Based in Chicago, Amy Kenelly Viellieu has extensive experience with education, volunteering with schools as well as youth leadership development programs. In her most recent position with the Posse Foundation, Amy Viellieu serves as scholarship evaluator, interviewing candidates and assessing their applications as they apply for scholarship grants.
The Posse Foundation's central purpose is to train leaders of tomorrow while keeping inclusion and diversity in mind, as it believes that the leaders of the 21st century should reflect the country’s rich demographic mix. It carefully selects and trains small groups of talented students who can then serve as catalysts for individual and community development.
In the fall of 2020, the Posse Foundation announced that Lewis & Clark College would be added to the list of institutions that are involved in the Posse Scholars program. Top-ranked Lewis & Clark has an impressive interdisciplinary course of study and community engagement platform. The college believes the partnership is one that will advance equity and opportunity among diverse populations because the college has already established a program for getting students motivated to become involved in the college community.
Other schools in the Posse Foundation network include Bucknell University, Sewanee: University of the South, Lafayette College, University of Rochester, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Partnering with these schools not only promotes diversity, it also provides students from underrepresented backgrounds with the needed support. The first class of Posse Foundation scholars that choose Lewis & Clark College will enroll in 2021.
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