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mission Prep for Prep develops ethical and effective leaders who reflect our diverse society for the enduring benefit of all. The Prep Community includes over 5,000 students and alumni.
PREP FOR PREP ’S EXECUTIVE TEAM
MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Dear Friends, In my 25 years at Prep for Prep, the last 18 as Chief Executive, Prep has grown considerably while staying true to our unwavering commitment to providing life-changing opportunities for students of color. With Prep’s academic, personal, and professional support as their foundation, our students are becoming the transformative leaders that this nation so desperately needs and deserves. This year’s annual report spotlights students and alumni at the forefront of this next generation of diverse, ethical, and effective leaders: • Rye Country Day School eighth grader Isabel Tiburcio (XL), exercising her powerful
voice in both musical theater and gun control advocacy • Penn junior Trevor Núñez (XXXIII), embarking on the long road to shape policy
and uphold the public good in the U.S. House of Representatives • Prep Trustee Roland Persaud (LA II), advising cities nationwide on effective and
sustainable management through his work at Bloomberg Philanthropies They are just three of the many thousands of members of the Prep Community transforming the face of leadership in this nation. However, they, and we at Prep, cannot do this immense work alone. Preparing over 700 students to thrive at leading independent schools and another 600 at this country’s most competitive colleges is possible because of your generosity. In Fiscal Year 2019, Lilac Ball Honoree Paul J. Taubman, Chairman and CEO of PJT Partners, paved the way to help raise $4 million of our $12 million budget. Prep alumni, impressive with their individual accomplishments and generous with their time, talent, and treasure, helped secure 43% of internship opportunities for current students. A record ten alumni now serve on Prep’s Board of Trustees, steering the organization into its fifth decade. An investment in Prep is an investment in this nation’s future. With our students’ successes as our inspiration and the promise of the untapped potential of thousands more, let’s get to work. With gratitude,
CONTENTS Prep for Prep Journey . . . 2 Feature Profiles . . . 4 Opportunities . . .10 Professional Advancement . . .12 Enrollment . . .14 Measures of Success . . .16 Financials . . .17 Contributors . . .18 Alumni Engagement . . . 25 Your Impact . . .30 Staff . . . 31 Board of Trustees . . . 32
Aileen C. Hefferren
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journey STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
THE PREP FOR PREP JOURNEY
TR ANSITION TO INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
STUDENTS IN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
STUDENTS IN COLLEGE
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PREPAR ATORY COMPONENT
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ADMISSIONS Each year, 4,000 top students of color from 750 New York City public schools apply for admission to Prep for Prep. 125 students are accepted into Prep (for day school placement) and 75 into PREP 9 (boarding school placement).
To increase their academic and social preparedness for independent school, rising sixth-graders in Prep and eighthgraders in PREP 9 undergo a rigorous 14-month course of study spanning two intensive summer sessions as well as after-school Wednesday and all-day Saturday classes during the intervening school year.
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PLACEMENT All students who successfully complete the Preparatory Component (typically 75% of admitted students) are placed in day schools as seventh-graders or boarding schools as ninth-graders.
COLLEGE GR ADUATES
ALUMNI AFFAIRS The opportunities, networking, and events open to alumni strengthen and nurture their achievements and contributions to society, while keeping them active in the Prep Community.
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COUNSELING Prep monitors the academic and personal progress of each student in grades 7–12 through monthly meetings with Prep counselors — young people of color who themselves are graduates of selective colleges. The Undergraduate Affairs team provides counseling services to Prep college students.
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OPPORTUNITIES A considerable array of Leadership Development Opportunities broadens our students’ aspirations, increases their awareness of life’s possibilities, and builds a stronger sense of self.
In addition to all of the programs above, Prep shares its best practices with like-minded organizations and individuals through an initiative called Smart Connections, through which Prep has indirectly impacted another 250,000 young people worldwide.
5%
of 4,000 nominated students are accepted into Prep for Prep
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independent schools across the northeast enroll 703 students
100%
of Prep’s high school seniors are accepted to college
facts and figures
130+
colleges and universities across the country enroll 597 undergraduates
$35 million in financial aid awarded annually by independent schools
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student internships at 146 employers in Summer 2019
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ISABEL TIBURCIO (XL) is a natural leader with a strong sense of social justice. She uses her powerful voice for both musical theater and gun violence prevention.
“ I’m the youngest member of New York State Senator Shelley B. Mayer’s Youth Advisory Council. We meet regularly with district representatives to advocate for gun safety and climate change laws.” What are some things you enjoy most about attending Rye Country Day School? ISABEL: I love my school! I’m so glad Prep led me to RCDS. I had to give up acting and dancing classes during Prep’s Preparatory Component, but now I get to do musical theater at RCDS. It’s a whole new world: the workshops, teachers, and choreography were all so amazing and next-level compared to what I was doing before. In seventh grade, I earned a starring role as Mayzie the Bird in Seussical, Jr. and I had a lot of fun becoming a character so different from my own personality. PREP:
Through Rye’s Middle School Service Learning Group, I also raised money for the Scott J. Beigel Memorial Fund, which is named for a teacher killed in the Parkland shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. I then started a club #NeverAgainNRA because gun control is important to me and a lot of my peers. Why is gun control such an important issue for you? ISABEL: After Parkland, I wanted to do something to support the families. I started by raising funds through a bake sale and selling #NeverAgainNRA bracelets and t-shirts online. Then I met Emma Gonzalez and other March for Our Lives activists and realized I can do more. I became the youngest member of New York State Senator Shelley B. Mayer’s Youth Advisory Council, even though it was originally for high school and college students. We meet regularly with district representatives to advocate for gun safety and climate change laws. I was able to watch a live legislative session from the gallery, which was pretty cool! It was meaningful to learn that Nicholas’ Law was passed by New York State this year, which makes unsafe storage of loaded guns in the home illegal. PREP:
How did Prep for Prep impact your approach to leadership? Because of Prep, I can better understand many more points of view and relate to people from very different backgrounds. PIMAS — Problems and Issues in Modern American Society — with Ms. Daniels helped me become more aware of important issues happening in the world. And Research Skills with Mr. Thoren was my favorite class! My public speaking skills improved and I became more confident persuading others to see my side of an issue. I’m starting a middle school debate club at Rye so I can help my classmates practice before we join the debate team at the upper school level next year. I’m thankful for Prep because now I get to do what I love and go to one of the best schools in the State. It will open up new opportunities over the next five years and the hard work is so worth it.
PREP:
ISABEL:
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Photo cour tesy of RCDS
EIGHTH GRADER ISABEL TIBURCIO (XL/RCDS)
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A Political Science major at Penn, TREVOR NÚÑEZ (XXXIII) recently interned at the U.S. House of Representatives to build a foundation for public service leadership.
“ I’ve been struck by the difference between policy and politics, and have realized that to be successful you have to understand both.” Why did you choose to spend your summer interning at the nation’s capital? TREVOR: In the last presidential election, I was not yet old enough to vote. 2020 is a pivotal year for U.S. politics. I knew I wanted to learn more about the structure of government and how my voice and my vote can be most effective. The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation offered me training and mentorship, then placed me in the Office of Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, who represents my home district in Brooklyn. My work included helping to prepare for Caucus meetings and policy roundtables on issues important to our communities, such as lowering prescription drug prices. PREP:
What was most satisfying about your experience? TREVOR: The secret to D.C. is that I learned much more from coffee chats and after work receptions than I ever could in any political science textbook. I’ve been inspired by the caliber of the people I’ve met working on the Hill — changemakers from around the country who have dedicated themselves to service. I’ve been struck by the difference between policy and politics, and have realized that to be successful you have to understand both. Being around true practitioners of government at the highest level is one of the greater experiences of my life so far and informs not only my career plans, but also how I view my responsibilities as an American citizen. PREP:
How has Prep for Prep helped build the foundation for your current pursuits? TREVOR: As a son of struggling Guatemalan and Trinidadian immigrants, I am not supposed to be in the position I am in today, with the world as my oyster and equipped with fearless aspirations. The difference for me was Prep for Prep. It taught me grit, perseverance, and the importance of deferred gratification in achieving anything worthwhile. Also, both Prep for Prep and my independent school, Poly Prep, enabled me to travel to and learn from our global communities: the enduring legacy of slavery and Jim Crow in the American South, the contrasts of democracy in South Africa and dictatorship in Zimbabwe, and the beautiful history and culture of predominately Muslim Turkey. With those opportunities comes a responsibility that I know my peers have all felt since we first started Prep: to do more, to be better, and to never limit ourselves. PREP:
Photo cour tesy of Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
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COLLEGE JUNIOR TREVOR NÚÑEZ (XXXIII/POLY PREP ’17, PENN)
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ROLAND PERSAUD (LA II) is helping to transform cities worldwide through his work at Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Government Innovation team.
“ I am proud to find myself working with people who are smart, passionate, and devoted to improving the lives of everyday people across the U.S. and abroad.” How does your work at Bloomberg Philanthropies help transform communities? ROLAND: At Bloomberg Philanthropies, we have an incredible mission: to ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people. Who wouldn’t want to do that? I think I have one of the best jobs on the planet! On the Government Innovation team, we have the privilege of working closely with cities all over the world, providing them with the resources, data, and tools to tackle their greatest challenges as diverse as murder reduction, economic development, and customer service. These initiatives began with Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s vision for New York City, and today, we are truly achieving impact on a global scale. I am proud to find myself working with people who are smart, passionate, and devoted to improving the lives of everyday people across the U.S. and abroad. PREP:
Why did you choose public service as your career path? ROLAND: A career in public service feels like a natural extension of my time with Prep. I always knew that I had to give back to give others the chances I’ve been afforded. My first job out of college was at a nonprofit, and I enjoyed doing work that served a greater purpose. After completing a fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service at NYU in 2014, I joined an incredible network of like-minded and “woke” individuals. The journey has been a fulfilling one and there’s no turning back now. PREP:
How did Prep for Prep help build the foundation for your current pursuits? ROLAND: Everything I learned through Prep was foundational. Joining the Prep Community was the most pivotal decision of my life, setting me on a path to success and propelling me toward a lifelong pursuit of leadership. It also influenced my disciplined approach to school and learning today. I’m currently pursuing an Executive Master’s degree in Public Administration at NYU, while working fulltime and raising a two-year-old. If I had not survived Prep for Prep all those years ago, I don’t believe I would have had the audacity to take on this level of responsibility at age 30! As the chair of the Alumni Council’s fundraising committee, I was recently elected to Prep’s Board of Trustees. I’m grateful to work on behalf of all current alumni to help shape future generations of leaders. PREP:
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PREP TRUSTEE ROLAND PERSAUD (LA II/WHITE PLAINS HS ’07, PRINCETON ’12) MPA, NYU ’20
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OPPORTUNITIES
The hundreds of opportunities offered to Prep students each year expand their horizons and ambitions.
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ASPECTS OF LEADERSHIP
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399
250
students completed leadership development retreats Aspects focuses on ethical and effective leadership through scholarly works, case studies, and role-play exercises. Each module of the three-module curriculum culminates in student-led research and presentations on issues relevant to society today.
CAMPS
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family meetings with Prep’s counseling staff helped guide seventh through eleventh grade students through the independent school financial aid process Year-round school visits, tutoring, and cultural activities from Post-Placement Counseling complemented independent schools’ resources to support the academic and personal progress of Prep students.
COLLEGE GUIDANCE
“camperships” enabled students to attend summer camps at low or no cost
74%
Belvoir Terrace • Birch Rock Camp • Camp Androscoggin Camp Becket YMCA • Camp Betsey Cox • Camp Greylock Camp Nashoba North • Camp Runoia • Camp Sangamon • Camp Tapawingo Camp Wawenock • Chewonki Camp for Boys • Creative Arts and Athletics Frost Valley YMCA • Kamp Kohut • Kingswood Camp Netop Summer Camp • Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts Waukeela Camp for Girls • Wohelo Camps
of high school juniors visited 25 colleges and universities outside of New York City through Prep’s spring break College Trips Year-round counseling meetings, SAT/ACT prep courses, admissions panels, and financial aid workshops guided families through the college application process and helped them find schools that best match their fit and need.
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COLLEGE TR ANSITION RETREAT
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students broadened their horizons as global citizens through travel abroad programs with Student Diplomacy Corps, Calder Classics, and Amigos de los Americas
students completed workshops on health and wellness resources, campus safety, personal finance, and identity to prepare for their first year of college
Albania • Chile • Costa Rica • France • Italy • Japan Mexico • New Zealand • Spain
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OPPORTUNITIES
314
PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Prep is deeply grateful to the following 146 employers for providing 314 internships to our students. These opportunities equip our students with valuable experience, marketable skills, and exposure to a variety of fields. For information on hiring Prep’s high school or college students for paid summer internships, please contact padvancement@prepforprep.org.
Accenture 1 Activate 1 Akin Gump 2 Allen & Co. 1 AllianceBernstein 1 All Star Code 7 AlphaSights 1 Alpine Capital 3 Amazon.com 1 AMC Networks 1 American Express 2 American Museum of Natural History 1 Andrus Family Fund 1 Aperture Investors 2 Bank of America 1 Bank Street School for Children 1 Barclays 6 BlackRock 1 Blackstone 1 Bloomberg 6 Bloomingdale’s 2 Boies Schiller Flexner 1 Bolton-St. Johns 1 Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office 2 Brooklyn Youth Chorus 1 Brown University 1
CancerCare 3 The Carlyle Group, Metropolitan Real Estate 1 Center for Popular Democracy 2 Center for Reproductive Rights 1 Center for an Urban Future 1 Cheddar 1 CityRealty 1 Colgate-Palmolive 4 Columbia SPURS Biomedical Research 3 Come On Out Japan 1 Comic Relief Red Nose Day 1 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation 1 Cravath, Swaine & Moore 3 CUNY School of Journalism 1 Davidson College, Physics Department 1 Davis Polk & Wardwell 1 DDB Worldwide 1 Debevoise & Plimpton 2 Deutsche Bank 4 Discovery Channel, Food Network 1 ESquared Hospitality 1 Essense Partners 1 Estée Lauder Companies 3 Evercore 1
CAREER SEMINARS
PREP FOR PREP/ SOTHEBY’S ART ACADEMY
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career panels and professional skills workshops provided exposure to a range of industries beyond those where students completed internships Bank of America • Bloomberg • Citi • Cogent • DonorsChoose.org Google • JPMorgan Chase & Co. • L+M • Manhattan Theatre Club Morgan Stanley • Mount Sinai • Rosenblatt Securities Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality • SiriusXM • Sotheby’s Venture for America • Vox
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Facebook 3 Ferguson & Shamamian Architects 1 Firelight Media 1 F.Y. Eye 1 Geller & Company 1 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 2 Girls Who Code 2 Goldsmith & Co. 1 Google 9 GO Project 3 Greenhill 1 Harlem Village Academies 1 HBO 3 Henry Street Settlement 1 The HOPE Program 2 Horizon Media 1 Hospital for Special Surgery 11 Hudson Yards 1 IAC 4 ideas42 2 iD Tech 1 International Rescue Committee 1 Jazz at Lincoln Center 2 The JPB Foundation 1 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 43 Jumpstart 1
high school students explored the world of visual arts through art history classes, studio visits, and museum tours to learn about the breadth of careers in the arts Apollo Theater • Frick Collection • Gavin Brown Gallery Ghetto Film School • Jas Knight Studio Visit • Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of the Moving Image • Park Avenue Armory • Queens Museum Sotheby’s • Storm King Art Center • David Zwirner Gallery
Libra Group 1 LinkedIn 1 Little Sisters of the Assumption 1 Local Initiatives Support Corporation NYC 12 Maysles Institute 1 McKinsey & Company 1 Microsoft 1 MoMA 1 Moody’s 1 Morgan Stanley 2 Mount Sinai Health System 6 NBCUniversal 1 New York Academy of Medicine 2 New York County District Attorney’s Office 1 New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 2 New York Legal Assistance Group 1 New York Public Library 2 New York Stem Cell Foundation 2 Noble Desktop 1 Nonviolence International 1 NYU Department of Ophthalmology 3 One Equity Partners 2 oneKIN 3
Open Society Foundations 2 Oxeon Partners 1 Paradigm 1 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 1 Office of Judge Valerie Pels 1 Penguin Random House 1 Pentagram 1 Pfizer 1 Poly Prep Country Day School 1 Project Pericles 3 PURE Insurance 1 Rabobank 1 RADII China 1 Rebelation 2 Related Companies 2 Rockefeller University 1 Rockstar Games 1 Rockwell 1 Rosenblatt Securities 1 Rothschild & Co. 5 School of the New York Times 4 Search and Care 1 Sidley Austin 1 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 2 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 1
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 2 Sony Music 1 StoryCorps 1 Office of Judge Laura Taylor Swain 1 TBWA\Chiat\Day 3 TD Bank 2 Teneo 1 Touch Foundation 2 Touchlab 1 TPG Capital 2 Uber 1 Union Settlement 2 University of Pennsylvania, Global Youth Leadership Academy 1 University of Virginia/Universidad San Francisco de Quito 1 Viacom 2 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 5 WBRU Radio 1 Wild Bird Fund 2 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 4 Workman Publishing 1 Yale University, Biomedical Engineering Department 1 Yummie 1
PUBLIC POLICY INTERNSHIP PROJECTS
INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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students conducted research on policymaking and interned with government officials and advocacy groups
students learned the fundamentals of entrepreneurship with coding and app development
Common Cause New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene New York Communities for Change Office of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. Office of Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer Office of State Senator Robert Jackson
Students created their own business plans with the help of mentors at Google and competed for seed money to invest in their businesses.
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ENROLLMENT
enrollment INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS DAY SCHOOLS
DAY SCHOOLS ENR
GRD
(continued)
ENR GRD
Allen-Stevenson 3 123 Spence 24 108 Avenues 16 3 Speyer 1 2 Bank Street 2 26 Staten Island Academy 9 Berkeley Carroll 24 59 St. Bernard’s 7 74 Birch Wathen Lenox 37 St. Hilda’s & St. Hugh’s 1 4 BOARDING SCHOOLS (continued) Blue School 1 St. Luke’s 5 56 Brearley 18 149 Stevenson 1 ENR GRD Fessenden 8 Brooklyn Friends 8 41 Town 106 George 2 1 Brooklyn Heights Montessori 1 2 Trevor Day 5 28 Groton 1 14 Browning 12 55 Trinity 43 260 Gunnery 4 Buckley 6 56 UNIS 1 Harvey 2 Buckley Country Day 6 VCS 2 71 Indian Mountain 7 Calhoun 3 63 Xavier 1 3 Kent 1 11 Cathedral 1 24 York Prep 4 11 Lawrence Academy 1 2 Chapin 15 105 Other Schools* 16 MacDuffie 1 City & Country 6 Masters 1 8 Collegiate 9 155 BOARDING SCHOOL S Millbrook 1 4 Columbia Prep 17 87 Miss Porter’s 2 11 Dalton 22 143 PREP 9 Consortium Schools NMH 2 10 Dwight 5 Andover 22 148 Oakwood Friends 3 Dwight-Englewood 8 7 Choate 16 125 Oldfields 7 Fieldston 23 149 Deerfield 12 108 Peddie 1 9 Fordham Prep 1 1 Exeter 25 165 Pomfret 15 Friends 7 79 Hill 11 33 St. Mark’s 5 Grace Church 12 73 Hotchkiss 17 91 St. Paul’s 15 Hackley 6 44 Lawrenceville 9 97 St. Timothy’s 1 6 Hewitt 3 46 Loomis Chaffee 12 34 Stony Brook School 7 Horace Mann 23 225 Middlesex 11 62 Suffield 2 3 ISB 2 Milton 13 74 Tabor 18 Kew-Forest 3 21 St. Andrew’s 7 71 Westminster 21 Léman 6 13 Taft 15 99 Westover 4 Loyola 2 2 Westtown 2 3 LREI 4 65 Other Boarding Schools Berkshire 4 Williston 1 15 Mandell 17 Blair 10 Other Schools* 23 Manhattan Country 1 22 Brooks 1 1 Marymount 8 24 Canterbury 16 Nightingale 16 114 Cardigan 7 Packer 16 104 Church Farm 11 3 Poly Prep 39 210 SUMMARY Concord 5 7 RCDS 11 51 Cushing 1 2 Riverdale 6 104 ENR GRD Day Schools 485 3462 Dana Hall 1 Rudolf Steiner 1 2 Boarding Schools 216 1448 Eaglebrook 12 Sacred Heart 8 36 Specialized High Schools† 2 97 Emma Willard 16 Sacred Heart Greenwich 1 1 TOTAL 703 5007 Ethel Walker 2 5 Saint Ann’s 22 89 Fay 1 27 Saint David’s 3 70
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* No student currently enrolled and fewer than four graduates † Transfers to Specialized High Schools Students enrolled and graduated as of October 2019
“ I never dreamed that someone from my background could attend colleges like these, but Prep made it possible for me. I feel humbled and proud to have such wonderful choices before me.” RIFAT ISLAM (XXXV/Collegiate ’19, Yale) COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES MOST COMPETITIVE † (continued)
IV Y LEAGUE
ENR GRD
Brown Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Penn Princeton Yale
13 112 21 162 19 105 7 67 14 195 27 181 12 97 25 181
MOST COMPETITIVE † Amherst 16 111 Barnard 9 26 Binghamton 3 13 Boston College 15 40 Boston Univ. 9 19 Bowdoin 10 22 Brandeis 9 Bryn Mawr 5 Bucknell 3 18 Carnegie Mellon 6 19 Case Western 2 3 Claremont McKenna 5 5 Colgate 11 35 Connecticut College 2 17 Davidson 3 24 Duke 6 65 Emory 4 22 Fordham 3 11 Franklin & Marshall 4 19 Georgetown 3 66 Gettysburg 6 16 Hamilton 3 17 Hampshire 2 4 Haverford 20 Johns Hopkins 6 19 Kenyon 5 22 Lafayette 3 3 Lehigh 4 28 Macalester 15 Middlebury 9 31 MIT 2 27 Mount Holyoke 2 9 Northeastern 4 6 Northwestern 2 22 Notre Dame 1 4
ENR GRD
NYU 18 68 Oberlin 2 21 Occidental 8 12 Pomona 1 32 Reed 3 9 Rice 7 RPI 3 2 Sarah Lawrence 4 8 Skidmore 8 8 Smith 1 13 Stanford 7 49 Stony Brook 2 13 Swarthmore 2 20 Tufts 11 65 UNC Chapel Hill 2 25 Union 1 9 Univ. of Chicago 4 11 Univ. of Michigan 1 5 Univ. of Richmond 5 13 Univ. of Rochester 5 12 USC 5 2 UVA 2 36 Vanderbilt 1 14 Vassar 1 32 Villanova 3 5 Washington Univ. 15 15 Wellesley 2 27 Wesleyan 21 201 Williams 13 77 Other Schools* 6 26
HIGHLY COMPETITIVE † American 3 2 Bard 5 9 Baruch 7 7 Bates 2 8 Drexel 3 2 George Washington 5 23 Hobart & William Smith 14 Pitzer 1 4 RIT 2 2 Syracuse 10 27 Trinity 3 37 West Point 2 5 Other Schools* 7 39
† Categories as defined by Barron’s 2019 Profiles of American Colleges * Fewer than five students enrolled and graduated Students enrolled and graduated as of October 2019
VERY COMPETITIVE † AND OTHER
ENR GRD
Allegheny 3 6 Brooklyn 2 10 City College 4 16 CUNY (other) 17 10 Geneseo 5 Guilford 5 Howard 6 6 Hunter 2 32 John Jay 1 5 Lehman 11 Mercy 1 4 Muhlenberg 3 19 New School 4 4 Queens 1 7 Spelman 1 7 St. John’s Univ. 4 5 SUNY (other) 13 33 Susquehanna 14 Other Schools* 27 117
SUMMARY
ENR GRD
Ivy League 138 1100 Most Competitive 320 1629 Highly Competitive 50 179 Very Competitive and Other 89 316 TOTAL 597 3224
TOP TEN MOST ATTENDED COLLEGES Wesleyan 21 201 Harvard 14 195 Penn 27 181 Yale 25 181 Columbia 21 162 Amherst 16 111 Brown 13 112 Cornell 19 105 Princeton 12 97 Williams 13 77 ENROLLED
127 125 124 109 90 GRADUATED
TOP ADVANCED DEGREES
222 209 208 206 183
JDs MBAs MDs PhDs/EdDs MEds MFAs MSWs
TOTAL
TOP GR ADUATE SCHOOLS
90 %
148
TOP INDUSTRIES
Technology Arts, Entertainment, Sports Communications Law Business (Manufacturing) Government
372 266 239 227 180 169 167 161
87
NYU
42
33
Fordham
75
Harvard
Yale
Penn
31
Stanford
TOP EMPLOYERS
Business (Non-Manufacturing) Education
126
Columbia
of Prep’s 3,224 college graduates earned their degrees from the most highly competitive colleges in the country; 34% graduated from Ivy League schools
Health Care
119 116 71 41 39
288 235
Includes current degree candidates
success
Financial
588
MAs/MSs
572
704
Amazon American Express Bloomberg Citi Comcast Disney DonorsChoose.org EY Facebook Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Google JPMorgan Chase & Co. KIPP Moody’s Morgan Stanley NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital New York University NYC Department of Education Pfizer Viacom
development
FISCAL YEAR 2019 OVERVIEW
As an organization that receives no government support and charges no tuition, Prep for Prep relies entirely on the many individual, foundation, and corporate donors who believe in the vital work we do and choose to sustain our efforts each year. On behalf of the over 5,000 students and alumni in the Prep Community, thank you for making that choice. We are especially indebted to our extraordinarily generous Board of Trustees. Their leadership, initiative, and investment in Prep for over 40 years have shaped the program into the success it is today. The following section of the Annual Report acknowledges contributions of $1,000 or more attributed to Fiscal Year 2019 (July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019).
TOTAL OPER ATING SUPPORT AND REVENUE
TOTAL EXPENSES
$11,998,923
$11,998,923
$4,073,296 Individuals $4,069,406 Lilac Ball* $1,352,971 Board Endowment Appropriation $1,186,634 Foundations $781,139 Corporations $463,191 Alumni Giving Campaign (Given and Raised) $72,286 Permanently Restricted Endowment Draw and Other Income
$3,560,585 Academic Programs $2,422,632 Counseling $1,594,453 Administration $1,573,185 Leadership Development Opportunities $1,341,320 Talent Search $844,965 Alumni Affairs $598,758 Fundraising $63,025 Smart Connections
* Net of Direct Expenses of $385,890 and Indirect Expenses of $138,811
Note: To view a complete report of Prep for Prep’s Fiscal Year 2019 financial activities, please visit www.prepforprep.org/financialsFY19.
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GENEROSITY
generosity
GIFTS OF PARTICULAR GENEROSITY ($75,000 +)
Lisa & Dick Cashin* contributed $600,000 toward their five-year $3 million pledge to the Campaign for Prep’s Future. In addition, the Cashins provided 12 Prep students with internships at Local Initiatives Support Corporation and its partners through the Cashin Community Development Fellowships. To date, 157 Cashin Fellows have benefited from the experience. In total, the Cashins contributed $637,500 this fiscal year.
The Margaret and Daniel Loeb Foundation made a gift of $600,000 towards its five-year $3 million pledge to the Campaign for Prep’s Future. This fiscal year, Bloomberg Philanthropies made a gift of $400,000 toward its five-year pledge of $2 million to the Campaign for Prep’s Future.
The Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Foundation made a gift toward its five-year pledge to the Campaign for Prep’s Future. The firm also contributed to the 2019 Lilac Ball, bringing its total support this fiscal year to $400,000.
This fiscal year, Roxanne & Scott L. Bok, Bok Family Foundation contributed $300,000 toward their $1.5 million five-year pledge to the Campaign for Prep’s Future.
Hettinger Foundation made a gift of $250,000 in FY ’19. In support of the Prep for Prep Scholars Program, the Gray Foundation made a grant of $200,000 this fiscal year. In FY ’19, The JPB Foundation contributed $200,000 toward the Prep for Prep Scholars Program and Professional Advancement as part of the Foundation’s $600,000 multi-year commitment.
Danielle & Paul Taubman contributed $180,000 to Prep this fiscal year. As the 2019 Lilac Ball Honoree, Mr. Taubman helped lead the way in raising over $4 million for this year’s event.
* Notes Trustee participation in the Alumni Giving Campaign Board of Trustees Match
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“ We all have a responsibility to help each other and to pay it forward. With the past as our guide, we help students here and now to build these connections and communities for the future.” PAUL J. TAUBMAN, Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of PJT Partners
The Daniel M. Neidich & Brooke Garber Foundation* gave $150,000 as part of its five-year commitment to the Campaign for Prep’s Future. The foundation’s total giving this fiscal year was $152,500.
In memory of Michael Perelstein, Elizabeth Perelstein committed $150,000 over six years in support of Aspects of Leadership, emblematic of her late husband’s commitment to help young people become all they can be.
IAC supported the journey of four Prep for Prep Scholars through one year of programming with a gift of $140,000. In addition to a $100,000 gift toward their five-year pledge to the Campaign for Prep’s Future, Harriet & Eric Rothfeld, REI Charitable Trust* contributed $32,500 for other Prep programs. The Rothfelds’ total giving this fiscal year was $132,500.
Nancy & Frank Bynum* made a $100,000 contribution toward their five-year pledge to the Campaign for Prep’s Future. The Bynums gave a total of $117,500 in FY ’19.
The Tsunami Foundation — Debra and Anson M. Beard, Jr. and Family made a grant of $100,000. In addition, Anson H. Beard & Veronica M. Beard made a gift of $10,000. The family’s total giving in FY ’19 was $110,000.
This fiscal year, Megan Sheetz & Trevor Price gave a total of $100,000.
Barbara & John L. Vogelstein made a gift of $100,000 this fiscal year. In FY ’19, Morgan Stanley made a grant of $75,000 in support of Undergraduate Affairs and also made a gift to the Lilac Ball. The company’s total giving was $95,000. An anonymous donor from FJC, A Foundation of Donor-Advised Funds supported Prep student summer internships at nonprofit organizations with an $80,000 gift in FY ‘19.
Charitable Lead Annuity Trust under the Will of Louis Feil made a gift of $75,000 this fiscal year. In FY ’19, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC contributed $75,000.
The Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust made a gift of $75,000 in FY ’19. Frida Polli & Conor Bastable gave $75,000 as part of their five-year pledge to the Campaign for Prep’s Future. In memory of Prep Trustee Peter Workman’s long-time support of Prep for Prep, The Workman Family donated $75,000 this fiscal year.
Anita Volz Wien & Byron Wien made a $66,000 gift in honor of 2019 Lilac Ball Honoree Paul Taubman. The Wiens gave over $106,000 this fiscal year. In FY ’19, the Citi Foundation supported summer internships with a gift of $100,000 as part of a two-year grant of $200,000.
The Schaps Family Foundation made a commitment of $100,000 in FY ’19.
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PARTICIPATION
30 % of college graduates participated in the Twenty-Fourth Alumni Giving Campaign, once again highlighting a strong show of alumni support for our mission
alumni The Prep for Prep alumni community continues to set the standard of excellence for today’s students. Our alums are not only leaders in every field, they also remain active in the life of Prep by giving their time, talent, and treasure to the organization. The following pages acknowledge alumni contributions of $100 or more attributed to Fiscal Year 2019 (July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019).
GENEROSITY
992
alums donated to the Twenty-Fourth Alumni Giving Campaign
$405,529
$134,291
amount given
amount raised from outside sources
PAVING THE WAY
43% of this year’s 314 student internships were secured with the help of alums
VOLUNTEERING AT PREP
Admissions Interviewers Preparatory Component Speaker Panels Aspects Alumni-Student Mixer IFE Mentors and Judges SAYC Coordinators Professional Advancement Career Panels Alumni Affinity Groups
“Prep recognized the potential in 11-year-old me, and fulfilled the promise we make to all of our kids: that hard work combined with talent and opportunity make all the difference. Today, I am proud to serve as a Prep for Prep Trustee.” SUE MENG (XV/Brearley ’99, Harvard ’03) MA, Oxford ’06; JD, Yale ’09 Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL ALUMNI GIVING CAMPAIGN
alumni THE MOTTO CIRCLE : INTEGRITY ($ 25,000 +)
APOLLO SOCIETY ($ 5,000 +)
($10,000 +)
($ 2,500 +)
* Roald Richards (VII) * Christopher J. Richardson (V) * Shawn Rose (XIV) * Kelly Salazar (XXIV) & Alex Kimball * Miguel Vargas (P9 XVIII) * Valentin Vasquez (IX) * Wayne Warner (XIX) * Anonymous
* Dale Allsopp (VII) & * Jessica & Christopher James (IX) Jacquelyn Allsopp * Natalie Swaby Hutchinson (XIV) * Andre Benjamin (XIV) & Kerryann Benjamin & Russ Hutchinson Paul Sung-il Choi (XIV) * Nyssa Fajardo Lee (XV) & Chris Lee THE MOTTO CIRCLE : * Sue Meng (XV) & COMMITMENT Antonius Kufferath BE THE DREAM ($15,000 +) * Etzerson Philitas (P9 XII) SOCIETY Sandra Socastro (V) & ($ 2,000 +) * Yahonnes Cleary (P9 V) & Gautam Parasnis Marcie Cleary * Paula Campbell Roberts (X) * Omar M. Syed (P9 XVII) & * Kevin Otero (XII) & Michelle G. Kim Jackson Collins (XII) Laura Trainor * Tameka Watler Koney (XVIII) & * Karenne Eng (XVII) & Ed Poteat (VI) Owuraka Koney Aubrey Burnett * Kenechi Igbokwe (P9 XIV) * Marene Jennings (X) THE MOTTO CIRCLE : LEGACY CIRCLE * Shenequa McLeod (P9 VIII) COUR AGE Tatiana Cordoba (XVI) & George Cabrera III (XIV) * Francis Idehen (P9 IV) & Nicola Idehen * Karen Young (IV)
* David O. Alade (XXI) FOUNDER’S CLUB * Franklin Olakunle Amoo (XIV) ($1,000 +) * Jerry Bright (IX) & Patrice Reives-Bright Kara M. Alfonso (VIII) * Eion D’Anjou (P9 X) * Waldir Alvarez (P9 III) * Jazmin A. Hogan (P9 VII) * Victor O. Amoo (XVII) * Pang Lee (IX) Donnell Bell (P9 V) * Steve Lee (XV)
* Indicates an individual who has given to the last five consecutive Campaigns
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* Jasen M. Bell (XX) * Diahann Billings-Burford (VI) Simone Brown (XII) Daniele Chinea Shayegan (XI) Sandra Chow (XVI) & Joe Werner Naeemah Clark (IX) * Kristen Clarke (P9 II) in honor of Peter & Katy Bordonaro * Angelique Cooper (P9 III) * Terri-Anne Davis-Merchant (XI) & Jackson Merchant Vasavi Devireddy (XX) * Aliah Greene (VIII) * Eric Gyasi (XVII) & Rae Gyasi Keith Hines (XVII) * Muriel Isaac (XVII) in memory of Acelius and Lenite Isaac * Kenya A. James (P9 II) * Kevin Johnson (P9 IV) Sameea Kasim (XIV) Himi Khan (IX) * Jamaal Lesane (X) Danique McGowan (XXIX) * Pascal Moise (XVIII) Nancy Reyes McLaughlin (IX) Leticia Roach (P9 IV) * Christopher Robles (XVIII) * Miguel Sanchez (XVII) * Omar Slowe (XIII)
Tszyu Chen-Holmes (X) * Renée Chung (XVII) & Vinson Cunningham (XIX) * Miguel Correa (XII) * Akilah Crichlow (XXII) * Cristina Cruz-Calderon (VII) & Craig Calderon * The Dao Family: Gia Phu Dao (VII); Gia Thang Dao (X); LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Gia Nghia “Nar” Dao (XI); ($ 500 +) William Dao (XIV) * Obadele Davis (P9 II) * Sheila R. Adams (P9 X) & Cheryl Dawson Kaba (P9 VIII) Karume James * Anne-Carmene Almonord (XV) * Steve M. Del Villar (P9 II) & Kwana Del Villar & Egya Appiah James Ding (XXIV) Thomas Alston (XXII) Erica Dukes (II) David Anderson (XV) Latasha Edwards (XII) * Courtney Archer-Buckmire (XV) * Angel Ferrer Jr. (VIII) * Franklyn A. Arthur (III) * Naima Jean Baker Garvin (XIII) * Jonathan “Figgy” Figueroa (P9 XV) * Todd Anthony Blandino (P9 XII) Sean Friday (XVIII) Jillian R. Brewster (XV) * Safiyah Greene (XVI) Peter-Charles Bright (XII) Karen Greer (IV) * Donnell Butler (VII) * Gary Guzman (X) Marieugenia Cardenas (P9 XVI) * Renata G. Henry (XXII) * Sherie Carnegie (P9 V) Juliana Hernandez (P9 XVII) Tate Carrera DeStefano (P9 II) Aditi Jain (XXI) * Selby Chen (XIV) Jay Thanja Jaygbay (XXIX) in memory of Tiesha Sargeant (XIV) Milton Syed (P9 XXIII) Wellington Veras (XI) Raza Wani (XXV) & Wani Family * Anthony Wright (V) Angela Yee (IX) Anonymous
* Kimberley Knowles (IV) * Florian Koenigsberger (XXVI) * Franky Kong (I) & Jenni Kim E-Bai Koo (VI) Naima Lilly (P9 VI) Shirley Vanessa Lope (XXV) Carol Luck (V) Benjamin Maldonado III (P9 VI) * Berta A. Matos (XV) Eduardo Medina (P9 V) * Jessica Melendez Rodriguez (P9 IX) & Joshua M. Rodriguez (P9 IX) * Benjamin Mensah (XXIII) Yuka Miyanomae (XXXII) * Nordia Morris Edwards (XV) * Balfe Morrison (XXIV) Fredy Mullins (XIV) Florence Ngala (XXIX) * Terence Nip (XXVI) * Adepeju Oduye (XVI) Kaitlin Oliveira (LA I) Allison Pan (XIX) * Cesar Perez (V) Roodland Regis (P9 V) Jasmine Richards (P9 VII) Cicero Salmon III (P9 VI) Caleb Santana (VIII) * Peter Santiago (IX)
Jolene Saul (XII) Njeri Semaj (P9 IV) * Kimika Sergeant (XIV) * Leticia Smith-Evans Haynes (XI) * Lev Steshenko (X) Bushra Taha (XVIII) Muffadal Taher (P9 VI) Jennifer D. Tait-James (P9 XIV) Michael Tang (XIX) L’Quentus Thomas (X) * Dionne Thomas Pulcinella (P9 III) in honor of Katy & Peter Bordonaro Kenneth Thompson (XXIV) in honor of Grandparents * Na’eema Thompson (XVII) Jorge Valcarcel (XI) * Cassandra Walters (P9 IX) * Melanie Wilson-Taylor (XII) & Gerald Taylor (XII) Andrew Wong (XXII) * Eng L. Wong (IX) in memory of Avery Man (IX) * Kenneth Wong (XII) Phillip Wong (VI) * Yang Xu (XIX) * Fazal Yameen (P9 XI) Peggy Yih (V) & Chanland Roonprapunt * Tony Yung (XII) Anonymous
ALUMNI COUNCIL
TRUSTEES
Alumni Trustees Amanda Boston (XXII) Chair, Personal & Professional Development Committee Yvonne Morel (XXVIII) Chair, Community Engagement Committee Roland Persaud (LA II) Chair, Fundraising Committee
Dale Allsopp (VII) Yahonnes Cleary (P9 V) Natalie Swaby Hutchinson (XIV) Francis Idehen (P9 IV) Chris James (IX) Sue Meng (XV) Kevin Otero (XII)
Members Eduardo Alleyne (P9 X) Carolyn Chica (P9 XVII) Imani Dawson (IX) William Huang (XXIV) Lovey Roundtree Oliff (P9 VI) Natasha Rivera (XXV) Milton Syed (P9 XXIII) Raymond Walker (P9 I) Braxton Winston (P9 X)
ASSOCIATES COUNCIL MEMBERS Jerry Bright (IX), Chair Franklin Amoo (XIV) Andre Benjamin (XIV) Peter-Charles Bright (XII) Steve M. Del Villar (P9 II) Ettie Philitas (P9 XII) Kelly Salazar (XXIV) Miguel Vargas (P9 XVIII) Karen Young (IV)
We are grateful to outgoing Alumni Council members Akilah Crichlow (XXII), Francisco J. Estrada (IX), Renata G. Henry (XXII), and Leslie-Bernard Joseph (P9 XI), and Associates Council member Courtney Archer-Buckmire (XV) for their service.
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TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL ALUMNI GIVING CAMPAIGN
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* Eddie Garcia II (XI) * Tamieka Goulbourne (P9 VI) * Tawana Guillaume (P9 XII) Weiyi Guo (XX) * Roberto Acosta (P9 X) Sofia Gutierrez (P9 X) * * Chioma Ajoku (XVIII) Olivia Gutierrez Parkin (P9 VIII) Nicole Ansell Thomas (P9 IX) Crystal Harper (XXVII) Karl J. Ashanti (VII) * Amina Harris Elderfield (XI) Gary Bahadur (VII) Kenny Hernandez (P9 XIV) Jonathan Bailey (XXV) * Gerren Hong (XXVI) Orlando Gaspar Bishop (VI) * Ronnette Hope (XXIII) * Matthew Blackburn (XXVI) Kameron Hutchinson (XXIX) * Amanda Boston (XXII) Ashaki Jacquet (P9 XVIII) * Deana Brown (XVIII) * Leslie-Bernard Joseph (P9 XI) * Eddie Cantave (P9 X) * Kevin Keith (XIX) * Kevin Carter (XX) Alexander King (XXI) * Andeliz N. Castillo (P9 X) Kristine Kippins (XIV) Ney Dalton Castro (XVI) Katy Knight (XXIII) * Silvia Chan-Raptis (XII) Kim Ladd Williams (XXV) * Ryan Chapoteau (P9 XIII) Avril Langevine (LA I) & * Eryan Cobham (XIV) Andrew Langevine (P9 XIII) * Kim Cortes (P9 X) * Joe W. Lee (XVI) * Shaundell Cyntje (XVI) * Jose Leonor (XVIII) Brenda Daniels (XVII) * Brian Leung (XV) * Sherene S. Davidson (P9 XVI) Yadilis Lewis (P9 V) Erica Davies (XXIV) * Monica Liriano (XV) * Imani Dawson (IX) * Tomas Lopez (XVIII) * Danielle Di Penti Gee (XVII) * Brian Louie (P9 XVI) Anna Duenas (LA I) Megan Lui (XXV) * Edem Dzubey (XXIII) Jermaine McPherson (P9 VIII) * Anna Edwin (P9 XII) * Frances Messano (XIV) Sami Ellong (XIX) Sharifa Monteith (P9 V) * Leconie Emeson (P9 X) Alba Morales (P9 II) * Clifford Emmanuel (XVIII) Yvonne Morel (XXVIII) * Francisco Estrada (IX) Shannon N. Mouzon (P9 XIII) Nora Etienne (P9 XXII) * Glendaly Munoz * Sherwyn Fullington (XIII) & Chukwuma (XVIII) Grace Tyndall-Fullington Michael Muscianesi (XVII) Marsha Bannister Gadsden (XIX) * Andre C. Newland (XXX)
LIL AC CLUB ($ 250 +)
Betty Nhan (X) Mitsuki Nishimoto (XXIX) Julie Novick-Lederer (XXXI) Stefan Oliva (XXVI) Sonia Olivo Alfieri (P9 IX) Angel Ortiz (IV) Eric Osorio (VIII) * Gigi N. Parris (XVI) Makonnen Payne (P9 I) Roland Persaud (LA II) * Sheldon Philp (IV) * Edward Remache (XI) Matthew Rey (XIX) Stephanie Reyes (XXX) * Natasha Rivera (XXV) * Alexia Robinson (XVIII) Shanina Robinson (P9 VII) Tabatha Robinson (P9 XVII) Sybil St. Hilaire (XXIII) * Jonee Taylor-Johnson (P9 IV) Erica Terry Derryck (VII) Malcolm Thompson (XXVIII) Kamla Topsey (XII) Michael Torres (V) Gillian Noel Wallace (P9 VII) Tisheya Ward (XXVIII) Graig Warner (XI) * Chrisanne Wilks (P9 IV) Deidra Willis (P9 XVIII) Asha Wills (XXIX) Monique Wilson (XXI) in memory of Tiesha Sargeant (XIV) * Taroo Yasuzawa (XIV) * John Yi (XV) Linda Zhang Jaffa (XXII) * Mei Li Zhen (XVII) Anonymous (3)
THE BROWNSTONE SOCIETY ($150 +) Adrian Abel-Bey (XXX) Ingianni Acosta (XXI) * Roshanie Adhin Ross (VIII) * Clarence Agbi (XXI) * Anthony Anderson (XXIV) * Jaynemarie Enyonam Angbah (XIV) in memory of Tiesha Sargeant (XIV) * Priscilla Aquino Garza (XIII) & Jorge Garza Laura Askew Koch (II) in memory of Carolyn Askew Armenoush Aslanian-Persico (XVIII) * John Azubuike (P9 XVIII) * Rachelle Brignol Lerner (P9 XIII) * Deborah Campbell (P9 XII) * Sherika Campbell (XXV) Romรกn Castellanos-Monfil (XXVII) * Rhia Catapano (XXV) * Alfred Cazeau (XIV) & Sishush Maru * Matthew H. Charity (VIII) & Sudha Setty * Francine Chew (P9 V) Miles Collins (XXIX) Lizzette Colon (VII) Christine Ayanna Croasdaile (XXIX) Joy Dixon (XX) * Meghan Elrington-Clayton (XIII) Ayeola Fortune (V) * Janelle Fouche (P9 XVI) Camielle Green Owens (P9 VII) Lovia Gyarkye (XXVIII) * Adrienne Harrison (P9 VI) * Nicole Innis (IX) Carlette Jennings (P9 VII) Louis Jimenez (XXI) * Gina (Ying) Lam (IV) Gim Fung Lau (X) * Michael A. Makinde (XIX) Natalie G. McCormack (P9 VIII) * Natanya Mitchell (XII) * Desmond Nation (P9 VII) Nadjwa Norton (VIII) * Omayra Ortega (P9 V) * Gawain Patterson (P9 XIV) H. Andrew Patterson (XVIII) * Christopher Petrie (X) * Malcolm Jordan Phillips (XIX) * Steve Pierre-Jean (XXVI) * Jamall Pollock (IX) Sherrise Pond (P9 XI) * Chavaughn Raines (XVII) * Demetra Ray Caldwell (XIII) Veronica Rivera (XVIII) in memory of Naeem Webster (XVII) * Dunia Rkein (XX) Ruth Roman (II) * Alex Ruiz (P9 II) Alexia Sabogal (XXIX) Nuha Saho (P9 XXIII) * Tomica Saul (P9 X)
“Our hope is that in the future, transformative experiences like ours, fueled by opportunity and good will, will cease to be the exception but become the norm.” DIEGO FLORES (P9 XXVIII/Middlesex ’19, Harvard)
Nidhi Chawla Talati (P9 VI) Jane Chen (XXIV) XiNing Chen (XIX) Thomas Chew (P9 VII) Deangeor Chin (XXIII) * The Claudio Family: Christina Claudio (P9 XIII), Olivia Claudio (P9 XVI), Thelma and Lope Claudio Daniela Conwell (P9 X) Efrain Cortes (VI) Marlon Cush (P9 VII) Dasheeda Dawson (XII) * Hajera Dehqanzada Lyle (XIX) Alejandro P. Desince (XXX) Vicente Diaz (P9 V) Adesina Dowers (XIII) Martin Duran (XIII) * William J. Eaves (P9 VII) * Jeffrey Fabre (P9 IX) * Abe Fernandez (VIII) THE 1978 CLUB Jose Filpo (III) ($100 +) Samantha Franklin (XVIII) Julian Fu (XXIII) Abiola Abrams (VI) Melissa Garcia Logan (XII) & Emelynn Abreu (P9 XXII) Scott Logan Ray Adams (XXIV) * Mary C. Garvey (XVII) Brandon Aguirre (XXX) Kenneth Gaye (P9 XV) Fahmina Ahmed (XXV) * Pamela Gee Chowayou (III) * Nakia Antonatos (XI) Jillian Getter (XX) Patricia Arce (P9 V) Ricardo Godoy (XI) * Marilyn Arenas (XV) Lisa Ann Gosine (XXVIII) * Karen Ash (XV) Daniel Guaba (XXVIII) Rosemarie Barker (LA II) Stacey Guerrero (XXIII) Kester Barrow (P9 XV) in memory of Joycelyn Bruton * James W. Harris III (XI) Yin He (XXII) * Aissa Bautista (P9 XII) Kevin A. Herrera (XXVIII) Luis Bello (P9 VII) * Eren Hock (XVII) * Jemina Bernard (IX) & Stan Trybulski * William Huang (XXIV) Joseph E. Best Jr (X) Donell Hutson (XVIII) Darnell Blackwell (IV) Tatiana Hyman (P9 XXII) * Stephanie Cabrera Esenwa (XIII) * Sandra Idehen (P9 X) * Sharonda Callender Ware (X) in honor of Katy Bordonaro & Family Chidubem Iloabachie (P9 XII) * Crystal Chalk (P9 XVII) Sabrina Islam (XVIII) Tamar Charles-Beresford (XXII) * Denise James-Manuel (V)
Allison Saunders (X) * Bryan A. Small (P9 XI) * Bo Tan (VI) * Aiysha Taylor (XIII) * Jessica Taylor (XXI) Lawrence Tenn (XXVIII) Diana Torres Hawken (P9 VIII) Ronald Tricoche (XXX) * Brandon Triminio (XXV) * Tuong-Long Tsang (VII) * Raymond Vega (VII) * Seagram M. Villagomez (XI) * Yu Wong (VI) Betty Wong Ortiz (VI) Dillon Yearwood (P9 XXII) Leticia Young (X) * Robyn Young (VIII) Anonymous (2)
Dareema Jenkins Hughes (XVII) Grace Jiang (XXIII) * Alberto Jimenez, Jr. (XXIII) Carlmais Johnson (XV) Salima Jones-Daley (P9 VIII) * Judith Joseph Jenkins (VII) * Christina Jung (XXII) Jamian Lai (VIII) * Theresa Lasbrey Peters (X) & Brian Peters * Glenn Lashley (XIX) * Henry H. Lau (XII) Christopher Lawrence (P9 XVIII) Natasha Leitch Huggins (XIII) * Jennefer Lema (P9 XIX) * Karen LesPierre (I) in honor of Gary Simons * Katrina Lewis (XXIII) Monique Lewis (P9 VII) Melissa Leyva (VIII) * Amanda Loyola (XXVI) Kevin Ma (P9 XXII) Lyra Manning (XIII) * Anika Martin (P9 XIII) Allyson Martinez (X) Elena McKnight (XXXII) * Douglas D. McPherson (XXI) Crystal McQueen (P9 IX) Michelle Mejia (P9 VII) Dominique Morris (P9 XII) * Sarai Narvaez (XXI) Nichelle J. Miyakoshi (II) Jason Kevin Nino (XVIII) * Maxwell I. Nwaru Jr. (LA I) Philip Odusote (P9 XII) Bolutife Ogunsuyi (XXVII) Andrew Omo Orobator (XXVII) Jerome A. Parker (P9 VI) * Akil Pascal (XVI) Miriam Paterson Alexandre (XIII) Jonathan Pineda (XXV) Manny Prado-Oviedo (P9 VI) Jonathan Pulliza (XXI) * Julia Quintanilla (XXII) in memory of Tanisha Anderson (XXII)
* Atiba Quintyne (P9 XI) Rhoda Raji Vandyck (XIV) * Shantell Richardson (P9 VIII) * Eric Rosas (XXV) * Lovey Roundtree Oliff (P9 VI) Monica Salinas (X) Elizabeth Santiago Weinstock (V) Donald Sherman (XIV) in memory of Timothy Ruiz (XV) Chelsea Smith (XIX) Olumide Sosan (P9 XVII) * Evette Stair (XVIII) Lucy Sun (XX) * La Toya Sutton (XVI) * Daniel Tam-Claiborne (XXI) Benjamin Tan (XXVII) Quinnie Tan (XIII) Danielle Tappitake Weir (XIX) Kimberley Thompson Nixon (XVI) * Jimmy Tom (XI) Sandra Toro (VII) * Kilsy Torres Barnes (XVIII) Michelle Tsai (XII) Jessica Tsouplakis (XII) Catherine Ugarte (XII) * Jeffrey Vargas (VII) * Julian Vasquez (XXIII) * Randolph Vesprey (XIX) Sabine Vilsaint (LA I) Jennifer Wade (P9 V) * Nichole Walford (XXII) * Lisa Watson (XVII) Osei Wilks (P9 XVII) Maxine Williams Khan (XVIII) Rayad Yadali (P9 IX) Jian Yang (XVI) Ewart Yearwood (P9 II) Vance Young (VI) Ulises Zanello (P9 VIII) Michael Zhang (XX) Stephen Zhang (XXV) Yini Zhang (XXII) Ethan Zhou (XXX) Lucia Zhou (XXIII) Anonymous (3)
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$60,000
invested per student leverages $400,000 in independent school and college financial aid
impact We are deeply grateful for the profound impact our donors have had on the Prep Community. Prep for Prep does not charge tuition, nor does it receive government support. Your continued generosity is a vote of confidence in our work and will support the next generation of diverse leaders.
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alumni serving on Prep for Prep’s Board of Trustees, steering the organization into its fifth decade
3,224
college graduates span four decades of educational access and leadership development opportunities
6,671
paid summer internships generated over four decades to develop students’ essential professional skills and job experience
1,497
advanced degrees in the arts and sciences, medicine, law, business, education, social work, and the fine arts
staff PREP 9 Preparatory Component Akintoye Moses
EXECUTIVE OFFICE † Aileen C. Hefferren Chief Executive
Director
† Jackson Collins (XII)
Associate Executive Director
Tyece McLean
Human Resources Manager
Alexzandra Tellez (XXIV) Executive Assistant
† Cindy Perez
Alissa Fallesgon Dean of Students
* Yesenia Lopez
Administrative Assistant
* Jinese Haskins
Guidance Counselor
* Jin Rubenstein
* Diego Chavez (P9 XXV)
Assistant
Head of the Summer Advisory System
TALENT SEARCH
* Michael Codrington (P9 XXVII)
† Johanna Rodriguez
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES Director of Leadership Development Opportunities
Michael O’Leary
Director of Leadership Development Projects
Jennifer Ha
Administrative Program Manager
Alumni Affairs Renata Henry (XXII)
Director of Alumni Affairs
Derek Carroll
Assistant Director of Alumni Affairs
* Ashley Greaves (XXVIII) Assistant
FINANCE & ADMINISTR ATION † Sharon Madison
College Guidance Shari Fallis
Vice President for Administration
Director of College Guidance
Kiwi Partners
Finance and Accounting
Naledi Semela (XXII)
Assistant Head of the Summer Advisory System
Karen Alonzo (XXIII) Assistant Director of College Guidance
Brandon Henriquez
Morgan Flanagan
COUNSELING
Professional Advancement Rebecca Ervey
Sha-Ron Wimbish
Director of Admissions
Associate Director of Admissions Admissions Off icer
† Ivan Tatis
Rachel Genao
Director of Counseling
Admissions Off icer
Aisha Shah
Julianna Merino
Associate Director of Counseling
Admissions Off icer
Philip Thomas, Jr. Thalia Emdin
Admissions Coordinator Testing Coordinator
ACADEMIC PROGR AMS
Kenny Ramos
Ambar Gomez
Professional Advancement Coordinator
Regina Hernandez (XXVIII)
UNDERGR ADUATE AFFAIRS
Post-Placement Counselor, Middle School
Jacquelyn Lekhraj
Director of Undergraduate Affairs
* Aiysha Taylor (XIII)
Shavonne Ward
Amanda Vidal
Gerardo Perez
••••
Noelle Bellamy
Post-Placement Counselor, Upper School Post-Placement Counselor, Upper School
Marisela Sepúlveda Dean of Student Life
Veronica Rivera (XVIII)
Silvia Valcarcel
Post-Placement Counselor, Upper School
Administrative Assistant
* Amanda Nelson
Guidance Counselor
* Melissa Pagan (XXXIII) Head of the Summer Advisory System
* Matthew Landell (XXXVI) Assistant Head of the Summer Advisory System
* Kaitlyn Major-Hale (XXXV)
As of November 2019
Ibidayo Fayanju
Dean of Students
Assistant Head of the Summer Advisory System
Post-Placement Counselor, Middle School
••••
Undergraduate Affairs Off icer
Abena Dwamena Maria Guisado
91st Street Receptionist
* Christopher Medina Porter
ORGANIZATION-WIDE RESOURCE PERSONNEL * Michele Owens, PhD
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
* Chioma Ajoku (XVIII)
Senior Staff Psychologist
Psychologist Vice President for External Affairs * Johnny Cook Senior Counselor Toní John External Affairs Associate * Vincent Walker Clinical Social Worker
† Kerry Greene
Development Arlene Malave-Vazquez Senior Associate Director of Data Management
Jessica O’Hare
Development Off icer, Corporate & Foundation Relations
Olubanke Martins
Communications Annie Lee
Post-Placement Counselor, Boarding School
Facilities Coordinator
Undergraduate Affairs Off icer
Ismail Lawal (P9 III)
Post-Placement Counselor, Boarding School
Director of Operations
71st Street Receptionist
Leslie Francois (P9 XXI)
Assistant Director
••••
Raha Maalin
••••
Post-Placement Counselor, Middle School
Prep Preparatory Component Mujidat Shotonwa (XX)
Danielle Montañez
Clinical Social Worker
Help Desk Technician
Leigh Pomeranz
† Nikole Smith
Director of Academic Programs
Technology Associate
* Jilly Gee
Kelvin DeSilva
Post-Placement Counselor, Middle School
* Siobhan O’Leary
Orellana del Fierro
Director of Technology
Assistant Director of Professional Advancement
Program Assistant
Admissions Off icer
Director of Professional Advancement
••••
Director of Communications
Sarah Ratsimbazafy
Post-Placement Counselor, Boarding School
† Executive Staff * Part-Time Position
Note: Roman numerals following a name denote a Prep for Prep or PREP 9 Contingent. All individuals listed this way are Prep alumni.
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TRUSTEES
trustees BOARD OF TRUSTEES Martin Lipton
Chair Emeritus Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
John L. Vogelstein
Chair Emeritus Special Limited Partner, Warburg Pincus; Chairman, New Providence Asset Management
Scott L. Bok
Chair Chairman & CEO, Greenhill & Co., LLC
Anson H. Beard
President, Luxon Financial LLC
President
COO, GCM Grosvenor
Amanda Boston (XXII)
Parisa Jaffer Christopher James (IX)
Karessa L. Cain
Anthony Kim
Jorge Calderon Kenneth Caplan
Robin Krasny
Founder & Managing Partner, GenNx360 Capital Partners Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow, New York University
Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Alex Clavel
Daniel M. Neidich
Executive Vice President CEO, Dune Real Estate Partners
Frank K. Bynum, Jr.
Vice President Managing Director, Kelso & Company
Partner, SoftBank Group
Yahonnes Cleary (P9 V)
Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Richard d’Albert
Margaret Munzer Loeb Vice President Founder, MML Productions
Principal & Co-CIO, Seer Capital Management
Danielle Danese
President, Callisto Capital Management, Inc.
James R. Maher
Elizabeth B. Dater Kathryn M. Deane James P. DeMare
Vice President
Eric A. Rothfeld Vice President Chairman, REI Capital, LLC
John H. Hall, Esq.
Vice President & Secretary Of Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Managing Director, Global Co-Head Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Eric Derfner
Sue Meng (XV)
CIO and Partner, Crescent Sky Real Estate Partners, LLC
Peter Anzalone
CFO, WarnerMedia & Administrative Officer, Turner
Vice President & Assistant Secretary Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Vice President & Treasurer Partner, EY LLP Founder & President, Advantage Testing Inc. Advantage Testing Foundation
Herb Allen
President, Allen & Company LLC
John Eydenberg
Vice Chairman, Banking, Capital Markets, and Advisory Division, Citi Senior Vice President, Stribling & Associates
Head of School, Trinity School
Dale Allsopp (VII)
Chief of Staff — Shopping & Travel, Google
Nicole Arnaboldi
Partner, Centerview Partners Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Jay L. Kriegel
Peg Sullivan
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Marisa Rose van Bokhorst Michael West President, Moody’s Investors Service
Anita Volz Wien
Chairman, Observatory Group LLC
Laurence C. Leeds, Jr.
Valda Witt
Chairman, Buckingham Capital Management
James R. Levy
Managing Director, Warburg Pincus
Frank J. Loverro Co-CEO, Kelso & Company
Paula Karstens Mahoney Julie Monaco
Managing Director, Global Public Sector, BCMA — Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory, Citi
Yvonne Morel (XXVIII)
Client Strategist, Undertone
R. Tyler Morse
CEO, MCR / Morse Development
Jonathan Moses
Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Jeannemarie O’Brien
Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Wille Family Foundation President, The Browning School Executive Producer, iCAP Entertainment
ASSOCIATES COUNCIL Jerry Bright (IX)
Chair Managing Director, Business Development, Trawler Capital Management LLC
Lawrence P. Holodak Chair Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Franklin Amoo (XIV)
Managing Partner, Baylis Emerging Markets, LLC
Emily Becher
SVP, Head of Samsung NEXT Global, Samsung
David Beller
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Andre Benjamin (XIV)
Christopher Ortega
Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development, Vydia, Inc
Sandy Osborne
Director, Bank of America Securities
Kevin Otero (XII)
CEO, Brighter Real Estate Group, LLC
Lissa Perlman
Managing Director, Insurance Solutions, Blackstone
Partner, TPG Capital
Managing Director, Kelso & Company
Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
Program Associate, Government Innovation, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Carl D. Harnick
William A. Shutzer
Partner & Senior Advisor, Evercore
Brian C. Wille
Mark Galante
Senior Managing Director, Centerbridge Partners, L.P.
Van Wagner Group
Senior Advisor, Related Companies
Senior Vice President, Kekst CNC
Jeremy W. Gelber, M.D.
Managing Member, Davidson Kempner Capital Management LLC
Senior Managing Director, Blackstone
Kevin Ferro
CEO, Ferro Holdings LLC President, Field Operations, PURE Insurance
Senior Advisor, Credit Suisse
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Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Patricia Farman-Farmaian
John Allman*
Conor Bastable
Pascal Desroches
Alexander R. Edlich
Arun Alagappan
Natalie Swaby Hutchinson (XIV) Richard Schaps Chairman and CEO, Francis Idehen (P9 IV)
Ronald E. Blaylock
Global Co-Head of Real Estate, Blackstone
Lisa Smith Cashin
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Roland Persaud (LA II)
Trevor Price
CEO, Oxeon Holdings General Partner, Town Hall Ventures
Michael Bogorad
Peter-Charles Bright (XII) Kuohsin Chen
Roman Chiporukha Founder & CFO, Roman & Erica, Inc.
Alex Daniels
Principal, Fayerweather Capital Partners, LLC
Dana DeLuca
Assistant Vice President, Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley
Prep for Prep is grateful for retiring Trustees Francisco J. Estrada (IX), Renata G. Henry (XXII), Leslie-Bernard Joseph (P9 XI), Bridget Macaskill, and Lou Shapiro, and Associates Council members Courtney Archer-Buckmire (XV), Indra Chandra, Alexandra Dowd, David Kestnbaum, Jonathan P. Kohana, Emily Lamont, John Morley, Eugene Nardelli, Michele Post, Christy Searl, Todd Swidler, and Adam Turteltaub for their service.
Steve M. Del Villar (P9 II)
Internal Audit Managing Director, AIG Commercial Insurance
Katharine M. Nadler Chung-Taek Oh
Patrick Dowd
Executive Director, Rabobank
Timothy Erb
Senior Investment Officer, Africa 50 Infrastructure Fund
Courtney Goldsmith
Program Officer, Viking Global Foundation
Managing Director, King Street Capital Managing Director, Allen & Company LLC Co-Founder, Green Below 14
Ettie Philitas (P9 XII) Kelly Salazar (XXIV) Griffin Schroeder
Adam S. Goldstein
Partner, Tiger Global Management
Lewis Hart
Vice President, Ambulnz
Managing Director, Harvard Management Company
Managing Director, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Frances Cashin Hodler Matthew Kann
Senior Associate, Prelude Growth Partners
Tom Keefe
Principal, Oxeon Partners
Colin Kennedy
CIO, Hazelton LLC
Ben Sherman Benjamin Silver Managing Director, Maverick Capital
Danielle M. Smith
Principal, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Lauren J. Stewart
Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion / Middle and Upper School Admission, The Browning School
Miguel Vargas (P9 XVIII)
Joseph Lai
Product Lead, Market Intelligence, Point72
Corinne Maloney Langdon
Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Partner, McKinsey & Company Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Mark H. Lewis
Executive Director, Sports & Entertainment Director, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Andrew Li
Senior Associate, CC Capital
James Maher Jr.
Principal, Harbor Road Holdings
Sheena Melwani
Neelima Veluvolu Mike Wiebolt
Managing Director, Real Estate, Blackstone
Natalie R. Williams
Managing Director & General Counsel for Responsible Banking & Data, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Karen Young (IV)
Senior Counsel, IBM Corporate Headquarters, IBM
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Private Equity Associate, Oak Hill Capital
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