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OneFuture Coachella Valley works to help all students graduate prepared for college, career, and life — expanding and enhancing the local workforce so that our youth and economy thrive.
While our name is new, our work is long-established. This effort launched in 2005 as a career pathways initiative under the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, and expanded to include a regional college access and scholarship initiative in 2009. Our partnership team now administers the selection and awarding of more than $1.4 million per year in scholarships and has been instrumental in creating a regional leadership focus on college and career success across all levels of education, business, and community.
Today, OneFuture Coachella Valley, an Alignment USA community, is advancing the Regional Plan to provide students with meaningful career explorations, work experience, and scholarships, as well as other supports for college success.
Key to this approach is involvement from our region's employers, which ensures that student preparation is aligned with local workforce needs.
In 2012, seventy-five regional stakeholders came together with support from the Ford Next Generation Learning network to write and adopt the Coachella Valley Regional Plan for College and Career Success — a five-year framework outlining how business and education will collaborate to achieve the following goals:
Increase high school graduation rates
Increase college readiness
Increase college and higher skills training completion
Increase career readiness
Increase number of local students with higher wage jobs
Get involved
Business and community partners can ignite student success through the following initiatives.
Contact us to learn how you can get involved, or visit the Alignment portal for more information.
career pathways and academies
Rigorous academic experiences that prepare students for college and career.
LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT
Relationships that create valuable connections and alignment among community leaders and the future workforce.
work-based learning
Real-world exposure that develops the next generation workforce, leaders, and entrepreneurs.
scholarships and financial aid
Increase college access and completion for low-income students through financial aid, mentoring, and other supports.
Our Team
Sheila Thornton
President/CEO
760-989-4161
Ernie Rios
Vice President, College Success
760-625-0423
Kim McNulty
Vice President, Regional Strategy
760-413-5990
Cristina Gregorio
Director of College & Career Success
760-625-0449
Oscar Fonseca
Student Success Coordinator
760-625-0461
Luis Rojas
Data Analyst
760-625-0421
Jacqui Tricco
Business & Finance Manager
760-625-0453
Our Board
Pete Del Rio, Chair
Managing Partner, Insight
Keith Jepsen, Secretary
President, Global Student Loan Corporation
Tom Davis, Treasurer
Chief Planning & Development Office
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Mike Bills
Director of HR - JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa
Sandra Lyons
Superintendent, Palm Springs Unified School District
Carlos Campos
Partner, Best Best & Krieger LLP.
Julia Lopez
Retired President / CEO, College Futures Foundation of California
Dr. Judith White
Riverside County Superintendent of Schools, Emeritus Board Member
contact
41550 Eclectic Street, Suite 200 E
Palm Desert, California 92260
Phone (760) 625-0422
Jacqui@OneFutureCV.org
