2015 Student Consultancy Program

The 2015 Student Consultancy Program work with a new cohort of sophomore and junior students to develop their critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills.

In 2015, we will work in teams to solve a business issue. The students' final presentation will be to community leaders, peers and families. All donors are welcome to join the presentations and reception.

We are so grateful for the support and generosity of friends, donors and colleagues for helping us raise funds to make the Student Consultancy Program possible.

Meet the mentors:

Naihobe Gonzalez is an Stategic Data Consultant at Oakland Unified School District, where she analyzes school enrollment and performance data for the School Portfolio Management and School Quality Review teams. Prior to OUSD, Naihobe worked as a Research Assistant at Columbia University, where she is a doctoral candidate in economics, and coordinated the evaluation of an education program in Paraguay. Naihobe holds a B.S. in Economics and International Affairs from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an M.A. in Economics from Columbia University. Outside of work, Naihobe mentors a college sophomore student through the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and leads a local writing group.

Angela Le is the Manager of Growth & Technology at KIPP Bay Area Schools where she is responsible for opening new schools in the region as well as managing technology. Prior to KIPP, Angela was an associate consultant with Mercer in the Human Capital and Talent group. At Mercer, Angela advised clients on a range of human capital issues and ensured their human capital strategy was aligned with their overall business strategies. Angela received her bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and International Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley. She is an avid crossfitter and loves to spend time with her husband and her two dogs, Cookie and Ramen.

Stephanie Nguyen is a Senior Strategy Analyst for the Office of the CEO at the KIPP Foundation, focusing on strategic and financial analysis projects. A MA native, Stephanie attended Norwood Public Schools and studied at Dartmouth, in NH before transferring to Emmanuel in Boston, receiving a full tuition scholarship. She graduated with a BA in Management and worked in equity research at MFS Investments and Putnam Investments. Stephanie joined the Board of the Massachusetts Youth Leadership Foundation, an all volunteer, MA-based 501(c)3 non-profit seeking to recognize, teach, and empower leadership in high school sophomores from across the state. Stephanie deeply believes in the transformative power of education.

Jessica Riady is the Manager of Curriculum and Training at Education Pioneers (EP), a national non-profit working to make education the best led and managed sector. In this role, she focuses on program development, curriculum design and evaluation for EP’s Fellowship Programs. Prior to Education Pioneers, Jessica worked in public relations, providing communications support for a broad spectrum of organizations in the public, private and social sectors. Jessica earned her B.A. in political science and mass communications from the University of California, Berkeley. While there, she actively worked with several Bay Area education and mentoring organizations and is excited to continue this work with SCP.

Special thanks to Lindsey Waldron for her past contributions as a founding member of our team, KIPP King Collegiate High, Principal Kate Belden, Assistant Principal Brittany Mounger, Education Pioneers Analyst Fellows cohort and colleagues at Education Pioneers, KIPP Bay Area Schools, KIPP Foundation and Oakland Unified School District and Dan, Elizabeth and the whole crew at Tonic in Russian Hill, our annual guest bar fundraiser host.

So wonderful to surpass our bar fundraiser goals all thanks to the support of friends and colleagues Preetesh Bengali, Karen Booth, Andrew Brenta, Bob Burbach, Patrick Chang, Jing-ta Chow, Candice Chung, Michelle Connolly, Jin Daikoku, Amy Fallon, Han Hong, Hilary Hulse, Amir Jina, Maria Krautner, Katherine Harrison, Daniel Hunnicutt, Casey Ho, Andrew Gallo, Reggie Gore, David Lai, Jennifer Lau, Kate Lewis-Lamonica, Brian Macias, Frank Nakamura, Stanze Quezada, Danielle Rabkin, Prabhu Reddy, Emily Roskey, Andrew Schumann, Brian Shum, David Song, Coral Taylor, Tyler Thornton, Dan, Ally Thurman, Linda Trinh, Wendy Tsu and colleagues from Deloitte, Kavita Patel and classmates from Haas School of Business, Roxanne Phen, Michelle Poon, Teresa Velez, Melissa Yeung, and many more champions.

In addition, we are grateful for all our past donors and champions for all your support to make the Student Consultancy Program possible.

For more information about our program, volunteering time to conduct practice interviews or review resumes at one of our workshops or host some students at your work, please contact us via the Student Consultancy Program website: http://www.studentconsultancyprogram.org/