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Alumni

Ben Sperling

Senior Associate Brand Manager, M&Ms

Mars, Inc.

Region: Metro Atlanta, '12

Ben Sperling's time in the classroom led him to create a nonprofit that brings college and career readiness to life for underserved students in Atlanta.

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OJ Oleka, PhD

Senior Sales Consultant

Conduent

Region: St. Louis, '10

Teach For America alum OJ Oleka, PhD uses his college and corps experiences to start his own consulting company and assist with B2B sales.

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Alys Seamans

Manager, Strategy and Analytics

Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Region: New Mexico, '12

Before earning her master's degree and joining Deloitte, Alys Seamans got her start at Teach For America.

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Raman Shah

Data Craftsman

Raman Shah Data Science, LLC

Region: Greater Chicago–Northwest Indiana, '06

Raman deferred a Ph.D. program in physical chemistry to teach high school math. He shared his love of math with students by establishing a calculus program and motivating them to pursue STEM degrees. 

As an independent consultant, Raman works with organizations to improve their operations. His corps experience increased his desire to use his technical ability to improve things for less fortunate people.

Pamela L. Carter

Retired President of Cummins Distribution Inc. and Former Attorney General, State of Indiana

Pamela Carter served as President of Distribution Business Unit at Cummins, Inc. from 2007 until her retirement in May 2015. Prior to joining Cummins, she had a distinguished legal and political career, including serving as Attorney General for the State of Indiana from 1993 to 1997.

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Kyle Bender

Associate Director, Global Marketing - Oncology

Eli Lilly and Company

Region: Indianapolis, '12

Kyle Bender is a 2012 TFA Indy alumnus and marketing executive at Eli Lilly and Company. He is passionate about the impact firms can have in their local communities. 

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Kamaria Swan

Marketing copywriter

Region: Houston, '13

The opportunities after Teach For America are endless. For Kamaria Swan (Houston ’13), the next steps were clear. She leveraged her writing skills to become a copywriter for a higher education company and is currently working on a book spotlighting characters of color.

 

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Rachel Vicente

CEO and founder

Rachel Vicente Consulting

Region: Greater Chicago–Northwest Indiana, '12

Rachel Vicente, a Teach For America Chicago-Northwest Indiana ‘12 alum, is the founder of her own leadership consulting firm. She leverages her past learnings from TFA coaches as a foundation to lead people to success today.

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Ray’Chel Wilson

CEO and CFEI®

Raise the Bar Investments and ForOurLastNames

From teacher to financial consultant, Ray’Chel Wilson (Greater Tulsa ’19) is helping young adults and marginalized peoples break generational poverty by healing financial traumas and making smart money moves.

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Lauren Boswell

Director of Entrepreneurship

The Metropolitan Business League

Region: D.C. & Virginia, '10

Lauren's corps experience helped shape career trajectory as a community-focused business leader.