The Employer Advisory Board (EAB) is a community of employers, community organizations, and leaders who support FUTURO’s mission to provide professional development opportunities for our students, members, and alumni. The EAB also affords employers the chance to recruit in a way that is both targeted and culturally relevant. With over 80% of our members identifying as Hispanic or Latino, Employers have an opportunity to recruit diverse talent who have been actively engaged and working towards their professional development and leadership skills through our FUTURO Select 100 Program. FUTURO strongly emphasizes building connections and expanding networks through our Employer Advisory Board, where businesses and organizations have a direct pipeline to hire diverse, ambitious, determined, passionate young graduates who are eager to begin their professional careers. Our students who attend our leadership program have been vetted and are the best candidates for the job and our Board knows it!

EAB Members have an opportunity to recruit for jobs and internships as well offer job shadowing or volunteer work with FUTURO members. EAB Members meet on a quarterly bases and can interact with other EAB members to network and build a stronger community of equity driven organizations and businesses.

Your organization will have an opportunity to interact, inform, market, and share openings and engagement opportunities with our students and alumni at exclusive FUTURO Events.

EAB Member Benefits include the following:

• Access: Communicate opportunities to FUTURO students and alumni
• Branding: Raise your visibility with our campus chapters
• Connections: Build relationships with other employers, campus advisors and students
• Engagement Opportunities: Help your organization become more engaged in shaping future leaders
• Influence: Shape future services and programs that FUTURO will offer to its members
• Learning: Hear from organizations their recruitment and engagement strategies

FUTURO students, members, and alumni count on our Employer Advisory Board and sponsors for support. Our motto of “LEAD.SERVE.CONNECT” highlights our commitment to creating strong community relationships.  FUTURO accomplishes this by providing education, leadership opportunities, mentorship programming, and forging vital connections with community partners to ensure our students have strong networks to depend on after graduation. FUTURO is based on the Latino principle of “familia,” or family, and we are asking you to be a part of our “familia.”

If you are interested in joining our Employer Advisory Board or becoming a Sponsor, please contact Executive Director, Jennifer Novo at jennifer.novo@futuroisnow.com or Employer Advisory Board Chair, Robert Wilson at robert.wilson@cultureshiftteam.com.