Michelle Obama, April 2021.
Michelle Obama, April 2021.

News & Events

Spring 2021

Announcing Posse Arts: Michelle Obama Celebrates New Posse Collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda

The Posse Foundation has launched a new arts initiative in partnership with Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Miranda Family Fund, with CalArts as the first institutional partner. Former First Lady Michelle Obama announced the program.


Dr. Irving Epstein, the interim provost, senior vice president for academic affairs, and Henry F. Fischbach professor of chemistry at Brandeis University.

Spring 2016

Brandeis Professor, Administrator Champions STEM Program

Dr. Irv Epstein helped pilot the Posse STEM Program that supports Scholars majoring in science, technology, engineering and math. The program recruits 100 Scholars from five cities per year for 10 colleges and universities.

Joshua Lewis Will Be A Senior At Texas Am University This Fall

Spring 2016

Scholar Leads as TAMU Senator, Club President

Josh Lewis, who will be a senior this fall at Texas A&M University, is a student senator, president of the Black Student Alliance Council, an ambassador for the Department of Multicultural Services, and marketing director for Aggies United.

Infor CEO Charles Phillips.

Spring 2016

Infor Expands Posse Support Nationally

Led by CEO Charles Phillips, Infor has invested heavily in Posse’s success and is currently a multicity career partner, event sponsor, and program funder.

University of Pennsylvania Dean of Admissions Eric Furda.

Spring 2016

Power of Language Examined at PossePlus Retreats

Close to 5,000 students and administrators from 50 colleges and universities convened at PossePlus Retreats titled “Sticks + Stones: Language and Speech in a Diverse Society.”

The George Washington University President Steven Knapp.

Fall 2015

GW & Notre Dame Partner with Posse

This fall, The George Washington University is recruiting its first Posse from Atlanta, and the University of Notre Dame is selecting its first Posse from New Orleans.

Fall 2015

Vanderbilt Alum Wins Ainslie Achievement Award

Posse alumna Mia Howard, the founder and executive director of Intrepid College Prep Charter School in Nashville, Tennessee, is the 2015 winner of Posse’s Ainslie Alumni Achievement Award in recognition of her commitment to providing deserving youn

Fall 2015

Middlebury SVP Oversees Program Expansion

​Michael Schoenfeld, the senior vice president and chief philanthropic advisor at Middlebury College, helped establish a partnership that now includes 17 Posses from New York, four from Chicago, and the first STEM Posse from Los Angeles.

Fall 2015

MGM President Champions Diverse Storytelling

​Jonathan Glickman, the president of the Motion Picture Group for MGM Studios and a member of Posse’s national board, has built his more than 20-year career guided by a passion for storytelling and creative collaboration.

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