For Immediate Release
Contact: Carrie James | Teach For America
415.271.2000 | carrie.james@teachforamerica.org
NEW YORK CITY, June 25, 2010—Teach For America announced today that Vince Roig, chairman of the board of Helios Education Foundation, has been named to its National Board of Directors.
“Vince and Helios Education Foundation have been such strong public champions and supporters of our work to expand educational opportunity in Phoenix and Miami,” said Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach For America. "We are thrilled that he is deepening his engagement with Teach For America, and know that he will provide invaluable guidance and support for our efforts to grow our impact nationally."
Prior to forming Helios Education Foundation, Roig served for more than 20 years as chairman of the board, president and CEO of Southwest Student Services Corporation, a full-service provider of student loan products and services to students, families and schools in Arizona, Florida and nationally. While with Southwest, he led its evolution from a small secondary-market lender to one of the largest independent student loan providers and servicers in the country.
“I’m really humbled and honored to serve on the board of Teach For America and am excited to be able to broaden my passion for not only investing in education, but for changing lives through education,” Roig said. “There’s great synergy between Helios’ mission and Teach For America’s goals, and I believe that alignment and common understanding will create even more opportunities for students to excel and succeed in postsecondary education.”
Roig serves or has served on the boards of numerous organizations in Arizona and Florida, including Greater Phoenix Leadership, the Phoenix Aviation Advisory Board, Take Stock in Children, Valley of the Sun United Way, Valley of the Sun United Way Foundation, the Phoenix Art Museum and the Arizona College Scholarship Foundation. He received his B.S. in secondary education from Athens College and his M.S. in secondary education from Richmond College of the City University of New York.
Roig joins 26 current members of Teach For America’s National Board, including leaders from the business, media, and academic sectors.
About Helios Education Foundation
Helios Education Foundation serves Arizona and Florida and is focused solely on education. The Foundation is dedicated to enriching the lives of individuals in both states by creating opportunities for success in postsecondary education, and its community investments are made across three impact areas: Early Childhood Education, the Transition Years (grades 5-12) and Postsecondary Education. Since inception in 2004, Helios Education Foundation has invested over $76 million into education-related programs and initiatives. For more information, visit the Foundation online at www.helios.org.
About Teach For America
Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity. This fall, more than 8,200 corps members will be teaching in 39 regions across the country while 20,000 Teach For America alumni continue working from inside and outside the field of education for the fundamental changes necessary to ensure educational excellence and equity. For more information, visit www.teachforamerica.org.
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