Who are mentors?
On this page:
- Careers and Experiences
- Professional Degrees
- Graduate Schools
- University of Virginia Boards and Volunteer Activities
- Not for Profit Boards and Volunteer Activities
- Corporate Boards
- Geography - Current and Past Locations
- University of Virginia Athletic Teams and Scholarships
- Graduation Years
- Mentors' Student Preferences
Foundation mentors have an expansive range of occupations, experiences, volunteer activities and personal interests. The mentor pool includes both African American and white members and is about evenly split between male and female. They have extensive networks of relationships, are widely dispersed geographically and have lived all over the world. All mentors are graduates of the College.
The following general profile of current mentor volunteers illustrates this diversity.
Careers and Experiences
- Attorneys - Big city and regional law firms
- Consultants - Major global consulting firms
- Editorial Consultant
- Eye Surgeon
- Federal Reserve Bank
- Global Air Express Company
- Global and regional brokerage firms
- Global and regional investment banking firms
- Global and regional investment management firms
- Major network television correspondent
- Minority scholarship program director
- Orthopedic surgeon
- Portfolio managers - Global and regional firms
- Public school teacher
- Real estate investment management
- Sports marketing management
- Sports publishing
- Technology
- U. S. Government agency
- U.Va. - Assistant Coach and Academic Advisor
- U.Va. - Assistant Dean of Admissions
- U.Va. - Assistant Professor
- U.Va. - Director of Foundation Relations
- U.Va. - Director of Minority Recruitment
- Venture capital and private equity
Professional Degrees
- CFA
- Christies Modern Art Program
- Law
- Masters - Education
- Masters - Economics
- MBA
- Medical Doctor
- Ph.D. - English
Graduate Schools
- Columbia
- Emory
- George Washington
- Harvard
- London School of Economics
- LSU
- Medical College of Virginia
- Stanford
- Tufts
- University of Virginia
- Yale
University of Virginia Boards and Volunteer Activities
- Alumni Board of Managers
- Annual Giving Advisory Board
- Arts Council
- Black Alumni Reunions
- Cancer Center
- College Foundation
- Echols Scholars
- Emergency Medicine Department
- Friends of Virginia Swimming
- Health Sciences Council
- Lawn Residents
- Raven Society
- Regional Alumni Associations and Capital Fund Raising
- Reunions Committee
- School of Continuing Education
Not for Profit Boards and Volunteer Activities
- Advisor - Hong Kong Chief Executive's Office and Airport Authority
- American Bar Association
- American Heart Association
- Art Museum Boards
- Arts Councils
- Boys Clubs
- Chamber of Commerce
- Children, Youth and Family Services
- Computers 4-Kids
- Council on African American Affairs
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
- Educational Foundations
- Environmental Organizations
- Fresh Start Women's Foundation
- George Bush Presidential Library
- Healthcare and Hospital Foundations
- Historic Preservation Organizations
- Legal Aid Organizations
- March of Dimes
- Minority Focused Charitable Foundations
- NCAA Leadership Advisory Board
- Numerous Secondary School, College, University and Graduate School Boards
- Political Leadership Organizations
- Theatre and Ballet Boards
- United Way
- Urban Vision
- Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy
- Women in Housing & Finance Foundation
- Women's Legal Associations
Corporate Boards
- Numerous and diverse
Geography - Current and Past Locations
- Atlanta
- Boston
- Central Virginia
- Charlottesville
- Chicago
- Colombia, South America
- Connecticut
- Dallas
- Hong Kong
- Jacksonville
- London
- Malaysia
- Memphis
- Menlo Park
- Miami
- New Orleans
- New York City
- New York State
- Northern Virginia
- Orlando
- Phoenix
- Richmond
- Taiwan
University of Virginia Athletic Teams and Scholarships
- Football
- Lacrosse
- Swimming - Captain & All-American
- Volleyball
Graduation Years
- 1963 to 1998
- Wide range of majors
- Members of the first class of women to attend the university
Mentors' Student Preferences
- Most mentors do not have specific criteria for students they would be interested in mentoring
- Most mentors are interested in mentoring students where they believe they can make the greatest difference in the student's life regardless of their backgrounds, specific interests or career focus
- Some mentors would prefer to mentor a student with specific career interests including:
- Financial services
- Foreign Affairs and/or business
- Humanities major interested in the financial sector as possible career
- Media and broadcasting
- Pre-med
- Technology/entrepreneurship with interest in investment banking/venture capital (3rd year)
