Junior Achievement of Northern New England Impact Report (2020-2021

PROGRAM SPOTLIGHTS JA Summer Institute In August 2020, we presented our seventh annual JA Summer Institute, held virtually for the first time. Collectively, twenty-two volunteers from nine companies engaged with twenty-four students from thirteen cities in our region through a variety of workshops. Each day began with a spotlight on an executive speaker who shared their successes and failures and how their experiences shaped their current roles. In total, we presented five workshops covering topics such as career clusters, product development, understanding how to pay for college, and understanding the importance of health and car insurance. To conclude the program, students networked with business professionals during rounds of mentorship sessions.

Thank you to our generous program sponsors Endurance International Group, Experian, Avanade, AIG, Eastern Bank, Morgan Stanley, Dedham Bank, TIAA, and M&T/Wilmington Trust.

JA Career Speaker Series Throughout the 2020-21 school year, our chapter hosted a JA Career Speaker Series. Our guest speakers spoke about their youth, experiences, lessons learned, how they got into their current career path, and took questions from high school students.

Speakers included: • Sasidhar Nayudu, Vice-President, and Brett Tervalon, Director Consulting Solutions, both from CGI • Retired General and former Director CIA and NSA Michael V. Hayden, Major Margaret H. Graf, and Staff Sergeant Todd Bowers from Wayfair • Marisela Marrero, then President of Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton • Adam Braun, Founder & CEO of Pencils of Promise