Scholarship America Proclaims New Chief Progress Officer Abigail Seldin

By Scholarship America

MINNEAPOLIS (January 8, 2024) – Scholarship America, the nation’s largest scholarship administrator, has chosen Abigail Seldin as its new Chief Progress Officer. Seldin will be part of the nonprofit group’s Govt Staff and lead the advertising and marketing, growth, and accomplice options departments.

“Final 12 months, Scholarship America delivered greater than $300 million to college students in partnership with Fortune 500 firms, philanthropic organizations, and particular person sponsors dedicated to pupil success,” mentioned Seldin. “With the devoted Scholarship America crew, I’m excited to offer our companions with best-in-class service and expertise—and to ship essential monetary help to the scholars who want it most.”

A Rhodes Scholar and skilled government, Seldin co-founded and led two technology-driven startups from inception to acquisition. In 2012, Seldin co-founded School Abacus, an edtech firm that built-in the monetary help calculators for 4000+ establishments, and led its 2014 acquisition by ECMC Group, one of many nation’s largest pupil finance organizations. Following the transaction, Seldin served as ECMC’s Vice President of Innovation and Product Improvement and opened the group’s Washington, D.C. workplace.

In 2022, Seldin co-founded the Civic Mapping Initiative, a nationwide analysis heart that recognized 5000+ last-mile transit enlargement alternatives to help workforce growth. Following a aggressive bid course of led by Seldin, Civic Mapping Initiative was acquired by the Nationwide League of Cities in November 2023.

Seldin’s monitor document consists of constructing company partnerships, business coalitions, and philanthropic initiatives to help entry to larger training. Her current Children on Campus Initiative, which centered on relocating Head Begin preschools onto group faculty campuses to help pupil mother and father at scale, obtained an endorsement from The Washington Submit Editorial Board in 2023.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Abigail to the Scholarship America government crew,” mentioned Scholarship America President and CEO Mike Nylund. “Her expertise and power might be invaluable as we work to increase the companies we offer to our scholarship sponsors and college students throughout America.”

About Scholarship America

The nation’s largest scholarship administrator, Scholarship America is a nonprofit group that works to eradicate limitations to instructional success, enabling college students to pursue their goals. Since its founding in 1958, Scholarship America has distributed $5.1 billion to 3 million college students throughout the US.