Summer 2015: Make your impact.

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1 Summer 2015: Make your impact. Getting a top-ranked MBA makes a big impact on your career. Six months ago, we set out to identify the world s most impactful and innovative nonprofits. We worked with them to transform their challenges into opportunities for you to make a difference. The result is this portfolio of exclusive engagements at the forefront of social innovation Quarterback Partners CIVIC ACCELERATOR

2 Program Overview Quarterback brings exclusive opportunities for top MBA candidates to take on high-impact project-based roles at some of the world s most innovative nonprofits. As a Quarterback, you will leverage your past experience and build new skills while working at the executive level of a nonprofit, taking ownership of one of our exclusive 10 week engagements. Applications Open: Thursday, April 16, 2015 (reviewed on rolling basis) Engagement Dates: Late May 2015 August 2015 (flexible) Partner HQ Locations: San Francisco, New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta Work Location: Remote work possible in all cases Compensation: None. All Quarterback engagements are completed on a volunteer basis (check with your MBA program regarding funding for social impact roles) The Experience As a Quarterback, you ll work on unique challenges of strategic or operational importance, and function at the executive management and board-level at an award-winning nonprofit. It s a wholly-unique opportunity to: Own a game-changing, world-bettering project: Take on your own mission-critical project (1 Project : 1 Quarterback) and gain all of the accomplishments, experience, and accolades commensurate with your efforts. We work to track your impact so your ownership and contributions get the recognition they deserve. Develop professionally: Engage with stakeholders, exercise newly minted skills, and strengthen your established skillset in a new context. Network with other top MBA candidates: Your peers are impact-minded MBAs from across the country, each tackling their own unique challenges. Enhance your career story : Complement your prior experience with something that stands out, relates to your passions, and expresses your self-starter and entrepreneurial attitudes (with quantitative impact to back it up). Expand your horizons: Gain an unparalleled look into social problems and the organizations that set their sights on solving them in innovative ways.

3 Quarterback 2015 Application Quarterback is a selective program that takes the best and brightest applicants from top MBA programs and empowers them to #tacklegood. Quarterback is accepting applications beginning Thursday, April 16 th on a rolling basis. Application and Interview Process I. Review the Attached Engagements You can select several engagements when you apply, so please review the attached engagements to determine which you re most interested in before you begin your application. II. Apply Online at The Quarterback application is three steps, consisting of (1) general information, (2) selecting your engagements (we recommend two or more), and (3) a short digital interview process. Full instructions are available online. Applications open April 16 th, reviewed on rolling basis III. First Interviews Once we ve received and reviewed your application, we invite top applicants to interview. This provides us an opportunity to get to know you, hear your professional accomplishments, and learn more about your motivations to become a Quarterback in a collegial behavioral-style interview. Late April (rolling) IV. Partner / Final Round Interviews Our partners select final candidates and interview them. In most instances, Quarterback may join these calls. Early May (rolling) V. Selection Our partners make the final selection of their Quarterback. We believe they are best suited to make this decision as culture-fit is an important part of working in this space. We do, however, provide oversight and recommendations to our partners during this stage. Early May (rolling) Questions? Let us know at apply@qtrback.org.

4 Contents CivicX Accelerator: Impact Investing Portfolio and Strategy Evaluation (CIVIC001) CODE2040: Developing New Operational Strategy for Growth (CODET003) Girls Who Code: Designing New Alumni Engagement Strategy and Tech Tools (GIRLS001) Juma Ventures: Optimizing Operations and Fund Administration for Growth (JUMAV001) Moneythink: Designing Business Development for Moneythink Mobile (MONEY002) Moneythink: Financial Strategy for the Future of Moneythink (MONEY003) MyPath: Partnership Development and Pricing Strategies (MYPAT001) Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners: Commercialization Strategy for Innovative Financial Tech Platform (NEIGH001) Open Road Alliance: Launching New Recyclable Capital Investment Strategy (OPENR001) Project Scientist: Developing Operational Plan for National Scale (PROJE001)

5 CIVIC ACCELERATOR Engagement Features Business Judgment Your work requires synthesis and analysis of data and research to inform meaningful insights and action. Strategy-Focused Your work is strategic and will help determine the future of the organization, key initiatives, or programs. Easy Translation Your work closely resembles a post- MBA job description and is easily translated into relevant experience.

6 Operations-Focused Your work is directly linked to improving ongoing operation of the organization, key initiatives, or programs. Entrepreneurial Leverage your creative problem solving, love of ambiguity, and can-do attitude toward an entrepreneurial end goal. Business Judgment Your work requires synthesis and analysis of data and research to inform meaningful insights and action.

7 Operations-Focused Your work is directly linked to improving ongoing operation of the organization, key initiatives, or programs. Action Bias You will take action, emphasizing concurrent doing and learning prompting quick results and iterations. Easy Translation Your work closely resembles a post- MBA job description and is easily translated into relevant experience.

8 Business Judgment Your work requires synthesis and analysis of data and research to inform meaningful insights and action. Operations-Focused Your work is directly linked to improving ongoing operation of the organization, key initiatives, or programs. Industry-Building Your work has broad implications for the the industry and could re-shape its future for years to come.

9 Entrepreneurial Leverage your creative problem solving, love of ambiguity, and can-do attitude toward an entrepreneurial end goal. Action Bias You will take action, emphasizing concurrent doing and learning prompting quick results and iterations. Easy Translation Your work closely resembles a post- MBA job description and is easily translated into relevant experience.

10 Business Judgment Your work requires synthesis and analysis of data and research to inform meaningful insights and action. Strategy-Focused Your work is strategic and will help determine the future of the organization, key initiatives, or programs. Easy Translation Your work closely resembles a post- MBA job description and is easily translated into relevant experience.

11 Entrepreneurial Leverage your creative problem solving, love of ambiguity, and can-do attitude toward an entrepreneurial end goal. Business Judgment Your work requires synthesis and analysis of data and research to inform meaningful insights and action. Strategy-Focused Your work is strategic and will help determine the future of the organization, key initiatives, or programs.

12 Entrepreneurial Leverage your creative problem solving, love of ambiguity, and can-do attitude toward an entrepreneurial end goal. Trailblazing You handle ambiguity as an opportunity to develop strategies, processes, and models from the ground up. Strategy-Focused Your work is strategic and will help determine the future of the organization, key initiatives, or programs.

13 Trailblazing You handle ambiguity as an opportunity to develop strategies, processes, and models from the ground up. High Visibility You and your work will be highly visible across the organization, industry, or cause. Industry-Building Your work has broad implications for the the industry and could re-shape its future for years to come.

14 Business Judgment Your work requires synthesis and analysis of data and research to inform meaningful insights and action. Trailblazing You handle ambiguity as an opportunity to develop strategies, processes, and models from the ground up. Entrepreneurial Leverage your creative problem solving, love of ambiguity, and can-do attitude toward an entrepreneurial end goal.

15 About Our Engagements Engagements are challenges that have been scoped, refined, and curated by Quarterback. We carefully vet each project or challenge for its suitability, scope, and impact to ensure Quarterbacks are only engaged on the most compelling and rewarding projects inside of our partner organizations. About Our Partners Quarterback works exclusively with high-potential nonprofits. These are the big-dream nonprofit organizations that bring innovative ideas to their mission/cause, but may lack the expertise or bandwidth to formulate full-featured strategies, implement key initiatives, or introduce new products without outside help. We offer our partners not only top talent, but also the support and guidance to manage their projects, program experience, and their relationships with Quarterbacks. We, in partnership with every Quarterback, facilitate effective execution of their big goals. Career story. Professional narrative. Call it what you will, we re here to help you build the best one possible.