Organizations Filed Purposes:
The mission of Summer Search is to find resilient low-income high school students and inspire them to become responsible altruistic leaders by providing year-round mentoring, summer experiences, college advising and a lasting support network.
SUMMER PLACEMENT AND MENTORING: Each student receives two full scholarships to life-changing summer experiential education programs, including wilderness leadership expeditions, academic enrichment programs, community service, and internships. These programs provide opportunities for growth and connection through concentrated experiences that challenge and empower students. Through mentoring students build supportive and sustained relationships with full-time professional staff mentors and peers to reflect on life experiences, actions, identities, and communities.
Staff training and development: Summer Search conducts a strong training effort to teach the uniquely effective interview process that identifies students that have leadership potential through an original youth development model that identifies three character metrics that it hopes to cultivate in young people: resiliency, altruism, and performance. The Organization provides a comprehensive training to staff in order to develop and improve mentoring skills which can help students develop relational, leadership and resiliency skills. Training is conducted year-round through a series of intensive workshops delivered in person by highly-trained staff and youth development experts.
Post-secondary success: Summer Search knows that it is not enough to get students to college, but it is important to support them so they can attain a Bachelor's degree and are set up for future success. The first few years of college can be extremely challenging, particularly for first generation college students. For this reason, Summer Search supports students through this transition, and offers professional development and career readiness services so they graduate with the network, skills and experiences necessary to competitively enter the workforce. Our post-secondary success staff supports students throughout their post-secondary education, especially in their first two years of college (when risk of drop offs is highest), to ensure they are progressing academically, securing financial aid, engaging on campus, and adopting effectively.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Marc Spencer | CEO and President | 40 | $323,031 |
| Nick Hutchinson | COO and Secretary | 40 | $180,522 |
| Liz Hurst | VP of Marketing | 40 | $177,047 |
| Emily Edwards | VP of Development | 40 | $161,341 |
| Ching Tao | VP of Finance and Treasurer | 40 | $154,120 |
| Peter Retzlaff | Executive Director New York | 40 | $142,576 |
| Kristine Leja | Executive Director Bay Area (from 2/20/19) | 40 | $136,408 |
| Lisa Strade | National Director of Development | 40 | $136,299 |
| Ted Williams | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Erik Toth | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Graves Tompkins | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Scott Thomas | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Obershaw | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Pamela Lehrer | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Bradley Svrluga | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Diana S Strandberg | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Bobbi Silten | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Jeff Shames | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Jawali Sawicki | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Kurt Mobley | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Tom Mattimore | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Ian Macleod | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Jean Lee | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Sasha Kovriga | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Robin Klaus | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Teke Kelley | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Matthew J Espe | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Lori Espe | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Dana M Emery | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Jeff Dorigan | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Stephanie Dimarco | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Jill Cowan | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Erik C Christoffersen | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| John Brennan | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Antoine Addrews | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Cynthia Bengier | Director | 2.5 | $0 |
| Jim Milligan | Board Chair | 10 | $0 |
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public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202012309349302161_public.xml