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PRESIDENTIAL
SCHOLARS FOUNDATION
The
Presidential Scholars Foundation is a nonpartisan, non-profit
organization authorized by the Commission on Presidential
Scholars as the sole entity to expand and enhance the public-private
partnership that makes the Presidential Scholars Program possible.
The Foundation seeks to provide financial support for the
program, to develop and maintain the Alumni Society, and to
ensure the future ability of the Commission to recognize the
outstanding young adults who are annually named as presidential
Scholars. In reaching out to corporate and philanthropic America,
the Foundation emphasizes the value of public awareness of
the success in education, and supports the mission of the
program to serve the national interest in encouraging high
attainment by students in secondary schools and in furthering
the accomplishments of such students and ensuring their success
in college. In creating the Alumni Society, the Foundation
has given past Scholars an outlet for their enormous energy
and devotion to the cause of unity in achievement and service.
This program is the highest national means to encourage and
entice other students to reach for the stars. We are proud
to continue to seek additional active members of the society;
potential members of the Board, and anyone willing to devote
time and energy to assure the continuation of this program.
PRESIDENTIAL
SCHOLARS FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS
| Officers: |
Directors: |
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Honorary Members: |
James E. Farmer
Vice President,
GMAC Financial Services (retired),
Foundation President |
Matthew Anestis
Managing Director, Special Situations Group, BlackRock
(1991 Presidential Scholar)
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Susan Ganz
CEO, Lion Brothers |
Scott A. Bundgaard
President, ProcureNetworks.com;
COO, Joe Foss Institute |
Avery Gardiner
Attorney, WilmerHale
(1993 Presidential Scholar),
Vice President for Alumni Relations
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Christina DePaul
President, National Foundation
for Advancement in the Arts |
Aris Melissaratos
Senior Advisor to the President,
Johns Hopkins University |
Michael Galiazzo
CEO, Get Results |
Ralph Jahr
International Schools Services,
Secretary-Treasurer |
James M. Dubin
Chairman, Board of Trustees,
National Foundation for
Advancement in the Arts |
Sharon Sayles Belton
Manager of Community
Relations, GMAC |
Stanley E. Taylor
Vice President for Metropolitan Relations,
George Mason University (retired) |
THE
PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS ALUMNI SOCIETY
With
over 6,000 United States Presidential Scholars having been
selected beginning 1964, the Scholars are well represented
throughout the nation’s industry, the sciences, the humanities,
medicine, education, professions, the arts, and in service
fields. Their diversity of interests, lifestyles, geographic
regions, ages, and races are gold mines of opportunity for
them and for you, as you explore common interests in the issues
of educational opportunity, community service, and friendship.
The
mission of the Alumni Society, created in 1996, is: to uphold
the values of the Presidential Scholars and to create an organization
with the goal of public service; to use their diverse talents
to enhance and increase the educational opportunities of American
students; and to assist the Presidential Scholars Foundation
in its mission of assuring the continuity of the Presidential
Scholars Program.
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