Los Angeles

To date, Los Angeles Scholars have won $294.8 million scholarship dollars from Los Angeles partner colleges and universities.

History

In order to make Posse a national movement, we knew it had to expand to the west coast. Thanks to the generosity of The Goldman Sachs Foundation, we were excited to launch Posse’s first Pacific coast site in Los Angeles, where it continues to thrive today.

Posse is grateful to the teachers, counselors and community leaders of Los Angeles, who help us identify incredible high school students. We especially thank our partner colleges and universities for their investments in the program and belief in the promise of Posse Scholars.

Posse Los Angeles Staff

Nikki Kealalio, Director
Jennifer Arias, Program Coordinator
Nia Cathcart, Trainer
Maricela Lorenzo Cruz, Trainer
Paulina Flores, Development Director
Nayeli Gallardo, Trainer
Miranda Hall, Career Program Specialist
Samuel Keeney, Assistant to the Director
Nathalie Lopez, Development Officer
Cynthia Ramirez, Program Director
Kayla Schwartz, Trainer
Allanah Smith, Trainer
Rafael Solis-Segura, Trainer
Raúl Soto, Career Program Specialist
Tristan Thompson, Program Director
Jasmin Turcios, Trainer
Bryan Vazquez, Program Coordinator
Jonathan Wanless, Trainer

Los Angeles Advisory Board

Susan Goldsmith, Principal, Monitor Deloitte, Advisory Board Chair

Eric Beckman, Chairman and Managing Partner, Breakwater Investment Management, LP
David W. Bonnette, Managing Director, Vista Equity Partners
Christopher Carr, University of Southern California Posse Alum (Los Angeles); Global EHS Manager, TikTok USDS
Alexis J. Cotton, Product Design Lead, Meta; University of Southern California Posse Alumna (New York)
Derek Cotton, Manager, Talent Acquisition, Capital Group
Jaime Cuevas, Founder, JAYO Capital; President, Talon Management Group
Patrick Fu, Managing Partner & CIO, Dandelion Capital Management
Marty Hodgett, Office Managing Director of Southern California, Accenture
Lee Hutter, Chief Executive Officer, Curated Wealth Partners
Bindiya Khurana, Partner, KPMG US
Matthew Laycock, Partner, Aurora Capital Partners
Tristen Luvert, Pomona College Posse Alum (Chicago); Product Manager / Technology Consultant, PwC
Celia Ramos, Consultant; former Market Leader, CFO&EV Practice, Accenture
Damon Richardson, Vice President, Global Tax, Google
Naseem Sagati Aghili, Partner, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Ares Management
Jill Schecter, Attorney
Eric Schiffer, Managing Partner, Gratitude Ventures, LLC; Co-Managing Partner, Au Zone Investments; Former CEO, 99¢ Only Stores
Greg Skalaski, Executive Vice President, Shawmut Design and Construction
Adam Stewart, VP, Consumer, Government & Entertainment, Google
Farah Sutton, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Riot Games; University of Wisconsin Posse Alumna (Chicago)
Sulman Usman, Co-Founder, Adaptive Green; Vanderbilt University Posse Alumnus (New York)