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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.

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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.

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Paul Posoli
Founder

Our Team

Kaitlyn Abdul

Kaitlyn Abdul

Career Platform Manager

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Eliane_Abou-Assi

Eliane Abou-Assi

Regional Program Manager, New York City

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Abby Adams

Abby Adams

Regional Program Manager, Los Angeles

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Stephanie Arias

ShaJra Austin

National Director of Job Placement

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Laura Duelm

Laura Duelm

Job Placement Manager

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Pat Durgin

Pat Durgin

Regional Program Manager, Boston

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Margie_Falter

Margie Falter

Regional Program Manager, Chicago

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Yasi Mahallaty

Yasi Mahallaty

Regional Expansion Launch Manager

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Paul Posoli

Paul Posoli

Founder

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Gretchen Richter

Gretchen Richter

Regional Program Manager, Texas

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Martin Rincon

Job Placement Manager

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Monica Piquet

Monica Rodriguez

Director of Strategic Initiatives

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Rebeca Salas

Rebeca Salas

Operations Manager

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Bonnie Shapiro

Bonnie Shapiro

Career Platform Manager

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Loucha Simon

Loucha Simon

Regional Program Manager, Atlanta

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carmen stockberger

Carmen Stockberger

Regional Program Manager, Bay Area

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Caitlin Weber

Caitlin Weber

Job Placement Support & Legal Consultant

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Our National Board &
Regional Advisory Boards

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Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Detroit
Houston
New York
San Francisco
Young Leaders
Stephanie-Arias

Stephanie Arias

Vice President of College Initiatives, Cristo Rey Network

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Bill-Cartwright

Bill Cartwright

Director of University Initiatives, University of San Francisco and Former Basketball Player and Head Coach, NBA

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John-England

John England

Senior Partner, Deloitte

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Catherine-Flax

Catherine Flax

President of Private Markets, X Machina Capital Strategies

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Aileen-McCormick

Aileen McCormick

Retired Healthcare Executive

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Rob-Metzger

Rob Metzger

Clinical Associate Professor, University of Illinois Gies College of Business

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Deborah-Mouton

Deborah Mouton

Writer, Educator, Activist and Houston Poet Laureate Emeritus

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Paul-Posoli

Paul Posoli

Founder and President, CareerSpring

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Kevin-Reeves

Kevin Reeves

Vice President, BP Energy Company

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Peter-Tumminello

Peter Tumminello

Group President, Southern Company Gas

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Champ-Warren

Champ Warren

Managing Director, Merrill Lynch

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Charles B. Crawford

CEO, Hyperion Bank

Mark De St. Aubin

Partner, Smith, Gambrell and Russell

ShaJra Austin

National Director of Job Placement, CareerSpring

Barbara Deskey

Managing Director, CRA | Admired Leadership

 

Megan Duffy

Partner, Ernst and Young

 

Anthony Flynn

Founder, The Amazing CEO

Bill Garrett

Director of Development at Cristo Rey Nation

Greg Hagood

Senior Managing Director, SOLIC Capital Advisors

David Metcalf

Leadership and Strategy Consultant, Spencer Stuart

 

Camille Naughton

Cristo Rey Jesuit President

Steve Newby

CEO, Sunshine Solar

 

Wade Rakes

President and Chief Executive Officer, Centene Corporation

 

David Slovensky

SVP, General Counsel, Southern Company Gas

 

Dan Smith

President, First Community Mortgage

Todd Boudreau

Founding Partner, ACL Capital Partners, LLC

Rob Feingold

Lecturer, UMass Amherst, Isenberg School of Management

Mike LaBelle

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Boston Properties

Clint Marchese

Principal, PSG

 

Frederick Murray

Director, Global Sales, KORSCH AG

 

Gorick Ng

Author and Career & First Gen, Low-Income Student Advisor, Harvard University

Elizabeth Rae

Former SVP, Global Human Resources, Waters Corporation

Michael Ryan

VP, Specialty Claims and Major Case Unit, Hanover Insurance Group

 

Ginette Saimprevil

Executive Director, Bottom Line Massachusetts

 

Rob Stephenson

CEO, Thrive Networks, Inc.

Michael Tamasi

Owner & CEO, AccuRounds

Jeff Thielman

President & CEO, International Institute of New England

Stephanie Arias

Vice President of College Initiatives, Cristo Rey Network

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

Alyse Faour

Assistant Director of Alumni Relations and Development, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Kerry Griffin

Chief Talent Officer, MERGE

 

Scott Gwilliam

Managing Director, Keystone Capital

Cheri Hubbard

President, CDH Consulting Group

David Kirshenbaum

Managing Director, Virtas Partners & Chairman, TIGER 21 Chicago Group 4

Ron Lewis

Venture Capital Professional & Graduate Student, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

 

Sheila Matuscak

Co-Founder and CEO, Coeo Space

Rob Metzger

Clinical Associate Professor, University of Illinois Gies College of Business

Solange Velasquez

Director, William Blair

 

Connie Adair

Managing Partner, Focus Search Partners

Randall Bishop

CEO, Surgical Notes

Beth Boyd Corl

SVP of Human Resources, Fleetpride

Omar Choucair

CFO, Trintech

 

Patrick Cox

Board Member, Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep

Kirk Harrell

SVP of Talent, The CapStreet Group

Brandi Johnson

Regional VP Medicaid Plan Marketing - Western Region, Anthem, Inc.

Shara McClure

Divisional Senior VP, Health Care Delivery, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas

 

Mike McGill

Managing Director, Cowen Inc.

Alicia McGlinchey

Board Member, Leadership ISD

Gunnar Rawlings

Business Developer, DPR Construction

Tom Spivey

Managing Director, Deloitte Corporate Finance

 

Derrick Stephens

Founder & Chief Sales Officer, CBH Consulting

Austin Westervelt-Lutz

AVP for Development, University of Dallas

Jennifer Wilson

Partner, HR Officers Practice, Heidrick & Struggles

 

John Young

Former CEO, Energy Future Holdings

 

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

 

Gail Halsey

CHRO, Ford Credit

 

Mike Khoury

Former President, Detroit Cristo Rey High School

Joaquin Nuno-Whelan

Vice President of Hardware, Motional

Larry Ott

CHRO, Cooper Standard

 

Gabe Rodriguez-Barriga

Vice President Strategy, Business Leaders for Michigan

 

Aylen Mayton

Talent Acquisition Manager

 

Claudine Lussier

VP of Human Resources, The Sterling Group

Dr. Liz Travis

Associate Vice President, MD Anderson

 

Dr. Rayne Rouce

Physician, Texas Children’s Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine

 

Gerald Balboa

Chief Operating Officer, Skylar Capital

Greg Piper

Energy Industry Executive and Advisor

Gretchen Richter

Texas Program Manager, CareerSpring

 

Jerome Austin

Founder, RY2 Solutions, Inc.

Katherine Taylor

Executive Director, Genesys Works - Houston

Leo Espinoza

Partner, Spencer Stuart

M. Neil Kallmeyer

Managing Partner, The CapStreet Group

 

Marty Makulski

Principal, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Marvin Pierre

Executive Director, Eight Million Stories

Roger Burks

CEO, WG Consulting, LLC

 

Scott Hill

Former CEO, ICE

Selena Stuchly

Human Resources Executive, Oxy

Stephen Lewis

Principal, Bernstein Private Wealth Management

Steve Amstutz

Director, Institute for Research and Reform in Education

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

Investment Banking Analyst

Bill Henson

Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School, Vice Chair

Paul Kelly

Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group

Tracy MacKenzie

Director, Standard Philanthropy, Standard Industries

 

Idara Otu

Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Barclays

Ajit Prabhu

Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Quest Global

Bill Reed

CEO, Castleton Commodities, Inc

Rob Rusk

Co-Founder & Partner, Orion Energy Partners

 

Dayna Shamlin

Executive Director, MSCI Inc.

Sandy Srebnick

Global Human Resources & Operational Executive

Adam Charlson

Managing Partner/Practice Co-Leader, Focus Search Partners

Andrew Dodson

Managing Partner, Parthenon Capital

Annmarie Neal

Partner and Chief Talent Officer, Hellman and Friedman

Bill Cartwright

Director of University Initiatives, University of San Francisco and Former Basketball Player and Head Coach, NBA

Doug MacKenzie

Partner, A.T. Kearney

Eric Pryor

CEO, Fulcrum BioEnergy

Jessica Kosmowski

National Managing Principal, TMT, Deloitte

 

Kelsey Sommers

Senior Manager, Business Operations, Glassdoor

Kirsten Wolberg

Public and Private Company Board Director, Retired Tech Executive

Naveen Bhateja

EVP, CHRO, Medidata Solution

Rick Walker

Managing Partner, DHR International

Robert (Bob) Stark

Partner, CEO Succession Advisor, Spencer Stuart

 

Shannon Wheatley

Founder and CEO, Lane 9 Consulting

Sharon Yang

Co-Founder, FutureMap

Sonya Brown

General Partner, Co-Head of Growth Equity, Norwest Venture Partners

Tom Hayes

Portfolio Manager, BNY Mellon

Alexis Ramos

Texas A&M University graduate

Amairani Rucoba

University of Houston Downtown graduate

Amy Garcia

University of Houston graduate

Angela Barsallo

Southern Methodist University graduate

Ayishat Adeniran

Loyola University Chicago graduate

Derrick Ngo

Harvard University

Isaiah Culpepper

UTHealth graduate

Janneicia Harrison

Loyola University

Jason Chu

University of Pennsylvania

Jorge Cantu

University of Texas

Kandace Nguyen

Boston College graduate

Karina Muniz

University of Houston Clear Lake graduate

Lamaya Davis

University of Miami

Manuel Lopez

Texas A&M University graduate

Margot Bolanos-Gamez

University of Chicago

Peter Obi

Ohio State University graduate

Rason Irvin

Southern University and A&M College-Baton Rouge

Rebeca Salas

Bryn Mawr College graduate

Sylvester Washington

Texas A&M University graduate

Toby Irenshtain

Vanderbilt University graduate

Trina Bean

University of Oklahoma graduate

Yesenia Zetino

Loyola University Chicago graduate

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