CLEA BARTH MetLife

DON CHRISTIAN PwC

JOYCE COOPER Omaha Public Power District

DWIGHT D. DENEAL U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

CHRISTIE DOHERTY Trinity Partners

TIFFANY EUBANKS-SAUNDERS Bank of America Corporation

JEANNIE FINKEL (BOARD SECRETARY) Cydcor

CHRIS FOSTER Burson-Marsteller

JIM GIRARD Harris Corporation

GREG GOMEZ Badger Meter, Inc.

FOREST T. HARPER, JR. INROADS, Inc.

YVETTE HOLLINGSWORTH-CLARK Wells Fargo & Company

ANA MORENO KOPF Shell Oil Company

KELLEY JOHNSON Kelley Johnson Enterprises LLC

FRANK R. LLOYD, PH.D. SMU Cox School of Business

ROBERT McCALL

MELONIE PARKER Sandia National Laboratories

JEFFERY PERRY (BOARD CHAIR EMERITUS) EY

WILLIAM QUEEN Travelers Ocean Marine

ANGELA SPENCER-JAMES EY

CESAR D. VILLALPANDO Kaiser Permanente

NADIA VILLENEUVE United Technologies

MACHELLE WILLIAMS Volkswagen Group of America

BARRON WITHERSPOON (Board Chair) Procter & Gamble

MICHAEL L. ZIMMER (Board Vice Chair) Xerox Corporation

Celebrating Excellence in Leadership GalaWednesday, May 10, 20176:30 PM – Gala Reception, Dinner and Program (Black Tie)Hyatt Regency Washington 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001Support leadership and career development programs for underserved youth who are often minority and first generation college students.

NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOREST T. HARPER, JR., CEO OF INROADS, INC.

Visit INROADS.org/FoundersDay2017 for more information.

PRESENTING SPONSOR: $100,000• Corporate name included in Founder’s Day title as presenting sponsor• Premiere gala seating for three tables of 10• Thirty reception invitations• On-stage speaking opportunity• Full-page advertisement in the benefit program; choice of placement*• Prominent placement of corporate logo on all print materials• Prominent placement of corporate logo on all digital marketing materials• Logo listing and recognition on INROADS website• Listing in Annual Report

NATIONAL SPONSOR: $50,000 • Premiere gala seating for two tables of 10 • Twenty reception invitations• On-stage speaking opportunity• Full-page advertisement in the benefit program; choice of placement*• Prominent placement of corporate logo on all print materials• Logo listing and recognition on all digital marketing materials• Logo listing and recognition on INROADS website• Listing in Annual Report

HOST COMMITTEE SPONSOR: $25,000• Gala seating for one table of 10 • Ten reception invitations• Half-page advertisement in the benefit program* • Corporate logo on all print marketing materials*• Logo listing and recognition on all digital marketing materials• Logo listing and recognition on INROADS website• Listing in Annual Report

LEADERSHIP SPONSOR: $10,000• Gala seating for one table of 10 • Ten reception invitations• Half-page advertisement in the benefit program* • Logo listing and recognition on all digital marketing materials• Listing in Annual Report

EDUCATION SPONSOR: $5,000• Gala seating for five guests • Five reception invitations • Quarter-page advertisement in the benefit program* • Listing in Annual Report

INDIVIDUAL SPONSOR: $250• Gala seating for one guest• One reception invitation

*Pending print deadlines. Deadline for listing in the benefit program journal: February 15, 2017.

For more information, please contact our development team: Geri Reinhart at (240) 235–5048 or greinhart@lassiterassociates.org or Development Manager at (314) 655–1543 or Gifts@INROADS.org.

INROADS, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop and place talented underserved youth in business and industry, and prepare them for corporate and community leadership. Federal Tax ID number: 62-0967197.

BENEFITS OF SPONSORSHIP

Make a difference!

Your sponsorship of the INROADS 6th Annual Founder’s Day benefit will help hard working high school and college students receive leadership training, coaching, mentoring, and opportunities for paid corporate internships.

Our goal is to raise $400,000. Every contribution helps to transform the lives, communities, and careers of over 4,000 youth across the country.

INROADS U.S. REGIONAL OFFICES AND THE MARKETS SERVED:

Great Lakes Region Serving Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Columbus and Metropolitan Detroit

Mid-Atlantic Region Serving Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Richmond and Washington, DC

Midwest Region Serving Kansas City, St. Louis, Minnesota and Nebraska/W. Iowa

New England Region Serving Boston, Hartford and Stamford

New York/New Jersey Region Serving Central and Northern New Jersey, New York City, Long Island and Upstate NY (Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse)

Pacific Region Serving Oakland, Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles

Rocky Mountain Region Serving Colorado, New Mexico, Phoenix/Scottsdale and Utah

South Central Region Serving Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas

Southeast / Florida Region Serving Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, Durham, Jackson, Memphis, Nashville, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando and Tampa

INROADS, INC. · 10 South Broadway, Suite 300, St. Louis, MO 63102–1734 · INROADS.org · (314) 655-1543

NATIONAL SPONSOR:

Celebrating ExcellenceINROADS MISSION IS TO DEVELOP AND PLACE TALENTED UNDERSERVED YOUTH IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, AND PREPARE THEM FOR CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP.

Despite many initiatives to support diversity, individuals

from underserved groups still lag behind in education and

career and leadership opportunities in Corporate America.

Today, people of color make up only 12.1% and women

only 20.9% of Fortune 100 executive teams.

Why does this matter? Until these statistics improve, women

and people of color will not experience full economic vitality

for themselves or for their communities.

And ultimately, many of our young people today will be

left behind.

INROADS is working to change this picture for the better.

Through research-guided programs, INROADS supports

the country’s underserved, talented students, providing

access to high-quality leadership development, as well as

college and career-readiness preparation. Students learn

from hands-on career exploration and immersion,

personal coaching, mentorship, and community service.

From its founding in 1970 in business executive

Frank C. Carr’s home city of Chicago, INROADS has

grown into a nationally recognized 501 (c) (3) nonprofit,

impacting the lives of over 154,000 youth.

CORE PROGRAMS

INROADS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING MODEL PROVIDES INTENSIVE AND YEAR-ROUND SUPPORT.

College Links · Seeks to improve

educational outcomes for underserved

ninth through twelfth graders.

College Leadership Development and Internship Program · Secures

paid corporate internships for

1,500 students each year.

Learning Summit · Is a three-

day intensive “boot camp” for job

readiness, where students sharpen

their skills in critical thinking and

problem solving, and learn ways to

handle values and ethics issues.

Frank C. Carr National Day of Service · Brings together thousands

of INROADS interns and alumni

from across the country each year

to participate in student-led service

projects, such as cleaning up neglected

communities or feeding and helping

people who are homeless. Students

are shaped by the experience and they

learn that service is a very important

component in leadership development.

INROADS IMPACT

Exposure · Each year, 5,000 high school and college students receive some form

of corporate/professional work-place exposure, including corporate visits and

experiential learning opportunities.

High School and College Completion · Each year, thousands of students receive

academic support, coaching, scholarships or paid internships that enable them to

persist in and complete high school and college.

Development and Training · Each year, thousands of students develop important

college- and job-readiness “soft skills” through INROADS’ leadership development,

training, coaching and mentoring model.

INROADS engages more than 5,000 students each year and places 1,500 in paid internships at over 200 companies.

80%

100%

82%

OF INROADS’ STUDENTS ARE “FIRST GENERATION” — THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO ATTEND COLLEGE.

OF INROADS’ 2015 GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WERE ACCEPTED INTO COLLEGE.

OF INROADS’ 2015 GRADUATING COLLEGE SENIORS ACCEPTED OFFERS FROM THEIR SPONSORING COMPANIES.

“I participated in INROADS pre-college component and college internship program. My experience was great. I contributed to my internship company while creating a foundation for my future.”

JEFFERY PERRY, INROADS Alumnus, Global Client Service Partner, Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young (EY)

INROADS Founder, Frank C. Carr

“College Links taught me how to be a better leader and

communicator.”

CHAZZ POWELL College Links Alumna,

Studying Finance and Chinese at Washington University

in St. Louis