Sean Vereen Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Chief Executive Officer for 21-year-old college and workforce pipeline program focusing on educationally underserved youth that currently serves over 2,500 students. • Oversees staff of 24 full time employees and 100 part-time staff • Fundraise $3.8 million dollar budget (up from $1.2 million in 2012)• Coordinate 20 member Board of Directors and Board Committees• Supervises Management Team comprised of Vice President of Programs, Chief Operations Officer, Director of Development• Accomplishments: o Steppingstone has increased the number of students served by 300% over 5-year period o Increased endowment by $2.1 million through endowment campaign. Endowment will be 3.7 million by 2019 (was 1.4 million in 2016) o Secured largest foundation grants in Steppingstone Scholars history. Totaling $1.65 over the next 4 years from Lenfest Foundation, Chappell Culpeper Foundation, Hamilton Charitable Trust o Devised and Negotiated University Partnerships: - Partnered with Penn Engineering to found first of its kind STEM equity lab called Inveniam - Designed scholarship program with Temple University focused on students from North Philadelphia with pre-college courses and on campus supports: Cecil B. Moore Scholars Program - Partnerships with Temple and Drexel totaling approximately $888,398 in revenue in 2018 - 2017 – 2021 $1.7 million Subcontract to run Temple’s Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math and Science Programs - Dual Enrollment Agreements with Temple University, La Salle University, Cheney University, Community College of Philadelphia, and

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Primary developer and coordinator of strategies to identify and recruit underrepresented populations including first generation college students, low/middle socioeconomic status, and underrepresented minorities• Supervise four Admission Officers, one Admissions Counselor, one Admissions Coordinator• Oversee Opportunity and Access working consisting of nine members from across the Admissions Office• Liaison to campus-wide constituencies on issues of access and retention o Co-founder and member of Penn Pathways Working Group comprised of academic advisors from four undergraduate schools and the Vice Provost for University Life Division• Chair Admissions Selection Committees in Early and Regular Decision• Regional Director responsible for recruitment in a select geographic area and reading and reviewing 700+ applications • Oversee national and local partnerships with national local college prep organizations o QuestBridge, A Better Chance, Choctaw Nation Scholarship Advisement Program, KIPP• Posse Campus Liaison and Mentor: Coordinate on-campus program at Penn for 33 students for a national college leadership organization and act as Mentor to 11 students from Miami public school system

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Position reported to Vice Provost of Education, Dean of Admissions, Associate Vice Provost for Equity and Access• Position developed for faculty council appointed by the Provost to support and assist in the coordination of the Council’s work: o Co-Staff Director for Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) Self Study Working Group on Access and Equity o Coordinate the Council’s 10 research projects with Institutional Research and Analysis and draft summary reports and recommendations o Develop intuitional strategies to recruit and retain students from underrepresented backgrounds o Assess Penn’s pipeline of underrepresented students to graduate and professional schools and leadership in their careers o Define advising best practices and interventions for students from underrepresented backgrounds, working in conjunction with the four undergraduate schools and Vice Provost for University Life (VPUL) o Explore of possible partnerships both within the university and with external partners that enhance the University’s capacity to fulfill the above goals

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Advised 10 undergraduate students Penn's School of Arts and Sciences on their academic schedule, performance, and overall goals from their freshmen year until they determine a major

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Coordinated Reinventing DuBois’ Philadelphia Negro Project: An interdisciplinary city wide research project that will create a research initiative to focus on the heath, education, socioeconomic status of Philadelphia’s Black population• Coordinated the Center’s grant writing initiatives, including National Science Foundation proposal• Oversee the academic and research budget• Coordinated the Center’s Graduate Certificate Program and Undergraduate Major and Minor Programs.• Devised endowment case statement outlining $8,000,000 campaign and coordinated endowments efforts• Coordinated AFRC 640: Proseminar in Africana Studies. Responsible for organizing foundation course for Graduate Certificate Program with eight participating faculty members and 12 students• Advised Undergraduate and Graduate Advisory Boards• Advised 30 member Dissertation Support Group of Africana Scholars• Coordinated proposal process for creation of a Ph.D. program in Africana Studies• Staff coordinator for the Target of Opportunity Committee (responsible for diversifying the faculty in the School of Arts and Sciences)• Coordinated Center for Africana Studies’ Summer Institute (one week academic preparation program for 60 incoming students with classes taught by Penn faculty members)• Supervised two full-time staff members, three graduate students, and four work-study students

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Live in and be an active member of the Stouffer College House community• Coordinated section and house-wide academic and social programs• Supported the Faculty Master and House Dean and served as an academic resource for the community• Supported residents in all aspects of community living, including crisis and conflict management

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Member of College Access Committee that is designing Penn’s flagship college preparation program for the Philadelphia area• Designed and developed the Franklin Community (service learning and living program); designer and co-instructor for the program’s service learning course• Course coordinator for PACE (Program for Awareness and Cultural Education), a collaborative graduate level course with the Graduate School of Education• Advised Intercoalition, umbrella organization for all undergraduate minority student coalitions.• Coordinated bi-weekly staff meeting for Penn’s cultural centers, (Makuu: Black Cultural Center, Pan Asian American Community House, La Casa Latina, Greenfield Intercultural Center)• Coordinated Alliance and Understanding, a GIC student imitative that explores the historic alliance between Blacks and Jews during the Civil Rights Movement• Advised the United Minorities Council, an interracial student alliance and their 15 member organizations.• University staff representative to Pluralism Committee• Oversee $17,000 program budget.• Counseled students on variety of academic and personal issues.• Facilitated diversity training and workshops for larger Penn community.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Developed both the Center’s mission and long-term strategic plan• Member of design team for service learning course: Penn in West Philadelphia: Race, Class and Social Justice, a collaboration between Makuu and the Center for Community Partnerships.• Direct oversight of $15,000 programming budget• Responsible for designing and coordinating new events and programs for 1,100 undergraduate and graduate students of the African Diaspora• Counseled students on variety of academic and personal issues• Assisted students to identify institutional failures that effect recruitment and retention, and propose collaborative solutions• Advised the 15 student organizations of the African Diaspora and the Multicultural Intercoalition (a collection of the Latino, Asian American and African Diaspora student organizations)• Facilitated diversity training and workshops for larger Penn community

Doctor Of Education (Ed.D.), Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Bachelor'S Degree, History

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