Futures Fellowship
John Willard is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in market research and consulting. As President of Willard Enterprises LLC since June 2015, John utilizes a fix-it mentality to provide practical solutions. In addition, John serves as a mentor at Futures Fellowship, aiding young adults in developing leadership skills for social change. Roles as a consultant at Hurley Write, Inc. and a Senior Advisor at C3Research showcase John's expertise in research support and advanced marketing strategies. With prior leadership positions at Bayer HealthCare and American Express, John's background includes driving business growth and enhancing market understanding. John's educational credentials include an MA in English Literature from Rutgers University and a BA with Distinction from the University of Virginia.
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Futures Fellowship
The Futures Fellowship is a mentoring program for high potential but under-resourced young adults who are looking to make the most of their professional and personal futures. The mission of the Futures Fellowship is to enable these high potential young adults to build meaningful and long-term mentoring relationships with multiple mentors. To achieve this goal, a group of mentors works as a team to COLLECTIVELY mentor a cohort of 7-12 mentees. As a result, all Futures Fellows have unlimited access to a team oF committed mentors with vastly different networks and areas of expertise (law, medicine, finance, executive search, advertising, not-for-profit). Futures Fellows benefit from the following: -Personal introductions for informational interviews -One-on-one coaching sessions for the job and informational interviews -One-on-one coaching sessions on how to network -A $1500 stipend for the 9-month commitment -Four group sessions covering topics chosen by the cohort of Futures Fellows, and one-on-one meetings with mentors in between workshops