Out for Undergrad Announces Chief of Staff and 2022 Conference Leadership
NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, November 23, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Out for Undergrad (O4U) announced today that Amanda Zielinski Slenski will serve as its new Chief of Staff. Executive Director Cindi Love also released the names of the four newly appointed 2022 O4U Conference Directors. Love said, “Amanda and the new Directors will kickoff the O4U 2022 Conference season in New York with our Board and 80 volunteers on January 4, 2022.” http://www.outforundergrad.org/our-team
Zielinski Slenski comes to O4U with more than a decade of management and communications experience in higher education, most recently as Vice President for Enrollment and Special Assistant to the President at Alma College (MI), leading the college’s strategic recruitment efforts; coordinating President’s Office operations and communication, strategic planning, and college goal setting; and directing campus-wide initiatives. Zielinski Slenski also launched a constituent volunteer engagement program, the Alma College Ambassador Program®, with over 5,000 members. This program is the largest and most distinguished volunteer engagement program among small private liberal arts colleges in the USA.
“Amanda has a reputation for excellence, collaboration, problem solving, innovation, great results and effective advocacy for students and particularly those historically underrepresented in college and the workforce. Peers describe Amanda as a problem-solver who works tirelessly to secure great outcomes for all stakeholders. We are so excited to have Amanda’s expertise and passion at O4U. More than 6000 undergraduates have attended our conferences since 2004. These intense experiences are described as life changing by students and mentors alike. With Amanda in place, we can not only continue to deliver on our commitments to students and sponsors but also increase access and support for more,” said Love.
Zielinski Slenski holds the master of science degree in college student personnel from Miami University, Oxford, OH and a bachelor of arts degree in business administration and economics from Alma College, in Alma, MI. As O4U Chief of Staff, Amanda will lead strategic business initiatives, liaise with Conference leads, assist with program management, oversee daily operations, aid with recruiting a large, diverse, and high-performing student class each year, improve conference curriculum, help develop O4U’s Early ID Strategic Initiative and participate fully in conferences and the community.
“As a first-generation college student and a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I have long been a passionate advocate for access and opportunity for undergraduate students,” said Zielinski Slenski. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to join the leadership team of O4U and to be part of achieving its mission.”
Love added, “Our mission is to help high achieving LGBTQ+ and otherwise diverse undergraduates reach their full potential. Since 2004, our intense weekend immersion conferences have paved the way for these students to bring their authentic selves to work, to understand what matters most to them in life and career and to develop their skills in their chosen fields. The Conference leads who recruit volunteer teams to design and implement these conferences are the catalysts of our mission. We advanced their appointments in 2022 so they could start working with Amanda immediately. I can’t wait to see what the Conference Leads and Amanda co-create for our 2022 season.”
About Out for Undergrad
Out for Undergrad is one of the nation’s premiere LGBTQ+ career development organizations with nearly all of its 176 sponsors exceeding 100 percent on the HRC index. O4U annually identifies and invites high-achieving LGBTQ+ undergraduates to four, industry-specific conferences where they learn to navigate the nuances of a diverse corporate environment while living authentically. In providing them with these resources, O4U helps shape their professional skills, careers, and ultimately lives. More than 6000 LGBTQ+ undergraduates have graduated from O4U since 2004.