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O P P O R T U N I T Y
W I T H
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Awards
Dinner
50A
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Honoring
Henry R. Kravis and
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Kelly M. Williams
Managing Director & Global Head,
The Customized Fund Investment Group
The Honorable Julián Castro
Mayor of San Antonio, SEO Alumnus ‘96
Chaired By
Robert J. McCann
CEO, UBS Group Americas
Honorary Dinner Chairs
Henry G. Cisneros and Loida Nicolas Lewis
Thank You to Our 50th Anniversary Sponsors
may 15, 2013
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Dear Friends of SEO,
It is my sincere privilege to welcome you to SEO’s 50th Anniversary Awards Dinner.
Tonight, we come together to celebrate a proud tradition of matching talented young people
with opportunities to succeed in college and beyond, and to ensure their continued success.
This evening we will recognize three honorees who embody the spirit and values of SEO:
Henry R. Kravis and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Kelly M. Williams, Managing
Director and Global Head of The Customized Fund Investment Group, and The Honorable
Julián Castro, Mayor of San Antonio (SEO Alumnus ’96). Their leadership is a reminder
of the integral role each of us can play in shaping America’s future and the lives of bright
young people everywhere.
For UBS, our partnership with SEO first began back in 1982, and over the past 31 years
nearly 550 interns have passed through our doors. Today, many of these individuals – ladies
and gentlemen of character and capability – are having a significant impact on our company
and the industry as a whole.
And that’s important because, for me, having a diverse talent pool isn’t just the right thing
to do, it’s the smart thing to do. Our world is evolving more rapidly than ever before, and
so too must our companies. We need smart, capable young people who are reflective of
the communities where we live and work, and the clients whom we serve. SEO is the
organization that can help us do that. Through programs like SEO Scholars, they are
ensuring that under-resourced students are prepared for college, graduate on time and have
the skills to embark on challenging, rewarding careers in whatever fields they choose. The
proof is in the results: 95% of SEO Scholars graduate from college.
We have a lot to celebrate tonight, and as we recognize the accomplishments of the past,
let’s also look confidently toward the future. Thanks to your generous support, SEO is
strongly positioned to serve countless young people in the decades ahead. I appreciate all
that you do on behalf of our nation’s youth. Please enjoy this special evening.
Regards,
Robert J. McCann
CEO, UBS Group Americas
SEO 50th Anniversary Awards Dinner
May 15, 2013
Dear SEO Friends & Family,
When we started Sponsors for Educational Opportunity in 1963, our intention was to
open up opportunities for young people in underserved communities. I envisioned a
day when they could become forceful and effective leaders in business, government,
and philanthropy. Never did I expect SEO to become an organization with over 10,000
alumni operating programs across many cities in the United States and worldwide,
including the United Kingdom, China, Vietnam, and now Africa.
SEO began in New York City as an all-volunteer mentoring program that helped high
school students from low-income families excel academically, get into and graduate
from college and then go on to meaningful careers. Today, SEO offers three distinct
programs: SEO Scholars is an academic program that eliminates the achievement gap
for low-income high school students and supports them through college graduation;
SEO Career is the nation’s premier summer internship and training program for
underrepresented college students; and SEO Alternative Investments advances diversity
in the alternative investments industry.
SEO alumni have distinguished themselves in almost every field imaginable. All have
made a commitment to improve opportunities for others, and of that I am most proud.
SEO would not be where it is today, in countries around the world, without our
dedicated staff, alumni, donors, and supporters. I thank you for your continued support.
Fifty years ago, our country was in state of tremendous turmoil. Fortunately, we were
also on the cusp of change. In the summer of 1963, Martin Luther King’s “I Have a
Dream” speech inspired us all with a new vision of equality and brotherhood – and SEO
became a part of that movement. Though I still look forward to a time when ambition
and intelligence alone will determine who succeeds in America, I trust that SEO will
continue to open doors for deserving young people, and that those whose lives have
been touched by SEO will continue to light a pathway of success for others.
Michael Osheowitz
SEO Founder & Chairman Emeritus
www.seo-usa.org • 55 Exchange Place, Suite 601 • New York, NY 10005 • 212.979.2040 • fx 212.647.7010
May 15, 2013
Dear Friends of SEO,
Welcome to our 50th Anniversary Awards Dinner! At this milestone celebration, we are
incredibly grateful to be joined by many of our partners – both longstanding and new – who
have made this event an unprecedented success and our work possible for the past 50 years.
It is remarkable to reflect on SEO’s beginnings and now to see the dreams of more than
10,000 young people realized. Together, we are permanently improving the life prospects of
talented young people by preparing them to excel in college and their careers.
We thank tonight’s dinner chair, Bob McCann, for being a leading SEO supporter for more
than 20 years and for spearheading the fundraising efforts for this event. We deeply
appreciate the efforts of Bob and the UBS team to make this our most successful gala ever.
This evening, we are honored to recognize three outstanding individuals who embody the
values of SEO – a commitment to philanthropy and professional excellence:
· Henry R. Kravis, a committed SEO Scholars supporter, and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.,
an inaugural partner of SEO’s Alternative Investments program.
· Kelly M. Williams, a leader in private equity, who has helped SEO with its efforts toward
increasing diversity in the alternative investments industry.
· The Honorable Julián Castro, an SEO alumnus, Mayor of San Antonio, and visionary public
servant dedicated to improving San Antonio’s economy and education system.
SEO is proud to have built a model of success over the past 50 years that addresses important
challenges in the 21st century – educational inequity and access to career opportunities.
We hope you share our pride in the impactful results being achieved across all three of our
major programs, including:
· 95% of SEO Scholars graduate from college, compared to 54% of college students nationally
· 75% of SEO Career interns receive full-time offers from our partners
· 93% of SEO Alternative Investments fellows have received offers within the alternative
investments sector
It is because of your support that we are here today celebrating 50 years of matching talent
with opportunity. The best part of this celebration is knowing what we can continue to
achieve together in the years to come.
We sincerely thank you for your partnership in our work.
All the best,
Walter K. Booker
Chairman
William A. Goodloe
President & CEO
www.seo-usa.org • 55 Exchange Place, Suite 601 • New York, NY 10005 • 212.979.2040 • fx 212.647.7010
DINNER PROGRAM
Dinner Chair: Robert J. McCann
Honorary Dinner Chairs: Henry G. Cisneros and Loida Nicolas Lewis
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 / Cipriani Wall Street
Emcee
Seema Mody
Reporter, CNBC
Welcome
William A. Goodloe
President & Chief Executive Officer, SEO
Dinner Chair
Robert J. McCann
Chief Executive Officer, UBS Group Americas
SEO Leadership Award presentation to
Kelly M. Williams
Managing Director & Global Head, The Customized Fund Investment Group
Presented by Sonia Gardner, Co-Founder, President & Managing Partner, Avenue Capital Group
SEO Scholars Presentation & Student Remarks
Millie Hau
Director, SEO Scholars Program
& SEO Scholars
Dinner Service
SEO Alumni Award presentation to
Mayor of San Antonio, SEO Alumnus ‘96
Presented by Gilbert Andrew Garcia, CFA, Managing Partner, Garcia Hamilton & Associates /
SEO Alumnus ‘83 / Treasurer, SEO Board of Directors
Remarks
Walter K. Booker
Chairman, SEO Board of Directors / SEO Alumnus ‘81
SEO Founder’s Award presentation to
Henry R. Kravis and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Presented by Michael Osheowitz, SEO Founder & Chairman Emeritus
DINNER COMMITTEE
50th Anniversary Sponsors
Chairman
Robert J. McCann, CEO, UBS Group Americas
Chairman’s Circle
Janice & Joseph Bae
Mr. & Mrs. Russell L. Carson
Benefactors
Jim Attwood & Leslie Williams
The Carlyle Group
Citi
John Civantos
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Edwin Gould Foundation
Amy Ellis-Simon
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Goldman Sachs Gives
Sponsors
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Barclays
The Blackstone Charitable Foundation
CBRE Inc.
CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC
Crestview Partners
Cushman & Wakefield
Deloitte LLP
Suzanne & Matthew Donohoe
Emerging Global Advisors I EGShares
Empire Office
Facebook, Inc.
Patrons
AUA Private Equity Partners
Kenneth W. Austin
Rosemary T. Berkery
Jacqueline Brady
William & Patricia Carroll
Sam & Beth Chapin
Henry G. Cisneros & CityView
Gilbert Andrew Garcia
James P. Gorman,
Chairman and CEO,
Morgan Stanley
Aliya & Aren LeeKong
Brian T. Moynihan,
Chief Executive Officer,
Bank of America Corporation
Mark & Kimberly Johnson
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Tonia & Adam Karr
KPMG LLP
R. Neil Malik
CEO & Managing Partner,
K1 Capital Advisors, LLC
Mizuho Bank / Mizuho Securities USA
Linklaters LLP
Maria & Michael Osheowitz
Himayani Puri & Hari Ramanan
Radhika & Devesh Shah
SIRIS Capital – Frank Baker,
Peter Berger & Jeff Hendren
Sabrina & Ramsey Smith
Mark Standish,
Co-Group Head,
RBC Capital Markets and
Investor & Treasury Services
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver
& Jacobson LLP
Eric J. Friedman,
Executive Partner,
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP
William A. Goodloe
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
IBM
Ira & Susie Levy
Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
Lord Abbett
Kenneth Mehlman
Alex & Mary Kathryn Navab
NYSE Euronext
Palladium Equity Partners
John & Harriet Pappas
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton
& Garrison LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Restaurant Associates
Jeffrey Scruggs & Robbin Mitchell
Eduardo Seda
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Sabin & Beverley Streeter
Edward Tam & Tara Hart
Teneo Holdings
Time Warner Inc.
TPG
Mindy & Jon Gray
Iron Mountain
Brian & Laura Hull
Kenneth M. Jacobs
Maybel Marte
Roxana McKinney
Jerry Minier
Partnership for New York City
Michael Perry
Elise Polezel
Monique & Robert Schweich
Tyler Scriven
Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
Staples
TD Bank
Pedro Urquidi
Lerone Vincent
Williams Lea
John Halpin
Monica C. Lozano
Kathleen Lynch & Tim Masekar
Ninon Marapachi
Angelina Maravi
Ann McGovern Scheiner
Robert E. Mulholland
Muller & Munroe Asset Management
Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston
& Rosen, P.C.
Mina Pacheco Nazemi
Larry & Cynthia Rivera Weissblum
The Rutheiser & Greenberg Family
Christine & Charles Shorter
Jorge & Karina Solares-Parkhurst
Mary Joe Stollenwerck
Richard Stollenwerck
& Stephanie Oka Freed
Steven Wolfe Pereira
Ernest Bervell Mensah
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Ayinwi Muma
Katherine Park
Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P.
Paula Polito & Dean Corsones
Rashaan R. Reid
James Rocco
Spencer Stuart
Spire Capital Partners
StarVest Partners
Don M. Tellock
Charizma Williams
Allan & JoAnn Zucker
Supporters
Anonymous
Julissa N. Arce
Drummond Bell
Walter K. Booker
Karen & Todd Builione
Eduardo & Tasha Cabral
Covington & Burling LLP
David J. Day
Courtney & Cesar Gonzalez
Friends
Erick Bronner & The Riverside Company
Florent Dalencourt
Noreen L. Gillen
Michelle Gregory
Tameka & Owuraka Koney
Kota Global Securities
Miguel Lambert
Sharon Madison
List complete
as of May 12, 2013
Chief Executive Officer,
UBS Group Americas
Robert J. McCann is chief executive officer
of UBS Group Americas and Wealth
Management Americas (WMA). He is also a
member of the Group Executive Board of
UBS AG.
As regional CEO, Mr. McCann is leading the
execution of a cross-divisional strategy to
fully integrate UBS’s platform for the benefit
of individuals, corporations, institutions and
governments. Additionally, Mr. McCann
heads the wealth management business in
the Americas. With the expertise of the most
productive Advisors in the industry and
approximately $843 billion in invested assets,
WMA provides tailored investment solutions
and services to high net worth and ultra high
net worth clients.
Mr. McCann is involved in several charitable
organizations with a focus on those fostering
education. He serves on the Executive
Committee of the board of directors of the
American Ireland Fund, a leader in integrated
education, and is a member of the board
of trustees of the Catholic Charities of the
Archdiocese of New York. Additionally, he
is vice chairman of the board of trustees of
Bethany College, and a member of the
Presidents Circle of No Greater Sacrifice, an
organization that helps educate the children
of U.S. servicemen and women who have
fallen in the line of duty.
Mr. McCann received his B.A. in economics
from Bethany College and his M.B.A. from
Texas Christian University.
HONOREES
CHAIR
BIOS
Robert J. McCann
Henry R. Kravis and
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Henry Kravis co-founded KKR, a leading global
investment firm, in 1976 and is Co-Chairman
and Co-Chief Executive Officer. He is actively
involved in managing the Firm and serves on
each of the regional Private Equity Investment
and Portfolio Management Committees. Often
referred to as one of the founders of the private
equity industry, Mr. Kravis has more than four
decades of experience financing, analyzing,
and investing in public and private companies,
as well as serving on the boards of a number
of KKR portfolio companies. Mr. Kravis currently
serves on the boards of First Data Corporation
and China International Capital Corporation
Limited.
He also serves as a director, chairman emeritus
or trustee of several cultural, professional,
and educational institutions, including The
Business Council, Claremont McKenna
College, Columbia Business School, Mount
Sinai Hospital, the New York City Investment
Fund, Partnership for New York City, Rockefeller
University, and Tsinghua University School of
Economics and Management. Mr. Kravis earned
a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and
an M.B.A. from the Columbia Business School.
Mr. Kravis is an ardent supporter of SEO and
annually conducts a seminar for SEO Career
summer interns. Under Mr. Kravis’s leadership,
KKR, along with TPG, launched SEO’s
Alternative Investments Fellowship Program
in 2009, which educates, trains, and prepares
underrepresented young professionals to
compete for opportunities in the sector. Henry
and Marie-Josée Kravis’ personal contributions
led to the expansion of SEO Scholars in 2011
and have continued to help SEO serve more
students.
EMCEE
Kelly M. Williams
Seema Mody
Managing Director & Global Head
Mayor of San Antonio
SEO Alumnus ’96
Reporter
CNBC
Kelly Williams was recognized in 2011 and
2012 by American Banker magazine as one
of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance
and received the 2012 Woman of Power
and Influence Award given by the National
Organization for Women. She serves as
Managing Director and Global Head of The
Customized Fund Investment Group (CFIG),
which manages over $30 billion of client
commitments to private equity and real
estate funds and specializes in designing
tailored portfolios for investors. Ms. Williams
was an Executive Director with Prudential's
private equity group where she founded CFIG
in 1999, and is the founding board chair of
the Private Equity Women Investor Network.
She serves on the Board of Directors of the
Council of Urban Professionals and the
advisory board of the Association of Asian
American Investment Managers, and is a
Trustee of Union College and the Robert Toigo
Foundation. In 2010, she received the Robert
Toigo Foundation “Leading by Example”
award. She has also mentored Toigo fellows
since 2006. Ms. Williams graduated magna
cum laude from Union College and received
her J.D. from NYU School of Law.
Julián Castro is the youngest mayor of a Top
50 American city and served as the keynote
speaker at the 2012 Democratic National
Convention. In 2010, he was included on
Time magazine’s “40 under 40” list of rising
stars in American politics and was named to
the World Economic Forum’s list of Young
Global Leaders.
Seema Mody joined CNBC in July 2011
as a reporter focusing on market-moving
stories that impact Wall Street. Ms. Mody
also hosts a "Trading the Twicker" segment
for Fast Money monitoring stocks that are
trending and moving due to social
momentum.
Mayor Castro focuses on attracting
well-paying jobs in 21st century industries,
positioning San Antonio as a leader in the
New Energy Economy and raising educational
attainment across the spectrum. In 2011,
the Milken Institute ranked San Antonio the
nation’s top-performing local economy. Mayor
Castro’s expansion of educational initiatives
for pre-Kindergarten and high school students
is refocusing the city’s attention on the value
of early childhood and college readiness
programs.
Mayor Castro is a member of the InterAmerican Dialogue and is an Aspen-Rodel
Fellow. In addition to his community service,
Mayor Castro has taught courses at The
University of Texas at San Antonio, Trinity
University, and St. Mary’s University. Mayor
Castro earned his undergraduate degree
Since 2009, Ms. Williams has served as
from Stanford University with honors and
the chair of SEO’s Limited Partner Advisory
distinction, and a J.D. from Harvard Law
Council, which guides SEO in its expanding
School.
work in the alternative investments sector.
He began his career as an SEO Career law
She and her husband, Andrew Forsyth, are
intern in 1996, where he spent a summer at
providing annual support for a high school
White & Case.
student in SEO Scholars.
Previously, Ms. Mody was an anchor and
reporter at CNBC-TV18 in Mumbai, India.
She co-anchored two programs for the
station, "Power Breakfast" and "After the Bell,"
as well as co-produced and anchored
special features on "Mumbai Fashion Week"
and "Tech Toyz." While at CNBC-TV18,
Ms. Mody also reported private equity deals
and M&A activity across India exclusively
interviewing global private equity heads
including CEO/President of Warburg Pincus,
Chip Kaye. She also covered the biotech
and pharmaceutical industries. Ms. Mody
provided India market updates on CNBC
World's "Capital Connection" and "Cash
Flow" daily.
Prior to joining CNBC-TV18, Ms. Mody
worked at Accenture Consulting in their
Strategy and Supply Chain practice where
she focused on the life sciences space.
Ms. Mody is a graduate of the University
of Washington in Seattle where she holds
a B.S. in Biological Sciences. During her
freshman year, Ms. Mody co-authored and
published a research paper on the efficiency
of medical heart valves for the American
Heart Journal.
Launched 1963
SEO’s three
successful programs
have made a lifetime
of achievement possible for
10,000 talented people
from underserved and
underrepresented
communities.
An eight-year academic program that prepares
underserved public high school students for
admission to the nation’s most competitive colleges
– and supports them through college graduation.
What’s the Impact?
• We are serving 476 high school students in New York
City and San Francisco and 239 college students at
106 schools across 19 states
• 100% of SEO Scholars will attend four-year colleges
in Fall 2013
• 90% of Scholars in the class of 2013 were accepted
to a college ranked Most, Highly, or Very Competitive
by Barron’s
• 95% of College Scholars graduate within 6 years
(compared to 54% of college students nationally);
80% of College Scholars graduate in 4 years
SEO Growth Timeline
1963
1980
1986
2000
2004
2005
SEO is founded
in New York City
by Michael
Osheowitz
with the
Traditional
Program, now
known as
SEO Scholars
SEO launches
the SEO
Career program
with 11 interns
at 5 investment
banks
SEO Career
launches the
Law program
SEO
London
launches
SEO Career
improves
job offer rates
by 50% with
introduction of
new training
program
for its interns
SEO Career
launches its
Corporate
Leadership
program with
IBM as the
inaugural partner
Launched 1980
Launched 2009
Est. 1980
A summer internship program widely recognized as
the nation’s premier program for underrepresented
college students, specializing in banking, corporate
leadership, law, non-profit, private equity, and more.
An educational program that provides exposure,
training, and mentoring opportunities to talented
professionals traditionally underrepresented
in the alternative investments sector.
• 1980: 11 interns placed at 5 investment banks
• 2013: 283 interns placed at 56 partner companies
and law firms
• Historically, 75% of interns at banks and global
companies receive offers to return full-time
• Alumni have launched SEO internship programs
in London, China, Vietnam, and Africa (starting
summer 2013)
• Over 1,250 SEO alumni hold executive, associate,
and analyst positions with private equity firms,
hedge funds, venture capital firms, and investment
banks
• 34 analysts have participated in our Fellowship
program
• 93% of 2010-13 Fellows have assumed positions
or received full-time offers to join alternative
investments firms
• Over 1,000 professionals have attended our annual
conference since 2010
• Our Limited Partner Advisory Council is comprised
of 20 + investors whose combined assets under
management exceed $1 trillion
2006
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
SEO
purchases new
headquarters
near Wall Street
with the funds
raised during
its first-ever
capital campaign
SEO Alternative
Investments
Fellowship
Program
launches with
Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts & Co.
and TPG as
inaugural
partners
SEO hosts
its first Annual
Alternative
Investments
Conference
SEO Scholars
expands to
San Francisco
SEO Scholars
triples in size
since 2006, and
an independent
study verifies
that SEO
eliminates the
achievement gap
SEO Career
launches in
Africa
SEO Career
launches in
China
SEO Career
launches in
Vietnam
The SEO Career
Law program
places interns in
cities across the
U.S.: New York;
Houston;
Los Angeles;
San Francisco;
Palo Alto;
Menlo Park; and
Washington, D.C.
SEO
celebrates its
50th Anniversary
SEO Across the Globe
SEO’s powerful network of more than 10,000 alumni spans 46 states and 48 countries. These alumni
are excelling professionally and finding ways to impact their communities. Consistent with SEO’s
mission of preparing young people to lead by example in their families, communities, and careers,
SEO alumni have founded international affiliates in the UK, China, Vietnam, and this summer, Africa.
“I could not be more pleased with how alumni have made my vision of SEO a reality.”
Michael Osheowitz, SEO Founder & Chairman Emeritus
U.K. “The SEO model solves material
Africa “ We believe that SEO can be a
powerful catalyst for creating long-lasting
positive change in Africa. As we support these
future leaders to achieve success in their careers,
we will empower them to create solutions to
improve the lives of those around them. The
potential impact we can have on not just an
individual, but on a community, a country
and a continent is what truly excites us about
bringing SEO to Africa.”
Edgar Seah (SEO ‘01) &
Kwabena Amporful (SEO ‘02)
Co-founders, SEO Africa
China “What SEO taught me is the value
of hard work, and that with a level playing field,
everyone can succeed.”
Tom Tsao (SEO ’91)
Founder, SEO China
problems in clear and measurable ways.
Introducing the SEO model to London was
remarkably straightforward, as students,
sponsors, universities, and volunteers were
all eager to engage, and quick to convert
that engagement into the expected results.”
Andrew Fairbairn (SEO ‘95)
Founder & Board Member, SEO London
Vietnam “ We are honored to be growing
with the SEO family, and doing it in a sustainable
way. What makes this special has been the
continued involvement of our alumni, helping
transform what was just an idea 5 years ago
into a program that in 2013 will have nearly
600 applicants for about 30 internships at
more than 20 companies. Thank you so much
to everyone around the world who has lent us
support and advice to expand the SEO legacy
to new communities.”
Tony Ngo (SEO ‘00)
Founder, SEO Vietnam
SEO Accolades and Awards
SEO has been recognized by a number of prestigious third-party organizations
and media outlets for its impact and results.
In 2012, SEO was named one of America’s top
100 nonprofits on this first-ever broad index of
U.S. nonprofits. Each of the 100 organizations
featured has been rigorously screened for
proof of impact and is only included if it
has the ability to expand. www.SI100.org
SEO Scholars was the winner of the
2011 College Board Innovation
Award for college preparatory programs
in the Middle States Region.
SEO earned four stars, the highest rating awarded by
Charity Navigator, for its sound fiscal management.
SEO earned the GuideStar Exchange Seal,
demonstrating its commitment to transparency.
SEO was recommended to social impact investors as
an organization that provides exceptional and documented
returns. SEO was identified from a pool of 150 organizations
by Root Cause, a social impact research firm.
SEO Scholars Education Program Getting Results
“SEO students, virtually all low-income, minority kids,
post academic skills indistinguishable from those of their
suburban peers.” – Greg Toppo, March 14, 2012
Eyewitness News Education reporter
Art McFarland visited SEO Scholars
Summer Academy at NYU.
His segment aired on July 17, 2012.
Jesse Battino SEO ’70
SEO Alumni
Opportunity Award
Winners
The Alumni Opportunity Awards
recognize outstanding SEO
alumni who have shown personal,
professional, philanthropic,
and community leadership.
These seven award winners were
selected from a pool of outstanding
nominees. Each of them exemplify
the SEO value of “giving back”
and have remained dedicated
to ensuring that others have the
resources needed to succeed.
We continue to be inspired by
the impact they are having
worldwide. Congratulations!
Managing Director,
Leadership Coaching Group
Jesse is a senior human resources executive with over
25 years of experience and has been the head of Human
Resources for Sequa Corporation. He has been an internal
consultant to senior managers in the U.S. and abroad,
establishing HR as a strategic business initiative to improve
organizational productivity and effectiveness. Jesse founded
the Leadership Coaching Group, which provides human
resources consulting, executive/managerial coaching, and
other programs for small and mid-size businesses.
He is a Visiting Professor at the Keller Graduate School of
Management. Jesse is an emeritus board member of the
Ethics and Compliance Officer Association. He also serves
on the board of Our Chance International, which coordinates
volunteer physicians to provide surgeries to orphaned and
disadvantaged children in Africa, Haiti, and other parts of the
world. Jesse has an undergraduate degree in Economics
from Hunter College, and Master’s Degrees in Organizational
Behavior from Iona College and Counseling / Education
from Fordham University. He participated in the Traditional
Program, now known as SEO Scholars.
Anurima Bhargava SEO ’95
Juny François Esq. SEO ’90
Chief of the Educational Opportunities
Section, Civil Rights Division,
United States Department of Justice
Attorney & Real Estate Developer
J. François & Associates, LLC
Anurima is Chief of the Educational Opportunities Section of
the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.
She leads the Division's efforts to provide equal educational
opportunities for students nationwide by enforcing federal
laws that prohibit discrimination and harassment in schools,
colleges and universities. She was previously Director of the
NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Education Practice, a NYC
Department of Education staff attorney, and an U.S. District
Court clerk for the Southern District of New York. Anurima has
served as Board Chair of Neighbors Together, which combats
poverty in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville area of Brooklyn, and
Peoples’ Production House, a media justice organization
serving youth and underrepresented communities. She served
as an advisory board member of the Center for Institutional
& Social Change and Jitegemee, Inc., which addresses
the educational needs of street children in Kenya. Anurima
graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and
earned her law degree from Columbia Law School. She
participated in SEO Career as an investment banking intern.
In addition to founding her own law firm, Juny is a Principal
of Green Mountains Development LLC and Blue Island
Development LLC. She represents Fortune 500 companies
such as American Express as their external technology and
digital counsel, while also managing the development of
affordable housing in the U.S., the Caribbean and Ghana, West
Africa. Juny was previously a corporate and entertainment
lawyer for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Schnader Harrison
Segal & Lewis; and Scholastic Inc. In 2010, she was
appointed by Governor Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg to
the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation Board of Directors. She
is also a board member for Dance NYC. Juny serves on the
committee for the International Children’s Outreach Ministry,
a mentoring program for children from developing countries.
In 2010, two weeks after the earthquake, Juny traveled to Haiti
to assist in relief efforts with Helping Hands Haiti. Today,
she is a member of HaitiGreenHome, which is developing
communities in Haiti. Juny earned a B.A. in English from
Columbia University and a graduated cum laude from Harvard
Law School. She participated in SEO Career as a law intern.
Barbara Hou SEO ’01
Dr. Eddie Ade Knowles
President & Founder,
Asian Women’s Leadership
University (AWLU) Project
SEO ’65
Barbara is the president and founder of the Asian Women's
Leadership University (AWLU) Project, a nonprofit
organization working to establish a global leadership
university for women in Malaysia. At Allen & Overy LLP and
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in Hong Kong, Barbara
represented investment banks on debt and equity capital
raisings in emerging markets in Asia. She also has
experience in international development with organizations
such as South African Human Rights Commission,
Fellowship for Reconciliation in Uganda, Growing Together
Myanmar, and Asian University for Women in Bangladesh.
The AWLU Project is targeted to enroll its first 100 students
in September 2015 and has been featured in the New York
Times, at the 2013 Harvard EdTalks, the 2012 TEDxLSE
"Challenging the Mainstream" forum, in Asia Society's
White Paper on Women's Leadership in Asia, and on
GOOD Magazine's 2013 Top 100 List. Barbara graduated
from Smith College and earned her law degree from the
University of Michigan Law School. She participated in
SEO Career as an investment banking intern.
Professor of Practice & Former
Vice President for Student Life,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
In 2011, after 34 years of service at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Dr. Knowles accepted a full-time
appointment as Professor of Practice in the Arts. He
previously held positions at Rensselaer as an Adjunct
Professor, Vice President for Student Life, Dean of Students,
Dean of Minority Student Affairs, Assistant Dean, and
Foreign Student Advisor. Before Rensselaer, he was a
member of the faculty at Eugenia Maria de Hostos
Community College. He also served as the Assistant
Director and subsequently Director of the College Discovery
Program at Bronx Community College. He has published
in scholarly journals and education magazines and
received the Black Collegian’s Unity Award for reporting on
education. He is also an accomplished musician with over
45 years of performance, workshop, and recording credits
as a percussionist. Dr. Knowles received a B.A. from
Lincoln University, M.A. from Columbia University, and
Ph.D. from the Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public
Affairs & Policy, University at Albany. He participated in
the Traditional Program now known as SEO Scholars.
Bonnie St. John SEO ’85
Gary L. Trujillo SEO ’83
Leadership Consultant,
Keynote Speaker, Olympic Medalist,
Best Selling Author
President & CEO,
Southwest Harvard Group (SHG)
Despite having her right leg amputated at age five, Bonnie
became the first African-American to win Olympic medals
in ski racing, winning silver and two bronze medals at the
1984 Paralympics. Today, Bonnie travels the globe as a
highly sought after keynote speaker, Fortune 500 business
consultant, television and radio personality, business owner,
and author of six books, including her recent best-seller,
How Great Women Lead. Bonnie served in the White House
as a Director of the National Economic Council during the
Clinton administration. She donates her time speaking at
schools, shelters, and community organizations across the
country. She has been featured extensively in the media,
including: The Today Show, CNN, CBS Morning News, PBS,
NPR, and The New York Times. NBC Nightly News called
Bonnie, "One of the five most inspiring women in America."
Bonnie graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University
and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford. She participated
in SEO Career as an investment banking intern.
Gary is Founder, President & CEO of SHG, a private venture
capital and first-stage active venture incubator focused on
Minority Business Enterprises and the Hispanic markets.
Gary began his career in investment banking at Salomon
Brothers and RBC Capital Markets. He served as a staff
assistant to L. William Seidman, Chairman of the FDIC and
the Resolution Trust Corporation. Gary is recognized
nationally for his educational contributions and was appointed
by the Governor of Arizona as the First Chairperson of the
Schools Facilities Board. He created the Roosevelt
Community Technology Center in Phoenix. Gary and his
wife, Melissa, started the Be A Leader Foundation to mentor
college-bound students throughout their educational and
career development. Since 2007, over 35 SEO Career interns
have benefited from the Be a Leader Foundation. Gary
received the Man of the Year award from the Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Phoenix Business Journal in 2013. He earned a Bachelor’s
Degree from Arizona State University and graduated from
Harvard Business School. Gary participated in SEO Career
as an investment-banking intern.
SEO Boards & Advisory Councils
SEO Board of Directors
Walter K. Booker ‘81 / Chairman
Amy Ellis-Simon ‘93 / Vice Chair
Managing Director
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Gilbert Andrew Garcia, CFA ‘83 /
Treasurer
Managing Partner
Garcia Hamilton & Associates
Charles Shorter ‘84 / Secretary
President
TTF Entertainment
William A. Goodloe*
President & CEO
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
Kenneth W. Austin ‘87
Corporate Secretary
The Wallace Foundation
Frank A. Baker ‘92
Managing Director
SIRIS Capital Group, LLC
Florent Dalencourt ‘91
Senior Systems Engineer
Cisco Systems
Carla Harris ‘82
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Adam R. Karr ‘92
Managing Director
Orbis Investment Management (U.S.)
Aren LeeKong ‘97
Managing Director
Highbridge Principal Strategies, LLC
Maybel Marte ‘93
Vice President
PIMCO
Mina Pacheco Nazemi* ‘97
Partner
The Customized Fund
Investment Group – Credit Suisse
Himayani Puri Ramanan ‘95
Chief Investment Officer
Realm Partners LLC
Diego Recalde ‘84
Partner
GCA Real Assets Advisors
Jeffrey Scruggs ‘83
Managing Director
Eduardo Seda ‘84
Vice President
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.
Devesh Shah ‘95
Ramsey Smith ‘87
Managing Director
Jorge Solares-Parkhurst ‘97
Managing Director
JMP Securities LLC
Edward Tam ‘91
Managing Director
Highbridge Mezzanine Partners
Don M. Tellock ‘91
Steven Wolfe Pereira ‘94
EVP, Managing Director
MV42/MediaVest Multicultural
Stephen Yang ‘98
Managing Principal
Walnut Hill Group
Founder & Chairman Emeritus
Michael Osheowitz
SEO Chairman’s Advisory Council
Mark Bieler
President
Mark Bieler & Associates
Lloyd Campbell
Consultant
SpencerStuart
James Haddon
Senior Partner, Managing Director
Public Financial Management
Milton Irvin
Chairman, Advisory Board
CastleOak Securities
Raymond McGuire
Head of Global Banking
Citigroup
Michael Ricciardi
Managing Partner, Head of Firm
Mercury Capital Advisors
Sabin Streeter
Adjunct Professor
Columbia Business School
John O. Utendahl
Vice Chairman
Deutsche Bank Americas
Jide Zeitlin
The Keffi Group Ltd.
SEO San Francisco Advisory Board
Marvin Moskowitz
Chairman
SEO San Francisco Advisory Board
Adam Karr ‘92
Founder, SEO Scholars San Francisco
Managing Director, Orbis Investment
Management (U.S.)
Roger Gibson
VP & COO
United Airlines World Cargo (retired)
James Gutierrez ‘98
CEO, Insikt
Founder, Progreso Financiero
Robert Greene
Director of Community Connections
Marin Country Day School
Aisha Hunt ‘97
Partner
Financial Services Dechert LLP
Nihir Shah ‘93
Partner
Partner Fund Management
Betty Schafer
Philanthropist
Marc McMorris
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Carrick Capital Partners
Michael Moon ‘93
Managing Director
Calera Capital
Paul Perez
Founding Partner & Senior Advisor
Delegate Advisors
Stephen Yang ‘98
Managing Principal
Walnut Hill Group
The years listed above indicate SEO alumni year.
* Ex-Officio
SEO Thanks Supporters of SEO Scholars!
SEO recognizes a growing group of generous supporters who are making a tremendous difference in the lives
of some incredibly deserving young people. $5,000 covers the cost of sponsoring an SEO Scholar for one year.
SEO thanks the following individuals who sponsor one or more SEO Scholars:
Champions
($100,000 and above)
Advocates
($10,000 - $14,999)
Mr. & Mrs. Russell L. Carson
Marie-Josée & Henry Kravis
David & Molly Brining
Carrie-Ann & Jason Broder
Gary Cohn
Suzanne & Matthew Donohoe
Ruby & Lofton Holder*
Carol Sutton Lewis & William M. Lewis, Jr.
Steven Lieblich
Ninon Marapachi*
Maybel Marte*
Jerry Minier*
John & Harriet Pappas
Jeffrey Scruggs* & Robbin Mitchell
Eduardo Seda*
Nihir G. Shah*
Karina & Jorge R. Solares-Parkhurst*
Fan Zhang*
Leaders
($25,000 - $99,999)
Hara H. Amdemariam*
Frank A. Baker*
John Civantos*
Amy Ellis-Simon* & Michael Simon
Carla A. Harris*
Kenneth M. Jacobs
Adam* & Tonia Karr
Aliya & Aren LeeKong*
Himayani Puri* & Hari Ramanan
Radhika & Devesh Shah*
Sabrina & Ramsey Smith*
Patrons
($5,000 - $9,999)
Benefactors
($15,000 - $24,999)
Tameka & Owuraka Koney*
Tao Li* & Yuan Wang
Marvin & Neva Moskowitz
Brenda Pagan & Bob Howard
Betty Schafer
Edgar Seah*
Sabin & Beverley Streeter
Edward Tam* & Tara Hart
Achal Agarwal*
Anonymous*
Frank Borges
Charlita Cardwell* & Martez Moore
Tyrone Chang*
Joi M. Corrothers*
James W. Croom* & Family
Stratford Dennis*
Global Social Ventures Fund
(D.R. Currie)
David Gluckman
William A. Goodloe
Srida Joisa*
Neil Kahrim*
Soohyung Kim & Standard General
Stephen Ko*
LCH.Clearnet Group
Nyssa & Chris Lee*
Ira & Susie Levy
Kenny Man*
Kenneth Mehlman
Roger Morales*
Sherif Nahas
Haranjeet Narulla*
Jonathan O’Herron
Vern Perry*
Pedro Urquidi*
Daniel & Jill Wallen
Kelly M. Williams & Andrew Forsyth
Gunner & Alyson Winston
Ana Recinos*
Felicia Rector*
Rashaan Reid*
Melody Rollins Downes*
Michelle & Stephen Stoneburn
Tides Foundation
at the recommendation of
Melissa L. Bradley
SEO thanks the following foundation and corporate supporters of the SEO Scholars program:
Altman Foundation
Anonymous
AXA Foundation
Brooklyn Community Foundation
Charina Endowment Fund
Charles Hayden Foundation
Consolidated Edison Company
of New York
Edwin Gould Foundation
The Frances L. & Edwin L. Cummings
Memorial Fund
Franklin Templeton Investments
The Grace and Mercy Foundation
Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation
The Heckscher Foundation for Children
Henry E. Niles Foundation
The JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Jewish Foundation for Education of Women
Julius Chodorow Scholarship
Kassie Seetaram Memorial Scholarship
The Martha Innis Scholarship Fund
Morgan Stanley Foundation
NBCUniversal Foundation
NYSE Euronext Foundation
The Pinkerton Foundation
The Republic of Tea
Shippy Foundation
The Starr Foundation
TBWA/Chiat/Day
TD Charitable Foundation
The Teagle Foundation
Tiger Foundation
Time Warner
Xerox Foundation
Yahoo! Employee Foundation of
Silicon Valley Community
Foundation
*Denotes SEO alumni
Both lists reflect supporters for fiscal year 2012 and 2013, as of April 26, 2013.
50 for the 50th Campaign: Sponsor a Scholar
Individuals have already rallied to support 29 Scholars – help us sponsor all 50!
Every year we have to turn away hundreds
of students who want to participate in
SEO Scholars. With only 1 in 5 students
graduating from New York City public high
schools ready for college, your donation
is as relevant as ever.
A tax-deductible gift of $5,000 will support
the rigorous academic preparation your
Scholar will receive for one academic year.
We will be recognizing patrons of this
campaign through out our milestone year.
For more info, contact Anjali Malipatil at
amalipatil@seo-usa.org
SEO Scholars San Francisco
celebrates its second year of operations and extends its gratitude
to its supporters, sponsors and partners:
Aim High
The Republic of Tea
San Francisco Unified School District
TPG
UC Hastings College of the Law
Special thanks to SEO Scholars San Francisco’s Advisory Board for their work
towards ensuring the success of SEO’s first geographic expansion of SEO Scholars.
Marvin Moskowitz
Adam Karr
Roger Gibson
SEO San Francisco Scholars visit the Google Offices.
Robert Greene
James Gutierrez
Aisha Hunt
Marc McMorris
Michael Moon
Kristina Omari
Paul Perez
Betty Schafer
Nihir Shah
Stephen Yang
SEO extends its thanks to our Career Program Partners
who provide meaningful internship opportunities for undergraduates from diverse backgrounds.
Banking & Private Equity
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Barclays
Citi
Credit Suisse
Evercore Partners
Grosvenor Capital Management LP
Jefferies & Company, Inc.
J.P. Morgan
Lazard
Morgan Stanley
Pantheon Ventures (US) LP
Ramirez & Co. Inc.
RBC Capital Markets
UBS
Corporate Leadership
Accenture
Cardinal Health
IBM
Lincoln Financial Group
Johnson & Johnson
Marsh & McLennan Companies
Moody’s
Novartis
Xerox Corporation
Law
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Cooley LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Debevoise & Plimpton
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver
& Jacobson LLP
Fulbright Jaworski LLP
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters LLP
Milbank,Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, P.C.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Vinson & Elkins
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
WilmerHale
Nonprofit
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Teach For America
The Wallace Foundation
SEO thanks our
Alternative Investments Program Partners
for providing education, access, and career development opportunities
for young and experienced professionals.
Alternative Investments Fellowship Program Partners
Undergraduate Internship Recruiting Partners
Thank You to the members of SEO’s Limited Partner Advisory Council
for providing guidance to the SEO Alternative Investments Program.
Chair: Kelly M. Williams, Managing Director & Global Head, The Customized Fund Investment Group
Cheryl D. Alston, Executive Director, Employees’ Retirement Fund of the City of Dallas
Jesus Arguelles, Portfolio Manager, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Laureen Costa, Portfolio Manager, JPMorgan Private Equity Group
Alex Doñé, Executive Director of Private Equity / Emerging Managers, New York City Office of the Comptroller
Seema R. Hingorani, Head of Public Equities & Hedge Funds, Bureau of Asset Management,
New York City Office of the Comptroller
Danita Johnson, Senior Investor Manager, Franklin Templeton Investments
R. David Kelly, Chairman, Teacher Retirement System of Texas / Managing Partner, Straight Line Realty Partners
Kim Y. Lew, Vice President & Co-Chief Investment Officer, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Kenyatta K. Matheny, Investment Officer, Emerging Managers Portfolio, Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois
Lisa Mazzocco, Chief Investment Officer, University of Southern California
Barry M. Miller, Head of Private Equity, New York City Retirement System
Sherif Nahas, Director of Private Equity & Natural Resources, Ford Foundation
Yvonne Nelson, Head of Real Estate, New York City Office of the Comptroller
Kola Olofinboba, Partner, Fairview Capital Partners
David Ourlicht, Commissioner, New York State Insurance Fund / Trustee, New York City Employees’ Retirement Systems
Edward Powers, Managing Director, BAML Capital Access Funds
Tyson Pratcher, Assistant Comptroller, New York State Office of the Comptroller
André Rice, President, Muller & Monroe Asset Management LLC
Yokasta Segura-Baez, Vice President, Pantheon Ventures (US) LP
Jimmy Yan, Trustee, New York City Employees’ Retirement Systems
Paul Yett, Managing Director, Hamilton Lane
For more information on the SEO Alternative Investments Program please contact Martina Edwards at medwards@seo-usa.org
Thank You to our Speakers and Sponsors who participated
in the SEO Fourth Annual Alternative Investments Conference
on March 22, 2013
Speakers Represented:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
AuldBrass Partners
BAML Capital Access Funds
Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC
Busara Advisors
CalPERS
Carnegie Corporation of New York
CityView
Colony Capital LLC
Court Square Capital Partners
CPI
Cyrus Capital Partners
Delphin Investments
Employees’ Retirement Fund
of the City of Dallas
Employees Retirement System of Texas
GenNx360 Capital Partners
GE Asset Management
Grosvenor Capital Management LP
ICV Partners
Museum of Modern Art
New York City Office of the Comptroller
New York City Retirement Systems
New York State Office of the Comptroller
Pantheon Ventures (US) LP
Progress Investment Management Company
Reservoir Capital Group
SIRIS Capital Group LLC
Standard General LP
Straight Line Realty Partners
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
The Oxbridge Group
TPG
U.S. Small Business Administration
UVIMCO
Westport Capital Partners LLC
Williams College
Featured Speakers:
The Honorable
Thomas P. DiNapoli
New York State Comptroller
Presenting Sponsor
Tom Tull
Interim Chief Investment Officer
Employees Retirement System
of Texas
R. David Kelly (SEO ‘84)
Chairman,Teacher Retirement
System of Texas Board of Trustees /
Managing Partner, Straight Line
Realty Partners
Christine A. Gogan
Senior Portfolio Manager
CalPERS
Premier Sponsors
Supporting Sponsors
Private Equity Growth Capital Council
SIRIS Capital Group LLC
WL Ross & Co. LLC
AREA Property Partners
AuldBrass Partners
Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC
Busara Advisors
Columbus Hill Capital Management
Corbin Capital Partners
Delphin Investments
Westport Capital Partners LLC
Leadership Sponsors
Bank of America Merril Lynch
The Carlyle Group
Colony Capital LLC
Eton Park Capital Management
ICV Partners
Landmark Partners
Standard General LP
Journal Sponsors
CPI
The Oxbridge Group
For more information on the 2014 5th Annual Alternative Investments Conference contact Martina Edwards at medwards@seo-usa.org.
SEO is pleased to announce the annual
presentation of the Reginald F. Lewis
Achievement Award, to honor an
individual who, through their achievements
and/or leadership, is expanding opportunities in
the alternative investments sector.
To be presented Spring 2014 at
SEO’s 5th Annual Alternative
Investments Conference
SEO graciously acknowledges Loida Nicolas Lewis
and the Lewis Family for enabling SEO to bestow this award
in commemoration of Reginald F. Lewis, the renowned
and inspiring business leader.
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The following pages
feature messages
from alumni who have
given back to SEO
by supporting our
50th Anniversary gala
at the Benefactor
level or above.
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“Thank you
for providing
opportunities
for me and future
generations
at SEO.”
Aren LeeKong (SEO ‘97)
Managing Director
Highbridge Principal Strategies, LLC
“SEO had a really
meaningful impact on me
and by supporting SEO,
it gives more kids the
opportunity I had.”
Frank Baker (SEO ‘92)
Photo / Jeffrey Holmes
Managing Director, SIRIS Capital Group, LLC
Frank Baker speaks on a panel at SEO’s 2012
Third Annual Alternative Investments Conference.
Frank Baker, Peter Berger, and Jeff Hendren
SIRIS
Capital Group, LLC
Photo / Bethany Bandera
John Civantos (far right) moderates a panel at SEO’s 2013 Fourth Annual Alternative Investments Conference.
“SEO and Michael Osheowitz taught me
that it is a tough world out there, and
there is no excuse for not bringing your
A-game. In a world that each day feels
more and more unequal, I invest in SEO
because I believe in its mission of leveling
the playing field and preparing young
people for this reality.”
John Civantos (SEO ‘88)
Partner, Court Square Capital Partners
“SEO has operated under
the assumption that you can
achieve success through hard work,
commitment and access.
I’m a proud supporter of the
SEO Scholars Program,
which rewards ambitious, dedicated
students with the opportunity
to earn their success.”
Amy Ellis-Simon (SEO ‘93)
Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
(From left to right) Amy Ellis-Simon, Vice Chair, SEO Board of Directors; Michael Osheowitz, SEO Founder
& Chairman Emeritus; Walter Booker, Chairman, SEO Board of Directors; Robert J. McCann, CEO, UBS Group
Americas; William Goodloe, SEO President & CEO; and Gilbert Andrew Garcia, Treasurer, SEO Board
of Directors at the 2006 grand opening of SEO’s headquarters in lower Manhattan.
"Congratulaons
and thank you
for 50 great years
of providing much
needed access
and opportunity,
looking forward
to the next 50!"
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Mark Johnson (SEO '93)
Managing Director,
The Carlyle Group
“
My SEO internship was a golden ticket,
an opportunity to be a part of something
much larger. We are now writing
many more golden tickets for SEO Scholars
in New York City and San Francisco.
I am proud to be the founder of
SEO's Scholars program in San Francisco,
which is expanding the scale
of SEO's mission to more students
across more cities.
”
Adam R. Karr (SEO ‘92)
Managing Director
Adam Karr (right) accepts the 2011 Alumni Leadership Award from his mentor &
long-time SEO supporter, Sabin Streeter (left) at SEO’s 2011 Annual Awards Dinner.
“Over twenty years ago,
SEO opened a
critical door for me through
the SEO Career program.
This path allowed me to fulfill
my dream of establishing
an alternative investment firm,
carving out a niche in the
private equity industry.
Tonight, I’m excited to humbly
support the SEO family
and mission.”
R. Neil Malik (SEO Alumnus ’91)
CEO & Managing Partner, K1 Capital Advisors, LLC
“Congratulations to SEO on attaining
50 fantastic years! We continue to be inspired
by the esteemed Michael Osheowitz, who with
a powerful idea and the will to bring it to fruition,
has touched and transformed so many lives.
Kudos also to the SEO staff for their hard work
and dedication, which has sustained the
organization and fueled its growth.
We support the SEO Scholars Program
because we believe it is a great investment
with strong, principled management.
The program meets a critical unmet need
in education, is measurably effective in closing
the achievement gap, and provides a high return
in terms of profound impact on young lives
for a small dollar investment.”
Himayani Puri (SEO ‘95) & Hari Ramanan
Devesh Shah (second from right) with 2012 Founder’s Award recipient Dr. Vandana Shiva at SEO’s 2012
Annual Awards Dinner. Others pictured include (from left to right) Walter Booker, Chairman, SEO Board of Directors;
Michael Osheowitz, SEO Founder & Chairman Emeritus; and William Goodloe, SEO President & CEO.
“SEO has helped me
understand two very
important things: to be
my best professionally
and to make sure
we turn around and
give back to society.”
Devesh Shah (SEO ‘95)
Retired Partner & Managing Director
Ramsey Smith (left) with 2012 Corporate Leadership Award recipient and SEO supporter,
Edith Cooper (right) at SEO’s 2012 Annual Awards Dinner.
In 1987, I was a young man
who was long on ambition
but short on access.
SEO gave me the platform
to start the rewarding career
that I continue to enjoy
to this day.
Ramsey Smith (SEO ‘87)
Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
To the SEO staff:
We will always be indebted
to you for producing results that
have been far beyond anything
we had in mind back in 1963.
We are so proud to see what
has grown from the small seed
we planted a half century ago.
Maria and Michael Osheowitz
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“ The Carson family congratulates
Henry Kravis on his well-deserved
recognition at tonight’s dinner.
We are longtime supporters of SEO
and are proud of the impact
SEO has made on the lives of so many
young people for the last 50 years.”
Russ, Judy & Cecily Carson
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We are proud to support SEO and the Scholars Program,
which has transformed the lives of thousands of
young people since 1963. Congratulations to SEO
on its 50th Anniversary!
At Mizuho, we believe in team work to create
meaningful change.
We proudly support SEO’s mission to provide
superior educational and career programs
to young people and are pleased to celebrate
SEO’s 50th anniversary.
SEO extends its appreciation to
Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College
Zoologic and SS&C Technologies
for providing state of the art training for SEO Career Interns
and
Baruch College
New York University School of Law
Richard R. Green High School of Teaching
for generously providing classroom space for SEO Scholars Saturday & Summer Academy
SEO Scholars attend public high schools throughout New York City.
Our work in preparing young people for college success would not be possible
without the assistance of these key partners:
A. Philip Randolph Campus High School
Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship
Academy of American Studies
Academy of Finance and Enterprise
All City Leadership Secondary School
Bard High School Early College
Baruch College Campus High School
Beacon High School
Believe Northside Charter High School
Benjamin Banneker Academy
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School
Boys and Girls High School
Bronx Academy of Letters
Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics
Bronx Compass High School
Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy
Bronx Health Sciences High School
Bronx High School for Law
and Community Service
Bronx Leadership Academy High School
Bronx Leadership Academy II High School
Bronx Lighthouse Preparatory Academy
Bronx School for Law Government and Justice
The Bronxwood Preparatory Academy
Brooklyn Academy of Science
and the Environment
Brooklyn College Academy
Brooklyn Community High School
of Communication, Arts and Media
Brooklyn Preparatory High School
Brooklyn Secondary School for
Collaborative Studies
Central Park East High School
The Cinema School
City College Academy of the Arts
Cobble Hill School of American Studies
Collegiate Institute for Math and Science
DreamYard Preparatory School
Eagle Academy for Young Men
East Side Community School
East-West School of International Studies
Edward R. Murrow High School
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Excelsior Preparatory High School
Eximius College Preparatory Academy:
A College Board School
Expeditionary Learning School for
Community Leaders
Food and Finance High School
Forest Hills High School
Francis Lewis High School
Frederick Douglass Academy
Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School
Gotham Professional Arts Academy
Harlem Village Academy Charter School
Harvest Collegiate High School
Henry Street School for International Studies
High School of Applied Communication
High School of Computers and Technology
High School for Arts and Business
High School of Economics and Finance
High School for Environmental Studies
High School for Health Professions
and Human Services
The High School for Global Citizenship
High School for Law Enforcement
and Public Safety
High School for Law, Advocacy,
and Community Justice
High School for Medical Professions
High School for Public Service:
Heroes of Tomorrow
High School for Youth and Community
Development at Erasmus
High School of American Studies
at Lehman College
High School of Telecommunication Arts
and Technology
Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science
Humanities Preparatory Academy
Information Technology High School
International Arts Business School
James Madison High School
Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy
International High School (Kappa)
Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School
Leadership and Public Service High School
Legacy School for Integrated Studies
Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences
Manhattan Business Academy
Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics
Manhattan International High School
Manhattan Village Academy
Marble Hill High School for
International Studies
Marta Valle High School
Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
Memorial High School
The Metropolitan High School
Millennium Brooklyn High School
Millennium High School
Mott Hall High School
Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School
Murry Bergtraum High School
for Business Careers
New Explorations Into Science,Technology
and Math High School
New Explorers High School
New Heights Academy Charter School
NYC iSchool
NYC Museum School
Opportunity Charter School
Pace High School
Richard R. Green High School of Teaching
Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Secondary School
for Arts and Technology
School for Democracy and Leadership
School for Legal Studies
Secondary School for Law
Secondary School for Research
Talent Unlimited High School
Townsend Harris High School
The Urban Assembly Academy for History
and Citizenship for Young Men
Urban Assembly Bronx Studio School
for Writers and Artists
Urban Assembly High School of Music
and Art at Water's Edge
The Urban Assembly Institute of Math
and Science for Young Women
The Urban Assembly School for Applied
Math and Science
Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice
Urban Assembly School for Green Careers
Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice
Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts
The Urban Assembly School of Business
for Young Women
The Urban Assembly School
of Design and Construction
Victory Collegiate High School
Westchester Square Academy
Williamsburg Charter High School
Yonkers Middle High School
Young Women's Leadership School
of Brooklyn
SEO Scholars 2013 College Admissions
The high school Class of 2013 has been awarded more than $1 million in scholarships
and grants for their first year of college alone, including these prestigious awards.
Two SEO Scholars have been awarded the Gates Millennium Scholarship, which will
provide $50,000 a year for undergraduate and graduate pursuits, for up to 10 years.
Three SEO Scholars were awarded full scholarships (over $225,000 per award over four
years) through the QuestBridge College Match Scholarship; the students will attend
Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Bowdoin College.
Six SEO Scholars were awarded full-tuition scholarships through the Posse Foundation.
One SEO Scholar was awarded a full-tuition scholarship through the JPMorgan Chase
Smart Start Scholarship.
One SEO Scholar was among the eight city-wide winners of the prestigious New York
Times Scholarship which provides up to $10,000 annually and includes a paid, summer
internship at the Times.
We are proud to announce the results for the graduating high school Class of 2013.
Our SEO Scholars will be matriculating at many of our nation’s top colleges in the fall.
Below is a partial list of colleges and universities to which they have been admitted.
Alfred University
American University
Barnard College
Bates College
Bentley University
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Brandeis University
Brown University
Canisius College
Carnegie Mellon University
Clark University
College of the Holy Cross
Columbia University
Cornell University
DePauw University
Drew University
Emory University
Fairfield University
Fordham University
Franklin & Marshall College
Georgetown University
Hofstra University
Indiana University
Ithaca College
Lawrence University
Le Moyne College
Loyola University Chicago
Middlebury College
Muhlenberg College
New York Insitute of Technology
New York University
North Carolina State University
Pace University
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Princeton University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Siena College
Skidmore College
Smith College
SUNY – Binghamton University
Syracuse University
Temple University
University of Connecticut
University of Massachusetts –
Amherst
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of New Hampshire
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
University of Southern California
University of Vermont
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Ursinus College
Villanova University
Wagner College
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Wheaton College
Worcester Polytechnic Institue
Xavier University
SEO Thanks
The Edwin Gould Foundation
for its instrumental leadership,
support, and ongoing partnership in closing
the academic achievement gap.
Together we are making a difference!
SEO’s 50th Anniversary Diversity Publication
SEO has been the chief source of underrepresented
talent to Wall Street’s leading investment banks,
corporate law firms and, in more recent years, global
Fortune companies.
This special publication will recognize SEO and its
partners’ longstanding commitment to diversity,
highlighting the progress that has been made over
the past 50 years, in addition to current efforts
across Corporate America.
The Wall Street Journal
SEO 50th Anniversary diversity publication sponsors will be recognized in a Wall Street Journal ad (Fall 2013)
Widespread Distribution
Fall 2013
Delivered to 680 + Barron’s colleges ranked
Most, Highly, Very, and Competitive in
selectivity
Distributed electronically to 3,000 + SEO
internship applicants, who attend more than
400 colleges and universities
Promoted at information sessions, career
fairs, and presentations by SEO recruiters
on college campuses
Interactive electronic version available for
download from SEO’s website – fully
searchable with index referencing companies
and hyperlinks to company websites
Key Features and Benefits
Company editorials and advertisements
featuring diversity efforts
Spotlights on SEO alumni at SEO
corporate partners
Welcome letter by SEO’s President &
Diversity Publication Underwriting Sponsor
Feature Article:“Meeting the Standard:
Diversity in the 21st Century”
Snapshots of SEO corporate partners’
history with SEO
Graduate School Guide: Advice on Pursuing
an M.B.A. or J.D.
SEO Article: “How to Prepare for an Internship
in Finance”
SEO Article: “Adapting to ‘Corporate
America’ Culture”
If your firm would like to be featured, please contact Stella Fiore, sfiore@seo-usa.org or 646.435.9559.
50
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Thank you to our 50th Anniversary
Awards Dinner Host Committee
Chaired by
Leonard E. Burnett, Jr. and Lisa Garcia Quiroz
Maria del Pilar Avila
Katie Baldwin
Kristen Carlson
Janice Cook Roberts
Guy-Max Delphin
José E. Feliciano
Danita Johnson
Yusef M. Kassim
Soohyung Kim
Joseph P. Schlater
Yokasta Segura-Baez
Nathaniel Stone
Kurt A. Summers, Jr.
Brian Terkelsen
Blair Thomson-Levin
Andy Unanue
Fidel Vargas
Willie E. Woods
Kim Y. Lew
Monica C. Lozano
Kenneth Mehlman
Sherif Nahas
Brenda Pagan
& Bob Howard
Edward Powers
André Rice
Marcos A. Rodriguez
nniversary
Awards
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