2020 Annual Report
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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE COLLEGE READINESS LIFELONG MENTORING Dear Friends, SINCE OUR 1993 FOUNDING, HFS has served as an agent for social change in Chicago’s most underserved communities. We work to support the educational aspirations of hard-working high school students so that they can create a better Chicago, rich with diversity, racial equity, and economic opportunity. HFS is a powerful force to help overcome the injustices and implicit biases that influence false perceptions based on skin color and socioeconomic status. Our scholar make-up is 95% African American/African and Hispanic/Latino. The COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest have had a profound effect on our scholars. Our team has elevated its support of our scholars, not only by providing continued excellence by developing additional social and emotional components to the HFS educational enrichment program of Academic Excellence, College Readiness, and Lifelong Mentoring. The HFS team helped Our scholars work hard to become top students and class leaders. Since inception, me a great deal our academic retention rate is over 95% and 100% of our graduates have attended through my college college – many of them are the first to attend college in their families. Moreover, process. HFS gave HFS scholar college persistence (i.e., by our more rigorous measure, the percentage me the tools and of grads who have graduated or are currently in a degree-granting program) is over resources to seek 90% for our graduating classes of 2010-2016. Our students are well-rounded; they opportunities that are class and club officers, debate team stalwarts, athletes, musicians, and artists. could further my In addition, they find time to help our community; last year, our scholars collectively education and provided over 7,000 hours of service. Our students make us proud every day, and our enhance my alums do too! They are doctors, business leaders, teachers, and engineers. They are future career. making a difference in our society. They opened up my horizons! We thank you for your generous support to HFS! Your support allows us to level the Kavonte Houston ’20 playing field by opening otherwise closed doors and making educational opportunities accessible to teens in underserved communities. Education is the great equalizer; we need your help to knock down barriers that stand in the way of the success of our students and our great city. If there ever was a time to stand up and make a difference, that Time is Now! Sincerely, DESIRÉE PEPPER-VENZANT MICHAEL J. KENNELLY Executive Director Founder & Chairman 2 HFS CHICAGO SCHOLARS | 2020 ANNUAL REPORT GCE Lab School PHOENIX Augustana AGYEPONG ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE PASSPORT TO SUCCESS College Each HFS scholar fills their passport throughout 92% their high school career, with the help of their on Honor Roll Academic Director, with a personalized high 2019-2020 school year school continuum and an enriched curriculum. 8TH GRADE / STANDBY $28,823 › Application Median Income › Two rounds of in-person interviews › Receive HFS scholarship HFS-funded summer classes Providence St. Mel MICAH › High School ALEXANDER COLLEGE READINESS FRESHMAN YEAR / FIRST-TIME FLYER Illinois Wesleyan › Mentor matching and begin monthly all University 100% HFS (scholars, mentors, staff) meetings Enrolled in College › Begin monthly individual meetings Since 1993 inception with Directors of Academics › STEM academic enrichment program 88% › College tours begin - 2 each year First-Generation College Students SOPHOMORE YEAR / FREQUENT FLYER Since 1993 inception › Explore colleges & careers Josephinum AMALIA › Financial literacy workshops Academy ARELLANO › HFS College & Career Fair University of 92% › Continue STEM academic Illinois at College Persistence enrichment program Chicago 2010-2016 classes Persistence indicates that scholars JUNIOR YEAR / WORLD TRAVELER ultimately obtained a college degree or remain in a degree-granting program. › HFS-funded ACT prep classes › College application workshops › Begin monthly meetings with HFS college counselor › Résumé writing classes LIFELONG MENTORING St. Ignatius JACKELYN College Prep SENIOR YEAR / LIFT OFF 1:1 BALDWIN Mentor to Scholar Match › College application & essay workshops Harvard College Since Inception › FAFSA & financial aid workshops › Completion of 160 service hours over 4 years 7,000+ › Networking workshops Service Hours 2019-2020 ALUMNI / SOARING Students give a minimum of › College campus support 40 service hours a year. › Scholarship & internship resources › Connection with HFS network WWW.HFSCHICAGOSCHOLARS.COM 3 JAIME St. Ignatius BOARD OF DIRECTORS College Prep BARAJAS MIKE KENNELLY JOHN KELLER JOHN SIKORA University of HFS Board Chairman, Protiviti Inc. Latham & Watkins LLP Wisconsin- Ankura Madison HON. MATTHEW KENNELLY GREGORY TEEGEN ALEX AGRAN U.S. District Court, Northern JPMorgan Chase Endurance District of Illinois DAVID TRACY HEATHER ALBRIGHT DAVID KUCERA Wells Fargo Advisors Stout Capital One LAURA VAN PEENAN JIM ALLEGRETTI JAMES LENTZ William Blair & Company Deloitte LLP VEE LIKES CHRIS VARONES TANJA BABICH Samuel Dewitt Proctor Aesop Communications Group ABC 7 Television News Conference Inc. JOY WALTON SHAY BAHRAMIRAD KERRI LIN Huron Consulting Group ComEd KHL Consulting Services LLC YI WEI* DEAN BEKAS SUZANNE MARTINEZ St. Ignatius Impact Capital ULISES PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP AEW Capital Management College Prep ANDREW WEIL CHANCOSO JOSHUA BENJAMIN KEVIN MCCARTY DLA Piper LLP Exelon West Monroe Partners DePaul JASON WHITE University KEVIN BLITZ MARK MCCARVILLE Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP Capital One Braydon Partners SCOTT WILLIAMS KEVIN CALLAHAN JOHN MCLAUGHLIN Sidley Austin LLP Fairway Capital Management Arthur J. Gallagher SUZANNE YOON ANGELA CINEFRO SEAN MEEHAN Kinzie Capital Partners Ankura LaSalle Investment Management BRIAN ZYGMUNT KATHY CLOLINGER SCOTT MEYER Crowe LLP HFS Chicago Scholars Willis Tower Watson JEN CLUNE TAMARA MEYER Clune Construction WellCare Health Plans Inc. ALUMNI BOARD JIM CONVERY ALISON MILLER CAROLINA AVILA ’13 Laner Muchin Ltd. Omni Management Group Power Plant Services SUCEL St. Joseph CHRIS COOLEY J. JAMES O’MALLEY NAYELIN AVILA ’16 High School Kirkland & Ellis LLP Comhar Partners CONTRERAS PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP DENNIS CROWLEY CARMEN ONTIVEROS* LUCIA BOTELLO ’11 North Township University of JORDAN CURNES II Archdiocese of Chicago Illinois at MicroTransponder GEORGE N. PANAGAKIS Chicago OMAR PEDRO GUTIERREZ ’08 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Georgetown McDonough JOSEPH DIMBERIO & Flom LLP Twin Bridge Capital Partners School of Business DONOVAN PEPPER SALVADOR HERNANDEZ ’06 JENNIFER DRISCOLL Walgreen Co. Northern Trust HDI Global NANCY PETERMAN VICTORIA NIETIO ’16 BRIAN GALLAGHER Greenberg Traurig LLP Twin Bridge Capital Partners Brustin and Lundblad LLP FRANK PETITO CARMEN ONTIVEROS ’98 TONY GARCIA Vivid Seats Boeing North Township CHRISTOPHER PETRINI-POLI CATRINA PATON ’07 MARK GERTZOF HBR Consulting TCW Direct Lending GradUP JERRY PRASSAS WENDY PEREZ ’11 Montini Catholic KARA GOODWIN Emeritus DONAVEN BMO Harris Bank North Shore Pediatric Therapy High School KAREN QUIRK CRADDOCK STEVE GRIMES DANIEL QUINTANA ’10 Blue Cross Blue Shield Twin Bridge Capital Partners University Winston & Strawn LLP CHRIS RAUB AARON ROBERTSON ’07 of Chicago DAVID HILGER PPM America Wintrust Constellation Brands CLAUDIA SARAN ANNY SOLANO ’16 TOM JOHANNESEN KPMG LLP EY NBC News MICHAEL SCOLARO RAYMOND WHEARLEY II ’07 JAMES P. JONES BMO Harris Bank The Edward Don & Company Walsh Construction Co. MICHAEL SHARKEY JOHN KAVANAUGH Fifth Third Bank EY JAMES SHEEHAN EDWARD KELLER City of Naperville Navigant * HFS Alumnus 4 HFS CHICAGO SCHOLARS | 2020 ANNUAL REPORT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS BOARD Cristo Rey Jesuit NAYLE High School GARCES SHAYAN AHMAD CAITLYN HALLER DANIEL QUINTANA* Loras West Monroe Partners Greenberg Traurig LLP Twin Bridge Capital Partners College ERNESTO ALMAZAN HILLARY HOTHAN BOBUR RASULOV Pepper Construction Vistex Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP AFRA ASHRAF NATHAN HOWZE AARON ROBERTSON* PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP Constellation Brands CAROLINA AVILA* KEARA JENNINGS MELISSA SEREDA Power Plan Services Exelon BatesCarey LLP CARY BLACK SONIA JONES JAMIE SHAH Crowe LLP LEARN Charter McDonald’s Corporation DANIEL BRESNAHAN ERIN LINE MICHI SLOAN VERGANO PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP KPMG JARRETT BROTZMAN PPM America ALEX MAAS MATT SMITH Constellation BDO JESSICA BROWNING Marist JOCELYN The Mom Project MEREDITH MANSINNE SCOTT SMITH High School Cushman & Wakefield Ankura GOMORA WENDY CAMPNELL PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP EMILY MCDERMOTT ALEX STOGIN St. Xavier DLA Piper PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP University IVETTE CEBRERO* LUKE MEISSNER MICHAEL SULLIVAN AZEEM CHOUDHURY TetraVX Kinzie Capital Partners LLC PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP TIFFANY MILLER KIM TALIANKO LIBBY COSTIGAN Sears Holdings Filtration Group PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP KELLEY MONZELLA JESSE TREVINO MALCOLM DOUGLAS Century 21 Guggenheim Partners MICHAEL MULROE Mulroe Company LLC BRANDON WALKER SARA DRIGGERS Guggenheim Partners PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP CONNER MURPHY Pikes MOLLI WARSH SARAH ELLISON Jellyvision PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP WENDY PEREZ* North Shore Pediatric Therapy JORDAN WISE MICHAEL FERTL WisdomTree Asset Management Fenwick ITZEL Pareto Intelligence MICHAEL PINCKNEY High School Bank of NY Mellon JEROD WOLFGRAM GONZALEZ SONJA FILIPOVIC PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP BMO Harris Bank MICHAEL PRALJAK DePaul Water Street KEVIN YOUNG University CHRISTINA GEORGIS PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Overheard