DiversityInc - Winter 2012

at New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School, was trying to decide between a marketing or accounting career, and she may choose accounting. “It seems like a very interesting job, something you grow in and where I can challenge myself every day,” she says.

Pisano says that, long term, Rutgers Future Scholars does more than just serve a good cause. It can help the firm deliver results to global clients. “Our clients are asking for diverse teams, and they know that diverse teams bring great solutions,” Pisano says. “It’s imperative that we go out and make sure that everyone is aware of the opportunities within accounting so that we can serve our global clients.” Pisano hopes that some of these students will eventually work for Ernst & Young.

Gutierrez agrees. “Ernst & Young benefits from just simply having the opportunity to be exposed to 800 individuals that we have in our program; it’s a pipeline of untapped talent that not many other organizations or corporations have access to,” he says.

The 2011 summer visit to Ernst & Young was a first-time event for the firm. Ernst & Young has been a partner of Rutgers Future Scholars for two years, providing financial support for the program’s SAT-prep courses. In anticipation of the two-day event, Ernst & Young reps visited the scholars on campus to give a general overview about the company’s philosophy and mission. Scholars from Newark and Camden will visit Ernst & Young’s New York headquarters at a later date. I

From left: Divya Patel, Yvette Israel
DiversityInc CEO Luke
Visconti (right) is co-chair of
the Rutgers Future Scholars
fundraising committee
Yos Bugallo (standing,
left of center),
Inclusiveness Recruiting
Americas People Team,
Ernst & Young