2023 Upwardly Global Equity Gala Program Book

TRIBECA ROOFTOP NEW YORK CITY

10 Desbrosses St, New York, NY 10013

SEPTEMBER 20,2023

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MISSION Upwardly Global’s mission is to eliminate employment barriers for immigrant, refugee, and asylee professionals while advancing the inclusion of their skills into the U.S. economy.

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PROGRAM 6:00PM

C O C K TA I L S

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W E LC O M E A N D R E M A R KS

8:00PM

AWA R D P R E S E N TAT I O N

8:30PM

N E T WO R K I N G

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W E LC O M E America has long been the land of opportunity for refugees and immigrants. In recent years, conflicts, instability, and disasters have driven millions of individuals from their home countries in search of a better future; many find themselves on U.S. soil with others who have come to rejoin family or restart their lives and call the U.S. their new home.

These newcomers from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Venezuela, and beyond often leave everything behind to forge new paths and rebuild their lives. Many bring with them education, skills, and credentials that they are eager to contribute. Upwardly Global is there, helping refugees and immigrants to restart their careers in the U.S. Supporting the welcome and inclusion of immigrants and refugees is our passion. With our friends and partners gathered here tonight, we have worked to shape policies that advance inclusion and remove employment barriers, enabling thousands of immigrants and refugees to continue their careers and fully contribute to our economy and communities.

Upwardly Global empowers refugee and immigrant professionals with job skills, coaching, and in-demand credentials needed to rebuild their careers in roles across industries including IT, engineering, finance, business, and healthcare. We also work with employer partners to promote practices such as diverse hiring and share our resources and learning tools with frontline immigrant organizations and workforce providers — including government agencies and community organizations — to expand our reach and increase our impact. Finally, we support policy priorities and narratives that advance equity and inclusion.

As we scale to serve more of the 2.3 million unemployed or underemployed refugees and immigrants with professional skills, we are deeply appreciative of our wonderful community — our Board, Leadership Councils, staff, employer partners, sponsors, and donors — for making our work possible.

W I T H G R AT I T U D E ,

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Jina Krause-Vilmar

Tammi Ling

President and CEO Upwardly Global

Chair Upwardly Global Board of Directors

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HONOREES

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HONOREE

YURI B R O D S K Y Managing Director LionTree LLC

Yuri

Brodsky was born in Kiev, Ukraine and

immigrated with his parents to the United States when

Yuri deeply believes that immigrants and refugees power innovation and growth in our economy.

he was 15.

He is committed to supporting displaced immigrants in After initial challenges and with the help of local Jewish

particular Ukrainians, many of whom are professionally

community, his mother went on to work a successful 20-

educated women like his mother. His deeply personal

year career as an engineer in the US.

support of Upwardly Global enables these women, and many others, to rebuild their lives and careers.

As a first-generation immigrant, Yuri was lucky enough to have received quality support and access to education, which uniquely positioned him for success in the U.S. job market. Not all newcomers are as fortunate.

Yuri graduated from Rutgers University with a triple degree in mathematics, computer science, and economics and earned an MBA at NYU Stern School of Business.

Yuri has worked for 23 years in investment banking at Bear Stearns, UBS and LionTree covering media and communications clients. Most recently he joined Presidio as head of strategy and corporate development while remaining as senior advisory to LionTree.

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HONOREE

LINKEDIN

Over the last 20 years, LinkedIn has grown into a community of more than 950 million professionals from around the globe, helping one another navigate and grow their careers. It is also where more than 65 million companies and organizations in more than 230 countries find, source, and hire the talent they need to grow their organizations.

All these connections and actions create economic opportunity, the heart of LinkedIn’s vision.

As an Upwardly Global partner since 2006, LinkedIn has supported corporate and job-seeker events, promoted the inclusion of immigrants and refugees as part of their Social Impact work, provided generous program funding, and helped elevate the Upwardly Global narrative to its global audience.

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HONOREE

STANDARD CHARTERED

As a leading international bank, Standard Chartered strives to help people and businesses prosper across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Focused on a culture of inclusion, Standard Chartered believes that diversity and inclusion are critical levers to their business success and will enable them to be the best place to work, the best place to bank, and the best place to contribute to create prosperous communities, embodying their core value “Here for good.”

An Upwardly Global partner since 2012, Standard Chartered has promoted immigrant and refugee hiring as an essential part of their culture of inclusion. They have also provided generous program support.

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THE HOST Emmy-award winning journalist Yasmin Vossoughian is anchor

YA S M I N

V O S S O U G H I A N Anchor, “MSNBC Reports”

of “MSNBC Reports” on Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. ET. Prior to joining MSNBC, she was an anchor for The Daily Share on HLN, a show that looked at the top stories on the internet and how they were playing out online. From the Benghazi hearings to the election of Donald Trump- she was at the center of it all.

Earlier, Vossoughian served as a reporter for the local New York City cable news channel NY1. Her accomplishments include on-site coverage of Hurricane Sandy’s devastation and as one of the first reporting teams to broadcast from the severely hit borough of Staten Island.

Vossoughian’s entry into journalism was as a world news correspondent at the Gallup World Poll. In that role, she interviewed leaders from across the globe including Madeleine Albright in Qatar, Newt Gingrich in Washington D.C., young West African victims of HIV/AIDS and malaria, Fatah youth in the West Bank, and experts in water filtration and environmental protection in Singapore.

In 2005 she became a correspondent for Al Gore’s newly launched Current TV and the following year received a Cine Golden Eagle Award for her work there.

A graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles with an Advanced Bachelor of Arts degree, Vossoughian skills include fluency in French and Farsi.

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CO-CHAIR

KRISHAN B H A T I A

President and Chief Business Officer NBCUniversal

Krishan Bhatia serves as President and Chief Business Officer for NBCUniversal’s Advertising Sales division. Krishan, with the help of his 500-person team, oversees Digital and Advanced Advertising Sales as well as the division’s One Platform

Strategy

and

partnerships,

product,

technology, measurement, and operations functions — spanning a portfolio of TV, CTV/OTT, and digital assets, including the company’s ad-supported streaming platform Peacock, that reaches 230 million U.S. adults every month.

In

2021,

Krishan

launched

the

company’s

Enterprise Data unit, which is responsible for developing a unified first-party data platform that serves NBCUniversal’s portfolio of industry-leading consumer businesses, including the company’s TV and streaming properties, the NBC News Group, Universal Filmed Entertainment, and Universal Parks and Resorts.

Comcast/FreeWheel and Sky Media, as well advertising

partnerships

with

Amazon, Apple, Google/YouTube, Hulu, Roku, Snap, The Trade Desk, Twitter, and others.

Krishan joined Comcast in 2005 as a founding

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Media, where he played an instrumental role in creating and growing the digital media business for Comcast through acquisitions and partnerships. In 2011, he took on his role at NBCUniversal after Comcast acquired the company,, and he led the integration of the two companies’ advertising businesses.

He also manages the corporate partnerships with NBCUniversal’s

executive team member of Comcast Interactive

Prior to Comcast, Krishan was the Principal of Global Media and Entertainment Practice at Booz Allen Hamilton in New York, advising many of the world’s leading media and technology companies.

He currently serves as a Board Member of the IAB and OpenAP.

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CO-CHAIR

TONY

G O N C A L V E S

Former Chief Revenue Officer WarnerMedia

Tony Goncalves is the former Chief Revenue Officer at WarnerMedia and is a member of Upwardly Global’s Board. With parents who immigrated from Portugal when he was just four years old, Tony grew up understanding what it meant to start from scratch in a new country and sacrifice for your children’s future. Practicing kindness in his own life and work, he is committed to opening more opportunities for immigrants and refugees today and works to ensure that we are a welcoming country, practicing kindness in his own life and work.

In

his

role

at

WarnerMedia,

Tony

oversaw

U.S. advertising sales, networks and HBO Max distribution, home entertainment, and content licensing. He was also responsible for Otter Media, a leader in fan-centric, digital-first entertainment with a portfolio of digital media brands including Rooster Teeth and Gunpowder & Sky. Tony Goncalves was named to this position in August 2020.

overseeing the Otter Media relationship with The Chernin Group.

Tony held a number of roles at DIRECTV before joining AT&T. He founded and led the company’s digital products division, reporting to CEO Mike White, and spearheaded the shift to mobile video and innovation outside the traditional content distribution space, including the launch of the NFL

Previously, Tony was in a dual role at WarnerMedia serving as CEO of Otter Media and overseeing the development of HBO Max. Before his role at WarnerMedia, he was Head of Strategy and Business

company’s entry into OTT with DIRECTV NOW and

Development

at

AT&T,

leading

the

Sunday Ticket OTT product.

Today, Tony serves on the advisory board of his alma mater, the Iona College Hagan School of Business.

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CO-CHAIR

DAVID K E N N Y

Chief Executive Officer Nielsen Corporation

David Kenny was appointed Chief Executive Officer at Nielsen Corporation in November 2018 and Chairman in October 2022.

David received his bachelor’s degree in industrial administration

from

the

GM

Institute

(now

Kettering University) and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. After school, David began his career in data science and artificial intelligence, with a specific focus on the marketing and media industries. He has a deep and holistic understanding of media and advertisers and how best to serve them, and has been a long-time Nielsen Corporation customer and partner. David has a proven track record of implementing growth strategies, overseeing strategic transactions, and creating value for stakeholders.

Prior to joining Nielsen Corporation, David served as Senior Vice President of Cognitive Solutions at IBM. There, he led IBM’s artificial intelligence initiatives, using machine learning to support enterprise customers across a large number of verticals, including healthcare, financial services, retail, and media. Earlier in his career, David was Chairman and Chief Executive of The Weather Company, which was acquired by IBM.

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He also previously served as President of Akamai, a cloud platform technology company; Board Member of Publicis Groupe; and Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Digitas Inc. Currently, David serves on the Board of Directors for Best Buy and is Chairman of the Board for Teach for America. He is also on the advisory board of ANA’s Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing.

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CO R P O R AT E C H A M P I O N AWA R D R E C I P I E N T

NIELSEN CORPORATION Nielsen Corporation is a global leader in audience

financial support and promoting our work to others.

measurement, data, and analytics, shaping the future of

The Nielsen Foundation, a private foundation originally

media. Nielsen Corporation focuses on systematically

funded by Nielsen Corporation, has also supported

integrating inclusion and accountability into the full

Upwardly Global’s mission as part of its work to give

employee experience with the goal of influencing

voice and opportunities to historically underrepresented

change in the media industry, in our communities, and

groups and communities.

around the world.

The Corporate Champion award is new and presented Nielsen Corporation is a longstanding supporter of the

to an organization that provides ongoing support for

Gala and Upwardly Global’s work, having contributed

Upwardly Global and our mission.

SPECIAL GUEST

AN AS TASIIA S O K O L O V A

Technical Recruiter, Raj Technologies Upwardly Global Alumni

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AU C T I O N E E R TiWanna Kenney is the founder of Astounding Auctions and Fundraising Strategies, where she and her team lead on-site and virtual fundraisers for nonprofit organizations throughout the United States. Leveraging her passions for storytelling and consultation, TiWanna uses her charisma and wittiness, along with her silky-smooth voice, to touch the hearts of attendees and inspire donors to give.

As the first African American woman to earn the Benefit Auctioneer Specialist designation through the National Auctioneers Association, TiWanna is committed to increasing the representation of women and ethnic diversity in the auction industry. She is a member of the National Auctioneers Association and Texas Auctioneers Association, and serves on multiple boards across Texas. She has been featured as a Woman to Watch in Austin Woman Magazine; appeared on the summer 2020 cover of Texas Meeting + Events Magazine, chosen as a finalist for the 2020 Austin Under 40 Awards in the Innovation and Startup Category, chosen as an Austin Woman’s Way Business Award Recipient in 2021, and served as the 2020 and 2021 Benefit Auction Summit Chair.

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T IWA N N A K E N N E Y

Founder & Principal Auctioneer Astounding Auctions

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WH AT WE DO Upwardly Global is the leading organization focused on dismantling employment barriers for work-authorized immigrants, refugees, and asylees

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with professional experience and international degrees by helping them secure thriving-wage jobs and promoting their inclusion in the U.S. workforce.

Upwardly Global unleashes the potential of immigrants to secure skillaligned careers by supporting them and the organizations that serve them with industry-specific coaching and digital training, engages employers in inclusive hiring practices and opening opportunities, and advances policies and narratives that create prosperity for all.

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Proud to partner with Upwardly Global to help refugee job seekers find economic opportunity.

Visit socialimpact.linkedin.com/refugee-resource-center to learn more

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Standard Chartered has been a proud supporter of Upwardly Global for over 10 years.

We believe in the power of diversity and celebrate the positive impact immigrants and refugees make to enrich our culture and strengthen our workforce in the United States.

Congratulations to Upwardly Global, tonight’s honorees, and to Patricia Fuster, our Diversity and Inclusion Chair and a leader by example.

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CREATING PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS AMC Networks proudly supports UPWARDLY GLOBAL and their mission to facilitate the professional contributions of immigrants and refugees in the United States.

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Community matters The Nielsen Foundation is honored to support the mission of Upwardly Global to dismantle the cultural, systemic and skills-based barriers that prevent college-educated immigrants and refugees from finding work compatible with their skills and potential.

The Nielsen Foundation is a private foundation originally funded by Nielsen, a global data and analytics company.

The Nielsen Foundation envisions a more equitable world where everyone counts. The Foundation’s mission is to support organizations that give voice and opportunities to historically excluded groups and communities. The Foundation supports organizations that advance representation in media and technology, encourage educational access and promote economic mobility. Across these focus areas, the Foundation’s grantmaking is firmly grounded in its commitment to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion.

Copyright © 2023 The Nielsen Foundation, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Supporting refugees and building stronger communities Deloitte is committed to delivering measurable change by supporting refugee integration in our communities. In 2022, we made a three year commitment to train 250 refugees for success and hire another 250 into our workforce. Our collaboration with a range of organizations helps accelerate this positive social impact to create a meaningful difference in the lives of refugees.

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Fried Frank is proud to support Upwardly Global and joins in honoring Yuri Brodsky along with LinkedIn and Standard Chartered

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Building a culture of belonging Magnite proudly supports Upwardly Global

PwC is proud to support Upwardly Global as part of our commitment to building a culture of belonging.

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SPONSORS DIVERSITY CHAMPION

Yuri Brodsky

INCLUSION LUMINARY

Tammi Ling Wendy Zimmermann & Steve Cutler

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SPONSORS BRIDGE BUILDER

Lucy Walton

Paul and Debbie Baker

Robert Garechana

Thomas and Bonnie Uger

Zukauckas | Cohan

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LEADERSHIP COUNCILS C H I C AG O L E A D E R S H I P C O U N C I L

N E W YO R K L E A D E R S H I P C O U N C I L

Amrit Bedi

Yoga Acharya

Managing Partner, Winterford Capital

Chief Operating Officer, Mezcla

Anj Danar

Michael Diamond

Corporate Actions Analyst, UBS

Head of In-Kind Product Giving, Google

Simone Gourguechon

Andriana Diez

Director of Global Sustainability & ESG Strategy, McDonald’s Corporation

Senior Director, Walmart

Andrew Gush

Director, Ad Product, Audacy, Inc.

Development Manager, Lendlease

Peter Kim

Ishan Gurg

Sabrina Hodjati

Business Strategy and Operations, LinkedIn

Associate Manager, Customer Loyalty & Insights, Walgreens

David Kim

Melanie Levine

Chance Masloff

Manager, Food & Agriculture, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Ynah Parker

Solution Consultant, Gorilla Group

Maria Ptouchkina

Director, Investment Banking, Stout Strategic Project Manager, Bridgewater Associates

Tej Mehta

Head of Product Growth, Multiverse

Elizabeth Meyer

Global Private Equity Practice Manager, Salesforce

Alliance Relationship Manager| IBM & Red Hat Alliance, Deloitte

Olena Tkachuk

Olena Ostasheva

Technology Architecture Consultant, Accenture

Nitida Wongthipkongka

Senior Venture Director, Rippleworks

Koray Yesilli

Research Associate, William Blair

US Capital Markets, HG

Yvonnie Phan

Account Director, Infinite Global

Gregory Plotko

Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Rohit Prasad

Relationship Director, Financial Institutions Group, Barclays

Christine Savino Linda Sun

Investment Banking Associate, Goldman Sachs

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LEADERSHIP COUNCILS SAN FRANCISCO LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Fiona Alfait

Director, Visa Crypto, Visa

Tadios Belay

President and CEO, U.S. Africa Institute

Puneet Brar

Investment Professional, Permira

Brian Chang

Head of Service Management, Community Support, Airbnb

Liza Dingle

Strategy and Operations Manager, Search Parnerships, Google

Subur Khan Investment Banking Associate, Goldman Sachs Hannah Pace

Associate Director, Workforce Partnerships, YUPRO Placement

Gita Patel

S E AT T L E L E A D E R S H I P C O U N C I L Rachid El Mourabit

Senior Finance Manager, First Mode

Fiona Goodwille

Managing Director, Accenture

Jessica Hennessey

Senior Manager, Immigration Policy and Humanitarian Programs, Amazon

Dave Hill

Director, Executive Search, YouTube

Sarah Jacob

Chief Product Officer, MedBridge

Sulamita Madsen

Technical Account Manager, Xenon Arc

Farron McDonald

Recruiting Pod Lead, People Team, Block

Kristin Pankey

Senior Program Manager, Learning & Development, Remitly

Director, University of California, San Francisco

Matthew Quinlan

Sweta Sridhar

Maria Sclarandi

Business Analyst, Global Core Product & Affluent, Visa

Strategy & Operations Lead, Virtual Reality, Meta

Amie Vu

Rumsha Siddiqui

Senior Consultant, Ernst & Young LLP

Rakiya Witwer

Sophie Solomon

Senior Account Manager, Accenture

Director of Business Partnerships, New Door Ventures

Melina Wyatt

Head of Opportunity Hiring, Gap Inc.

Sameer Ziaee

Private Equity Associate, TPG

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LEADERSHIP COUNCILS WA S H I N G TO N , D . C .

LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Bob Bissen Director of Government Affairs, National Head Start Association Andrew Dolinsky Principal, Marcus Partners Susan Go Director, Solution Engineering, Salesforce Anna Gorodetsky Intelligence Analysis Manager, Accenture Emilie Hyams Deputy Chief of Staff, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Sarah Jackson-Han Senior Advisor, UNDP Bryan Li Accenture Sonia Lin Senior Fellow, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Maria Little Jay Lurie Head of Investments, Odyssey Energy Solutions Shorena Megrelishvili Proposal and Grant Writer, WeConnect Shakib Mohsanyar Senior Manager, Pfizer Amy Swers Senior Climate Infrastructure Advisor, USAID Victoria Travers Maggie Yuan Yue Ocean Import Agent, DSV

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N AT I O N A L M E M B E R S Jeremy Ross

Co-founder and CEO, Requitable Inc.

Abdeljawed Zich

Registered Nurse, Loyola University

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B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S OFFICERS Tammi Ling, Board Chair

Managing Vice President, Operational Risk Management, Capital One

Steve Ostler, Board Vice-Chair Founder, One Refugee

Robert Garechana, Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Equity Residential

MEMBERS Rosalyn Chen

Development Committee Chair Board of Directors, Chavez Family Foundation

RJ Fox

VP of Marketing, Growth, Performance and Operations, LinkedIn

Martha Gallo Trustee Emerita

Tony Goncalves

Former Chief Revenue Officer, WarnerMedia

Todd Harding

Au Nguyen

Senior Manager, Supply Chain Strategy, Weee!

Heather Reilly

Principal, Deloitte Consulting, Secretary & Governance Committee Chair

Philipp Schumacher

Audit Committee Chair Partner, Technology Consulting, PwC(PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLP)

Shaun Smith

Trustee Emeritus

Group Senior Vice President, Chief People and Culture Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian

Mohammad Sediq Hazratzai

Vivek Vaidya

Jane Leu, Trustee Emerita

Lucy Walton

Program Director, Public Health Institute, Visiting Professor, University of California, Davis Founder and CEO, Smarter Good Inc.

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OUR IMPACT * As referenced in Upwardly Global’s recently published 2022 Annual Report.

JOB SEEKERS PLACED IMPROVED LIVES

13,460 Individuals and families with improved lives because of Upwardly Global’s career-coaching program

1,116

Job seekers placed in thriving-wage jobs through Upwardly Global’s career-coaching program in 2022

AVERAGE SALARY

$66,481

Average annual starting salary for Upwardly Global job seekers

JOB SEEKERS PLACED

9,090

Job seekers placed in thriving-wage jobs through Upwardly Global’s career-coaching program

ECONOMIC IMPACT

$74M

Total dollarsc ontributed annually to the U.S. economy by immigrants and refugees who have completed Upwardly Global’s career-coaching program

OUR COMMUNITY CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS

JOB-SEEKER PARTICIPANTS

7,041 Participants in Upwardly Global’s career-coaching program, Jobversity, and other online programs.

WOMEN PARTICIPANTS

43%

Percentage of program participants who were women

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58%

Percentage of program participants who were refugees, asylees, SIVs, or parolees

300

Number of companies partnering with Upwardly Global to recruit, hire, and train job seekers and co-create solutions to reduce barriers for immigrants and refugee professionals

VOLUNTEERS

977

Number of Upwardly Global volunteers who contributed more than 6,000 hours

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Your Support Matters Upwardly Global’s work is made possible by the generosity of community members like you.

Your contributions allow us to invest in newcomers and connect them with the resources they need to secure thriving-wage jobs. From career coaching to online courses, and everything in between, your support ensures more immigrants and refugees can restart their professional lives.

Please consider a generous gift in support of a more equitable and inclusive workforce today: Your gift of $10,000 supports expert coaching for 10 job seekers.

Coaches provide industry expertise and connections that help immigrant and refugee job seekers overcome obstacles on their path to career success.

Your gift of $1,000 funds the development of one new online course.

Online courses support the development of critical soft skills that every job seeker needs to succeed while navigating the job market.

Your gift of $5,000 funds paid internships and mid-career internships.

Job seekers can intern at companies working in healthcare, technology, business, and finance to gain experience in the U.S. workforce.

Your gift of $500 provides intensive interview skills training for a job seeker.

Job seekers build confidence and learn how to showcase their skills so they can shine in interviews.

To donate, go to upwardlyglobal.org/EquityGala2023 or scan the QR code.

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Thank you to our 2023 Equity Gala attendees for supporting alumni like Berhan, Saheed, Sofiia, and Saiful in obtaining thriving-wage careers here in the U.S.!

Check out their stories below!

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T H A N K YO U

to our honorees and co-chairs, National Board, Leadership Councils, volunteers, Upwardly Global alumni, and staff for making tonight’s celebration possible. Your commitment and dedication to our mission make every success story possible.

And to our guests, thank you for coming out tonight. Your presence and generosity give us HOPE for the year ahead, and we hope to gather again to reflect and celebrate greater accomplishments.

SEE YOU AT NEXT YEAR’S EQUITY GALA!

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