2023

TMCF Students Shine During THE PITCH™ Competition at WSSU

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – THE PITCH™ competition didn’t disappoint. The annual intra and entrepreneurial training featuring 197 students from 43 Historically Black Colleges and Universities hosted by Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) team featured exciting and creative presentations along with dynamic speakers, engaged partners who also served as judges, and plenty of […]

THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND ADDS FOUR NEW CORPORATE LEADERS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Washington, DC, — Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Board Chairman Charles Merinoff announced today the election of four new directors to the TMCF Board of Directors.   Sean Lee from The Coca-Cola Company, Jeffrey J. Hurd from Equitable Holdings, Byron Taylorfrom Sidley Austin LLP, and April Payne-McMillan daughter of TMCF Founder Dr. N. Joyce Payne were […]

TMCF Launches Its Newest Program with DevCon Professional Development Conference presented by Medtronic

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thurgood Marshall College Fund will host its latest leadership program, the DevCon Professional Development Conference presented by Medtronic, in Charlotte, North Carolina, from Wednesday, May 31, through Sunday, June 4. Designed specifically to further equity and inclusion efforts by removing traditional barriers that prevent access to corporate opportunities, the Devcon Professional Development Conference […]

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Congratulates Board Member, Toni Townes-Whitley who will become the next CEO of Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAIC)

Washington, DC – Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) congratulates its Board Member, Toni Townes- Whitley set to become the next Chief Executive Officer of Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAIC).    Townes-Whitley joined Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s Board of Directors in 2019. For the past four years, she has fervently advocated the organization’s mission to promote […]

Judges Announced for TMCF’s The Pitch Competition

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) division will host its annual entrepreneurial program, THE PITCH™ 2023 competition, with actor and author Hill Harper as one of the guest judges. The final round of pitches will occur on May 25, 2023, at Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, both […]

TMCF and Sanofi Partnering To Offer NexGen Scholarships

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Thurgood Marshall College Fund announces it will partner with Sanofi to increase representation in healthcare professions by helping select 50 students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to be named as inaugural Sanofi NextGenScholars. “Partnering with Sanofi aligns with our core values as an organization to provide opportunities for students from […]