COVER STORY
I love FAMU and am so grateful for what the University has done for me and my entire family. GIVING FROM THE HEART Lisa Rae LaBoo knows all too well the importance of receiving financial support to ensure successful degree completion. She considers her $100,000 gift to FAMU a payment on a debt of gratitude. “God put this on my heart to give,” said LaBoo, who earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from FAMU. “It is important for me to give back and be a blessing to our children while I can live to see it.” LaBoo, who met her husband, Christopher, at FAMU, is a living testament to the importance of investing in student scholarships and the return on investment that goes along with giving back. While studying at FAMU, she was able to lessen her financial load thanks to two scholarships and two internships. A scholarship from General Motors covered her last two years of college, providing her a stipend each semester and paid internships with GM in Michigan. To help toward her MBA, she said, she received a scholarship from the late Sybil C. Mobley, founding dean of the School of Business and Industry. “I love FAMU and am so grateful for what the University has done for me and my entire family,” LaBoo said. “I hope and pray that more FAMUans will find it in their hearts to give back and support this great institution.” Today, the impact of scholarship support is evident in LaBoo’s successful career. She is the president of Prosperity Investment Services Inc., and Prosperity Real Estate LLC. As a member of the FAMU Foundation Board of Directors, LaBoo passionately lends her expertise in leadership and finance, garnered through her success at such organizations as Florida Power, Xerox, Coldwell Banker and Nationwide Retirement Solutions and Life Insurance.4
AN ENDURING LOVE Lisa LaBoo, her husband Christopher, and daughter Alexus (one of three children who are also Rattlers) share a special bond that centers on their love for FAMU.
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