Make Your Success A Reality
Our Success Session seminars are geared toward African American and Hispanic students – youth who may be straddling the fence between academic complacency and meaningful engagement.
Through moderated panel discussions, students are provided the opportunity to learn from and interact with successful business and community leaders who speak with authenticity and cultural credibility while reinforcing the Compelling Why pillars of the importance and value of education, purpose, personal responsibility and active engagement.
The pillars are reinforced through panelist personal stories and strategies for surmounting obstacles. Panelists provide inspiration and motivation to youth who too often are without positive role models in their lives.
Students are challenged with a call-to-action to engage in programs that prepare them for success in college and career. Academic enrichment and youth development programs, already available on their campuses and in their communities, are featured during an Opportunity Fair – think college career fair setting – so students can easily and immediately learn more about those programs and enroll.
Seminars are held at partner university campuses and segmented by gender and ethnicity to help maximize impact on participants.
To provide schools the most flexibility, The Compelling Why now offers virtual programming options that complement our traditional in-person delivery.
To learn more, contact us here.
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Recent Panelists
Director of Development, University of Texas at Dallas
Partner, New York Life
Sr. Manager – Program Archetype, Big Thought
Senior Manager of Local Regional Affairs, Dallas Area Rapid Transit
CEO, National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity
Principal, Convince Capital Partners
Dallas Office Managing Director - Accenture
Manager, Talent Acquisition Standards and Events, Southwest Airlines
Assistant Director, Office of Equity & Inclusion, City of Dallas
Entrepreneur
Executive Director, Dallas Education Collective
Senior Associate, S&G Global Ratings
Policy & Govt Affairs Advisor, Texas & Mid-America, Starbucks
Deputy Chief, Continuous Improvement, Dallas College
Projects & Systems Sr. Analyst, Toyota Financial Services
Director, PwC Trust Solutions
Director, Office of Student Belonging, The University of North Texas at Dallas
Founder/Owner, Alfonso J. Herrera Law Firm, PC
Assistant VP Sales Execution Indirect Alliance Channel, AT&T
SVP, City Leader, All Stars Project - Dallas
CEO/Founder, iGlobalCoach
VP, WW Wafer Fab Manufacturing Ops, Texas Instruments
Entertainment Manager, Film and TV Producer and Author
Managing Director, JLL
Founder & Co-CEO, Josephine Torres Cultural & Comm Ctr
Associate Director of Operations and Supply Chain, Raytheon
President, Bonton Farms
CEO, Russell Glen Company
Chief Educational Officer – IDQ Group
Managing Director | Head of Client Mgmt & Delivery, JPMorgan Chase
Head of E-Commerce Corp Affairs and Communications, Kroger
VP Government and Education, Cigna
Strategic Planning Manager, Toyota Europe
Nightside News Reporter at ABC15 Arizona
Founder & CEO, Camp Exposure
SVP, Texas Director of Trust & Wealth Mgmt Srvs, Security National Bank
Director, Student Connections and Support, UNT Dallas
Director, Inclusion & Community Engagement, Dallas Regional Chamber
Regional Head, External Communications & Marketing (North America), Hitachi Rail
Retired Executive, JPMorgan Chase
Executive Director, Latino Leadership Initiative, SMU Cox School of Business
Lead Diversity & Inclusion Consultant, Blue Cross Blue Shield
CEO, Incarnation House
Presiding Judge, Dallas County Criminal Court #4
CEO, Torres Hazley Enterprise
Founder and Managing Partner, Valdez | Washington LLP
Founder & Managing Attorney, Verdin Law, LLC
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Executive & Employment Lawyer
President and Founder, Bonafide Leaders
Director Program Performance & Control, BlueForge Alliance
Residential Sales, Coldwell Banker
Community Relations Manager, UPS Foundation
Associate Attorney, Spencer Fane
CEO, The Crowther Group
Presiding Judge, Dallas County Criminal Court #3
Founder, Allen Smile Design, PLLC
C-Suite Advisor and COO, Goldman Sachs
CEO, Arete Health
The Impact of Compelling Success Sessions
- Increase each student’s level of engagement. Research shows students who are behaviorally, emotionally and cognitively engaged in school are more likely to achieve positive academic outcomes.
- Expose students to accomplished role models with whom they relate to culturally. Students served seldom see themselves reflected in the myriad of careers and occupations to which they might aspire.
- Connect students to the resources needed to achieve their college and career goals.
In Their Own Words
Listen to these speakers share words of wisdom on education and achieving success. View all videos.
