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ANNUAL REPORT LEADERSHIP’S ADDRESS

QUEST celebrated its 25 years with a luncheon and by commissioning an economic impact study. The luncheon Project QUEST is celebrated all the work Dear Friends that QUEST has done over the past 25 years and recognized a valuable partner and Supporters, our original founders, COPS/Metro Alliance, the City of , in developing a Project QUEST was founded twenty-five and Broadway Bank years ago, based on a common vision held for their continued support. workforce pipeline by Communities Organized for Public Service (COPS)/Metro Alliance, business connecting leaders, The City of San Antonio, Bexar In 2017, a study founded by the Mott Foundation, conducted participants

County, and the State of . 2017 was 2017 HIGHLIGHTS our best year yet; QUEST had it’s highest by Mark Elliott, President of the number of participants, 1,199 in total, Economic Mobility Corporation, with better job showed that QUEST is a key and graduated 400 participants. component in helping people in As QUEST continues to place people opportunities, San Antonio find success in rapidly in meaningful careers, we hope more growing industries that include and helping the cities begin emulating QUEST’s healthcare and technology. strategies and practices. city’s economic 2017 also was a transition year future and global for QUEST, welcoming Executive Director, David Zammiello, competitiveness. whose focus is on strengthening relationships with key community and business leaders, as well as FORMER MAYOR IVY TAYLOR improve its overall positioning within the community.

DAVID J. ZAMMIELLO DON A. BEELER Executive Director Chairman OURdevelopment stakeholders with other workforce Facilitates collaboration employment achievelong term programparticipants to support andresources to Provides comprehensive VISIONemployer work force needs current andemerging Understands andmeets resource that: development critical economic Project Questisa

OURlong-term employment in program participants to achieve support andresources to QUEST provides comprehensive Texas and the surrounding areas.MISSION workforce needsinSan Antonio, current andemerging employer that understands andmeets economic development resource Project QUEST isacritical living wagecareers. qualified employees forin-demand, To strengthen theeconomywithhighly to skillsacquisition. financial andpersonal barriers help participants overcome intensive supportservices to opportunities, whileproviding wages andadvancement and careers that offer family QUEST focuses on training development stakeholders. collaboration withworkforce FINANCIALS

2017 $50K AT A GLANCE $40K POST-QUEST: $43,425 ANNUAL EARNINGS INCREASE $30K

1,199 PRE-QUEST: $13,822 PARTICIPANTS $20K 214% 1,199SERVED $10K

‘13-‘14 ‘14-‘15 ‘15-‘16 ‘16-‘17 400 GRADUATES 400 PRE-QUEST WAGE POST-QUEST WAGE

329 GRADUATES PLACED INTO IN DEMAND JOBS 329 NET CHANGE REVENUE EXPENSES $5,655,609 IN ASSETS $5,468,573 GRADUATES PLACED $187,036 INTO 27 IN DEMAND OCCUPATIONS27 Federal Government $2,114,851 Program Services $4,878,184 THE AVERAGE WAGE State Government $286,947 Administration $539,454 PER HOUR FOR GRADUATES IS $23.34 Local Government $2,308,550 Fundraising $50,935 $23.34 Foundation Grants $647,237 TOTAL ASSETS, END FY ‘17 Individual & Corporate Gifts $298,024 $927,082 CAREER TRACKS DEMOGRAPHICS 40% 30 59% 4% REGISTERED AVERAGE AGE HISPANIC TRADES OR NURSES O T H E R 46% 69% PARENTS WOMEN 16% ALLIED 400 HEALTH GRADUATES 22% 12% SINGLE FORMER PARENTS MILITARY 17% 23% LICENSED INFORMATION 12% 24% VOCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY RECEIVE PUBLIC NURSES AFRICAN AMERICAN ASSISTANCE

ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON

In November 2017, we held our Silver Anniversary Luncheon, celebrating 25 years of impacting San Antonio’s workforce. The event brought more than 500 guests to the Grand Hyatt San Antonio. In attendance were six elected officials, including Mayor Ron Nirenberg who delivered the keynote speech. We were extremely blessed to have more than 40 graduates and participants attend our event. We also celebrated our original founders for their years of continued support. Thank you COPS/ Metro Alliance, City of San Antonio, Frost Bank, and Broadway Bank. SUCCESS STORIES

GRISELDA ONTIVEROS JOHNATHAN BRIONES RN PROGRAM AVIATION MAINTENANCE PROGRAM

In 2001, I moved from Mexico to San Antonio. If it wasn’t for QUEST, I wouldn’t have developed I have always wanted to be a nurse, but being that or given any thought to the soft skills that I should Spanish was my first language, I challenged myself be learning to be successful in the workforce. to learn English because I knew that if I wanted I was pretty much raw coal and QUEST made me to be able to help a diverse group of people, into a really shiny diamond. The weekly meetings I would need to learn how to communicate in that we had were always full of information aimed both languages. While I appreciated the benefits at our success. Everyone at QUEST would always of being employed as a waitress, I knew deep in care for our well-being and ensured that we were my heart that I wanted something else, something in the best position to come out on top once we bigger and something more fulfilling for myself. were done with school. Soon thereafter, I was notified that I had been accepted into the Generic Nursing Program at I remember Dr. Loston saying something at a . Unfortunately, I had no idea past QUEST graduation that really stuck with where I was going to obtain the money needed to me throughout the whole time I was here; pay for my tuition. it was: “Imagined impossibilities and unimagined possibilities.” If anything describes what going One of my friends told me about Project Quest through school does to you, it’s that quote. and how this amazing organization helps students We think of the worst but never consider the like me, who are struggling to pay for their best. We have conquered the imagined education, to ensure that we achieve our dreams impossibilities; whatever they were, they did and are able to serve our community through our not deter us from success. We have come to chosen fields. My first semester of nursing school create those unimagined impossibilities into was a roller coaster of emotions because nursing something real and concrete. Along with having school was the most challenging experience that my dad as motivation, I was surrounded by a I had ever experienced up to that point in my support group that had an unrivaled drive to life. I struggled and felt overwhelmed with the see me succeed. Everyone in my family supported amount of stress and finding the time to keep me and wanted to see me finish. Also, my QUEST up with my studies, but I had Project QUEST. Career Advisor, Yolanda Smith was there checking I had encouragement from my counselor who up on me every step of the way. advocated for me and helped with my tuition and books. This journey was very difficult, but I never gave up. I am now prepared to join the workforce as an RN. Thank you, Project Quest, for helping me achieve my dream of becoming an RN. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DON A. BEELER MIKE PHILLIPS JEANNETTE FLORES TOM O’BRIEN DEBORAH CARTER ROBERT CRUZ Chairman; Vice Chair; -WESTBROOK Treasurer; Director, Global Talent Retired, U.S. Postal Service; Retired President; Retired Graphic Designer; Secretary; Retired VP; Development, Rackspace/OCA COPS/Metro Representative CHRISTUS Santa Rosa COPS/Metro Representative Senior VP, Community Controller of UDS Corp Reinvestment, Broadway Bank

KATHARINE HECTOR GARCIA, CPA CAROLYN KING CRYSTAL KOHANKE DUANE LA BOM DCN. MARK LUTHER UNDERWOOD Principal, Hector Garcia CPA; Director, Grants and Clinical VP, Human Resources, VP, Talent Management, Retired, CPS Energy; Manager, Employment, COPS/Metro Representative Education Operations, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Andeavor Deacon, St. Leo the Valero Energy Corporation Methodist Healthcare System Great Catholic Church; COPS/Metro Representative

STEVE MENDOZA MAYOR PAUL OLIVIER REV. JOSHUA SNYDER MARY STEFL, PH.D. TODD A. THAMES, Real Estate Investor RON NIRENBERG Retired EVP, Minister, First Unitarian Professor, PT, MD, MHA, FAAFP COPS/Metro Representative City of San Antonio Frost National Bank Universalist Church of SA; Health Care Administration, Physician and Data Analyst, COPS/Metro Representative Trinity University Grand Rounds, Inc.

DIRECTORS EMERITUS TOM C. FROST CHARLIE E. SISTER GABRIELLA CHEEVER LOHAN, SHSP THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS

$2,000,000 & UP Graham & Elizabeth Weston $1,000 & UP City of San Antonio Dahill Coliseum Advisory Board Hixon Properties U.S. Department of Labor COPS/Metro Alliance Michael & Barbara Gentry Crystal H. Kohanke Sisters of the Holy Spirit Veronica and Ruben Escovedo $200,000 & UP Money Management Fidelity Investments Kellogg Foundation Dr. Todd Thames Ingenuity Financial Texas Innovative Adult Career Wells Fargo IP Secure Education (ACE) Program 80/20 Foundation Kennedy Sutherland Methodist Health Care System $75,000 & UP $2,000 & UP Muriel Siebert Foundation Our Lady of the Lake University Bexar County ABIP, PC Raymond Ceasar Health Profession Opportunity Grants Accenture Federal Dr. Robert Vela Mission & Ministry, Inc. American IHM Province San Antonio Housing Authority USAA CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System Compass Bank Security Service Federal Credit Union Deborah M. Martin Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word $20,000 & UP Debra Martinez St. John Baptist Church Bexar County Innovation Dahill St. Leo’s Catholic Church Charles and Nancy Cheever Fr. Walter D’heedene Tom O’Brien Frost Bank Foundation Greehey Family Foundation VIA Metropolitan Transit Valero Energy Foundation HEB Hill Country Bakery $500 & UP $10,000 & UP IBC Bank 1st Unitarian Universalist Church Jefferson Bank Code Up Broadway Bank Mary Rose Brown Frost Bank Don A. Beeler McCormack Development Diane M. Duesterhoeft Rackspace Nustar Foundation Tesoro Dr. Mary Stefl Shiner Beers - The Gambrinus Company Hurst Review Southwest General Hospital Janice Flynn $5,000 & UP Toyota Motor Manufacturing Company Senator Jose Menendez Kevin Bergower Bank of America Foundation Congressman Lloyd Doggett Coley & Associates Mary Helen Holguin Congregation of Divine Providence Regina Delgado Sandra Schlortt Sr. Pearl Ceasar Janelle Sykes Southeast South Texas Center S.R. Wheeler Jennifer Cantu Spurs Sports and Entertainment Susan Lodge Jerry Barucky St. Timothy Catholic Church Swen Borg Jo Betsy Booker Stone Oak South Texas Center Vanessa Meling Joanne M. Borg United Way Viginia I. Garcia Jorge & Nicole WP Engine Kathy Kersten Kasey A. Luna $100 & UP Kevin Downey $200 & UP Abbie Cotrell Lani M. Van Petten Alamo Area Council of Governments Adriana Garcia Lesslye Moya Brigidine Sisters AJ Rodriguez Linda L. Hampton Capital Idea/F Jackobs Andrienne R. Cohen Marie M. Willhelm C.C. Garcia Co., P.C. Anna J. Morton Mary Gloria Mora Carmen Garcia Anne Messbarger Eguia Nancy Coxwell Carolyn King Brian Lyttle Nicole Peche Buenrostro Crockett Bank Capital Group Patricia D. Dennis Dan Harkins Carmen R. Aguilar Pattie Radle David J. Zammiello Carmen S. Rodriguez Rachel L. Aldaz Daughters of Charity Services of San Antonio Cherrill R. William Rachelle Everett Douglas C. Walsdorf Cristina Markell-Balleza Raymond A. Johnson Hallmark University Cynthia Ojeda Rhiannon Reyes Jeana Wingo Dahlia M. Flores Richard Bellacosa Jeannette Flores Westbrook David Gerhardt Ronald and Victoria Tullius Michael C. Phillips Deborah Carter SA Christian Hope Resource Center Micheal and Sharon Brand Diane E. Melby San Antonio Independent School District Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence Edna Molina Sylvia G. Vela Muhammad Al Juboori Emmett Carolan Stroudlink LLC Paul Martinez Fr. Will Wauters Sue Crow Pauline Jackson George J. Person Susan Oelsen Robert and Minerva A. Cruz Hector Matos Susan Sheeran Rodela Vicente Herlinda Ortega Virginia S. Carrillo Stephen ODonnell Higinio M. Sanchez Webhead Technologies Shirley N. Ellis Jack R. Coley Spencer W. Gella Jacqueline Burandt Sr. Gallatin-Michael O’Hara James W. Ogletree CONTACT

David J. Zammiello Executive Director TELEPHONE: (210) 630-4690 EMAIL: [email protected] WWW.QUESTSA.ORG

Project QUEST Inc., is a 501(c)3 organization funded in part by the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, the State of Texas, the U.S. Department of Labor and private funds.