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Corporate Executives Mentor Promising, Diverse Student Leaders - Friday, June 21, 2013 (1125 hits)

Preparing Millennials for “Next Generation Leadership”

INROADS, the nation’s largest source of professional training & salaried corporate internships for underserved students, enters its 43rd year of providing life-changing professional mentorship & career opportunities, as well as providing diversity solutions for Fortune 500 corporations.

The INROADS North Central Region, which consists of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio, “Learning Summit” is a corner stone of the INROADS Professional Development Process for high potential diverse Youth. This year, 70 select college students will convene for in-depth leadership training and skills development that will provide them with a competitive edge over their peers (>60% of INROADS interns receive a full-time job offer from their sponsoring company upon college graduation).

Corporate mentors and sponsors include:

· Verizon Wireless

· Cintas

· Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

· FirstEnergy

· 5/3 Bank

· Proctor & Gamble

· Deloitte & Touche

· Cleveland Clinic Foundation

· Robert Half Management Resources

· PNC

· Northern Kentucky University

WHEN: June 21-22, 2013

WHERE: The Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel

5300 Riverside Dr, Cleveland, OH 44135

Cleveland, OH 44135

About INROADS:

The Mission of INROADS is to develop and place talented underserved youth in business and industry and prepare them for corporate and community leadership.

Established in 1970, INROADS, Inc., is the nation's largest non-profit source of professional training and salaried corporate internships for underserved students. With over 35 offices throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, INROADS currently serves nearly 1,800 Interns and 230 Corporate Clients, and boasts over 26,000 alumni. Top Corporate Clients of INROADS include: United Technologies Corporation, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, MetLife, Kaiser Permanente, KPMG International, Lockheed Martin Corporation, PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, Boeing Company, General Electric Company, CenturyLink, Inc., Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Travelers Companies, Inc., TARGET Corporation, and AT&T Inc. To learn more, visit http://www.INROADS.org.

CONTACT: Danielle A. McKinley, MBA P. 407-895-0006 x4306 E: dmckinley@INROADS.org