Five Fair Chance alumni partners have been selected for the 2024-2025 Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Fellows Program. Since 2016, BCG has provided year-long pro bono consulting engagements to select Fair Chance alumni. These alumni are paired with a dedicated team of BCG consultants to complete a project aimed at building the organization’s capacity. Continue reading to learn more about the selected organizations and their project goals.

Academy of Hope Adult Charter School
Lecester Johnson, CEO
Program goals: Partnership in strategic planning to integrate the work of the two entities that make up Academy of Hope (the Charter School and the Foundation) to support scaling of impact.

Ascensions Psychological Services
Dr. Satira Streeter, Executive Director
Program goals: Use of social mapping to help develop a vision and strategy for growth, marketing and messaging for programming with the community, and developing fundraising strategy.

Generation Hope
Caroline Griswold Short, Vice President of Family Programming
Program goals: Market research and planning to support selection of Generation Hope’s third site for the Scholar Program, supporting Generation Hope’s continued growth as a national organization.

Raising a Village Foundation
Jaleesa Hall, Chief Executive Officer
Program goals: Development of vision and elements of strategic growth plan, business process design, business and growth strategy, resource development strategy, and talent development strategy and organizational design.

Youth Entrepreneur Institute
Tacharna Crump, Executive Director
Program goals: Development of a comprehensive fundraising strategy, policy and system development for organizational resilience, marketing and communication strategies to support stability, strategic growth, and scaling.