Supporters & Partners

Spirit of America Endowment

We at the Imagine America Foundation extend our deepest appreciation to all who continue to make the Spirit of America Endowment successful! Because of the generous contributions of many, we were able to raise $1 million to meet our goal!

It is only with the support of contributors like you that IAF is able to continue its mission of providing scholarship programs, conducting research, enhancing public awareness of career colleges and universities, and honoring achievement in career education.

IAF supporters understand that the future of career colleges and their students begins with the contributions made today. We will continue our efforts, and we welcome your continual contributions! The following are those who have pledged and contributed their generous support:

Founders

• David Moore, Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
• Tom Dearden, Datamark
• Henry Herzing, Herzing College
• Rene Champagne, ITT Educational Services, Inc.
• Bob Knutson, Education Management Corp.
• James R. Agras, Triangle Tech Group
• Joe Mehlmann, ATI Enterprises, Inc.
• Jerry Barnett, Remington College
• Dick, Bobbi and Greg Nathanson, Western Career College
• Al and Mark Dreyfus, ECPI College of Technology
• Bob and Betty Obenhaus, MTI College of Business and Technology
• Michael Fleischner, Thomson Peterson’s
• Mark and Mike Perry, San Joaquin Valley College
• Dr. Ellis Gedney, Silicon Valley College
• Michael Platt, PlattForm
• Bob Hartman, Universal Technical Institute
• Dr. Art Keiser, Keiser College
• Kenneth Konesco, Indiana Business College
• David Meek, Campus Management Corp.
• Jack Larson, Career Education Corp.
• Dennis Spisak, McGraw-Hill Career College Group
• Jeffrey Feldberg, Embanet Corporation

Benefactors

• David Pyle, American Career College
• David Ruggieri, Whitman Educational Group, Inc.
• Julia Morally, California Paramedical & Technical College
• William Kalaboke, Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale
• Thomas Sapienza, Sapienza & Associates
• Roger Becker, Becker Media
• Dominic Pistillo, University of Advancing Technology
• Marge Carlson, Apollo Colleges
• Leo Ramano, Jimmy Addison and Chyrl Ayers, Global Financial Aid Services, Inc.
• Donald Jones, Southwest Florida Colleges
• Dennis Stockemer, Dorsey Schools
• J. Mark Jopling and Raymond Ojerholm, Jopling, Inc.
• Michael and Laurie Vander Velde, Missouri College
• Eric Juhlin, Court Reporting Institute of Dallas
• Jim Mathis, Wyoming Technical Institute
• Peter Leyton, Ritzert & Leyton, PC
• Jeff Freeman, Pinnacle Career Institute
• Jose Cartagena, EDIC College
• Ruben Lopez-Huertas, Huertas Junior College
• Alex De Jorge Sr., Columbia College
• Ramon Negron, ICPR Junior College
• George Pry, Art Institute of Pittsburgh
• James Turner, Alta Colleges
• Alex A. De Jorge Jr., Antilles School of Technical Careers
• Patricia McMahon, Business Institute of Pennsylvania
• Russell Freeman, Coyne American Institute
• Rhonda Prince-White, PCI Health Training Center
• R. Michael Harter, Tulsa Welding School
• Levi McGlothlin, Applied Career Training
• Steve Hiscox, Automotive Training Center
• Michael Pugliese, Platt College
• John Huston, Corporate Educational Resources, Inc.
• Tim Schutz, Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
• Jack McCartan, Pittsburgh Technical Institute
• Mel Weiner, Mandl School
• Joe Davis, MedTech College
• William Klettke, Forefront Education, Inc.
• Gary Kay, Academy of Medical Arts & Business
• Jim Gessner, Duluth Business University
• Bill Terrell, Western Technical Institute
• Brad Gibbs, PlattForm
• Rick Weiss, Professional Careers Institute
• John Pirroni and Robert Cancelliere, Target Direct Marketing
• John South, South University
• Alan Clapsaddle, New England Institute of Technology
• D.J. Griffith, Trumbull Business College
• Fran Voigt, New England Culinary Institute
• Darrell Ward, Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT)
• Mark Pelesh, Drinker Biddle & Reath
• Deborah Muno, Muno, Summers & Associates
• Sabrina Kay, California Design College
• Johnathan Liebman, Specs Howard School of Broadcasting Arts, Inc.
• Gail Myers, Potomac Academy of Hair Design
• Terry Nighan, Katharine Gibbs School
• Don Stroh, Datamark
• Stanley Sobel, TFC Credit Corporation

*Names listed reflect the initial pledge contribution