Former Deputy White House Counsel and Partner
at Latham & Watkins, LLP will be honored along with UBS
Managing Director and KEF Board Member at Gala Event in New York
City on Wednesday, May 15th.
The Kaplan Educational Foundation (KEF), which seeks to
eliminate barriers to higher education for overlooked and
underserved community college students and develop them as world
leaders and advocates for their communities, will present its 2024
Leadership Award to Danielle Conley and Harold Elish.
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Kaplan Educational Foundation 2024
Leadership Award honorees Danielle Conley & Harold Elish
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Ms. Conley and Mr. Elish will accept the Leadership Awards at
the Foundation’s annual benefit on May 15th in New York City. The
Award recognizes a demonstrated commitment to increasing
opportunity and equity for individuals who have been overlooked and
underserved, in education and beyond.
As a partner at Latham & Watkins, LLP, Ms. Conley routinely
counsels clients on best practices for developing and implementing
anti-harassment compliance programs and corporate diversity,
equity, and inclusion initiatives. She has significant experience
conducting sensitive internal investigations on issues pertaining
to racial and gender equity.
Prior to joining Latham, Ms. Conley served as Deputy Counsel to
President Biden where she established and led the first-ever White
House Counsel’s Office team dedicated to civil rights and advancing
racial, gender, and LGBTQ equity. In that role, she advised the
President, Vice President, and other senior White House officials
on a wide array of legal issues related to voting and democracy,
policing and criminal justice reform, reproductive rights, tech
accountability, and judicial nominations. Among other high-profile
efforts, Ms. Conley helped shepherd Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s
historic nomination and confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court.
During the Obama administration, Ms. Conley served as Associate
Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice, where she
worked on a wide range of litigation and policy issues and managed
some of the agency’s most significant and high-profile civil rights
enforcement matters.
Ms. Conley currently chairs Latham’s Women Enriching Business
(WEB) Committee, where she focuses on promoting the long-term
success of women lawyers and executives around the globe. She is
also a Director of Graham Holdings Company and has served on
several nonprofit boards, including for the Lawyers’ Committee for
Civil Rights Under Law.
Mr. Elish has spent over four decades working with private
clients in the financial services industry. Currently, he is a
Managing Director and senior partner with Value Added Partners at
UBS, an eleven person team providing financial planning and
investment services for clients with over $3.35 billion under
management. His service to clients and his success has been
rewarded with industry accolades from Barron’s, Forbes/Shook, and
The Financial Times.
Mr. Elish's work in the nonprofit sector has focused on
enhancing educational opportunities for students in the New York
City area. He served as the President of Girls Quest, an
organization that provides summer experiential learnings, and as
the Treasurer of the Academy of the City Charter School, a
successful K-8 neighborhood institution. He also currently acts as
the Treasurer of the Isaac Tuttle Fund, an organization helping
senior citizens in Manhattan.
Mr. Elish joined the Board of the Kaplan Educational Foundation
in 2014, becoming the first person unaffiliated with Kaplan to
serve. In the intervening years, he has furthered the
organization’s mission by fundraising, mentoring KEF’s Kaplan
Leadership Program scholars, monitoring KEF's finances, recruiting
other outside Board members, and providing guidance to the KEF
leadership team.
“We’re thrilled to honor Danielle and Harold, who have both been
unwavering advocates for equity and access over many years, focused
on creating opportunities for those who are underrepresented and
underserved,” said Melissa Mack, Chairman of the Foundation and
Chief Communications & HR Officer at global educational
services company Kaplan, Inc. “Their dedication and leadership
serve as inspiration to all of us as we seek to eliminate barriers
for our country’s next generation of high achievers and future
leaders.”
KEF is an independent 501(c)(3) public charity, and through the
Kaplan Leadership Program helps high-potential, overlooked and
underserved community college students complete their associate
degree, successfully transfer and go on to earn a four-year
bachelor's degree at the nation's most highly-selective schools.
The program focuses on a holistic approach – providing extensive
tutoring, academic advisement services, leadership and career
training, stipends for living expenses and other resources and
support to help them expand their personal goals, and eventually
attain leadership roles in their professions and communities.
Since its inception in 2006, KEF’s Kaplan Leadership Program has
helped more than 100 Scholars gain admission to the country’s most
competitive schools, including Yale, Stanford, Brown, Princeton,
Amherst, Cornell, Mount Holyoke, Smith and many others. 92% percent
of Kaplan Scholars earn a bachelor’s degree. Today, Scholars are
practicing law and medicine, conducting scientific research,
working in business, education and engineering, and leading in
government, and public and private industries.
The 2024 Annual Benefit celebrates KEF’s 18th year of removing
obstacles to higher education and serves as the organization’s
chief fundraising event. To attend or sponsor the event, please
click here.
If you are interested in attending the event as a member of the
media, please contact Valerie Silverman Kerr at
valerie@vsk-publicrelations.com.
ABOUT THE KAPLAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
The Kaplan Educational Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public
charity, was initially established and supported by a generous
endowment funded by Kaplan, Inc. executives with the idea of
helping a small group of students in a big way. KEF provides
high-potential, low-income students with academic and financial
support and leadership training to raise their expectations for
success and open doors to opportunities that will change their
lives and communities. For more information, please visit
www.kaplanedfoundation.org.
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