Boys & Girls Clubs of America Names Three Leaders to its Board Of Governors

Gregory W. Cappelli, Co-CEO, Apollo Group, Inc.; Goldie Hawn, Academy Award-Winner & Founder, Hawn Foundation; and Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, President, Charles Schwab Foundation

ATLANTA, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Boys & Girls Clubs of America (www.GreatFutures.org) has appointed Gregory Cappelli, co-chief executive officer, Apollo Group, Inc. (parent company of University of Phoenix); Goldie Hawn, Academy-Award Winning actress, producer, director and founder of The Hawn Foundation; and Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, president, Charles Schwab Foundation, to the organization's prestigious Board of Governors.

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The strategic leadership provided by the 47-member board guides the work of some 4,000 local Boys & Girls Clubs, serving nearly 4 million children and teens, including youth living on U.S. military installations worldwide.  BGCA's recently announced 10-year strategy, Formula for Impact, calls for every Boys & Girls Club member to graduate from high school on time, prepared to achieve a successful future.

"Greg, Goldie and Carrie are great additions to the remarkable leaders on our board," said Roxanne Spillett, president and CEO of BGCA.  "Working through their respective companies and foundations, Apollo Group, Inc., Hawn Foundation and Charles Schwab Foundation, they have always championed the cause of providing a great future for America's children most in need.  We can learn much from these three outstanding visionary leaders."

Cappelli, Hawn and Schwab-Pomerantz join a board comprising many other prominent leaders from the business, civic, academic and entertainment fields, including: Rick Goings, chairman/CEO, Tupperware; Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State and Senior Fellow, Stanford University; Ron Sargent, chairman/CEO, Staples; Jeff Henley, chairman, Oracle Corporation; Thomas J. Falk, chairman/CEO, Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Mark Lazarus, chairman, NBC Sports; Myron Gray, SVP, U.S. Operations, UPS; Jeff Fettig, chairman/CEO, Whirlpool Corporation; Helena Foulkes, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, CVS Caremark Corp.; Emil Brolick, CEO, Wendy's, and Denzel Washington, Academy Award-winning actor.

Cappelli: Philanthropic Focus on Education
Greg Cappelli joined Apollo Group, Inc. in 2007 first serving as executive vice president of global strategy and assistant to the executive chairman. For the last two years he has held the position of co-chief executive officer of Apollo Group, Inc., a private education provider recognized for its innovative and distinctive educational programs and services offered online and at over 200 locations nationwide. 

Before joining Apollo, Cappelli spent 10 years with Credit Suisse where he founded the corporation's Global Services Team and was ultimately appointed as managing director and senior research analyst.  Cappelli received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University and his post-graduate degree from Dominican University, where he currently serves on the Board of Trustees. He also serves on the Board of Directors for EVERYBODY WINS!, one of the nation's leading programs promoting literacy for elementary school children. He and his wife, Mary, reside in River Forest, Ill., with their four children.

Hawn: A Passionate Advocate for Children's Emotional Health
While first achieving prominence as a cast member of Rowan & Martin's "Laugh-In" TV Show, and winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in "Cactus Flower" in 1969, Goldie Hawn is most proud of her work as the founder of The Hawn Foundation.  This non-profit was created to actively promote children's academic success in school and life through social and emotional learning. 

The Hawn Foundation developed MindUP, an evidence-based curriculum for grades K-8 currently being taught in schools across the U.S. and Canada.  MindUP provides children with the tools to help them understand and improve their emotional health, reduce stress, build confidence and improve overall academic performance.

Ms. Hawn is also the author of the best-selling book, "A Lotus Grows in the Mud."  She is a recipient of the Women in Film Crystal Award and was named "Woman of the Year," by the prestigious Hasty Pudding Theatrical Society.  Hawn is a resident of Palisades, Calif., and has two children, Kate and Oliver, and three grandchildren.

Schwab-Pomerantz: A Visionary in Advancing Financial Fitness for America's Youth
Under Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz's leadership, the Charles Schwab Foundation has been a strategic partner and long-time supporter for BGCA.  In 2003, Charles Schwab Foundation began providing the funding and expertise to launch an award-winning financial education program for teens, called Money Matters: Make It Count(SM).  To date, the foundation has contributed more than $10 million to make the program available to the 2,900 Boys & Girls Clubs that serve  teens, including providing $390,000 in college scholarship grants to 187 teens who completed the program and demonstrated exceptional personal financial skills.  More than 325,000 Boys & Girls Clubs teens have participated in the program.

Schwab-Pomerantz is a member of the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability, for which she chairs the Partnership Committee and leads the Council's efforts to strengthen and enhance coordination between public and private-sector education programs.  She also sits on the Council's Youth Committee, which promotes financial fitness for America's youth and young adults.

Schwab-Pomerantz also writes a weekly personal finance column that appears on schwab.com, schwabmoneywise.com and is syndicated nationally via Creators News Service.

Prior to being appointed as a Governor for the national organization, Schwab-Pomerantz served as a National Trustee for BGCA's Pacific Region.  Schwab-Pomerantz received her bachelor's degree from the University of California – Berkley and her master's degree from George Washington University.  She is married to author Gary Pomerantz, and they reside in the San Francisco Bay Area with their three children.

About Apollo Group, Inc.
Apollo Group, Inc. is one of the world's largest private education providers and has been in the education business for more than 35 years. The Company offers innovative and distinctive educational programs and services both online and on-campus at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels through its subsidiaries: University of Phoenix, Institute for Professional Development and College for Financial Planning. The Company's programs and services are provided in 40 states and the District of Columbia; Puerto Rico; Latin America; and Europe, as well as online throughout the world. For more information about Apollo Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, call (800) 990-APOL or visit Apollo on the company website at: http://www.apollogrp.edu.

About Boys & Girls Clubs of America
For more than 100 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (GreatFutures.org) has enabled young people most in need to achieve great futures as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Today, nearly 4,000 Boys & Girls Clubs serve some 4 million children and teens through Club membership and community outreach. Clubs are located in cities, towns, public housing and on Native American lands throughout the country, and serve military families in BGCA-affiliated Youth Centers on U.S. military installations worldwide. Clubs provide a safe place, caring adult mentors, fun and friendship, and high-impact youth development programs on a daily basis during critical non-school hours. Priority programs emphasize academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles. In a Harris Survey of alumni, 57 percent said the Club saved their lives. National headquarters are located in Atlanta.  Learn more at bgca.org/facebook and bgca.org/twitter. 

SOURCE Boys & Girls Clubs of America