Nation's Top Business Leaders and CEOs Serving as 2024 Ubben Fellow Hosts
The Posse Foundation, a nonprofit organization that partners with select colleges to provide student scholarships and leadership training, today unveiled the CEOs and business leaders selected as hosts and mentors of the 2024 cohort of Jeff Ubben Posse Fellows this summer. They include California... - August 10, 2024
Clearlake Capital Partner, Cox Enterprises Vice President, Deloitte Partner, Independent Advisor, IPD Analytics CEO Elected to Posse Board of Directors
The Posse Foundation recently welcomed five industry leaders to its national board of directors. The newest members are Jason Jacobs, a partner at Deloitte, David Korol, an independent consultant in the private sector, Howard Krass, the chief executive officer and managing member of IPD Analytics,... - March 29, 2024
Cavaliers CEO Nic Barlage, Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla, Levi Strauss and Co. President Michelle Gass Among 2023 Hosts for Jeff Ubben Posse Fellows Program
Ubben Fellows Program Awards Summer Executive Internships to Posse Foundation Scholars. - July 27, 2023
Bancel Foundation Awards Posse $10M to Support College Partnerships
The Bancel Foundation has awarded $10 million to The Posse Foundation, a national college success and youth leadership development program. The grant contributes to Posse’s Century of Leaders Endowment Campaign, which seeks to raise $500 million to help support the organization’s... - March 10, 2023
Moderna, Inc. CEO Stéphane Bancel, Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, Among 2022 Mentors for Jeff Ubben Posse Fellows Program
Moderna, Inc. CEO Stéphane Bancel, Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, Americares President and CEO Christine Squires, and Redfin President and CEO Glenn Kelman will each host and mentor a member of the fifth cohort of Jeff Ubben Posse Fellows in... - August 11, 2022
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Luis A. Miranda Jr., Ed. Sec. Cardona Honor First Winners of Full-Tuition Posse Arts Scholarships to Bard, CalArts, and UNCSA at Awards Ceremony
Twenty-seven high school seniors have learned they will be attending college on full-tuition art scholarships totaling $5.2 million as participants in the new Posse Arts Program. Selected from public high schools in New York, Puerto Rico and cities across the country, the program’s inaugural... - January 27, 2022
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Luis A. Miranda Jr., Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to Celebrate Inaugural Class of Posse Arts Scholarship Winners at Virtual Awards Ceremony
The Posse Arts Awards Ceremony will honor the Posse Arts Program’s inaugural class, recipients of $5.2 million in full-tuition college scholarships from Bard College, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA). Conceived in collaboration with Lin-Manuel and the Miranda Family Fund, the Posse Arts initiative connects young artists from public high schools across the country to top arts-oriented colleges and universities. - January 21, 2022
Posse Foundation Welcomes New Director to Lead Bay Area Chapter
The Posse Foundation has welcomed Damali Burton to oversee local program operations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Damali Burton joins as Posse Bay Area Director. Damali comes to Posse with over 15 years of experience in the nonprofit sector with organizations like Leadership for Educational... - December 13, 2021
Posse Foundation Welcomes New Director to Lead Boston Chapter
The Posse Foundation has welcomed Rochelly Fajardo to oversee local program operations in Boston. - December 13, 2021
Posse Foundation Welcomes New Director to Lead New Orleans Chapter
The Posse Foundation has welcomed Sherdren Burnside to oversee local program operations in New Orleans. - December 13, 2021
Posse Foundation Welcomes New Director to Lead New York Chapter
The Posse Foundation has welcomed Dr. Michell Tollinchi to oversee local program operations in New York. - December 13, 2021
Wylie Ventures President, ValueAct Partner Elected to Posse National Board of Directors
The Posse Foundation has welcomed Forrest E. Wylie, president of Wylie Ventures LLC, and Briana Zelaya, partner at ValueAct Capital, as the newest members of its national board of directors. - November 22, 2021
Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom, AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky Among 2021 Mentors for Jeff Ubben Posse Fellows Program
The Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom, AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago CEO Dr. Tom Shanley and Civic Nation CEO Kyle Lierman will each host and mentor a member of the fifth cohort of Jeff Ubben Posse... - July 24, 2021
Posse Foundation, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Launch Arts Leadership Scholarship in Puerto Rico; Bard College Offers Full-Tuition Posse Scholarships to Students from Puerto Rico
The Posse Foundation is expanding to recruit art students in Puerto Rico through a new project launched in collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Miranda Family Fund and Bard College. Beginning this fall, the college success and youth leadership development organization will identify, select... - May 25, 2021
President and CEO of The Common Application Elected to Posse National Board of Directors
The Posse Foundation has welcomed Jenny Rickard, president and chief executive officer of The Common Application, Inc., as the newest member of its national board of directors. - February 21, 2021
Posse Launches Virtual Program, Expands to Recruit Students from 20 Cities Across America for Full-Tuition Scholarships
The Posse Foundation - a national college scholarship and youth leadership development organization - has launched a major expansion initiative to recruit students from 20 cities across the United States. The new Virtual Program project was inspired by Posse’s successful transition to an... - January 28, 2021
Executive Chief Resident of Orthopedic Surgery at Columbia Irving/NewYork-Presbyterian, CBRE Chief Financial Officer Elected to Posse National Board of Directors
The Posse Foundation has welcomed Dr. Nana Sarpong, executive chief resident for the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center through NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and Leah Stearns, chief financial officer at CBRE, as the newest members of its national board of directors. - November 20, 2020
Deloitte US CEO Joe Ucuzoglu, Weill Cornell Medicine’s Physician Organization President and CEO Dr. Robert Min Among 2020 Mentors for Jeff Ubben Posse Fellows Program
The Posse Foundation successfully held its first virtual Jeff Ubben Fellows program this past summer. Deloitte US Chief Executive Officer Joe Ucuzoglu and Weill Cornell Medicine’s Physician Organization President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Robert Min each virtually hosted and mentored a... - September 24, 2020
Posse Receives Grant from Willis Towers Watson to Support Its Programs Nationwide
The Posse Foundation has announced it received a grant of $110,000 in February 2020 from Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company. The grant supports Posse Scholars across 10 program sites nationwide through the Posse Veterans Program. Combined with the company’s past support for the program, this grant establishes Willis Towers Watson as a lead corporate sponsor of The Posse Foundation. - July 13, 2020
Goldman Sachs & Co. Managing Director Elected to Posse National Board of Directors
The Posse Foundation has welcomed Jennifer Kopylov, managing director at Goldman Sachs & Co., as the newest member of its national board of directors. - May 29, 2020
Posillipo Ventures CEO Michael Passilla Elected to Posse National Board of Directors
The Posse Foundation has welcomed Michael Passilla, Chief Executive Officer of Posillipo Ventures, as the newest member of its national board of directors. He has also become chair of the Posse Atlanta Advisory Board, where he has served as a member since 2018. Michael Passilla has 30+ years of... - February 16, 2020
Brave Warrior Advisors Founder Glenn Greenberg Elected to Posse Board
The Posse Foundation has welcomed Glenn Greenberg, founder and chief information officer of Brave Warrior Advisors, as the newest member of its board of directors. Glenn Greenberg has spent forty-six years of his professional life in the investment business. He previously served as Managing... - November 17, 2019
P2 Capital Partners' Joshua Paulson and Goldman Sachs & Co.'s Kim-Thu Posnett and Kurt Simon Elected to Posse Board
The Posse Foundation has welcomed Joshua Paulson, founding partner of P2 Capital Partners, Kim-Thu Posnett, managing director at Goldman Sachs & Co., and Kurt Simon, managing director and vice chairman at Goldman Sachs & Co., as members of its Board of Directors. Joshua Paulson is a... - August 01, 2019
Travelers CEO Alan Schnitzer, Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis Among 2019 Mentors for Jeff Ubben Posse Fellows Program
Travelers CEO Alan Schnitzer, The Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Special Olympics Chairman of the Board Tim Shriver, Eli Lilly and Company Chairman & CEO David Ricks and Common Application President & CEO Jenny Rickard will each host and mentor a member of the third cohort... - July 03, 2019
Posse Foundation Gala Celebrates 30 Years, Features Chaka Khan and Lesley Stahl
Lesley Stahl will preside at the 2019 Posse Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, 2019), the Foundation announced today. The annual gala is expected to raise $3 million to help public high school students with extraordinary leadership potential. - May 22, 2019
UChicago Partners with Posse Foundation to Recruit Post-9/11 US Veterans
The University of Chicago (UChicago) is the newest undergraduate partner of The Posse Foundation. Through the program, UChicago will admit 10 post-9/11 U.S. veterans each year and guarantee financial aid to cover the cost of tuition after applying GI Bill and Yellow Ribbon funding. The inaugural... - August 31, 2018
Dechert LLP Partner, Barton J. Winokur, Elected to Posse Board
The Posse Foundation has welcomed Barton J. Winokur as a member of its Board of Directors. Winokur and his wife, Susan, have been generous supporters of Posse. Winokur is a trustee and former Chairman of the Board at Brandeis University, which has been a Posse partner since 1997. He is also a... - August 23, 2018
Cleveland Cavs GM Koby Altman, Lazard & Co. Managing Dir. of Investment Banking William M. Lewis, Jr. & Former CEO of Fleet Laboratories Rick Rizzo Elected to Posse Board
The Posse Foundation has welcomed Koby Altman, general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Bill Lewis, the managing director and co-chair of investment banking at Lazard & Co., and Rick Rizzo, the former CEO of Fleet Laboratories, as members of its Board of Directors. Bill Whitaker, a... - April 24, 2018