Strive for College Management Team
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Michael J. Carter Founder, President & CEO Michael is currently a senior Annika Rodriguez Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. He has studied at Oxford University under Thatcher adviser Martin Holmes and Access Officer Helen Etty. Michael’s experiences in education include a mix of teaching, counseling, and public policy analysis. He worked as a full-time middle school teacher and department leader for Breakthrough Collaborative. He was a college counselor and mentor to QuestBridge college prep scholarship recipients, designed a comprehensive college counseling manual, and helped plan and execute QuestBridge college prep conferences across the country. He has college counseled ten students, who have all gained admission and financial aid packages. He has interned at the American Enterprise Institute under educational policy scholar Frederick M. Hess, researching educational history and educational entrepreneurship. Michael’s passion for business led him to intern for a venture capital firm in Palo Alto as well as Google. These experiences helped him solidify his belief in transferring for-profit management and operational techniques into non-profit organizations to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of social entrepreneurial organizations. |
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Jacob Stiglitz Chief Operating Officer After graduating from Pomona College with a degree in Cognitive Science with an emphasis in Computer Science, Jacob joined the Peace Corps and moved to a small town in Mongolia. Upon returning from Mongolia, Jacob began working with QuestBridge, a national non-profit that has successfully helped thousands of outstanding low-income high school students gain admission and substantial financial aid to America’s top colleges and universities. He learned of QuestBridge during his senior year at Pomona, when he was invited to serve on the Admissions and Financial Aid Committee, providing input on admissions decisions, including Pomona’s first two students accepted through the QuestBridge National College Match program. At QuestBridge, Jacob worked on the Recruitment and Retention Team, responsible for identifying students and helping them successfully complete QuestBridge programs. As a member of this dynamic team, Jacob worked on everything from preparing mass communication emails to conducting business intelligence analysis. All of these experiences have helped him realize his passion for improving education systems, namely increasing accessibility and the effectiveness of higher education. Jacob brings to Strive for College Collaborative insight into the college admission and financial aid processes and organizational development. |
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