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| The Partnership for Student Advancement (PSA)
helps financially underprivileged high school students, particularly
minorities, identify and pursue a career path. PSA's life skills
training and career development programs include skill and
aptitude matching and support services, which smooth the school-to-work
transition. |
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| We're committed to assisting students to achieve professional
success and personal fulfillment, as well as to building tomorrow's
workforce. |
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| The Partnership for Student Advancement (PSA) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. |
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| Staff |
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| Anne Bonfiglio, Founder and Executive Director |
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| Anne Bonfiglio's life-long goal has been to help underprivileged minority youth improve their future through a career. |
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| She has taught high school students preparing girls for the New York State Regents exams, and has tutored in remedial English classes at Kingsborough College . |
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| All my life I have been concerned and sympathetic towards
young people who are members of families in the poorer segment
of our society, and who do not have the financial ability to
support the education of their children. In bringing up and
educating my five children here in New York City 's public
schools, I was constantly aware of this problem. |
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| One major factor that prompted me to start this charity was
the pro bono work of my late husband, an attorney. He was an
inspiration to me since he was always giving legal advice to
poor families and representing them at little or no charge. |
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| Personally, I believe that every child here in America deserves
the opportunity for a bright future. I am passionate about
helping as many young people as possible through PSA to identify
jobs and careers, find personal fulfillment and make a life
for themselves. |
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| BOARD |
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| Anne Bonfiglio, Executive Director, Founder |
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Anne Bonfiglio's life-long goal has been to help underprivileged
minority youth improve their future through finding a suitable career.
She has taught high school age students preparing the girls for the New York State Regents exams, and also taught remedial English at Kingsborough College. |
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| Bonfiglio spent 22 years in computer technology, moving up
the ladder from programmer to manager to director to Information
Technology Auditor. She worked in the public and private sectors.
In her last position, she managed the computer systems supporting
the general ledger, investment systems and treasury systems
at MetLife, for which she led and successfully completed a
major re-engineering project. Bonfiglio is a Certified Internal
Systems Auditor (CISA) and has managed large teams of people
and projects. |
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| Francesca Burack, Board member |
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| Award winning entrepreneur, Francesca Burack is Founder and President of Take Action Now Inc., a firm specializing in start-ups, executive coaching, business development, and organizational transformations. Due to her consistent success in meeting and exceeding client goals, major corporations and business owners have retained Francesca for long-term consulting and coaching projects. |
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| Francesca has over 20 years of experience in domestic and international human resources, and organizational development. In addition to successfully running her own company, Francesca has internal corporate management experience, external consulting, coaching, and counseling experience, nonprofit and educational experience. |
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| Prior to starting her own business, Francesca had a successful career in the New York educational system. She began as a teacher, became supervisor of guidance and then the number two administrator of a high school. |
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| Francesca has a Master of Science in Counseling, and has been an adjunct professor at New York University and Marymount College. As an active member of various civic organizations, Francesca brings people of differences together for mutual understanding and respect. She is on the Board of PSA Partnership because of its excellent systematic approach to assisting high risk low income students to become productive members of society and have a fulfilling life. |
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| Geraldine Curulli, Board Member |
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| Geraldine Curulli received her BS from Quinnipiac University and certificate in Medical Technology from Yale-New Haven Hospital . Before teaching she worked for 3 years in the Hematology Lab at Yale and 7 years at New York/Cornell Hospital Blood Bank. At Brooklyn College , she completed her MS in Biology and General Science Education. |
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| Geraldine Curulli is currently a retired high school science teacher with 22 years of service in the New York City school system. Most of her teaching career was spent at James Madison High School in Brooklyn where she was involved in a variety of academic and social activities, focused on enhancing the students' potential and improve the school environment. |
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| Geraldine Curulli's experience is as follows; she is a member of the Principal's Advisory Committee which later became the School Based Support Team, which also included parents and students, created to discuss current school issues, member of the Mentoring Committee which reviewed applications of colleagues to mentor new teachers, also a member of NYC/Lehman College Writing Consortium to help teachers create better writing skills in their classrooms and a member of a group of Brooklyn science teachers sent by the NYC Dept. of Education to Berkeley, Cal. to develop a laboratory group-based science curriculum with the theme of global sustainability. In addition she is also an assistant coach of the girl's softball team. |
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| Angela Marie Franco, Board member |
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| She is dedicated to a green environment and lifestyle, thereby promoting 'sustainable communications'. |
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| Angela has historically created seminars that are free and open to the public with topics in social education, continuing education and career programs for communities in NYC. She produced and promoted events such as "Women's Heart Health Month", the "Healthy Mind and Healthy Body" day long seminar program partnering with the SIUH, and introduced "Career Development Options" by partnering with Workforce Development Programs at CSI and Wagner College. |
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| Influenced by her parents and grandmother, while raising her own three children, Angela saw the need to heighten awareness of the necessity for manners, common courtesy, respect for ones self and others, self reliance and healthy choices. In 2003 she founded "The Table Manners Coach" – American table manners training for children and adults. Her eBook on social manners will be available soon. |
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| Angela Marie Franco is a marketing industry veteran and the the owner/operator of AMF Direct an integrated marketing consultancy. Her agency specializes in direct marketing strategies, copywriting, corporate communications, public relations and new business development. Services are provided to large, medium and small businesses specializing in a variety of industries for business-to-business or business-to-consumer arenas. |
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| Susan Grossman Greenwood, Board member |
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| Susan Grossman Greenwood is currently President and CEO of
DDD Enterprises, an international marketing firm with clients
including major firms in the profit and not-for-profit sectors.
Before joining the company, she was President/CEO of the Association
of Graphic Communications (AGC), the nation's premier organization
representing major publishing, graphic arts, and advertising
and new media member companies. |
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| Previously, Ms. Greenwood was a Senior Vice President at
Marine Midland Bank and a senior executive at Chemical Bank.
She managed and was accountable for substantial growth in the
Private Banking, Personal Trust and Marketing divisions. |
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| She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Society of Association Executives (NYSAE) for 5 years and a member of the organization's Executive Committee for 3 years. She served as both Vice Chair, and in the past year as Chair-Elect. |
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| She served as President of the International Women's Forum
and its Leadership Foundation and the Columbia Business School
Alumni Association and was also a member of Columbia Business
School's Board of Overseers. She was a presidential appointee
to the National Advisory Council of the U.S. Small Business
Administration and a mayoral appointee to the WNYC Foundation.
Her fund-raising talents contributed substantially to the growth,
vitality and visibility of these and many other organizations.
She has also won numerous awards for these accomplishments.
Currently, she is Chair-elect of the New York Society
of Association Executives. She recently
served as President of the Friends of Sheba Medical Center,
the largest medical center in the Middle East . |
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| She is pleased to be a member of the PSA board and believes
strongly in the organization's mission and ability to make
a difference in the lives of tomorrow's future leaders. |
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| Jerry Johnson , Board member |
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Jerry Johnson is President and CEO of Global Human Capital Consulting, (GHCC) a boutique Human Resources consulting company specializing in providing human resources support services to small and middle market domestic and international companies. |
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| Prior to forming GHCC, Jerry led the northeast regional human capital function for AmeriChoice, a business segment of United Healthcare. AmeriChoice facilities and manages healthcare services for state sponsored Medicaid and Medicare programs. |
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| Jerry has served in senior Human Resource roles at Colgate-Palmolive, American Express, and General Motors. He has a BA in Sociology from the College of New Rochelle, participated in the DMS Individual Executive Development Program, and attended the Service/Quality Academy. He served in the United States Air Force and is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management. |
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Jerry’s background mirrors many of the student’s in the PSA program. Therefore he knows firsthand the value of the PSA’s endeavors to develop tomorrow’s leaders. |
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Dr.Jennifer White, Board member |
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| Dr.Jennifer White is the founder of WhiteWave Consulting, LLC
and has over 15 years experience helping organizations improve
their people talent through research and assessment.
She has worked with many large organizations including ABN
AMRO, Cargill, Deloitte, E&Y, HP, IBM, JPMorgan Chase,
KPMG, MasterCard, Pfizer, PWC, UPS, and Xerox. |
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| Over the last few years, the company was engaged in conducting
best practices in executive governance, assessing Board effectiveness,
and measuring sales capability. |
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Dr. White has a Ph.D. in organizational psychology from Alliant University and a B.A. in psychology and business
administration from UCLA.
She serves on the Board of PSA, the
Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management and the Wally
Foundation, a non-profit organization that recognizes innovative
leaders. |
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| Dr. White lives in midtown Manhattan with her husband
and son and enjoys skating, opera, and ipod fitness. |
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| Dr. White joins PSA because she believes strongly in
providing underserved youth with the career/job planning resources
to give them a leg up in their pursuit of meaningful and enjoyable
work. “You can lose a job, but you can't lose an education
or the skills of a trade.” |
| www.whitewaveconsulting.com |
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| TREASURER: Paul Ribaudo, Principal, Berdon LLP |
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360 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Phone: (212) 331-7447
Fax: (212) 371-1159 |
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| PRibaudo@berdonLLP.com |
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| Terik Tidwell |
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| Terik Tidwell, a native of New Jersey, graduated from Monmouth University in New Jersey with a Baccalaureate degree in Finance and Marketing, and a minor in Information Technology. |
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| Currently, he is a Student Affairs administrator for the City University of New York at LaGuardia, where he provides analytical, quantitative, and technological support to enhance students' personal development and academic persistence. He began his career at Prevention First Inc, a NJ-based non-profit agency, as a data specialist in the operations department. |
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| Mr. Tidwell is also an active member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, and the New York Urban League's Young Professionals, where he serves on the board as the Treasurer. He also serves on the steering-committee of a charter school in his hometown in New Jersey. In his spare time Mr. Tidwell enjoys researching stocks, playing chess, reading, volunteering, and traveling. He is a firm believer that education when coupled with diligence produces happiness and success. |
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| ADVISORY COUNCIL |
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| The board of the Partnership for Student Advancement (PSA)
has decided to form an Advisory Council to expand the support
base for the organization and its' important work. A major
function of the Council will be to reach out and engage others
in PSA's cause and urge them to attend events and/or donate. |
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| Current members include: |
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| Paul J. Brignola |
| Robin Fisher |
| Dave Gardner |
| Roxana Gheorghe |
| Graciela Flores |
| Judy Katz |
| Jeanne Mcdonald |
| Ivy Menchel |
| Francine Port |
| Madeline Wisnowski |
| Paul Wrablica |
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| CURRENT EVENTS AND NEWS |
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This past June, we graduated a group of ten students from the H.S. of Leadership and Public Service. These students were in the program for an entire four years, just graduated, and 100% of them are going on to college. Some of the colleges the students will be attending are: Syracuse University, Ithaca College, Westbury, City Tech, SUNY Purchase, Hunter, College of Staten Island, and the Borough of Manhattan Community College. They identified their careers through testing, coaching and classes they attended in our program.
The program calls for professional speakers to be scheduled monthly; they provide either education in business skills or a motivational presentation. Our motivational speakers have been inspiring and have been fabulous role models for our students. Speakers have included North Fork Bank managers, a Baruch College Admissions Director, a MetLife Information Technology Vice-President, a Principal of Response-Able Consulting, a Diversity Director, and a public speaker (and former actor) who is a successful author. PSA's speakers and trainers have benefited large numbers of students at the high schools in addition to those in the PSA program. Entire classes consisting of about eighty students attend each of the presentations given by our speakers.
PSA is planning to create a clean energy and green technology educational track for high schools which will consist of some training, and will have a multi-year summer internship portion. This is in development and PSA Board members are meeting with school administrators and contacting companies as well as NYSERDA for support of this new program.
PSA is happy to report that it has received funding from the Rotary Club of New York and the Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust, in addition to individual donors. McCann Erickson of New York, the world's largest and most globally experienced advertising network, created a video for PSA telling our story and appealing for support.
Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation, the testing organization we work with which has been in testing for 80 years, has a full page on their website about their partnership with PSA: http://www.jocrf.org/about_us/PSA.html.
A full page color ad about PSA was published in Business Week several times.
Our strategic plan includes expanding PSA web presence in both Facebook and Twitter.
PSA is currently seeking additional interested Board members and is currently enrolling a new group of students in our program.
Several successful fundraisers were held this year including a Mardi Gras Auction. PSA is currently planning to have more frequent fundraisers. One student testimonial is included here which is one of many and reinforces the need and the value of our programs.* Many testimonials were provided by our students at a graduation party PSA gave to celebrate, and it was heartwarming and wonderful to see how grateful the students and their families were to PSA and their coaches.
Our entire Board of Directors is working tirelessly to grow our nonprofit. With greater funding, the program could be rolled out to many more schools and hundreds of students.
Stay tuned for our upcoming events and programs.
*One student's Testimonial: I remember the interviewing process to get into the PSA program. When I had to sit in front of a group of adults and answer the questions they asked me, I remember how at ease I felt when they laughed at the corny jokes I made. I especially remember walking into the lecture hall in my school and seeing Mrs. Roni Abrams' smiling, cheerful face. Through the PSA program I have learned that the dream I have of being a doctor was the right choice for me. When I took that test that told me that I was choosing the right career for me, I was relieved. I always knew I wanted to be a doctor but through the PSA program I learned that it was the right choice. Now I can focus on becoming Doctor Taylor Ashley Haynes and in the future being able to take care of my family.
Authored by Taylor Haynes
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