By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Jerry Rampelt, a former teacher, watched as poor and small public school districts in his home state of Ohio could not garner enough voter support to pass school tax measures. Knowing that per pupil expenditures in Ohio range from $6,926 to $20,038, Rampelt wanted to...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Each year, an estimated 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and 80% are released from the hospital. What happens once they leave? As Tennessee real estate developer June Barrett discovered in 1981 when her then 14-year-old daughter Lori suffered...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Roger Campos was a successful lawyer and executive at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, inspired by his hardworking immigrant father who defied stereotypes and built up a successful restaurant business in California. When Campos was 50, his...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
At age 63, Inés Pena, a Carmelite nun with a lifetime of work for the destitute behind her, saw that Puerto Rico’s foster care system was not meeting the needs of young girls. In 1993, with her colleagues in the order, she formed Hogares Teresa Toda, a community...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Ketelsen created Project GRAD (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams) when he was CEO of Tenneco, a Fortune 500 manufacturer of heavy equipment, in 1988. When he retired, he turned his full attention to doing more to help minority and low-income youth graduate from high...
