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GHP’s Recent Partnership with Teach for America-New York Recruits New Board Members

Greenwich Harbor Partners was retained to partner with Teach for America-New York to expand its Regional Advisory Board. New members identified by GHP include Laurent Desmangles, Retired Senior Partner and Managing Director at BCG, Julian Gonzalez, Managing Director of Accenture’s Innovation Practice, Mike Henry, Founder and CEO of OpenSlate, Toretha McGuire, Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Belonging at PayPal, and Anthony Ross, Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Private Equity Product Strategy at State Street.

Laurent Desmangles is a senior C-suite advisor with a global perspective and deep experience helping large organizations chart growth strategy, execute large scale transformation, digital/analytics innovation, and manage change. Mr Desmangles is a Retired Senior Partner and Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group, Mr. Desmangles led BCG’s Retail Banking practice for North America, and co-led their Advanced Analytics practice in Financial Institutions globally. Mr. Desmangles earned a Bachelor of Engineering from McGill University and an MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University.nt.

Julian Gonzalez is a Managing Director at Accenture’s Innovation Practice. Mr. Gonzalez drives client services strategy and operations for the U.S. business at Accenture. He works closely with clients to set meaningful agendas and supports the Directors and Inventors in delivering impactful work and lasting partnerships. Previously Mr. Gonzalez worked across four continents creating consumer-centric strategies for clients such as Nestle, Diageo, and PepsiCo. He holds a business administration degree with distinction from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia and a Liberal Arts Diploma from the University of Paris, Sorbonne.

Mike Henry is a digital media and ad technology native driven by big ideas and awesome people. Mr. Henry founded OpenSlate in 2012 and built the industry standard source of content ratings for social media – across YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok – then sold the company to DoubleVerify in 2021. He is passionate about projects where data and technology can be leveraged to achieve transparency and more efficient markets. Mr. Henry is also a former executive at The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones and holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Business from Bucknell University.

Toretha McGuire is a talent leader with over 20 years of experience that includes an extensive global HR background, expertise in all core HR disciplines, and an extensive portfolio of achievements in diversity, equity and inclusion, business partners, talent acquisition, and transition/succession planning. She is currently the Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Belonging at PayPal. Previously Ms. McGuire was Managing Director, Global Head of Talent Acquisition at BlackRock. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Management.

Anthony Ross is a Managing Director – Head of Real Estate Private Equity Product Strategy at State Street. Prior to joining State Street, Mr. Ross has been a finance executive specializing in real estate and private equity at BlackRock, Lehman Brothers, and Goldman Sachs. Mr. Ross earned a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Suffolk University. He also holds an MBA from the University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

Teach For America works in partnership with nearly 250 urban and rural communities across the country to expand educational opportunity for children. Founded in 1990, Teach For America recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding leaders who make an initial two-year commitment to teach in high-need schools and become lifelong leaders in the effort to end educational inequity. Today, Teach For America is a force of 67,000 alumni and corps members working in more than 9,000 schools nationwide in pursuit of profound systemic change. From classrooms to districts to state houses across America, they are reimagining education to realize the day when every child has an equal opportunity to learn, lead, thrive, and co-create a future filled with possibility.
Over the past 30 years, Teach For America New York has introduced close to 6,000 promising leaders to New York City schools. With incoming corps sizes ranging from 100 to 500+, TFA corps members have helped to meet critical needs for diverse talent in hard-to-staff areas—special education, STEM, and early childhood education—in low-income neighborhoods that have difficulty attracting and retaining qualified teachers.
Today, Teach For America is striving to reach a bold goal: By 2030, twice as many children in communities where we work will reach key educational milestones indicating they are on a path to economic mobility and co-creating a future filled with possibility. For more information, visit www.teachforamerica.org and www.teachforamerica.org/newyork.
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