The summary provides an overview of Open Avenues Foundation's 2019 annual report. It discusses the organization's efforts to inspire inclusive communities and upward mobility. Key highlights include over 500 people attending events, 150 stakeholder meetings, formal partnerships with 3 universities, 7 startup companies participating in programming, and 23 students participating in experiential learning projects led by foreign nationals. The report outlines 2019 objectives of establishing the brand, building programming, and operationalizing. It discusses accomplishments within each objective and looks ahead to 2020 strategies of expanding visibility, programming, and ensuring stability.
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Collaboration between EDA's and WIB's requires a paradigm shift. Traditionally economic development organizations were charged with attracting business -typically industrial firms - while workforce development organizations played a more transactional role of training and job match-making. Their tools, strategies and resources have been vastly different from each other and sometimes even at odds. But that is now changing. Several communities have successfully brought together economic development and workforce development organizations by aligning goals and simultaneously strengthening the economic eco-system.
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Some best practices in economic development and workforce development collabo...Colleen LaRose
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The driving force behind this convergence is the realization that a talented labor supply is key to the economic prosperity of the community. Site selectors report a talented workers trump all other considerations fro businesses locating to a new area. Similarly a steady stream of talented employees can help retain and expand strong industries and clusters.
Building this pipeline of workers requires input on future needs of companies from economic development as well as input from workforce development on where to find and train the workers for these future opportunities.
This webinar will highlight several regions in the country, urban and rural where they are making this work.
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Paul Raetsch
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Administration (retired)
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- Reaching audiences beyond the industry.
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1. 2019
Annual
Report
Prepared by Danielle Goldman, Executive Director and Mariellen Jewers, Vice President
Approved by Jeff Goldman, President, Board of Directors
2. Letter from the President
Dear Friends,
The global flow of ideas and skills are critical to the growth, strength, and competitiveness of the
United States. In the world we live in today, it is increasingly important to do all we can to
demonstrate the economic and social value of diverse populations in American society. With these
thoughts in mind, we are excited to share with you Open Avenues Foundation's 2019 Annual
Report of our efforts to inspire inclusive communities and the upward mobility of all people.
In 2019 we learned an incredible amount from our meetings with nonprofit organizations, local
businesses, individuals and universities who lent their time and insight to us. We partnered with
Boston-based and national organizations to host informational seminars and events that celebrated
the contributions of foreign talent in Boston. We launched our Next-Gen Talent Catalyst program to
bring top global experts in business, science, technology, engineering and math to lead
experiential learning projects with American college students. Through real-world, hands-on
projects our Experts-in-Residence are teaching critical skills to students at our partner universities in
Massachusetts and helping to build the future STEM workforce.
As we build on our 2019 accomplishments, we remain dedicated to elevating diverse talent from
around the world who are moving the lives of all Americans forward. We appreciate your support,
guidance and collaboration in making our 2019 goals a reality and reaching even farther in 2020.
Onward,
Jeff Goldman
Board President, Open Avenues Foundation
ANNUAL REPORT / PAGE 2
3. Our Approach
We elevate the social, economic, and cultural contributions of diverse
populations in the United States.
We empower foreign nationals and immigrants to lead programs that
improve economic and educational outcomes for American citizens.
We engage communities and institutions to create environments where
global talent succeeds and advances the lives of others.
Who We Are
ANNUAL REPORT / PAGE 3
4. Highlights
500+ registered participants to Open Avenues Foundation
events and seminars
150+ stakeholder meetings and introductions
Connected with 11 universities and formalized partnerships with
three
Seven startup companies contracted to participate in
programming
23 students participated in real-world STEM/Business projects
125+ hours dedicated to experiential learning by our foreign
national Experts-in-Residence
Accepted into the Babson WIN Lab Accelerator program to help
scale and build networks
ANNUAL REPORT / PAGE 4
2019 Objectives
E S T A B L I S H T H E B R A N D1 .
Introduce Open Avenues Foundation as a thought leader in
the immigration space.
2 . B U I L D P R O G R A M M I N G
Create opportunities for global talent to improve educational
outcomes for American students.
3 . O P E R A T I O N A L I Z E
Building business operations and model to ensure long-term,
sustainable impact.
5. Introducing Open
Avenues Foundation as a
thought leader.
Goal:RaiseOAFprofileandvisibilityamongkeyconstituencies.
Hosted four seminars with quality information about immigration options at CIC, Venture
Lane, Greentown Labs, and Accel Hub
Partnered with New American Economy-- a national, bipartisan research and advocacy
organization-- to launch a festival and panel at HubWeek 2019
500+ registrants at Open Avenues Foundation hosted events
150+ meetings with relevant government, university, company, and non-profit stakeholders
This year, we focused on introducing Open Avenues Foundation as a new leader in the
immigration, non-profit, and startup ecosystems in Boston. Through events that celebrated the
contributions of foreign talent in Boston, seminars that provided quality immigration
information, and meetings with potential partners and allies, we successfully established
recognition for Open Avenues Foundation in Boston.
ANNUAL REPORT / PAGE 5
6. Creating opportunities for
global talent to improve
educational outcomes for
American students.
Goal:LaunchtheNext-GenTalentCatalyst (NGTC)Program
Connected with 11 universities and formalized partnerships with Benjamin Franklin Institute of
Technology, Merrimack College, and Worcester State University
23 students participated in real-world STEM/Business projects
125+ hours dedicated to experiential learning by our foreign national Experts-in-Residence
Contracted with 7 startup companies to participate in our programming
Partnered with Stack Education to bring experiential learning projects to their Web
Development and Coding Bootcamps at universities across Massachusetts
We launched the NGTC program to bring top foreign talent from high-growth companies to lead
experiential learning projects at universities in Boston. Through this program, our Experts-in-
Residence lead students in real-world STEM/Business projects that will improve career outcomes for
American students.
ANNUAL REPORT / PAGE 6
"BFIT and Open Avenues Foundation
have a shared goal for preparing students
for success both to enter positions in
STEM and to grow in their careers."
- Jeff Van Dreason
Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
7. Next-Gen Talent Catalyst
Introducing computer science with the Raspberry Pi.
First-year computer science students from Benjamin Franklin
Institute of Technology worked in teams as junior programmers in
python. The Open Avenues Foundation experiential learning
seminar introduced students to Rasperry Pi computers and
concluded with a visit to InsightSquared, where hiring managers
and HR professionals shared tips for job searching and
interviewing.
OAF Expert-in-Residence
Maja Szymanska, Software Developmer
Country of Origin: Poland
Developing web applications for 3-D Printers.
Open Avenues Foundation and OPT Industries Inc. challenged
students in the Stack Education Web Development Bootcamp at
Worcester State University to create a user-friendly way for clients
to get online quotes for 3-D printing jobs. Students used Javascript
and Three.js to create graphical animations, PDF exporting and
price calculations and presented their products for OPT Industries
representatives.
"[Maja] does a great job of explaining and demonstrating. I know
how to use the Raspberry-Pi and what some of its features are. It
was a fun learning experience, highly recommended for all students."
-STUDENTS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
"The Open Avenues Foundation project was the best thing I
have for my resume because we built this for actual usage for
a growing startup company."
-STUDENT, WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY
OAF Expert-in-Residence
Jannik Rolf Peters, Mechanical Engineer
Country of Origin: Germany
8. Building a business model
to ensure long-term impact.
Goal:Developoperationalmodelandrevenuestream.
Applied for $45,000 in new grant funding and continued to receive substantial inkind contributions
and donations
Accepted into the Babson WIN Lab Accelerator program to help scale and build networks
Invited two new Board Members: Leia Ruseva and Sarah Abramson
iIn 2019, we focused on setting up Open Avenues Foundation for long-term success and sustainable
impact. Internally, focused on ensuring our team was strong, supported and motivated to build and
ignite social change. Externally, we launched programs and built relationships to secure funding that
would enable our success in the future.
ANNUAL REPORT / PAGE 8
Leia Ruseva
Co-Founder, EllisX
Leia Ruseva is the co-founder of EllisX, a startup that connects startups with visibility opportunities. EllisX was inspired by
a side project Leia started in order to help change the narrative around immigration in the US by providing visibility for
immigrant entrepreneurs. This led her to discover that traditional PR doesn't work for startups, and she set out to create
a new market category - visibility-as-a-service. Leia started her career as an early employee at two different Boston
startups (#5 and #3, respectively), before becoming the first business development hire at a mid-sized tech company.
There, she built the business development program from the ground up, creating a pipeline of $9 million, and led strategic
initiatives across marketing, sales operations and sales enablement.
Sarah Abramson
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Impact, Combined Jewish Philanthropies
Sarah Abramson, PhD, is the Senior Vice President for Strategy and Impact at Combined Jewish Philanthropies,
Massachusetts largest non profit. In her role, Sarah oversees the distribution of grants totaling over $55 million dollars
into our local Boston Jewish and secular communities, Israel and across the world. She is responsible for the collective
impact strategic ventures undertaken by CJP, including ground breaking anti-poverty work which has helped move 91% of
clients towards self sufficiency across the Jewish community, as well as critical immigration legal support designed by
CJP with Catholic Charities and refugee economic advancement work done with Jewish Vocational Service. Prior to her
work at CJP, Sarah was the Executive Director of Yad Chessed (Hand of Loving Kindness), a cash assistance organization.
Sarah graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in Religious Studies and has a certificate in Non Profit
Management and Leadership from Boston Univeristy; she also holds a masters in Gender and Public Policy, and a PhD in
Sociology from the London School of Economics.
9. Looking Ahead:
2020 Strategy
In 2020, we plan to expand our team and increase capacity to scale our existing
programming efforts, as well as launch new initiatives within our focus areas (see "Our
Approach" on page 3). Everything we build will aim to change the narrative about
immigrants in the United States and improve outcomes for all Americans along the way.
We plan to focus next year on building:
1. Visibility and recognition of Open Avenues Foundation and our work
2. New programming for foreign talent to succeed and advance society
3. Models and resources to ensure financial and organizational stability
ANNUAL REPORT / PAGE 9
11. Thank you for your
support!
We are grateful for your engagement,
contributions, and partnership in 2019.
A special thank you to the Gui Family, who
heard our early vision and are steadfast
champions of our work. Their support
exemplifies the social impact that foreign
nationals drive in the United States.
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