2013–2014 Annual Report

Our mission is to empower under- resourced youth to aspire, work, and succeed through paid internships, formal training, and mentoring. Dear Friends, Eighteen years ago, three friends imagined that they could do more to help create opportunities for young people growing up in our most challenging communities in OUR CORE VALUES Washington, DC. After visiting in Southeast Washington and hearing from students that what they needed most was good jobs, Andrew STUDENTS FIRST Plepler brought his friends Jeffrey Zients and Thomas Nides together to turn that Employing Youth, Inspiring Excellence vision into reality and Urban Alliance was born. What began as a small operation inside of one local high school grew into so much more because of the addition of Veronica Nolan to the team in 2002. For 12 years, Veronica worked to grow and expand our operations and today, TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER we are a national organization that serves over 1,500 youth annually in over 45 Lending a helping hand and high schools across four regions. Her leadership, tireless advocacy and constant supporting each other’s work championing of youth workforce development solidified Urban Alliance’s success and its thoughtful expansion. This summer, we said goodbye to Veronica as she made the difficult, but exciting choice to move on to a new chapter of her life. We will all profoundly miss her boundless energy and deeply generous spirit. FOLLOW THROUGH The Board of Directors elevated Eshauna Smith, formerly our President, to the role Creating a strong and responsive of CEO in July. The smooth transition we have seen through this change in the last relationship with everyone we come few months is a testament to how both Veronica and Eshauna fully embody the core values that guide our work. Their work together over the past year is reflected in contact with and work with in the exciting information you will read about in this report. Eshauna has already begun to expand our presence on the national stage and we look forward to the many exciting years ahead under her leadership. We are confident that she will OPEN/DIRECT COMMUNICATION continue to build on the vision that has brought us to this point and that will continue to shape our future endeavors. Communicating in a clear, precise, Thank you for taking the time to read our and honest manner in all of the report and thank you for your continued work we do support as we work to improve the lives of young people in all of our regions. We could not achieve our ambitious DEDICATED TO MISSION AND goals without your help. RESULTS FROM MISSION Sincerely, Making decisions based on the mission and vision of the organization Mary Menell Zients On the cover: Joselyn, an Intern at the Alexandria City Attorney’s office, Urban Alliance Board Chair Veronica Nolan (L), Eshauna Smith (R) delivers a speech during the 2014 Public Speaking Challenge

2 - URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report - 3 Curriculum Outreach Opportunities to share the Urban Alliance professional development workshops with youth in the broader community

Workshops: IMAGINE Facilitate sessions that reinforce job and life skills Flexible and adaptive to the needs of contracted partners Youth focused curriculum incorporating real life scenarios

Program Management: Our Current Programs Coordinate and run corporations’ internal internship programs

High School Internship Program Provide support and best practices on Intern engagement Ensure high-quality work experience and outcomes for corporations and Interns Year-long, paid professional internships for high school seniors from under-resourced communities Young Adult Internship Program Case management and professional Mentor Currently exists only in the region (in addition to High School Internship Weekly workshops on job/life skills and Program) in partnership with the Department of Social Services financial literacy Provides paid, professional internships to 18–21 year-old foster youth Post-high school, college and career planning (32 hours per week for 20 weeks). Culminating event; Public Speaking Challenge Interns receive case management support from an Urban Alliance Program Coordinator

Alumni Services Interns attend weekly workshops on skill building, life skills, and financial literacy training and support transitioning to post-program education and unsubsidized Available to all youth who successfully complete the High School Internship Program. employment opportunities.

Education and Career Counseling:  Résumé and cover letter review Assistance with financial aid and college transfer processes

College Internship Program: Paid summer internships I imagined [Urban Alliance] would take a lot of my time, but it was Closely aligned with career goals actually a great experience. I can’t think of another way a student can learn and work GradUAte Events: hands-on alongside people in some of Networking and professional development the most influential and prestigious events companies around Chicago.

Community service opportunities Antonio Martinez, Chicago ’13, Student at Columbia College Chicago

4 - URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report - 5 Who We Served

818

Curriculum Outreach (778) Alumni Services and Internships (205) Summer/Alternative Programs* (129) Year-Round Internships (407) 487

347

256 99 226 76 69 98 12 30 65 48 168 163 43 33 Baltimore Chicago Washington, D.C. Northern NUMBER OF YOUTH PARTICIPANTS * Includes summer programs, DOES, Police Foundation, and YAIP.

1,519 Total Youth Served

Female Year-Round and Summer 68% High School Internship Program Placements

Other (8%) Latino (20%) African The High School Internship Program culminates in the Public Speaking Challenge. In each region, Interns 32% Male prepare a 5-7 minute presentation outlining their internship experience and highlighting their jobsite’s American (72%) mission, a profile of their Mentor, lessons learned, challenges experienced, and post-secondary plans. In an effort to incentivize hard work and communicate to the youth that success in the professional world is merit-based, Urban Alliance awards a $100 bonus to Interns earning a score of 80% or higher on their presentations. Each regional event is attended by stakeholders, advisory board members, Mentors, Interns, and staff and celebrates the accomplishments of the Intern cohort for the program year.

6 - URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report - 7 Prudential Bloomberg BNA Corporation for National Office of the Deputy Public Building Consumer Electronics and Community Service Mayor for Planning and Commission of Chicago Association Danaher Corporation Economic Development Rush University Medical Evolent Health DC Chamber of Office of the General Center Greenbrier Learning Commerce Counsel, Council of the Sanchez Daniels & Center Department of Consumer District of Columbia_ Hoffman LLP Jack Taylor Toyota and Regulatory Affairs Opower Schiff Hardin King Street Wireless Department of Corrections Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Senior Lifestyle National Capitol Department of Small Wharton & Garrison, LLP Sidley Austin Contracting and Local Business Pepco Skadden Bank of America Development PG&E Corporation INVEST Spark Northern Virginia Legal Edison Electric Institute PSI Sterling Bay Companies Services Forest City Washington Reingold LINK Teach for America Reingold Inc Girl Scout Council of the Resources for Inner City The John Buck Company Smithsonian Institution, Nation’s Capital Children (RICH) Job Partners and Supporters Invested in: The Private Bank Office of Sponsored Higher Achievement Sasha Bruce Youthworks The Vistria Group Projects Honest Tea, Inc. Serve DC United Airlines The Motley Fool Hubbard Place Resident Sitar Arts Center University of Chicago Washington Speakers Services SJL Shannon 94 hours of professional training in skills Urban Alliance Bureau JP Morgan Chase & Co. Split This Rock such as: Urban Education Institute WJLA/Newschannel 8 Katten Muchin Rosenman Standard Technology, Inc Urban Initiatives LLP Street Law Walgreens Washington, D.C. Kid Power Inc Sullivan & Cromwell 119,140 cumulative hours Time Management, William Blair 21st Century Fox KIPP DC Team Up DC worked by Interns Winston & Strawn LLP AdvaMed Latin American Youth The Advisory Board Goal Setting, Task Completion, Working in the Schools African American Civil Center Company (WITS) War Memorial and LearnZillion The Glover Park Group Communication, and YMCA Chicago Museum Living Classrooms of the Third Way Accepting Criticism Youth Guidance American Chemistry National Capital Region Agency for 536 Youth placed in a paid internship Council Marriott International Development Northern Virginia Artemis Real Estate Marshall Heights United States Chamber of ACT for Alexandria Partners Community Development Commerce Alexandria City Attorney’s Aspen Institute Organization University of the District of Office Atlantic Media Company Martha’s Table Columbia Alexandria Department of Bank of America Mayer Brown Urban Alliance Community and Human Boston Consulting Group Metro TeenAIDS Venable High School Internship Program Job Partners Services Brown Advisory Morgan Stanley Verizon Alexandria Housing Burness Communications National Law Enforcement Washington Animal Baltimore A. Epstein and Sans Chicago Transit Authority Hyatt Development Corporation Capital Source Officers Memorial Rescue League ARC Baltimore International, Inc Chicago Youth Centers Ingenuity Inc Alexandria Renew Cesar Chavez Public New Leaders Washington City Paper Baltimore City Public Accenture Chicagoland Chamber of InnerWorkings Alexandria Seaport Charter School Office of Congresswoman World Bank Group Schools Advocate Illinois Masonic Commerce Jenner & Block LLP Foundation Children’s National Eleanor Holmes Norton YMCA of Metropolitan Baltimore Gas and Electric AECOM Choose Chicago Joffrey Ballet Chicago APS ARTI Joint Venture Medical Center Office of Mayor Vincent Washington Company Alan F. Segal & Associates Clear Channel Media and Johnson Publishing Arlington Board Clark Construction Group, Gray - Office of Young Women’s Project Bank of America All Chicago Entertainment Chicago Jones Lang La Salle Arlington County Office of LLC Documents YWCA National Capital Community Law In Action Aon Clifford Law JP Morgan Chase & Co. Emergency Management College Tribe Office of Notary Area Congressman Cummings’ Arcadis closerlook, inc. Katten Muchin Rosenman Arlington Free Clinic Community Preservation Commissions and Office Ariel Investments CNA LLP Arlington Housing and Development Authentications Cordish Company AT&T ComEd Kirkland Ellis Corporation Corporation Office of Personnel Downtown Partnership Balyasny Asset DeVry KPMG Arlington Street Peoples Corporate Executive Board Management Habitat for Humanity of Management LP Digitas La Casa Norte Assistance Network the Chesapeake Bank of America DLA Piper Lightbank Higher Achievement Bartlit Beck Dress for Success Worldwide Loop Capital Johns Hopkins Hospital Big Shoulders Fund Dynamic Motion Control, Inc Madison Dearborn Bayview Medical Center Blue Cross Blue Shield Edelman Mayer Brown Johns Hopkins University - Illinois Enlace Chicago McKinsey & Company Program Successes School of Public Health BMO Harris Bank Equity Group Investments Media Ocean and School of Nursing Boys and Girls Club of Exelon Mesirow Financial Legg Mason Chicago First Look Appraisals Mikva Challenge Marriott BP General Growth Properties Foundation 100% of Interns completing 84% of Job Morgan Stanley Burson-Marsteller Goldman Sachs Milhouse Engineering & the High School Internship Partners returned for New Leaders Capri Capital Partners LLC Greater Chicago Food Construction Reading Partners Cara Program Depository Motorola Solutions Program graduated the 2013/14 program year Sinai Hospital Career Builder Grosvenor Neal and Leroy LLC from high school The Mayor’s Office - CBOE Groupon Northern Trust Baltimore City Chicago Bears Guaranteed Rate Northwestern Hospital Urban Alliance Chicago Bulls Gynecologic Specialists of Nuveen 79% of Urban Alliance Alumni Verizon Chicago Cares Northwestern, S.C. Orbitz enrolled in college within one year of completing the program Wide Angle Youth Media Chicago Coalition for the Harpo Ounce of Prevention Fund Y of Central Homeless Hillard Heintze Peoples Gas Chicago Cubs Hines PepsiCo Chicago 90% Chicago Chicago Public Library Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Priority Sports & of Urban Alliance Alumni who enrolled in college persisted to their 2nd year A Silver Lining Foundation Chicago Public Schools Huron Consulting Entertainment

8 - URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report - 9 Job Partners (Continued) Our Partners Young Adult Internship Program Job Partners—Baltimore School Partners Eastern Senior High School Friendship Collegiate Academy Public Charter A+ Neighborhood Bon Secours Community Morgan State University People’s Community Baltimore School Homebuyers Works EDAC Health Center Academy of College and Career Exploration Hospitality High Public Charter School ARC Baltimore C. Brown Properties LLC New Beginnings Reading Partners (ACCE) IDEA Public Charter School Belair Edison CUPs Coffeehouse Operation Reach Out Subway Neighborhoods, Inc Episcopal Community Southwest (OROSW) The Maryland SPCA Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High KIPP DC School Services of Maryland Y of Central Maryland McKinley Technology High School Baltimore Talent Development High School Options Public Charter School Digital Harbor High School Perry Street Prep Frederick Douglass High School Alumni Internship Program Job Partners—Chicago Phelps Architecture, Construction and Independence School Engineering High School Chicago Bulls ContextMedia,Inc Innovation Foundation, University of Chicago Maritime Industries Academy Roosevelt Senior High School Chicago Cares Digitas Inc Urban Education Institute Northwestern High School Clear Channel Media Greater Chicago Food Lincoln Park Zoo USO Illinois Thurgood Marshall Academy and Entertainment Depository Loop Capital WeDeliver, Inc. Patterson High School Washington Mathematics Science Technology Chicago Grosvenor Mesirow Financial REACH Partnership Public Charter High School (WMST) CNA Groupon Nuveen Reginald F. Lewis School of Business & Law Wilson Senior High School ComEd Healthy Organic Kids Shiftgig, Inc W.E.B. DuBois High School Woodson Senior High School Chicago College Internship Program Job Partners—Washington, D.C. Benito Juarez Community Academy High School Curriculum Outreach Partners Charles P Steinmetz Academic Centre High Baltimore American Psychological CNCS IRS Providence Hospital School Association College Summit Joy of Motion Ritz Carlton Pentagon Baltimore City Public Schools Christian Fenger Academy High School ASAE Crystal City Gateway Latin American Youth City Eye for Change Bank of America Department of Education Center Ritz Carlton Georgetown David G Farragut Career Academy High School Heritage High School Byte Back Department of Justice NeighborWorks America Sitar Arts Gurdon S Hubbard High School CEB DPW New Course Catering Words, Beats, Life Inc. R.O.O.T.S John Marshall Metropolitan High School Children’s National Emmaus Pepco YMCA - Wellness The Intersection Medical Center Hubbard Place Providence Kenwood Academy High School Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High School Northern Virginia Muchin College Prep Arlington Career Center Paul Laurence Dunbar Career Academy High Northern Virginia Urban League School Washington, D.C. Percy L Julian High School Arts on the Block Thomas Kelly High School Capital Partners for Education Wells Community Academy High School Dance Place Wendell Phillips Academy High School DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Northern Virginia DC Housing Authority TC Williams High School DC Police Foundation TC Williams Satellite Campus DC Public Library Teens of Distinction Wakefield High School Georgetown Meyers Institute for College Preparation Washington, D.C. LAYC Career Academy Anacostia Senior High School National Cathedral Scholars Ballou Senior High School New Heights- IDEA Public Charter School Benjamin Banneker Academic High School Office of the State Superintendent of Education Booker T. Washington Public Charter School On Ramps to Careers Cardozo Senior High School Perry Street Preparatory Public Charter School Cesar Chavez Capitol Hill Public Allies Sasha Bruce YouthBuild Interns meet with World Bank Columbia Heights Educational Campus (CHEC/ Bell) Sitar Arts Center President, Dr. Kim Coolidge Senior High School YMCA DC Youth in Government Dunbar Senior High School YouthBuild Public Charter School

10 - URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report - 11 Urban Alliance Participates in 2nd Annual Spring2ACTion Campaign! A Heartfelt Thanks to Our Generous Donors* Spring2ACTion, a 24-hour online fundraising event hosted by ACT for Alexandria, is held annually to benefit nonprofits Individual Donors** Sandra Abrevaya Community Foundation NCR Pritzker Pucker Family in the Alexandria, VA community. This year, Urban Alliance Alan and Ronda Zients Sarah and Michael Berry Danaher Foundation Foundation Allison C. DiNardo Sarah Slusser DC Children & Youth Richard E. and Nancy P. participated in the event for the second consecutive year, and Andrew and Claudia Plepler Sherri Salata Investment Trust Marriott Foundation realized stunning success. The one-day event raised more than Anonymous Individual Susan Moser Corporation Rockefeller Philanthropy $30,000 from 260 individual donors including a challenge Donors The Lombardo Family DC Department of Advisors Beth and Daryl Libow Thomas and Frances Knoll Employment Services Rotary Foundation grant from the Bruhn-Morris Family Foundation. Funding Bob Woodward and Elsa Thomas J. Raffa (DOES) Share Fund secured during Spring2ACTion in April 2014 will supplement the cost of sponsoring Interns at Walsh Veronica Nolan and DeVito Family Trust Sidgmore Family Foundation Carolyn Strauss Kareem El-Alaily Ebb Point Foundation Singhal & Company, Inc. nonprofit sites in Alexandria as Urban Alliance hopes to double the number of youth served Christina Gattuso Wendy L Wempe EJF Philanthropies Skoll Foundation in the High School Internship Program in Northern Virginia for the 2014-2015 program year. Christopher McComish Eugene and Agnes E. Sparo Regardless of role, staff in the Northern Virginia, DC, and National regions put aside typical Colleen Dailey & Institutional Donors Meyer Foundation Speyer Family Foundation Abdelhamid Elaissami Abell Foundation, Inc. Fannie Mae Starbucks Memorial Fund responsibilities for the day and solicited donations for Spring2ACTion. Staff contributed to the Colleen Lee ACT for Alexandria Freddie Mac Foundation Steele Family Foundation budding culture of philanthropy across the organization and displayed strong commitment to Courtenay Valenti AmazonSmile Foundation Frederick Prince Trust Sun Management the core values of students first and taking care of each other. Craig Martin Annie E. Casey Foundation GEM Capital, L.P. Target Corporate Darlene Hall Anonymous Foundations George Wasserman Community Relations Donald Graham Arlington Business and Family Foundation The Advisory Board Douglas Gessner Civic Circle Giving Together Company Inaugural Young Alumni Giving Campaign Kicks Off! Eileen Shields-West Baltimore City Department Globetrotters Government The Alter Group, Ltd. A new initiative for the 2013–2014 program year, the Young Alumni Elon Mitchell of Social Services Sector, LLC The Alvin and Fanny B. Esther Newberg Baltimore Gas and Electric Goldman, Sachs & Co. Thalheimer Foundation Giving Campaign provided the class of 2014 with the opportunity to Geoffrey A Neuner Company Hands on DC The Associated: Jewish participate in an “employee giving campaign” while learning about Hani Mowafi Baltimore Metropolitan Harry & Jeanette Community Federation Harry Rhoads Jr. Council Weinberg Foundation of Baltimore the value and responsibility of philanthropy. Youth were challenged to Jeff and Mary Zients Baltimore Safe and Sound HBO/Time Warner The Cordish Family donate $20.14, their high school graduation year, to the Alumni Services Jonathan E Suchland Campaign Henry and Ruth Blaustein Foundation Department at Urban Alliance. This amount approximately equates to Joseph Ferraro Bank of America Rosenberg Foundation The Dun & Bradstreet Joyce D Carlock Young Bank of America Foundation Heydar Aliyev Foundation Corporation Foundation the wages each young person would have earned during two hours of Judith Mazo Barclays Hitachi Foundation The Fund for American the summer full-time work experience. Essentially, Interns were asked to Julie Farkas and Seth BDT & Company, LLC Horning Family Fund Studies Goldman Bernstein Family Foundation ImpactAssets, Inc. The Joyce Foundation donate two hours of their work back to Urban Alliance. The goal was to have 35% of the Julie Ortmeier Bernstein Management J. Willard & Alice S. The Marion I.& Henry J. seniors completing the 10-month program donate to the campaign. At the completion of the Karen and Ethan Leder Corporation Marriott Foundation Knott Foundation program year, 41% of Interns donated to the campaign, raising more than $2,300 for the Karen Campbell Best Buy Children’s JPMorgan Chase Foundation The Moriah Fund Kristin Osenburg Kosmides Foundation Koons Tysons Toyota The Morris and Gwendolyn Alumni Services Department. Kwasi Mitchell Blue Cross Blue Shield Larmax Homes, LLC Cafritz Foundation Laurie Wingate and Mark Illinois Lefkofsky Family Foundation The Siebert Family Chandler Blum-Kovler Foundation Lois & Philip Macht Family Foundation Leah Rietveld Boeing Philanthropic Fund Tides Foundation Leonard Caldwell BP Corporation North M & T Charitable United Airlines Liz Baratt Brown and Bos America Inc. Foundation United States Chamber of Dewey Bruhn-Morris Family Marian Osterweis Fund Commerce Marc and Vivian Brodsky Foundation McMahon Solutions, LLC United Way of Central Meghan Basic Buffalo Exchange Mile High United Way Maryland Urban Alliance has been Michael D’Amato Capital One Monster.com United Way of Greater Michael Kantor and Heidi CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Morgan Stanley Portland a family to me! They have invested Schulman Shield Motorola Mobility Foundation United Way of Michael Pfeiffer Motorola Solutions Metropolitan Chicago a great deal into me becoming a better Carter & Melissa Cafritz Muriel and Arden Charitable Trust National Association Venture Philanthropy leader at school, work, and in the Maignan Wilkins Censeo Consulting Group, of Professional Partners (VPP) Nancy Folger Inc. Background Screeners Verizon Foundation community. They have invested love Nicholas G Kilavos Ceres Foundation National Cathedral School Wachovia Wells Fargo in helping me become the Pat McGuire Chicago White Sox Office of Personnel Foundation Paula Lombardo Chipotle Mexican Grill Management Walker & Dunlop, LLC man I am today. Pedram Afshar Clark Charitable Foundation One Main Financial Washington Area Philip Leibovitz and Nicole Clark Construction Group, Park 6 Foundation Women’s Foundation L. Mock LLC (Sprenger + Lang) World Bank Richard and Pamela Sauber Cogan Family Foundation Pitney Bowes Foundation YWCA National Capital Richard and Sue Barry Collaborate to Impact PNC Bank Area Rob Sobhani Community Foundation Pritzker Foundation Zegar Family Foundation Robin Harris Charles Reid, DC ’96, National Capital Region Dean, Middle School, * The list above includes donations and grants made in 2013-2014. If there is an error in our listing, please accept our sincere apologies and contact us at [email protected]. ** Individual donors listed contributed at least $500 combined during years 2013 and 2014.

12 - URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report - 13 Financial Statement For Fiscal Year 2013 2014 Donor Spotlight January 1, 2013–December 31, 2013 This is a financial snapshot for the year ending on December 31, 2013. Expenses and overall revenue figures Interview with Kwasi Mitchell, Urban Alliance Donor and New Board Member have been audited by Raffa, P.C. A full audited report can be requested by e-mailing: kstorms@theurbanalliance. org. Please note that the specific breakdown of revenue over the funding source categories is determined by Urban Alliance and is not audited. Q . What did you imagine your connection REVENUE with Urban Alliance would be like? Contributions Foundations & Trusts...... $2,519,354 A . I have always known that Urban Alliance is Organizations Sponsoring Student Interns ...... $2,159,413 In-Kind Donations ...... $225,167 a unique organization but was surprised by the Government Grants...... $131,529 level of involvement in the program offered to Corporate Charitable Donations ...... $121,274 passionate donors. From the Public Speaking Individually Directed Contributions ...... $81,559 Earned Income for Curriculum Outreach Services ...... $39,164 Challenge to high-profile events like the forum Total Contributions...... $5,277,461 at the US Chamber of Commerce in addition Other Revenue...... $113,466 to regular ongoing communications, I have never Total Revenue...... $5,390,927 seen an organization that has truly invited donors at all levels to have an impact in the fashion that EXPENSES Program Services Urban Alliance does. High School Internship Program...... $3,224,461 Program Development ...... $602,783 Youth Programs...... $272,205 Total Program Services...... $4,099,449 Q . How do you think your investment in Support Services Urban Alliance made an impact? Why do Management & General...... $340,877 you continue to invest in the program? Development & Fundraising...... $506,258 Total Support Services...... $847,135 A . I believe that my investment has had an impact in Urban Alliance’s Total Expenses...... $4,946,584 expansion to new cities and building the infrastructure for the organization to Change in Net Assets...... $444,343 scale nationally. The results that Urban Alliance has achieved are phenomenal Beginning Net Assets...... $2,430,440 and I continue to invest because the potential of expanding Urban Alliance to Ending Net Assets*...... $2,874,783 other cities and regions of the country makes me excited about the impact that * Includes grant commitments for 2014–2015 and Board-designated $1.1 million Operating Reserve. Urban Alliance can have on youth that were raised in similar environments as myself. FY 2013 REVENUE FY 2013 EXPENSES

Foundations & Trusts High School Internship (47.7%) Program (65.2%) Q . What would you say to a new potential donor to inspire them to Organizations Program Development Sponsoring Student (12.2%) participate in the program? Interns (40.9%) Development In-Kind Donations (4.3%) & Fundraising (10.2%) A . I have little to say to inspire other donors or program participants outside of Government Grants (2.5%) Management spend five minutes with one of Urban Alliance’s staff. I cannotimagine anything Corporate Charitable & General (6.9%) more inspiring than the passion and dedication of the teams working so hard Donations (2.3%) Youth Programs (5.5%) Individually-Directed to provide each additional opportunity to the youth the program serves. It is an Contributions (1.5%) amazing team. Earned Income for Curriculum Outreach Services (0.7%)

14 - URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report - 15 Urban Alliance Staff 2014 Media Highlights National Eshauna Smith...... Chief Executive Officer Najmah Ahmad...... Director of Curriculum Outreach Meagan Carlock...... Director of Finance Nicole Clegg...... Human Resources Manager Wendy Dixon-DuBois...... Director of Outreach and Communications Julie Farkas...... Chief Strategic Growth Officer Amanda Fioritto...... Data and Evaluation Specialist Sokeng Leng...... Director of Special Projects Tameka Logan...... Chief Program Officer Alysia Morgan...... Operations Associate Jee Pae...... Chief Development Officer Paul Remy...... Development Associate Jose Sousa...... Chief Administrative Officer Kyle Storms...... Development Director Daniel Tsin...... Director of Evaluation Meaghan Woodbury...... Chief Operating Officer Baltimore Stephanie Amponsah...... Executive Director Katie Graul...... Program Coordinator Natasha Muhammad...... Program Director Joseph Straaik...... Program Coordinator Chicago This program year presented a number of TV and Jenna Ketchum...... Executive Director print media opportunities for Interns and staff to Jeremy Ly...... Program Coordinator Vanessa Martinez...... Program Coordinator represent the organization, provide commentary, and contribute as subject matter experts on Chris Noth...... Program Coordinator the topic of youth employment. From highlights on CNN’s Chicagoland, to local newscasts on Jamie Ricks...... Program Director Leah Rietveld...... Alumni Services Director the impact of the Dream Act, and a feature in , Urban Alliance garnered Marshana Roberts...... Program Coordinator a great deal of public recognition. For continued updates on the organization, visit the News Jason Rotolo...... Operations Manager page on the Urban Alliance website or follow @UrbanAlliance on social media. Northern Virginia Alessandra Colia...... Director of Employer Partnerships Kedrick Griffin...... Program Director Washington, D.C. Nathaniel Cole...... Executive Director Brittany Anderson...... Program Coordinator Alexandra Bryant...... Program Coordinator Jessica Gilbert...... Program Coordinator Alphonzo Jackson...... Program Coordinator Tyran Omary...... Program Director Nancy Washington...... Alumni Services Director Courtney Wright...... Program Coordinator Thank you to the following staff members for their service: Sandra Abrevaya...... Chicago Executive Director Catherine Estevez...... Baltimore Executive Director Ricardo Hernandez...... Program Coordinator Bobby Kirby...... Baltimore Alumni Services Coordinator Veronica Nolan...... Chief Executive Officer Samantha Palmer...... DC Program Coordinator Sean Segal...... Chief Operating Officer Jazmyn Singleton...... Director of Alumni Services Lisa Southerland...... DC Program Coordinator Liz Spurgeon...... DC Program Coordinator Aileen Xenakis...... Development Associate 2013 Staff Retreat

16 - URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report URBAN ALLIANCE 2013–2014 Annual Report - 17 Board of Directors* Andrew Plepler...... President of the Board and Founder, Urban Alliance Global Corporate Social Responsibility Executive and Consumer Policy Executive, Bank of America Mary Menell Zients...... Board Chair, Urban Alliance; Volunteer Anna Bard...... Community Affairs Manager - MD, DC & VA Wells Fargo Philanthropy Team Viki Betancourt...... The World Bank (Retired) Karen Campbell...... Vice President and Chief Policy Officer, Verizon INSPIRE Shannon DiBari...... Acting Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, US Chamber of Commerce Christine Gregory...... Former Executive Director, Urban Alliance What’s Ahead for Urban Alliance? Diversity, Inclusion, and Leadership Development Consultant, Christine Gregory Consulting Twelve years ago, my phenomenal predecessor, Veronica Nolan, set Nick Kilavos...... Former Mentor, Urban Alliance Vice President, Alliance Partners LLC out to bring Urban Alliance to as many young people as possible. This Tom Knoll...... Pastor, First Lutheran Church past year, Urban Alliance placed 536 youth in paid internships and Kristin Kosmides...... Head of Corporate Citizenship, Legg Mason served over 1,500 youth in Washington, DC, Baltimore, Chicago, Karen Leder...... Volunteer and Northern Virginia. Colleen Lee...... Real Estate Agent, Gerlach Real Estate Winston Lord...... Co-Founder & CMO, Venga Today, I am inspired by the strong foundation that Veronica set and Kwasi Mitchell...... Senior Manager, Washington DC Strategy & Operations Practice, our rich history to continue the Urban Alliance legacy of bold and Deloitte Consulting, LLP visionary leadership to meet the urgent needs of our young people. Tom Nides ...... Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley Chandra Pappas...... Senior Vice President, Randstad Between 2000 and 2011, employment rates fell to 24% for teens Matthew Smith...... Principal Partner, McKinsey & Company aged 16-19, the lowest employment rate in the country in over sixty Maura Vanderzon...... Volunteer years. Local Advisory Boards As our young people continue to struggle with accessing early workforce opportunities and finding a foothold in the labor market, Baltimore we are prepared at Urban Alliance to take all that we’ve learned Kristin Kosmides...... Advisory Board Chair Head of Corporate Citizenship, Legg Mason throughout our 18-year history to meet the growing needs of our Theo Kuczarski...... Field Director, Northwestern Mutual youth. Recently we held an event in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Deb Hannon Silcox...... Partnerships and Community Relations, Baltimore City Public Schools Foundation. Together, we hosted a powerful conversation and call-to-action to lift up the critical role Zed Smith...... Chief Operating Officer, The Cordish Company that early and meaningful workforce experiences play in positively impacting the lives of low-income Chicago youth and our country’s talent pipeline which is in sore need of skilled and diverse workers. Amy Rule...... Founding Advisory Board Chair, Over the next several years, we will continue to serve young people at the highest quality levels, First Lady of Chicago Katie McCormick Lelyveld...... Founding Advisory Board Member, while playing a leadership role nationally to spark dialogue, bring youth voice, and build increased Director of Communications, Joyce Foundation awareness about the urgent need to forge new employment pathways for our most vulnerable young K. Brooke Stafford-Brizard...... Founding Advisory Board Member people. Northern Virginia Sincerely, ...... Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Hunch Analytics Former Chief Technology Officer of the United States of America Karen Pallansch...... Chief Executive Officer, Alexandria Renew Enterprises Nancy Sanger Pallesen...... Executive Director, Arlington Free Clinic Eshauna Smith Washington, D.C. Chief Executive Officer Anna Bard...... Advisory Board Co-Chair, Community Affairs Manager, MD, DC, VA, Wells Fargo Philanthropy Team Karen Leder...... Advisory Board Co-Chair, Volunteer This internship can be Judy Brown...... Office Administrator, Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP the start of a life you never knew Karen Campbell...... Vice President and Chief Policy Officer, Verizon Dan Gordon...... Senior Advisor, School Design at District of Columbia Public Schools you were able to accomplish. No one that Nick Kilavos...... Vice President, Alliance Partners LLC is successful in life got in that position without Tom Knoll...... Pastor, First Lutheran Church Colleen Lee...... Real Estate Agent, Gerlach Real Estate help. Use this program as a new beginning— Winston Lord...... Co-Founder & CMO, Venga your past doesn’t matter as long as you’re Venitta McKnight...... Office Manager Government Relations, 21st Century Chandra Pappas...... Senior Vice President, Randstad looking toward your future. William Bates, Baltimore ’13, Maura Vanderzon...... Volunteer Student at Bowie State University * No term limits.

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