Student Stories
Meet Hannah: Neither of My Parents Went to College
Neither of my parents went to college. My dad pretty much worked his fingers to the bone making a life for me and my siblings. But in the last month […]
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Student Stories
Meet Giovanni: Overcoming Roadblocks to Get to College
Coming from Haiti, my family was not familiar with things like FAFSA or college applications. With the help of College Summit, I began the college application process – but then hit a large roadblock. When I took my first application home to my grandmother, she told me the devastating truth that I was undocumented.
Leadership Bio
Keith Frome, Co-founder
Keith is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School (M.T.S., religion and education), and Columbia University (Ed.D., philosophy and education). In 1993, while teaching writing at Harvard College, he helped J.B. Schramm create and run a weekend college admissions workshop that became the noteworthy College...
Leadership Bio
Jo Smith, President and Chief Operating Officer
As President and COO, Jo is leading the transformation of PeerForward operations to ensure long term sustainability and scalability. Since joining PeerForward in 2005, she has created an IT infrastructure […]
Leadership Bio
Sean Murray, Vice President of Partnerships and Marketing
Sean Murray oversees PeerForward’s efforts to expand school and district partnerships and the branding and messaging necessary to communicate the unique value of the program. Sean began working with PeerForward […]
Leadership Bio
Derek Canty, Co-founder
As a co-founder of PeerForward, Derek co-developed the in-school youth development tools and created the “Rap” motivational component of the organization’s summer workshop. He also helped spearhead the launch to […]
Leadership Bio
J.B. Schramm, Founder
J.B. is the founder of PeerForward and was its first CEO. Now, he is a managing partner of the Learn to Earn fund at New Profit, a venture philanthropy and […]