Posse Foundation helps boost college graduation rates while making college degrees more accessible for lower income portions of the Washington, D.C. region.

The Emerging Voices Meet and Greet PEN Center USA will present an informational evening with current and former Emerging Voices fellows and mentors for the benefit of interested applicants. The Emerging Voices Fellowship is a literary mentorship that aims to provide new writers who are isolated from the literary establishment with the tools, skills, and knowledge they need to launch a professional writing career. Readings/ Fellowship Overview/ Q & A/ Summer Cocktails Victoria Chang writes poetry and children's books. Her latest poetry book is The Boss, which won a PEN Center USA Literary Award and a California Book Award. Her picture book Is Mommy? was a New York Times Notable Book. She lives in southern California with her family.  Rayne Gasper's work has appeared in The New Statesman, The Adirondack Review, and Word Riot, and has been selected for Long Form Fiction's Pick of The Week.  In 2012, she was named a PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fellow. Rayne is a Massachusetts native and currently resides in Los Angeles, where she is at work on her debut collection of stories. Mehnaz Sahibzada was born in Pakistan and raised in Los Angeles. She holds an MA in Religious Studies from UC Santa Barbara, and she was a 2009 PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fellow. Her poetry chapbooks, Tongue-Tied: A Memoir in Poems (2012) and Summer Forgets to Wear a Petticoat (2016), were published by Finishing Line Press. Her work has appeared in publications such as Asia Writes, The Rattling Wall, and Pedestal Magazine.  An English teacher, she lives in southern California.    Nonfiction writer Sylvia Sukop grew up in rural Pennsylvania and lived in Boston and New York City before settling in Los Angeles. She was a PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fellow in 2009, and her work has since been published in the anthologies Emerge (Lambda Literary Foundation, 2016), LAtitudes: An Angeleno’s Atlas (Heyday, 2015), and Strange Cargo (PEN Center USA, 2010). She is a 2016 Fellow in NewGround: The Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change, and a longtime volunteer and writing coach for the Posse Foundation. She will be entering the Washington University in St. Louis creative writing MFA program this fall. For a full list of benefits and application details visit: penusa.org/programs/emerging-voices

December 18, 2014 - Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://onforb.es/1BZx119. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwitunes or on Stitcher by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwstitcher. Deloitte is working to make a difference in American education at scale. David Porges, Deloitte’s Director for Corporate Citizenship, explains, “Deloitte is focused on education because the intellectual capital of our people is the foundation of our organization and our economy. Today’s students are the future innovators and leaders. We believe we have an obligation and ability to work with others to improve access to high-quality education programs for students nationwide.” Deloitte runs a program called RightStep to accomplish its educational impact objectives. “RightStep is Deloitte’s way of giving back to education in America. By tapping into all of our assets – e.g., philanthropy, skilled volunteering, pro bono, etc. — we work year-round with nonprofits such as College Summit, City Year, and Posse Foundation to create real change for more than 240,000 students each year,” Porges said. He added, “Deloitte does everything from skills-based volunteering, board leadership, thought leadership and cash donations to support students on their journey from high school through college and into the workforce. For example, our professionals serve as year-round mentors to underserved high schools across the US through our Deloitte Academy program. In New York City, 100% of our mentees have been accepted to college in a school with a 55% graduation rate.” Please consider whether a friend or colleague might benefit from this piece and, if so, share it.

Sometimes, the greatest lessons in life are a direct result of the adversities we face. In today's episode I speak to a businessman who recently released memoir of lessons learned to help the next generation of leaders called *"A nose for trouble."* In his book he reveals he has, amongst other things:- * Seen firsthand the events that led to the *largest bankruptcy filing in US history* * *The ex-chair of Sotheby's sent to prison*. * escaped a *riot in Vietnam* * Faced *death threats in NYC, AND;* * M *eet with First Lady Nancy Reagan on the day her husband was shot* , Michael Ainslie is the former president and CEO of Sotheby's, the former president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Prevention, and a former director of Lehman Brothers. He was also the founding chairman of the Posse Foundation, serving in that role for 13 years and continuing today as an active board member and mentor to scores of Posse scholars and alums. Posse has sent over 9,200 young urban leaders in 10-person cohorts (posses) to elite universities on full-tuition leadership scholarships. 90% of Posse scholars graduate, and they are taking on leadership roles in the workplace. Check out A Nose for Trouble ( https://www.amazon.com/Nose-Trouble-Sothebys-Redefining-Adversity/dp/1626346712 ) on Amazon! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-dave-pamah-show/donations