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.