LADDERS FOR LEADERSLADDERS FOR LEADERS

Ladders for Leaders is a nationally recognizedprogram that offers outstanding high school andcollege students the opportunity to participate inpaid professional summer internships withleading corporations, non-profit organizationsand government agencies in New York City. Theprogram has been cited by the U.S. Chamber ofCommerce Foundation and the Center for UrbanFuture as a model program for connectingqualified youth to professional internships

PROGRAM STRUCTUREOpen to high achieving NYC students16-22 years old

Thirty hours advanced pre-employmenttraining to prepare youth for interviewswith prospective employers

Up to six weeks of professionalemployer-paid internship andeducational experience

Five Program Partners: Central QueensYM & YWHA, Chinese-AmericanPlanning Council, FedcapRehabilitation Services, ResearchFoundation CUNY – LaGuardiaCommunity College, and Network forTeaching Entrepreneurship.

Providing Opportunitiesfor Tomorrow's Leaders

Online worksiteapplication system

created

2013The program was

contracted out to fourCommunity Partners:CQY, Fedcap, CPCand LaGuardia.

PROGRAM HISTORY

2015Partnership with Citi Foundation

which resulted in enhancedFinancial Empowerment

Program for youth and anincreased number of

oppotunities for Ladders.

Launch of two pilotprograms- CAPITAL

and GirlsReach

2014

2006Pilot programs mergedto create NYC Ladders

for Leaders

2008183 participants and 63

unique employersparticipated in the program

200920102012

2007

American Airlines awarded eightLadders participants with Round-Trip Airfare to visit the prospectivecolleges of their choice outside ofthe New York metropolitan area.

Free checkingaccounts offered to

participants 18+

A record breaking 1,035participants and 191 unique

employers. Launch of the Center forYouth Employment to support youth

employment initiatives in NYC,including Ladders for Leaders.

FACTS AND FIGURES

FAST FACTS

1,035 PARTICIPANTS, COMPARED TO 475 IN 201435% OF YOUTH RECEIVED AN OFFER TO CONTINUEEMPLOYMENT AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM

94% OF INTERNS RATED THEIR PROGRAM EXPERIENCEAS POSITIVE

SALARIES RANGED FROM $8.75- $24.00 PER HOUR

PARTICIPANTS WORKSITES

INDUSTRIES TECH SECTOR INTERNSHIPS

1,035

203

191

16APPLICANTS

2,787COMMUNITY PARTNERS

5

HISTORICAL ENROLLMENT

ENROLLMENT BREAKDOWN

ENROLLMENT BREAKDOWN

MALE 34%

FEMALE66%

ENROLLMENT BREAKDOWN

TOTAL EMPLOYERS

INTERNSHIP SECTOR BREAKDOWN

NON-PROFIT 34

PUBLIC 29

PRIVATE128

EMPLOYER HIGHLIGHTSTECHNOLOGY

AOLPANDORA MEDIDATA

A record number of 203 participants were placed in thetech sector

BANK OF AMERICA JP MORGAN

AMALGAMATED BANK

96 participants were placed in internships in thefinance sector

FINANCE

government

29 City agencies and elected officials served as worksites for atotal of 289 city youth.

NYC OFFICE OF CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER NYC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONNYC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE

NON-PROFIT

114 students were placed in internships in the non-profit sector

AMERICAN ITALIAN CANCER FOUNDATIONDRESS FOR SUCCESS

THE LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY

35percent of youth received an

offer to continue employmentat the end of the program

94percent rated their overallexperience participating in

the program as positive

95percent rated their overall

experience at their internshipsites positive

58percent were the first in their

families to graduate from highschool or to attend college

94percent said they are motivated topursue a college degree as a result

of participating in the program

75percent felt “Professionalism”was the most useful thing theylearned during their internship

2015 PARTICIPANT SURVEY RESULTS

9798percent would like to

participate in the programagain

98percent rated working withNYC Ladders for Leaders

interns as positive

98percent were able to integrate NYC

Ladders for Leaders interns intothe workplace without disruptions

97

percent said the NYC Ladders forLeaders resume pool met their

company’s internship needs

95percent believed NYC Ladders forLeaders interns were sufficiently

prepared for the workplace.

percent reported intern productivityas above average.

2015 EMPLOYER SURVEY RESULTS

PARTICIPANTS' WORDS

Edward Fong

Networking SummerExperience Future Gratitude

"During my six weeks as a16-year-old intern on Wall

Street, I attended aninteractive seminar at

Wunderman. This seminarallowed some candidatesfrom Ladders for Leadersto network with people

within the company. Beingthat I want to go into

marketing, this was theperfect opportunity for

me."

"Through Ladders forLeaders internship,I've truly becomewell-rounded as amember of society

and have significantlyexpanded my

capabilities as anaspiring software

developer."

”My summer workexperience was

very enlighteningand taught me a

lot about myself. Igot a real glance

into corporateAmerica and feel a

lot closer to myfuture now.”

Kerri ShekAniyah Smith

"I am very gratefulfor an opportunity

to explore myoptions, intern, and

develop as aprofessional

because no otherprogram provides

all thoseopportunities."

Kseniya KosminaLadders Intern at Catalyst

Ladders Intern at Chief MedicalExaminer's Office Ladders Intern at Everyday Health Ladders Intern at Shark Branding

EMPLOYERS' WORDS

Nancy Rhodes

Partnership SummerExperience Mentorship

"I worked with Laddersfor Leaders and the teamwas great. Everyone wasgood with follow up andmeeting deadlines. Wehad a very successful

partnership whichresulted in Summer

Internships for over 20Ladders for Leaders

youth."

Our Ladders intern wasoutstanding in every way--

-professional, withexcellent skills,

dependable, creative andmeticulous in her work.We have hired her to

continue working with ourcompany.”

”Having Ladders internshelped our team workwith young minds, andgave some of our teammembers experience ofbeing mentors! Interns

helped us got lot ofwork done in the crunch

time.”

Neuberger Berman wasthrilled to welcome two

Ladders for Leadersinterns into our summerprogram this year. Each

not only added greatvalue to the businesses inwhich they were placed,

but also to the quality andenergy of our broader

intern class.

Katie Hopkins Arpit Khemka Elizabeth Cribbs

Quality

Campus RecruiterAOL + Huffington Post

Artistic DirectorEncompass New Opera Theatre

CTOSimpleTherapy Inc.

Head of Corporate Social ResponsibilityNeuberger Berman

2015 SUCCESS STORIES

Sunny Chan Hired by Amalgamated Bank

Edwin Dejesus Hired by Young & Rubicam

Kseniya KosminaProvost Scholar at Zicklin School of Business

Rossany Duran Hired by Amalgamated Bank

Antara Khan Hired by DYCD's Information Technology Unit

Hooria Harriman Hired by Amalgamated Bank

WHERE ARE OUR ALUMNI NOW?

2015 LADDERS IN PICTURES