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Deborah Bial

President · The Posse Foundation INC

President at The Posse Foundation INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

Ambiguous identity This name matches 1 other individual we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$959K
Others who share this name
1

Who this is

Profile

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✓ Verified from filings
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Reported as President of The Posse Foundation INC, based in New York, NY.
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Received $959K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Deborah Bial is the founder and president of The Posse Foundation, an organization that sends groups of diverse students to selective colleges and universities as peer-support teams. She founded the organization in 1989 after working as a youth counselor in New York City and has since helped identify more than 8,400 Posse Scholars who have won $1.2 billion in leadership scholarships, with a 90% graduation persistence rate.

A 2007 MacArthur "Genius" award recipient and 2013 McGraw Prize in Education winner, Bial has dedicated her career to improving college access and success for underrepresented students.

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
President and Founder since 1989
Education
  • 1987) · Brandeis University (B.A.1987
  • 2012) · Brandeis University (Honorary Doctorate2012

Affiliations

Organizations

The Posse Foundation INC President · $32.6M revenue · New York, NYPOSSE STARTED BECAUSE OF ONE STUDENT WHO SAID, "I NEVER WOULD HAVE DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE IF I HAD MY POSSE WITH ME." THE POSSE FOUNDATION, FOUNDED…pay $507K → $959KFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$959Kreported comp

Disambiguation

Other people named Deborah Bial

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Deborah Bial 1 organization · Waltham, MABrandeis University

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$266K
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$264K
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Chief Operating Officer · FY2024
$251K
H
VP Development · FY2021
$229K
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VP External Affairs · FY2024
$198K
M
Chief Operating Officer (outgoing) · FY2022
$183K
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Associate VP, Development · FY2024
$171K
A
VP, Training, Learning · FY2024
$160K
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VP, Business Development · FY2024
$157K
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Regional Vice President (outgoing) · FY2024
$134K
N
Associate Vice President · FY2021
$131K
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Regional Vice President (outgoing) · FY2023
$128K

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