John White Co-Founds His Own Nonprofit: Propel America
On June 06, 2018, Louisiana state superintendent John White filed this business registration in order to co-found his own nonprofit, Propel America (EIN 83-1867782), with former Camden, NJ, superintendent, Paymon Rouhanifard.
White mentions himself as a Propel America “officer” on his 2018 Louisiana ethics disclosure form.
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Both Rouhanifard and White are Teach for America (TFA) alumni, and both were officials at the New York Department of Education (White, from 2006 to 2011, and Rouhanifard, from 2009 to 2012).
In April 2018, Rouhanifard resigned as Camden’s superintendent effective June 30, 2018; according to his Linkedin bio, he then became a Walton Family Foundation “entrepreneur in residence.”
The point of White’s and Rouhanifard’s Propel America nonprofit is “supporting high school students transition to career”:
Propel America connects employers, high schools, training providers, industry-experienced mentors and technology in a scalable, low-cost system of skill-building, job training and placement that engages young adults at the critical transition between high school and post-secondary life.Propel America is not a program operated in certain sites by one non-CONTINUE READING: John White Co-Founds His Own Nonprofit: Propel America | deutsch29