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Youth INC is proud to announce that Mike Arougheti, Co-Founder, CEO, and President of Ares Management Corporation, will be honored with the John C. Whitehead Leadership Award at our 30th Anniversary Celebration Gala on November 13, 2024, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom.
This award recognizes Mike’s unwavering dedication to expanding economic opportunities through philthanthropic efforts and fostering shared prosperity.
Celebration Gala helps raise funds to provide transformational nonprofit leaders with the coaching, connections, and capital to build strong and sustainable youth development organizations across New York City.
Partner: Roads to Success
Mission: “Committed to after-school education and achievement for all New York City youth, Roads to Success promotes academic, personal and professional development through out-of-school-time programs built on a philosophy of self-discovery. [They] create and sustain an environment where young people find their identity, build their independence and practice generosity in their communities.”
Fun Fact: Roads to Success’s current ED Lisa Recio is a former participant in the organization’s programs.
YI Relationship: Roads to Success has been a part of Youth INC’s partner network since 2016. Over the past 5 years, they have participated in Board Advancement (2020) Celebration (2016-19), Metrics (2017), Legacy Leadership Program (2018-19), and BridgeFund (2019). They also participated in MS INC cycles 11 and 15.
Stratton Heath is a Partner of Oak Hill Capital where he manages the firm’s capital market activities and sits on the investment committee. Prior to joining Oak Hill, he had a 15-year banking career with The Bank of New York and affiliates thereof that included founding and managing a sponsor coverage business and a private equity and mezzanine principal investment business. Stratton earned a B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder and an M.B.A. degree from the Columbia Business School, where he received the Award for Excellence. Stratton currently serves on the Youth INC board of directors. He is also a member of the Investment Policy Committee for the University of Colorado Foundation and a member of the Leeds School of Business Advisory Board.
Prior to joining PJT Partners, Ms. McCabe spent 21 years at Morgan Stanley where she had been the firm’s Global Head of Investor Relations and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. She also served as Head of Marketing and Business Development for the Investment Banking Division and was a senior banker with responsibility for some of the firm’s largest corporate and private equity client relationships. Over the course of her career, Ms. McCabe has worked on a broad range of transactions including leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, financings and recapitalizations across a diverse range of sectors including industrials, transportation, business services, real estate and financial services. Ms. McCabe began her career as an Analyst in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Bankers Trust.
Ms. McCabe is Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of Youth INC. She is also a former Trustee of the Morgan Stanley Foundation and a former Trustee of the George F. Baker Scholars Program at Georgetown University. She has a BA in Government from Georgetown University.
Partner: Canaccord Genuity Capital Markets
About: Canaccord Genuity Capital Markets is the international capital markets division of Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.
Fun Fact: Roads to Success’s current ED Lisa Recio is a former participant in the organization’s programs.
YI Relationship: Over its decade-long relationship with Youth INC, Canaccord Genuity has donated $5M, fueling our mission
"Over a decade of supporting Youth INC, we have witnessed the incredible work they do to provide youth development organizations with the resources needed to help young people develop the skills and confidence to achieve their full potential." Jeff Barlow, President, Canaccord Genuity LLC.Partner: Roads to Success
Mission: “Committed to after-school education and achievement for all New York City youth, Roads to Success promotes academic, personal and professional development through out-of-school-time programs built on a philosophy of self-discovery. [They] create and sustain an environment where young people find their identity, build their independence and practice generosity in their communities.”
Fun Fact: Roads to Success’s current ED Lisa Recio is a former participant in the organization’s programs.
YI Relationship: Roads to Success has been a part of Youth INC’s partner network since 2016. Over the past 5 years, they have participated in Board Advancement (2020) Celebration (2016-19), Metrics (2017), Legacy Leadership Program (2018-19), and BridgeFund (2019). They also participated in MS INC cycles 11 and 15.
