FOUNDING PRESIDENT , CRISTO REY OC
WHY:Runs local chapter of Catholic high school network that offers unique work study program. Schools aim to help underserved communities and impoverished families. Coca-Cola Co., Johnson & Johnson and Ford are some of its roughly 2,700 national corporate partners.
IN THE NEWS:Opened OC’s first Cristo Rey high school in Santa Ana this year. Local Cristo Rey’s corporate work study partners include Slater Builders, Clark Construction, Fusco Engineering, Psomas and Snyder Langston. ring, which oversees the computer, plans to give students access to the technology in classrooms.
QUOTABLE:“Oftentimes, business and education don’t intersect. So, we’re closing that distance between them.”
