2016 COMPANY PROFILE at a GLANCE 1227 Rockbridge Road Suite 208-227 Stone Mountain, GA 30087
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YOUTH BUSINESS UNIVERSITY 2015 -2016 COMPANY PROFILE AT A GLANCE 1227 Rockbridge Road Suite 208-227 Stone Mountain, GA 30087 404-941-5578 www.YBUEDU.org YOUTH BUSINESS UNIVERSITY AT A GLANCE Our motto is "Educating And Empowering The Next Generation To Become Wealth Builders.“ Our vision is “To train and develop future CEO’s, executives, business leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs, motivational speakers, community activists, financial advisers, doctors, scientists, engineers, technologists, artists, mathematicians, politicians, spiritual leaders, college and professional athletes, and leaders with a global mindset.” Our Mission includes “concentrating on serving the needs of "ALL YOUTH" including youth from low to high income families seeking life opportunities, traditionally underrepresented and underserved youth, youth with a high risk for academic failure, youth who are in foster care or who are aging out of the foster care system, disconnected youth, youth from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree, homeless youth, youth at-risk, youth living in single parent homes, youth growing up in poverty, youth coping with parental incarceration, disabled youth, youth in a gang, and special needs youth.” A 501 c 3 Non 3 c 501 A Organization Our Founder and CEO is “Jeffery D. Henderson and he has over 20 years of International Corporate Management and Consulting experience. Since the age of 15, Mr. Henderson has been an advocate for - youth when he first spoke at Harvard University at the National Council of State Committees for Youth Profit Helping Youth. Our infinity is “With corporations, executives, business leaders, community leaders, parents, and caring individuals who want to encourage and invest into over 50,000 future next generation and adults (over 100 schools and organizations) by 2020. Your personal and/or financial investment into Youth Business University will assist us in developing future global business leaders and community citizens. Please visit www.ybuedu,org to consider investing now in this worthy youth movement.” 2015 YBU Wealth Builders Seminar Survey Rating: 1- 10 10 Being The Highest Rating Cross Keys HS = 9.5 Cross Keys High School McNair HS = 9.1 McNair High School Creekside Keys High School 2016 YBU Black History Program 2015 YBU Wealth Builders Seminar YBU Wealth Builders Class Over1,500 Students 4 Sessions / Over 330 Students 2015 – 2016 School Year 2015 CCSD After School Program Rating: 1- 4 4 Being The Highest Rating Content = 4 Organization = 4 Class Learning = 4 Clayton County Young Adults Program Bunche Middle School Clayton County SD Afterschool Program 2015 Shark Tank Competition 2015 Shark Tank Competition 2015 Shark Tank Competition Towers High School Forest Park High School Bunche Middle School 2015 Business Essential and Entrepreneurship Class 2015 Entrepreneurship And Personal Finance Class 2015 Entrepreneurship Class Serving over 1,000 students at the following schools and organizations in 2015: Banner HS, Bunche MS, Creekside HS, Cross Keys HS, Forest Park HS, Midvale ES, McNair HS, Stone Mountain HS, Tri-Cities HS, Towers HS, IXGEN's GYEBE Expo, and expanding. YBU BOARD OF DIRECTORS Youth Business University's Next Generation Wealth Builders Seminar was well suited to my I met with the 6 Economics students' needs and was highly effective and motivational. Because of the students today and I Economics "high-stakes end of course test," I was somewhat apprehensive about pulling my students was impressed with for a class period. However I was relieved and enthusiastic when I discovered three things about the their Sharp Tank YBU seminar. One, the introductory materials on Insurance and Investment, Earnings and Education Competition levels were closely linked to our state standards and EOCT content vocabulary and concepts. Presentation! Secondly the material was appropriately delivered with good audio-visual support. Third, my Vernita E. Byrd, students learned needed material and internalized the compelling and morale-building message. Ed.D., Counselor, David Shanet Clark, M.Ed. (Cross Keys HS), Former Chair, DeKalb County Historical Preservation Bunche Middle Jeffery D. Henderson Commission and Member of the DeKalb County Planning and Zoning Executive Committee School Founder and President YBU ADVISORS CLASSES AND SEMINARS OFFERED BY • Roxanne M. Armes. Regional YBU Director of Sales, SSFEC • Paul Benitez, CEO, ShaMar • Branding Consultants, LLC • Business Life Skills • Cindy Bryant, Teacher, Towers • Career Development Eugene Choate High School • College Planning . Vice Chairman Emeritus • Economics Bankers Fidelity Life Ins • Danielle M. Donehew, Executive • Entrepreneurship On YBU Board Since 2010 Director, Women's Basketball Towers High School Coaches Association 2015 Future Business Leaders of America Empowerment • Harold Fabre’.VP, YBU • Financial Life Skills • Dr. Melvin Fareed, Retired • Health Principal Enlightenment • J. Parker Griffin Jr PhD LPC • Intrapreneurship • John Holly, HR Consultant • Investing • Tom Rocca, President, KPI • Mentoring Group • Microsoft Office Jason Bates • Bryan Taylor, President, • Moral and Values Financial Advisor Anderson Taylor, LLC Essentials Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC • Strategic Life Plan On YBU Board Since 2012 Forest Park High School • Teen Safe Driving – WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO 2015 Entrepreneurship And Personal Finance Class Automobile and Motorcycle • Employers feel that youth • Social Skills and lack basic work skills. What I Learned Technology Many of them have no clue • Credit Bureaus how to function at the • Equifax bottom of a hierarchy. • Experian Time Magazine • TransUnion Nazeera Dawood, MBBS, • Entrepreneurship is the • Roth IRS MPH, CCRP • Founder answer to youth Start your presentation with a HPAC unemployment. Forbes story On YBU Board Since 2013 Magazine Tibhyra. High School Student • 86% of students indicate they’d rather learn about money management in a class before making McNair High School mistakes in the real world. 2015 YBU Wealth Builders Charles Schwab’s 2011 Seminar Teens & Money Survey Wells Fargo Volunteer • 18 to 24 year olds are the fastest growing age group YBU HAS SERVED filing for bankruptcy. Youth Chris DiLorenzo YOUTH AND ADULTS IN President Financial Literacy THE FOLLOWING The James Paul Group Foundation COUNTIES On YBU Board 2012 • Nearly 50% of teens are Banneker High School unsure of how to use a 2015 Entrepreneurship And Personal Finance Class • Phillips, AR credit card effectively, yet • Clayton, GA 24% think high school • Cobb, GA students should use one. • Douglas, GA Junior Achievement • DeKalb, GA • “We would like to create a • Fayette, GA world familiar with the • Fulton, GA smiles of children rather • Gwinnett, GA than their tears. Education • Henry, GA James Swinton is the most powerful • Rockdale, GA Asst VP Underwriting weapon which you can use • Ramey, MN Munich Re to change the world.” On YBU Board 2010 IXGEN's GYEBE • Hennepin, MN Nelson Mandela 2015 Youth Expo SPECIAL YBU EVENTS 2016 YBU RECEIVES Needed Funds: $100,000 2011 AWARDS Youth Executive Forum: The Interviews – 22 2017 • Twice by Governor Attendees Needed Funds: $200,000 Nathan Deal • Towers High School 2012 Future Business SPONSORSHIP PACKET • SMY (Social Media Leaders of America Youth) Generation (FBLA), Chick-fil-a YOUTH BUSINESS Success Forum - over Leader Academy, UNIVERSITY SPONSORSHIP 400 Attendees McNair High School – 2015 YBU Wealth Builders Seminar Rachel’s Challenge, PROGRAM • Men Under Cherry Bekeart Volunteers and Business Class Construction: How • Fulton County Presenting Sponsor: Are They Impacting Commissioner Vice $50,000 + Our Youth Today – 15 COLLEGES YBU NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Chair Emma I. Darnell Attendees STUDENTS ATTEND THAT YBU HAS • Beulah Heights PARTNERED WITH University Sponsor: University Trail Blazer $20,000 – $49,999 2013 2012 Leadership Award • YBU SMY (Social • Agnes Scott College • Beulah Heights University • State of Georgia TRIO President Sponsor: Media Youth) • Jackson State* • Chick-fil-a Leader Academy Program $10,00 - $19,999 Generation Success • Oglethorpe • Chris Kids • Georgia State Empowerment Spirit University • Community Teen Coalition University TRIO Dean Sponsor: and Truth Forum – • Communities In Schools Programs Division of $5,000 – $10,999 over 700 Attendees 2013 • DeKalb County School Student Affairs • Brand And Empower • Bard College** District’s Work Based (Atlanta-Gwinnett Professor Sponsor: Your Youth Summer • Valdosta State Learning and Youth Upward Bound $2,000 – $4,999 Program – 55 Apprenticeship Program Program) Students 2014 • Families First • Student Sponsor: DeKalb County • Georgia Tech • Future Business Leaders of School District Parent $250 - $1,999 2014 • Morehouse America (FBLA) Engagement • Next Generation • University of Georgia • Junior Achievement (JA) Conference Entrepreneurship • Georgia State University YBU EXPANSION • Family Fellowship and Personal Finance 2015 TRIO Programs Division of International Church Summer Program – • Alabama State (2) Student Affairs Atlanta- 25 Students • Army Gwinnett Upward Bound 2016 -2017 • Clark Atl University Program • All Day Personal Finance, 2015 • DeVry University • Georgia Symphony Business Finance, • Anti-Bullying • Georgia Piedmont (2) Orchestra Investments, Credit Violence, Economic, • Georgia Southern • Humanitarian Unite Essentials, and College Leadership & Work • Morehouse (2) • Health Promotion Action Planning Workshops– 12 Force Empowerment • Spelman Coalition Schools/Over 12,000