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Creating career paths for underserved young adults in Atlanta
Belinda Stubblefield (MBA 1989) is executive director of Year Up Atlanta, a nonprofit program founded by Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) that prepares students for success in professional careers and higher education.
“We’re turning lives around—not just our students’, but their families’ as well,” says Stubblefield, who was named Woman of the Year 2014 by the Atlanta Business League.
Stubblefield said her work at Year Up Atlanta, which began in 2013, uses all aspects of her past work experience in marketing, diversity, entrepreneurship, and customer service.
One hundred and seventy students participate annually in the program, which offers hands-on skills development, corporate internships, and college credits. Within four months of completing Year Up, 85 percent of the participants will work full time earning at least $16 an hour, or attend college full time.
“These students don’t have people in their lives to help them learn,” Stubblefield says. “But we’re not just philanthropy. We’re strengthening the pipeline of talent.”
(Published December 2014)
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