Together, we’re
building career
access.
Our Mission & Vision
Unlocking potential by creating access
We envision a future where every FGLI student in the United States acquires meaningful, high-quality employment that maximizes their God given potential, provides dignity of work, and enriches the labor market. But we know access is key. Which is why we’re all about creating a Platform that makes access possible. Together with our Network, we can realize our mission to unlock the employment potential of FGLI students by providing career information, social capital, and job placement services.
A Letter from Our Founder
After spending 20 years as a leader in the energy industry, I was blessed with the opportunity to become the president of a high school for students of limited economic resources in Houston, Texas. That experience fundamentally changed the way I view the world. It deepened my appreciation for the delicate relationship between human potential and life circumstances and opened my eyes to the challenges and opportunities we face as a society.
I believe in the dignity of work and that labor is a part of God’s plan for our lives. Unfortunately, with growing education and income inequality in the United States, finding a living wage job will become more challenging for the low income population. Fortunately, we have millions of Americans who are rising above their socioeconomic challenges and are often the first in their family to attend college. These first generation students bring grit, determination, and a set of life experiences that would add significant value to our labor market, but they often lack the social capital and information necessary to find meaningful employment. As a result, millions of first generation graduates are under-employed despite their education and massive potential. At the same time, the demographics of our labor market are evolving rapidly, and employers will need to find ways to attract high quality candidates with diverse backgrounds.
The combination of these factors creates an incredible opportunity to facilitate the movement of underemployed Americans into jobs that maximize their potential, and importantly, provide the dignity of meaningful work. To seize this opportunity, we have developed an efficient and scalable model to connect hundreds of thousands of young Americans with information and social capital that facilitates their career readiness and unlocks their employment potential. Our model also assists employers to reach their goals for diverse talent recruitment within a dynamic labor market. When we look forward, we see an America that optimizes the God given potential of every first generation student. Welcome to CareerSpring.
Paul Posoli
Founder
Our Team
Kaitlyn Abdul
Career Platform Manager
Eliane Abou-Assi
Regional Program Manager, New York
Abby Adams
Regional Program Manager, Los Angeles
Xiomara Alzate
Regional Program Coordinator
ShaJra Austin
National Director of Partner Engagement
Laura Duelm
Senior Job Placement Manager
Pat Durgin
Regional Program Manager, Boston
Margie Falter
Senior Regional Program Manager, Chicago
Mike Khoury
Regional Program Manager, Detroit
Yasi Mahallaty
Senior Manager of Strategic Innovation
Kris McGee
Regional Program Manager, Houston
Paul Posoli
Founder
Gretchen Richter
Senior Regional Program Manager, Dallas
Martin Rincon
Job Placement Manager
Monica Piquet-Rodriguez
Strategy Consultant
Rebeca Salas
Operations Manager
Bonnie Shapiro
Career Platform Manager
Loucha Simon-Francois
Regional Program Manager, Atlanta
Carmen Stockberger
Regional Program Manager, San Francisco
Caitlin Weber
Job Placement Support & Legal Consultant
Our National Board &
Regional Advisory Boards
Stephanie Arias
Vice President of College Initiatives, Cristo Rey Network
John England
Senior Partner, Deloitte
Catherine Flax
President of Private Markets, X Machina Capital Strategies
Marcus Felder
Principal, Portfolio Operations, Blackstone
Amber Kennelly
Chief Human Resources Officer, William Blair
Aileen McCormick
Retired Healthcare Executive
Rob Metzger
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Illinois Gies College of Business
Deborah Mouton
Writer, Educator, Activist and Houston Poet Laureate Emeritus
Paul Posoli
Founder and President, CareerSpring
Kevin Reeves
Vice President, BP Energy Company
Peter Tumminello
Group President, Southern Company Gas
Champ Warren
Managing Director, Merrill Lynch
Robert Annas
Senior Managing Director, SOLIC Capital Advisor, LLC
David Brown
Americas CEO, Hays
Charles B. Crawford
CEO, Hyperion Bank
Angela Dash
President, The Pace Institute, LLC
Barbara Deskey
Managing Director, CRA | Admired Leadership
Megan Duffy
Partner, Ernst and Young
Kerri Faber
Partner, Echelon
Alicia Guyton
VP, Truist
Greg Hagood
Senior Managing Director, SOLIC Capital Advisors
David Metcalf
Leadership and Strategy Consultant, Spencer Stuart
Camille Naughton
President, Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School
Danila Palmieri
Founder & CEO, Connect Solutions LLC
Wade Rakes
President and Chief Executive Officer, Centene Corporation
David Slovensky
SVP, General Counsel, Georgia Power Company
Dan Smith
President, First Community Mortgage
Dori White
Head of Marketing, Colibri Group
Lloyd Wilky
Career Coach and Business Strategist
Todd Boudreau
Partner, Arnold and Porter
Bob Brennan
Board Director
Rob Feingold
Lecturer, UMass Amherst, Isenberg School of Management
Paul Gannon
Former COO, The Baupost Group
Alessandra Gordon-Hall
HR Director, Human Resources Business Partner, Lantheus
Eric Graber-Lopez
Board of Directors, BlueWave
Mike LaBelle
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Boston Properties
Clint Marchese
Principal, PSG
Charlotte May
Engagement Manager, Global CEO and Board Practice, Heidrick & Struggles
Leslie Mikus
VP, Talent Leader, MERGE
Frederick Murray
Director, Global Sales, KORSCH AG
Rosemary Powers
President, Cristo Rey Boston High School
Elizabeth Rae
Former SVP, Global Human Resources, Waters Corporation
Michael Ryan
Head of Claims, Pinnacol Assurance
Ginette Saimprevil
Executive Director, Bottom Line Massachusetts
Michael Tamasi
Owner & CEO, AccuRounds
Jeff Thielman
President & CEO, International Institute of New England
Jamie Tong Chow
Shareholder, Tonneson + CO
Brian Torrisi
Managing Director and Global Head of Consultant Relations, Manulife Investment Management
Art Trapotsis
Author, Podcast Producer, and Former Owner of Consolidated Sterilizer Systems
Michelle Welch
Talent Acquisition Coordinator, ISO New England
Naveed Bandukwala
Consultant, Egon Zehnder
Barbara Best
Founding Partner and Principal, Capital Strategies Investment Group
J'ai Brown
HR Director, HUB International
Guy Caprio
Staff Therapist, Loyola University, Chicago
Daniel Chavez
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Geoff Dybas
Executive Managing Director, Duff and Phelps Investment Management
Kerry Griffin
Chief Talent Officer, MERGE
Cheri Hubbard
President, CDH Consulting Group
Laura Johnston
Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Twin Persimmon
David Kirshenbaum
Managing Director, Virtas Partners & Chairman, TIGER 21 Chicago Group 4
Sheila Matuscak
Executive Director, Client Growth & Technology, JLL
Ian McBride
Director of Central Career Services, Year Up
Rob Metzger
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Illinois Gies College of Business
Sherri Stewart
Chief Talent Officer, Keystone Capital
Sharada Sullivan
Managing Director and Global Alliance Director, CBRE
Connie Adair
Former Managing Partner, Focus Search Partners
Randall Bishop
CEO, Surgical Notes
Beth Boyd Corl
SVP of Human Resources, Fleetpride
Ollie Chandhok
Market President & Publisher, Dallas Business Journal
Omar Choucair
CFO, Trintech
Patrick Cox
Board Member, Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep
Curt Crofford
Managing Director, Pennington Creek Capital
Kirk Harrell
SVP of Talent, The CapStreet Group
Brandi Johnson
Regional VP Medicaid Plan Marketing - Western Region, Anthem, Inc.
Judi Kruger
Director, GTM Talent Acquisition, Okta
Paul Lucero
Assistant Vice President - Executive Talent Acquisition, AT&T
Shara McClure
Founder, Shara McClure, LLC & Healthcare Consultant
Mike McGill
Managing Partner, Carve Capital Partners.
Alicia McGlinchey
Board Member, Leadership ISD
Gunnar Rawlings
Business Developer, DPR Construction
Shenée Rayford
Vice President, Lockton Companies
Tom Spivey
Managing Director, Deloitte Corporate Finance
Derrick Stephens
Founder & Chief Sales Officer, CBH Consulting
Austin Westervelt-Lutz
Assistant Vice President of Advancement Services, UT Southwestern
Jennifer Wilson
Partner, HR Officers Practice, Heidrick & Struggles
Diane Antishin
Vice President, HR and Chief Diversity Officer, DTE
JoAnn Chavez
Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, DTE
Silvina Diaz
Senior Principal, Slalom
Scott Gibaratz
Managing Director, HCI Equity Partners
Mike Khoury
Regional Program Manager, Detroit, CareerSpring
Joaquin Nuno-Whelan
Vice President of Hardware, Motional
Larry Ott
CHRO, Cooper Standard
Kathie Patterson
CHRO, Ally Financial
Gabe Rodriguez-Barriga
Vice President Strategy, Business Leaders for Michigan
Catherine Susko
Director, Henry Ford Health
Jerome Austin
Founder, RY2 Solutions, Inc.
Julie Diehl
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
Leo Espinoza
Partner, Spencer Stuart
Anthony Flynn
Chief Executive Officer, WorkFaith
Dennis Hatchett
CEO, Vessel Group
M. Neil Kallmeyer
Managing Partner, The CapStreet Group
Barry Kelly
Retired Banking Professional
Lee Lahourcade
Retired Financial Services Executive
Lauren Landry
Technology Strategy Leader, KPMG
Stephen Lewis
Principal, AB Bernstein
Claudine Lussier
VP of Human Resources, The Sterling Group
Marty Makulski
Principal, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Aylen Mayton
Talent Acquisition Manager
Daisy Morales
Principal Consultant, AAMA
Marvin Pierre
Executive Director, Eight Million Stories
Greg Piper
CEO, Red Mountain Ventures LLC
Gretchen Richter
Senior Regional Program Manager, Texas, CareerSpring
Dr. Rayne Rouce
Physician, Texas Children’s Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine
Katherine Taylor
Executive Director, Genesys Works - Houston
Dr. Liz Travis
Associate Vice President, MD Anderson
Alston White, CFA
Vice President, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Patrick Adams
Managing Director, Secret Weapon Marketing
Armand Dawkins
Partner, Palatum
Erin Dawkins
Principal, EJD Consulting
Dean Di Simone
Founding Partner, Function
Courtney Goldstein
Vice President of Human Resources, Penske Media Corporation
Sarah Hughes
Education Advocate/Consultant
Monique Jones
CFO, Jessie Collins Ent.
Andy Martinez
Founding Partner, TELEO Capital
Nancy McCabe
Founder, Great View Consulting
Aaron Mieszczanski
Consultant, Spencer Stuart
Sahara Pynes
Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP
Richard Ratner
Senior Vice President, Belair Investments
Lee Schube
Nonprofit Consultant
Maisie Short
Managing Director, Consultant Relations, Manulife Investment Management
Andre Torres
Music Consultant
Karen Williams
Managing Director, Roybal Film and Television Production Fund, EIF
Kim Wood
Senior Vice President, Institutional Sales, Capital Group
Jessica Basso
Scientist, Insmed
Tina Bhatia
Head of Business Development, Datalogz.io
Fleur Callender
Global DEI Manager for Ecosystems for Community Engagement, National Grid
Natasha Charles
Founder, CEO, and Chief Intuitive Strategist, Intuitive Coaching with Natasha Charles
Steven Cohen
Award-Winning Producer and Media Executive
Anastasia Crosswhite
Consultant, Spencer Stuart
Trish Dever
Managing Director, JPMorgan Human Resources
Catherine Flax
President of Private Markets, X Machina Capital Strategies
Yaseen Gholizadeh
Associate, Structured Finance, Goldman Sachs
Lauren Haymond
Global Head of Talent Strategy, Castleton Commodities International
Bill Henson
Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School, Vice Chair
Israel Irenshtain
Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker & New York University Certified Professional Coach
Paul Kelly
Head of Alternatives Business, DWS
Cecilia Leung
Founding Partner, The Entrepreneur CFO
Chris Neidow
Managing Partner, Americas, Principal Search
Idara Otu
Director, Credit Suisse
Rob Rusk
Co-Founder & Partner, Orion Energy Partners
Dayna Shamlin
Executive Director, MSCI Inc.
Rebecca Stockley
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
Dawne Troupe
Advocacy Director, National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations
Naveen Bhateja
EVP, CHRO, Medidata Solutions
Sonya Brown
General Partner, Co-Head of Growth Equity, Norwest Venture Partners
Adam Charlson
Managing Partner/Practice Co-Leader, Focus Search Partners
Renata Dionello
Former CHRO/Chief People Officer
Andrew Dodson
Managing Partner, Parthenon Capital
Josh Gold
Senior Operating Executive, Hellman & Friedman
Tom Hayes
Portfolio Manager, BNY Mellon
Jessica Kosmowski
National Managing Principal, TMT, Deloitte
Doug MacKenzie
Partner, A.T. Kearney
Gorick Ng
Author and Career & First Gen, Low-Income Student Advisor, Harvard University
Monica Plaza
Operating Partner, CapitalG
Robert (Bob) Stark
Partner, CEO Succession Advisor, Spencer Stuart
Rick Walker
Managing Partner, DHR International
Shannon Wheatley
Founder and CEO, Lane 9 Consulting
Kirsten Wolberg
Public and Private Company Board Director, Retired Tech Executive
Ayishat Adeniran
Loyola University Chicago graduate
Angela Barsallo
Southern Methodist University graduate
Trina Bean
University of Oklahoma graduate
Jorge Cantu
University of Texas
Jason Chu
University of Pennsylvania
Edgar Crispin
University of Houston graduate
Isaiah Culpepper
UTHealth graduate
Lamaya Davis
University of Miami
Adoree Deltoro
Austin Community College graduate
Margot Bolanos-Gamez
University of Chicago
Amy Garcia
University of Houston graduate
Janneicia Harrison
Loyola University
Toby Irenshtain
Vanderbilt University graduate
Rason Irvin
Southern University and A&M College-Baton Rouge
Manuel Lopez
Texas A&M University graduate
Karina Muniz
University of Houston Clear Lake graduate
Derrick Ngo
Harvard University
Kandace Nguyen
Boston College graduate
Peter Obi
Ohio State University graduate
Amairani Rucoba
University of Houston Downtown graduate
Rebeca Salas
Bryn Mawr College graduate
Sylvester Washington
Texas A&M University graduate
Yesenia Zetino
Loyola University Chicago graduate
Sana Askari
McDaniel College
Erika Gonzalez
Northeastern University
Gerardo Gonzalez
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shirley Jiang
Macalester College
Zhang Jiang
University of Pennsylvania
Jessica Jiao
Georgetown University
Alice Johnson
New Jersey City University
Nicole Lobont
College of the Holy Cross
Matthew Parchment
Rutgers University New Brunswick
Yaritza Ramirez
University of Michigan
Michael Roncevich
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Victoria Seredynski
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andrew Valdez
The University of Texas at Austin
Isabel Vargas
Lake Forest College
Omar Villanueva
Beloit College
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