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Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes (JAMGL) is proud to announce the launch of JA of the Upper Peninsula (JAUP) with the local kick-off at the JA Lunch and Launch event in Marquette.
The event was attended by various community and school leaders as well as the JAMGL President and CEO, Bill Coderre and Senior Vice President of Development, Jay Ediger with the goal of sharing about JA’s mission and the goals for impact across the Upper Peninsula.
“Students in the Upper Peninsula deserve the same resources and opportunities as students downstate, and at JA, we’re committed to making that happen,” Coderre said.
Dennis Smith, the retired CEO of Upper Peninsula Health Plan kicked off the event. Smith shared his passion around JA and why he has helped spearhead the efforts in the UP.
“JA’s programs prepare students to succeed as adults. It is our responsibility to ensure that our students have these opportunities and I’m excited to work with JA to bring them to our UP students.”
During this launch event, attendees were also introduced to the new JAUP staff.
Lindsay Bean will be leading the UP district as its director. Bean brings extensive experience in program development, not-for-profit management and marketing to her new position with the organization. Additionally, two new program coordinators were also introduced. Anthony Martin-Boyle will be working with educators,
administrators and volunteers across the central and western portions of the UP while Nikki McKechnie will serve as the district coordinator in Sault Saint Marie, working with partners in the eastern UP.
“Our new UP staff have hit the ground running,” said Jay Ediger, Senior Vice President of Development. “We are already seeing partnerships growing and schools signing up to receive JA programs.”
At the beginning of September, JA of the Upper Peninsula opened a physical location in the Lake Superior Community Partnership West End Economic Hub at 910 US 41, in Ishpeming.
“Having an office locally not only offers a place for staff to meet with area partners, but also demonstrates the commitment to the UP operation and to the students across the Upper Peninsula,” said Lindsay Bean. “We are excited to expand our work and our programming across the region helping students to succeed.”
Junior Achievement’s mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy by providing work readiness, financial literacy and entrepreneurship programs to K-12 students. If you would like to support Junior Achievement of the Upper Peninsula either financially or by volunteering, please call (906) 236-0798.
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