2014
Futures and Options Annual Report
MISSION STATEMENT Futures and Options empowers New York City’s underserved youth to explore careers and guides them to further their education and become productive citizens.
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Arianne Bienvenu Millennium Brooklyn High School Donald Edwards Sage College of Albany George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
OUR IMPACT At Futures and Options, we strive to narrow the opportunity gap for young people in need. In 2014, a record number of students participated in our high-quality career prep, paid internship, and college guidance programs. By partnering with New York City’s businesses, we open doors for underserved youth and provide a path to professional careers. More importantly, together with our partners, we help students gain the self-confidence and the skills they need to fulfill their potential and realize their dreams. You’ll meet some of our students on the next few pages. You’ll hear about their goals and aspirations. And, we think you’ll be as inspired by them as we at Futures and Options are every day.
Simbiat Akanni Baruch College Susan E. Wagner High School
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
— John Quincy Adams
DEAR FRIENDS, Futures and Options prepares New York City youth for successful professional careers. Since our inception in 1995, more than 4,500 students have participated in our career and college readiness programs; currently, we serve more than 500 students each year. In 2014, Futures and Options continued to thrive. Our flagship programs, Career Essentials and The Internship Program, welcomed 418 New York City youth. Bridge To Work provided 16 high school students the opportunity to explore the nonprofit sector by volunteering. Our College Guidance Initiative attracted 254 students, a record number. We recognized the need to support our program’s graduates as they finish high school and enter college, so we successfully launched two new programs, the Career Essentials Alumni Network and the College Success Program. Lastly, we shared our expertise in youth career development with businesses, schools and nonprofits by offering customized workshops to 164 young men and women. Futures and Options is flourishing because of the people who are behind us – those whose actions are helping our young students successfully navigate their way through high school and college, and into careers with promising futures. We are tremendously grateful to: •163 internship partners, for hiring our high school students and supporting them on the job. • 22 businesses, for welcoming our students into their companies to explore career options. • 471 volunteers, for mentoring, interviewing, coaching and teaching our kids. • 32 board members, for believing in our mission and championing our work. •12 staff members, for committing to the success of each Futures and Options student. • Our wonderfully generous donors, for investing in the futures of deserving young people. Together, we are inspiring young men and women to become future leaders, who are eager and able to contribute to their families, their employers and their communities. With your support, Futures and Options will continue to thrive, giving more teens opportunities to “to do more and become more.” Thank you for joining us in this worthwhile endeavor.
With our heartfelt thanks,
Stephen E. Hessler
Patricia S. Machir
Chairman, Board of Directors
Executive Director
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OUR YOUTH 4% Caucasian
Futures and Options served a record 628 middle, high school and college students this year.
9% multi-ethnic 11% Asian/ Pacific Islander
Our students come from the five boroughs of New York City and attend 103 high schools and two middle schools. 51% female 49% male 67% qualify for free lunch 18% are immigrants
5% other
45%
99% of our students graduated from high school on time 94% of our high school graduates are headed to college
21% speak English as a second language
Jiovanni Moore Millennium Brooklyn High School Fatima Keita Millennium High School Linus Ling Baruch College Fort Hamilton High School
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26% Hispanic
African American
CAREER ESSENTIALS This year’s Career Essentials students achieved a
91% success rate.
Career Essentials provides work-readiness training and career exploration to middle and high school students. Students attend weekly workshops on topics including interview skills, time-management, and resume writing, and participate in career exploration field trips that provide a first-hand look at the working world. 6
RAYANNA HARDUARSINGH High School of Economics and Finance What do you aspire to be? I hope to have a career in medicine; as a doctor or a nurse practitioner. How do you plan to achieve your dream? I plan to attend a 4-year college or university and do as many internships as I can that are related to the career path I plan to follow. I also plan to network with professionals and make connections. Futures and Options placed me way ahead of the game. The skills they taught me helped in my everyday life and showed me that my actions reflect how people perceive me. When I apply the skills I learned in the program, it opens doors for me; people see something in me and do anything they can to help me succeed in the future.
A STEP FURTHER The Career Essentials Alumni Network, which launched this year, is open to all Career Essentials graduates, allowing them to build their networks while maintaining their work-readiness skills by attending workshops and events.
A BUDDING ENTREPRENEUR
About five years ago, I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, which inspired me to start my own business. Someonelikeu.org is a website where people living with chronic health conditions can talk in a group chat to others who have the same condition. In addition to a career in medicine, I hope to expand this business and help more people find support.
“When I apply the skills I learned in the program, it opens doors for me.� 7
THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM The Internship Program provides paid, mentored internships and career readiness workshops to high school juniors and seniors. Students acquire hands-on experience, gain entry to small businesses, nonprofits, government agencies and multinational corporations and earn needed money.
95% of interns successfully completed our Internship Program last year, working at over 160 corporations, nonprofits and government agencies.
JIOVANNI MOORE Millennium Brooklyn High School Intern at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP What do you aspire to be? I would like to become a successful lawyer. How do you plan to achieve your dream? I plan to keep myself on track so that I can be successful. I don’t believe there is any other way beside working hard and focusing in school. Futures and Options partnered me with an amazing internship that prepared me for the real world. My internship motivated me to focus in school and challenge myself. At Weil, Gotshal & Manges, I was surrounded by prestigious lawyers and associates every day, and I have realized that to be like them, I have to work just as hard. I would recommend the Internship Program to any high school student who is unsure of themselves or their future. Futures and Options has allowed me to affirm my dreams and aspirations. If you could do one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be? Dance. Dancing allows you to release all your emotions. There are so many kinds of dance; you can never get bored. Dancing is fun, and it keeps you in shape - it’s the best of both worlds.
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“Futures and Options has allowed me to affirm my dreams and aspirations.” 9
COLLEGE GUIDANCE
The College Guidance Initiative offers group workshops to prepare high school students for the college application and selection process. One-on-one assistance with college and financial aid applications is also provided.
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RUPERTO PERES Bronx High School for Law and Community Service Intern at Hearst Corporation What do you aspire to be? My dream career is to work for the United Nations as an ambassador and peace keeper for the Middle East region. I want to strive for stabilization in the nation’s government and unity on religious differences. How do you plan to achieve your dream? I plan on achieving my professional goals by researching about conflicts in the Middle East, participating in relevant internships, studying abroad during college and eventually earning a law degree. I would definitely recommend Futures and Options to a classmate because it gave me my first job experience and made me aware of different opportunities that will be prevalent in college and how to use those resources. The College Guidance Initiative workshops helped me find out about scholarships and prepare for an interview on a college campus. Through my internship, I’ve gained real world experience, which is a vital step toward college. TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE Ruperto is a member of his school’s National Honor Society, Men of Strength, and the baseball team. This year, he is also serving on the Senior Committee to plan and discuss senior events.
“Through my internship, I’ve gained real world experience, which is a vital step toward college.” 11
BRIDGE TO WORK Bridge To Work is offered in partnership with NY Cares. The program provides students with volunteer opportunities while allowing them to explore careers in the nonprofit sector.
RUDRA PERSAUD
This year, Bridge To Work participants volunteered for:
What do you aspire to be? My ideal career is in the fields of math and/or science, within the human services realm – possibly as a pharmacist or dentist.
• Dawning Village Day Care Center • Terrence Cardinal Cooke Health Center • Lower East Side Ecology Center • Baby Buggy
Glastonbury High School
How do you plan to achieve your dream? To achieve my goals I plan to always soak up all the opportunities that are available to me, and to work to the best of my abilities to succeed. Bridge To Work opened my eyes to all the little things a person can do to benefit others and showed me the importance of giving back to communities. By being a part of the Bridge To Work program, I was able to network with individuals who share my same passion for helping others.
BRIGHTENING THE WORLD
Rudra is extremely friendly and positive and always brought a smile to the faces of the people he worked with, from 4-yearolds, to senior citizens, to his peers. On the Bridge To Work Career Exploration Trip, Rudra developed an elevator pitch and is now much more confident networking in a professional setting. — Jackie Avitabile, Program Coordinator
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“Bridge To Work opened my eyes to all the little things a person can do to benefit others.� 13
COLLEGE SUCCESS PROGRAM The College Success Program, new this year, pairs Futures and Options alumni who are in their freshman and sophomore years of college with upper classmen and young professionals who serve as their mentors. Students and mentors attend networking and career readiness events together.
14 college students participated in the program’s kickoff year 10 Futures and Options alumni served as mentors 14
KIMARA DAVIS Baruch College Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Music Intern at Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP What do you aspire to be? My dream career is in law. I’m not sure which branch yet, but I’ve known for a very long time that the courtroom is where I’m meant to be. I’d love to dabble in politics and business as well. How do you plan to achieve your dream? Education is the path to achieving my goals. But I also put into practice the many skills I’ve learned with Futures and Options, such as networking and using social media to my advantage. Futures and Options provides students with internships, workshops and volunteer opportunities, but also with friendly and supportive people who want to see us succeed. My mentor helped me get through my first year of college, and has been very helpful and encouraging.
SPEAKING VOLUMES
It speaks to Kimara’s ambition that she wanted to maximize every opportunity to learn and grow and make her freshman year a successful one. College can be a really confusing time and having supportive people with diverse career experiences can be so valuable. Being a mentor even provided an opportunity for reflection upon my career goals while helping others achieve theirs. — Sarah Gowrie, Kimara’s mentor The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
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COLLEGE OUR 2014 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ARE ATTENDING THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS Albright College Alfred State College Amherst College ASA College Babson College Barnard College Baruch College Binghamton University Borough of Manhattan Community College Boston University Bronx Community College Brooklyn College Broome Community College Brown University California State University, Northridge The City College of New York Clark Atlanta University Clarkson University College of Saint Rose College of Staten Island College of the Holy Cross Columbia University Columbus State University Connecticut College Cornell University Dartmouth College DePauw University Duke University Elmira College Emerson College Empire State College Everest College Fashion Institute of Technology Fordham University
Franklin & Marshall College George Washington University Georgetown University Guttman Community College Hamilton College Harris School of Business Hartwick College Haverford College High Point University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hofstra University Hostos Community College Hunter College ICDC College Iona College Ithaca College Jackson State Community College John Jay College of Criminal Justice Johnson and Wales University Keuka College Kingsborough Community College LaGuardia Community College Lehigh University Lehman College LeMoyne College Long Island University Long Island University C.W. Post Campus Manhattan College Massachusetts Institute of Technology 16
Medgar Evers College Mercy College Middlesex University Monroe College Morehouse College New England College The New School New York City College of Technology New York University New York University Shanghai Occidental College Pace University Pennsylvania State University Pomona College Portland State University Queens College Queensboro Community College Rochester Institute of Technology Rutgers University - Newark Sage College of Albany Savannah College of Art and Design Scripps College Skidmore College Smith College St. Bonaventure University St. John Fisher College St. John’s University St. Joseph’s College St. Lawrence University Sufflok University SUNY Adirondack SUNY Albany SUNY Brockport SUNY Buffalo State
SUNY Canton SUNY Cobleskill SUNY College at Cortland SUNY Delhi SUNY Farmingdale SUNY Fredonia SUNY Geneseo SUNY Morrisville SUNY New Paltz SUNY Old Westbury SUNY Oneonta SUNY Oswego SUNY Plattsburgh SUNY Potsdam SUNY Purchase SUNY Stony Brook Susquehanna University Syracuse University Temple University University of Bridgeport University of Chicago University of Maine University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Rochester University of South Carolina University of Wesminister Ursinus College Utica College Vassar College Wesleyan University Wheaton College Wood-Tóbe Coburn School York College
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JAMES NORMAN Susquehanna University High School of Economics and Finance Intern, Moody’s Investors Service
“Futures and Options changed my college experience going forward by putting me in a position to be ahead of the majority of my peers. It gave me a platform to be able to utilize my skills and even provided me with new ones.” 17
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS IPG Mediabrands awarded college scholarships to Futures and Options high school seniors who expressed interest in pursuing careers in the media and advertising sectors. This year’s recipients were presented with their college scholarships at our fourth annual fundraising gala, Dream Big – A Celebration of Opportunity. Congratulations to the finalists and winners! Barbara L. Christen Scholar Fatoumata Barry The Frederick Douglass Academy
Barbara L. Christen Finalists Afua Awiah Repertory Company High School for Theater Arts
Fatoumata Barry, 2014 Barbara L. Christen Scholar
The Barbara L. Christen College Scholarship, formerly the Dream Big Scholarship, was renamed in memory of Futures and Options’ founder, who passed away this year. Dr. Christen was an extraordinary educator with a passion for and commitment to excellence in education, and her legacy will continue to enhance the futures of our youth through this scholarship. This scholarship is funded by the Alumni & Young Professionals Committee through its annual fundraiser, A Toast To Brighter Futures.
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Ruperto Peres Bronx High School for Law and Community Service Ashley Solomon Saint Vincent Ferrer High School IPG Mediabrands Scholars Angeline Harry Bard High School Early College Deja Jenkins St. Jean Baptiste High School
KEEPING IN TOUCH DIAMOND BUTLER Director of Youth Programming, United Palace House of Inspiration Intern at International Rescue Committee, 2005 Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Class of 2010 The Frederick Douglass Academy, Class of 2006 What are you doing now? I launched and currently manage an afterschool program at United Palace House of Inspiration (UPHI) in Washington Heights, and I coordinate a youth internship program there. I do a lot of community service working with youth – I’m starting a family literacy program with UPHI and YM & WHA, and am assisting with the youth initiative for young women with the National Council of Negro Women. What are your aspirations? I plan to go to law school to become an international human rights attorney. When I was working at the International Rescue Committee as a Futures and Options intern, I was exposed to the vast world of human trafficking and humanitarian crises, and it affirmed my dream of becoming a human rights lawyer. Futures and Options placed a world of opportunity at my doorstep. People said that I couldn’t reach my career dreams because of where I came from, but my experience at Futures and Options taught me to see that my dreams were within my reach. I could achieve them. I’ll never forget the launching pad Futures and Options was for me.
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BUSINESS INTERNSHIP SITES AND CAREER EXPLORATION FIELD TRIPS Since our inception, Futures and Options has partnered with upwards of 500 businesses in New York City. This year, we were thrilled to partner with the following corporations, nonprofits and government agencies that hired our interns and hosted career exploration field trips:
INTERNSHIP SITES
99 Solutions Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. AHRC New York City AlixPartners Alliance for Downtown New York American Museum of Natural History AMS Assured Guaranty Corp/LTD Bank of America - Merrill Lynch Barclays Capital Inc. Battery Dance Company Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City Bike and Roll Bingham McCutchen LLP BlackRock, Inc. Blackstone Bottomless Closet Breakthrough New York BronxWorks Build America Mutual Career Gear caribBEING Cause Effective CBRE Center for Employment Opportunities Chapman and Cutler LLP Chelsea Computer Children First Network Children’s Museum of Manhattan Children of Promise, NYC The Children’s Storefront Citi Citizens Committee for New York City City and Country School City Parks Foundation Cohen’s Fashion Optical Colgate-Palmolive Company The Committee for Hispanic Children & Families, Inc.
The Creative Cookie Cycle Hawk Messengers Donlin Recano & Company, Inc. The Center for Children and Technology Education Through Music, Inc. EISC El Museo del Barrio Elsewhere Films Emanate Emily Mortimer Production Company Empire State Development The Fashion Class FilmNation Entertainment FirstSouthwest Fitch Ratings Fordham Road Business Improvement District Fourth Arts Block Futures and Options Girls Inc. of New York City Global Justice Workers Alliance G-Next (Grameen America) GoGreenRide Golden Seeds Grant Thornton Gruzen Samton Harlem Village Academies Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP The Hedaya Capital Group HELP USA Housing Works Insurgent Media Island Voice J.P. Morgan Securities Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Jefferies Jimmy Ferguson Jin’s Journey Inc. K2 Pictures King Bee Kirkland & Ellis LLP Lackmann Culinary Services
LatinTRENDS Lebenthal & Co., LLC Legal Momentum Legends Legion Lighting LES Development Corporation Let’s Get Ready The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Loews Corporation Loop Capital Markets LLC M.R. Beal & Company Macias PR Agency Market Road Films Maysles Cinema IPG Mediabrands Mesmerize Marketing Metro New York Metropolitan Transit Authority - MTA Midtown Electric Supply Moody’s Investors Service Morgan Stanley Museum of American Finance Museum of Jewish Heritage New Victory Theater New York City Hall NYC Department of Cultural Affairs NYC Department of Education NYC Department of Small Business Services NYC Department of Youth & Community Development NYC Housing Development Corporation NYC Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment NYC Office of Management and Budget New York City Rescue Mission The New York Foundling The New York Transit Museum New York State Homes & Community New York State Homes and Community Renewal 20
New York State Office of the Attorney General NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering The Office of Dr. Samuel Melamed, MD Office of the New York City Comptroller Picture Motion Police Reform Organizing Project at the Urban Justice Center The Possibility Project POV Prager & Co., LLC Public Health Solutions Public Resources Advisory Group Publishers Weekly Punched in the Head Productions Quad/Graphics Randall’s Island Park Alliance RBC Capital Markets Read Alliance Resilience Advocacy Project Roosevelt & Cross Inc. Row New York Running Subway Productions Safespace Samuel A. Ramirez & Co., Inc. SIFMA SHARE (Self Help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer) Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., LLC The Single Parent Resource Center, Inc. SME Branding SnagFilms South Brooklyn Youth Consortium Standard & Poor’s Steiner Sterne Agee Stifel Nicolaus Story to College Teach For America Times Square Alliance
Washington Square Arts and Films Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Wells Fargo Securities WE ACT for Environmental Justice Williams Capital Group Workforce Professionals Training Institute Xavier Mission YWCA
CAREER EXPLORATION TRIPS Accenture AOL Capital One CBRE CBS Broadcasting Colgate Palmolive Deloitte Gap HSBC The Innocence Project MSRB The New York Stock Exchange Penguin Group PwC Quad Graphics RR Donnelley Steiner Studios Thomson Reuters UMT Unilever Warby Parker Y&R
PARTNERS
DANIEL LOGAN Bronx High School for Medical Science Intern at Weil Cornell Medical Center
“Since my grandfather died from heart disease when I was in fourth grade, I have wanted to be a cardiac surgeon and help change the face of modern medicine. Through Futures and Options, I was able to intern at one of the best hospitals in the nation. The opportunity they gave me confirmed that becoming a surgeon is the right path for me.� 21
STRATEGIC PARTNERS Kimara Davis Baruch College Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Music and Art and the Performing Arts Nichole Rondon Smith College Manhattan Business Academy
Futures and Options takes its youth career development expertise on the road by providing specially-tailored workshops and internship programs for young people from New York City schools, nonprofit organizations and businesses. This year, we worked with the following partners to offer customized Futures and Options programs: MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS
BUSINESSES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Achievement First Brooklyn
Breakthrough New York
Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics
Coro New York
The Frederick Douglass Academy
KIPP Through College
George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
KPMG Morgan Stanley
Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School
The Municipal Forum of New York
School for Community Research and Learning Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS) 22
Reel Works Teen Filmmaking Wells Fargo Securities
FINANCIALS Statement of Activities STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES Support and Revenues: Unrestricted: Special event: Event revenue - tickets and auctions Less: event expenses Net event income Event - contributions
2014
$ $ $ $
Total special event revenues $
Contributions Contributions in-kind Government grants Interest and other income Release of prior year restrictions Temporarily Restricted: Contributions Release of prior year restrictions
80,290 (80,290) 307,212
2013
$ $ $ $
307,212 $
$ $ $ $ $
709,427 5,000 26,734 739 101,400
$ $
128,000 $ (101,400) $
Total support and revenues $
1,177,112 $
Expenses: Program Expenses: Career development - intern wages/stipends Career development - other
65,354 (65,354) 184,779 184,779
$ $ $ $ $
752,203 14,050 3,000 692 117,855 100,000 (117,855) 1,054,724
$ $
277,263 654,892
$ $
212,014 590,319
Total program expenses $
932,155
$
802,333
$ $
143,449 94,033
$ $
101,105 76,768
Total expenses $
1,169,637
$
980,206
Management and general Fundraising
Increase/(Decrease) In Net Assets: Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted Increase/(decrease) in net assets
$ $ $ $
(19,125) $ 26,600 $ 7,475 $
92,373 (17,855) 74,518
Net assets, beginning of year
$
303,944
$
229,426
Net assets, end of year
$
311,419 $
303,944
8% Fundraising
Administrative 12%
2014 EXPENSES
Program 80%
Summary of Financial Statements dated October 14, 2014, prepared by Skody Scot & Company, CPAs, P.C.
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OUR SUPPORTERS FOUNDER’S CIRCLE Futures and Options relies upon
the generosity of foundations, corporations and individuals to support its programs. The Barbara L. Christen Founder’s Circle makes it possible for Futures and Options to grow and reach more students each year. Every gift helps. We thank you for your generosity.
$5,000-9,999
Alvarez & Marsal CBRE CME Community Group Foundation Donlin, Recano & Company, Inc. The Hyde and Watson Foundation KCC KPMG Michael Tuch Foundation MidOcean Partners NYSE Euronext Weil, Gotshal and Manges, LLP
$2,500-$4,999
$50,000-$99,999
Filsinger Energy Partners FTI Consulting IPG Mediabrands James T. Lee Foundation McGraw-Hill Financial Mesirow Financial Consulting Office of the Manhattan Borough President Prime Clerk RR Donnelley
$25,000-$49,999
$1,000-$2,499
CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT $100,000+
Charles Hayden Foundation HSBC The Pinkerton Foundation Gap Foundation
Capital One Kirkland & Ellis Foundation Voya Foundation
$10,000-$24,999
AlixPartners, LLP Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Downtown-Lower Manhattan Association Goldman Sachs Latham & Watkins LLP Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Morgan Stanley Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Sprint Foundation US Bank Wells Fargo Securities
Times Square Alliance Waterford Group ZogSports
Up to $499
AmazonSmile Fry Communications, Inc. Givenik LLC Goodsearch Great Eastern Energy Hedaya Capital Interface Lebenthal and Co., LLC M Moser Manhattan College The Merck Foundation Midtown Electric Supply Murray & Josephson, CPAs, LLC New York State Homes and Community Renewal PwC River Hollow Partners Schmidt Printing Twilight Cottagers Verizon Foundation
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
AKAM Associates Alliance for Downtown New York Bank of East Asia Colgate-Palmolive Company Epiq Systems Goodmans LLP Greenberg Traurig LLP Harlem Village Academies O’Melveny & Myers LLP Quad/Graphics Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Whiteford, Taylor & Preston Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Visionaries ($25,000 and up) Christian Sullivan
Optimists ($15,000-$24,999)
Kate & Seymour Weingarten
Believers ($10,000-$14,999)
Stephen & Stephanie Hessler Roopesh & Allison Shah Vanessa Wilson
Dreamers ($5,000-$9,999)
$500-$999
BMC Group Brown Printing Company Dera Capital Advisors Garden City Group, Inc Jones Day Loews Foundation MoFo Foundation Pepper Hamilton LLP Tao Integrative Medicine
Barbara Christen Edward Machir Patricia Machir Stephen & Maria Musante Robert Rosenkranz & Alexandra Monroe Paul & Erin Teske Paul Wasinger & Debra Regan Justin Wroe & Kristy Ingram
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Champions ($2,500-$4,999)
Anonymous James Attwood Anne & Ryan Benedict James Calzaretta David & Jennifer Johnston Anoop Kanthan Ketan & Bethany Kapadia Lawrence Reeve Dan Senor Poonam Shah Richard Simon Binoy Singh Steven Sperber & Phannee Noiplai
Advocates ($1,000-$2,499)
Anonymous Christopher Albani Hugh Babowal Michael Barnett William Bernstein Allison & Tim Coleman William & Katherine Ernest Jerry & Louise Faust Ned & Debby Flynn Stephen & Lynne Goldstein Lauri & Thomas Gosnell Stephen Hannan Colin Hannaway Amy Hong Jon Lamphier Katie & Patrick Machir Paul Marian Conor McCoy Bruce Mendelsohn Maryann & Kenneth Munoz Michael & Regina Rizzo Edwin & Catherine Sagurton Zachary Silverstein Keleigh & Jeffery Spinner Lloyd Sprung Thomas Wagner Stephanie Perry Winther & Jens Winther David Ying Steve Zelin
Mentors ($500-$999)
Martha Battles Catherine Carey Maureen & Michael Clancey Holly Cohen Caroline Cruise Hillary Cullen Joe D’Angelo Frank DeLucia Denise Dickens Katherine Finn Charlotte Frank Kym Gomes Seth Hendon Mitesh Kapadia Sang Kim Mark Kornfeld Courtney Leimkuhler & Charles de Segundo Nina Lesavoy Barbara Mayer Clare & Michael Mullarney Victoria Pettibone Fazal Qazi Kimberly Ritrievi Jeffrey Sabin Lock See Yu-Jahnes James & Reginald Stone Wray & Melissa Thorn Michael Torkin Christopher Tutoki Ken Warren Mollie & Bill Williams Carl Wischhusen Meena Thever Wojcik & Tom Wojcik Anthony Wong Eric Woodworth Joseph Zalewski
Coaches ($100-$499) Todd Adelman Sarina Amin Mallory Anhouse George Antohopolous Meirav Azoulay Morgan Bale Michael Barbieri Raffi Baroutjian Matt Barr Pam Bartolo Edward Benjamin Jonathan Berschadsky Reena Bhatt Edmund Bogen John Bosacco Bernadette Brozek Catherine & Peter Bruder
Susan Bruder Renato Bruni Marianne & Stephen Busby Ingrid Busson Cathy Callender Scott Chabina Caryl Chambers Gail Clavel Michael Cohen Thomas Colaprico Damani Corbin Paul Deutch Dawn DiPeri Raymond DiPerna Robert Douglass Elizabeth Duffy Anne Dunning Shannon Dwyer Bob & Kathy Ellis Kelsey & Chris Ellis Matthew Ellis Charles Failla Mojgan Fajiram Jeffrey Finger Rachel Fish Cara Flynn David Fortney Doug Friske Jill Frizzley Mitesh Ghia Sarah Jane Gibbons Andrew Gilbert Priscilla & Corey Gildart Daniel Ginsberg Heather & Jonathan Godsmark Anne & John Goldsmith Shawn Golhar Sharie Graham Nicole Greenblatt Allison Griffin Clare Harwood Corbin & John Harwood Jane Havemeyer Tracey Heaton Robert Hessler William Hines George Hirsch Junchan Hong Mark Hootnick Justin Horowitz Joseph Hotrovich Mary & Bill Humphries Jacob Judd Michael Kaminer Carol Kaplan Richard Kennedy George Kirsch Kenneth Kirschner Martin Koopman Daniel Kosowsky
Alex Krasner Lauren Krizel Jonathan Kushner Jon Labovitz Linda LaFreniere Norm Lobins John Longmire Debra Sue Lorenzen Ryan Machir David Magruder Naz Majidi Daniel Mallin Herbert Mandel Rebecca Mantey Rick Marcoux Mark Muller Family Fund Angelo Martone Richard Mason Mayuko Matsumoto Loretta McCarthy Adam McCoy Darlene Melenson Eric Mendelsohn Marcus Meyer Scott Minars Richard Morgner Tom Morrisoe Erica Mui Monique Mulcare Cherrie Nanninga Rosemary & Anthony Nardo Kelly Nestor David Newman Liliana Nunez James O’Connor Marilyn O’Connor Peter Pachios Jeevan Padiyar Gregg Paradise Maggie Patton Thomas Pease Pamela Perkins Charlton Phelps Jeff Pierson Christina Pullo Noah Rabinsky Mark Rechan Brian Rich Anthony Rinella Bryan Sanderson Patricia Sanderson Michael Sandonato Neil Schaefer Geoff Schwartz Matthew Siano Peggy & Walter Siebecker Robert Sieck Paul Singerman Steven Spencer Sherika Sterling
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Richard Stieglitz Douglas Strang Jelena Strelcova Rachel Strickland Barnaby Stubbs Thomas Studebaker Andrea Swanick Thomas Teske Wolfgang Tsoutsouris Lacanas Tucker Alexandra Voris Spencer Ware Troy Watkinson J.S. Wilson Nina Wintringham Todd Wood Elaine Wu Michael Wyse Melinda Yee Jared Yerian Kenneth Ziman
Friends ($1-$99)
Cassie Adams Judy Agata Page Ahrens Shelley Alexander Cliff Archey Jackie Avitabile Tess Avitabile Nell Baird Samuel Basquin Molly Battles Anne Berardi Winston Berkman Farah Bernadin Tarra Bernadin David Bhumgara Noel Bhumgara Philomena Billman Patricia & Ronald Black Nikhil Bodade Florence Boyle Eric Brennan Nathaniel Brenner Mikell Brown Catherine Brozek Diamond Butler Vera Byrd Emily Cacciapaglia Darcy Calderon David Canton Daryl Cantor Julie Cantor Tiara Canty Laura Carella Aubrey Cashion Nadiya Chadha John Chandler Andrew Cheng
OUR SUPPORTERS Emily Choi Jerry Chrisphonte Margaret Christiansen Harry Clarke Tesandra Cohen Caroline Collins Sydney Cresap Emily Crossan Andrea Cuevas Catherine & John Cullinane Karishma Dagar Janay Daniel Latisha Daughtry Heather Delaney Oscar de Lucio Nicholas Deflorian Vincent D’Eramo Catherine Dodge Edgar Donohoe Moira Dorst Rebecca Dougherty Leah Durkee Emily Dwinnells Rosemary Ellinwood Jonathan Ellis Sara Ellison Louise Elsholz Diana Epelbaum Jared Erbst Karla Esleeck Keara Everdell Scott Falkner Michael Faro David Federman Vladislava Feldman Linda Fischier Shelley Foran Lauren Fraid Eileen Frascarelli Kelly Freishtat Sara Garlick Lundberg Jean Giblin Haynes Kara Glasgold Max Goodman Sara Goodman Jill Gorecki Sarah Gowrie Meghan Graper Patricia Grayson Marc Green Katherine Greig Alexander Grice
Olga Grigorenko Ellen Halsted Serena Handley David Harris Brigitte Henry Barry Herbst Catherine & Richard Herbst Paris Heymann Wendy Hill Catherine Hilton Hilary Hinchman Isabel Hittleman Carly Hoffmann David Hoffman Warren Holmes Candice Homan Jeff Horn Judith & Walter Hunt Robert Huttle Gloria Ingrao Etana Jacobi Cindy Johnston Jessie Kanzer Colleen Kelly Joan Kelly Martina Kelly Linda Kennedy Yevgeniy Kernes Hersh Khadilkar Michelle Kim Abby Klatsky Kathy Knezovic Andrew Kraft Carol Laffey Julia LaRoche John Latham Teona Lazashvili Matthew Lee Michael Leibfried Linda Leiby Kathleen Lennon Titus Levy Lauren Liles Lillian Lilly Adrian Lo Vianey Luna Margaret & Timothy Machir Scott Malamut Matthew Manin Cynthia Marian Wendy Marian Lynn Martin
Christopher Martinetti Emily Marzulli Rashida Mason Mary McBride Allison McCarty Jenny McLaren Lizzie McLoughlin Divesh Mehra Kathleen Melligon Mary Melnyk Katherine Mendez Weeks Mensah Samantha Merin Theresa Miller Susan Min John Miner Anne Moore Kelley Morrell Sharmel Mosley Catherine Mullen Joanna Munoz Alyssa Murstein Joseph Musso Lauren Nathan Mimi Naylor Susan Neely Regina Nuzbrokh Lindsey O’Connell Corey Ogilby Kara Oliveri Carol O’Rourke Jessie Palmer Yevgeniya Paperno Luigi Parente Kathy Phan Anne Pollack Will Pollock Jonathan Porter Devin Potts Tara Powers Amanda Pusey Julie Pycior Ayla Qadeer Paul Quinlan Katie Rakowski Ashwin Ramakrishna Christina Ranaudo Christopher Rayborn Charlotte Renfield-Miller Abbie Richman Katherine Roche Janine Rose
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Leila Rosen Dave Rubin Cynthia Rudolph Meredith & Peter Rugg Lauren Salem Erin Schaffner Ryan Schmitz Allison Schnall Benjamin Schrag Victoria Shaw Mary Small Bronwen Smith Tazia Smith Kevin Sornatale Sarah Steinhauer Melanie Stephens Maria Steward Scott Stirling Scott Stuart Stelio Suarez Rosemary Suttor Charlotte Swedenburg Kelly Tachdjian Chalermkiat Thanyachoto Thomas Terpanick Patrick Teske David Thomas Rebecca Toth Giselle Valdez Sierra Vance Jonathan Villaman Jillian Vryhof Pamela Waldman Karen Wang Vanessa Wauchope Jim Witherspoon Matthew Woodall Deirdre Woods Michael Woods Huai-Ming Xu Rebecca Yeh Sarah Yohay Eaquinto Nicholas Zappia Futures and Options makes every effort to ensure that our listing of contributors is complete and accurate. If we have accidentally omitted your name, please call us at 212.601.0002.
Gabby Vargas Wesleyan College Guilford High School Daniel Logan Bronx High School for Medical Science
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Stephen Hessler Chairman Anne Benedict Vice Chair, Program Development Courtney Leimkuhler Vice Chair, Strategy and Resource Development Paul Wasinger Treasurer Jerry Faust Secretary DIRECTORS Frank DeLucia, Jr. William Ernest Ned Flynn Heather Godsmark Stephen Goldstein Michael Grant Colin Hannaway David Johnston Michael Kaminer Anoop Kanthan Ketan Kapadia Students on Back Cover James Norman High School of Economics and Finance Kimberly Espinoza Bushwick School for Social Justice Rayanna Harduasingh High School of Economics and Finance
Courtney Leimkuhler Cynthia Marian Stephen Musante Michael Rizzo Poonam Shah Roopesh Shah Richard Simon Steven Sperber James Stone Scott Stuart Christian Sullivan Paul Teske Kate Weingarten Bill Williams Meena Thever Wojcik
Christine Scarfuto Program Coordinator Corey Ogilby Program Coordinator Janay Daniel Program Coordinator Erika Graves Program Coordinator Patricia Machir Executive Director
Patricia Machir Ex Officio, non-voting Member STAFF
Joey Thompson Administrative Assistant Lauren Vincent Development Assistant Amber Zuberi Strategic Partnership Manager
Jackie Avitabile Program Coordinator Catherine Dodge Director of Strategy and Operations Clare Harwood Senior Program Coordinator
Travis Cox The Frederick Douglass Academy Chao Chen Queens College High School for Math, Science, and Engineering, at CCNY
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CREDITS Lily Kesselman Photographer East End Advertising, Inc. Graphic Design
Students on Front Cover Ruperto Peres, Bronx High School for Law and Community Service Leslie Martinez Kappa International High School Bejide Long St. Jean Baptiste High School
OUR VISION
Together with our business and community partners, we are building the workforce of tomorrow. Our career development program makes it possible for underserved, motivated teens to acquire the applied skills and higher education to successfully contribute to a global 21st-century economy.
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