Mission

To develop successful, long-lasting business/education partnerships that have a positive impact on America's youth — the workforce of the future.

Mission Road Map

EPI accomplishes its mission for clients, stakeholders and beneficiaries by:

• Leveraging its partnership-building expertise
• Employing its proven, flexible grassroots model
• Developing the right solution and adapting its model to support that solution

Goal

To advise, guide and assist each client to develop business/education partnerships that:

• Actively support education
• Enhance clients' community presence
• Deliver positive results for the workforce of the future

What We Do

EPI uses its proven team methodology to:

• Build customized, sustainable business/education partnerships aligned with corporate goals
• Match stakeholder business partners with potential opportunities in developed sites
• Help "scale up" successful programs across multiple sites

Our Turnkey Operation

EPI has more than 20 years of successful operation

• Has in place the highest quality professional team to provide leadership, guidance, support and program implementation
• Is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization

Field Team

• 16 nationally recognized professional educators deliver quality services
• Elementary, middle school and high school administrators
• Superintendents
• College and university faculty
• National and international consultants on education reform

Operations Team

• Four business professionals manage partnerships, daily operations and conferences
• Ensures we grow at a sustainable rate
• Provides state-of-the-art, zero-defect and time-sensitive professional services to all clients
• Continues to assess our progress, programs and people on a regular basis to ensure we are meeting our targets

Information Technology/Social Media Teams

• Professional design and content for customized, dedicated project Web sites and social media/networking content

Support Team

• Public relations, media and community affairs
• Strategic planning, evaluation and research

Highlights of Results for Schools

• Helped raise reading scores in Illinois
• Helped boost attendance in Texas
• Helped reduce dropout rates in Wisconsin
• Assisted with school safety issues in California
• Helped Houston schools serve Katrina victims
• Helped close the achievement gap in numerous states

Highlights of Results for Corporate Partners

• National Governors Association Public-Private Partnership Award
• National Principals' Association Award for Union Pacific (with coverage)
• National School Improvement Award for Champion International
• Numerous state and local awards and honors
• Positive press coverage in dozens of states
• Helped build positive public image for sponsor companies
• Helped resolve community challenges and issues (environmental, legislative, fiscal, development)

Major clients include:

Union Pacific Corporation (2001–present)


• Located in 21 states west of the Mississippi
• Working with 1,000 public high school principals
• Impacting more than 1 million students
• Eight local, state and national program awards
• 19 Web site awards

Oregon GEAR UP (2009–Present)

• Located in one state
• 20 schools divided into 12 clusters of one or more middle schools, a high school and a university
• Working with entire cohorts beginning with 7th graders; adding a cohort each year

Pacific Life (2008-2009)

• Located in one state
• Working with 32 nonprofit agencies, 32 enthusiastic high school sophomores and juniors, two high school teachers and principals

MBNA Bank (2001 – 2006)

• Located in one state
• Working with three public middle schools and 220 staff members
• Impacting more than 2,020 students

Champion International Corporation (1989–2001)


• Located in nine states
• Working with 51 public middle schools and 2,500 teachers
• Impacting more than 25,000 students
• 10 local, state and national program awards
• Nine Web site awards

For more information on building a business/education partnership tailored for you, one that would actively support education, enhance community presence and social responsibility, and deliver positive results for our workforce of the future, please contact us.

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