We are excited to start the New Year but want to first share the awesome results from the past year. In 2015, Winning Futures provided 25,409 hours of service to a total of 1,929 students. This was an increase of 4,100 hours from 2014! These are amazing numbers and we … Read More »
Winning Futures was chosen as a WXYZ Detroit 2020 Award Recipient. Detroit 2020 is a WXYZ commitment to address the challenges facing the region. Their goal is to unify, inspire change and help make Detroit a better place to live, work and raise families. We were selected because Winning Futures … Read More »
Winning Futures is excited to welcome another new member to the Board of Directors, Shawn Stafford. Shawn was born and raised in Detroit, and graduated from Michigan State University in 1995. He started his corporate career at Chrysler Corporation while he earned his MBA from the University of Detroit. He … Read More »
The Winning Future’ Board of Directors has recently gained another new member, Olga Alavanou. Olga is the Executive Vice President at Yazaki North America, a tier one automotive supplier of electrical distribution systems, instrumentation and electronics. Olga is responsible for Yazaki’s GM, Ford and Fiat-Chrysler business units. She helps to … Read More »
We are excited to welcome another new board member, Shawn Coyle. Shawn is currently the Vice President of Retail Network Solutions Sales North America at MSX International in Detroit, MI and has been with MSX since 2013. He has extensive experience in automotive operations, business development, and sales. These skills … Read More »
We would like to kindly welcome one of the newest members of the Winning Futures’ Board of Directors, Alma Guajardo-Crossley. Alma is the Director of Corporate Diversity at General Motors. She spends her days tracking the internal and external diversity goals of the company while also ensuring that General Motors … Read More »
Forbes released an article that was based off a study conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) that focused on the skills employers are currently looking for. 260 hiring manager were what skills they prioritize and search for when recruiting and hiring recent graduates. For started the … Read More »
We are happy to announce our four Mentoring Champions! They are General Motors, Kelly Services, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and Lear Corporation. In order to qualify as a mentoring champion, a company must have at least five mentors currently serving at any of the seven schools. Thank you so much for … Read More »
Our facilitators had an awesome time leading the welcoming training sessions for all mentors. It was great to welcome back returning mentors, as well as meet all our new mentors! The trainings covered a range of topics mentors can take away to use throughout the school year. This year we have 176 mentors that … Read More »
The Annual Golf for Kids Classic golf outing was a huge success. 243 golfers gathered at Indianwood Country Club to support Winning Futures. Whether people were avid golfers or golfing for the first time, everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather and course. Together we raised over $100,000 for youth programming, this … Read More »