2025 Coach Brunch

We love to celebrate our coaches and volunteers! Be sure to RSVP for our next event:

 

The 2025 OMD Coach Appreciation Brunch

Saturday, May 31, 2025

10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Morgan’s On Fulton: 950 W Fulton, Chicago, IL 60607

 

RVSP for yourself and a friend (or two) who’s interested in learning more about OMD volunteer opportunities. 

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OMD Coach Appreciation Brunch

Thank you for being a coach with us this year! Whether this is your first year serving as a coach or if you are a returning coach, we truly appreciate you supporting our scholars. To show you our appreciation, we would like to be able to get together and celebrate you all over brunch! 

Please RSVP below for you and any guests you would like to bring with you by Monday, May 26th if you are able to join us for our coach appreciation brunch on Saturday, May 31st from 10:00 am-12:00 pm at Morgan's on Fulton (950 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60607)! Please make sure to get there by 10 am so we can start our program promptly.







David Scherer

David Scherer, Treasurer

One Million Degrees Co-founder 

David is principal of Origin, co-chairs the Investment Committee, and oversees investment analysis, acquisition and asset management. He has more than 20 years of experience in real estate investing, finance, and asset management. In 2006, he co-founded One Million Degrees, which has raised $20 million to help low-income community college students graduate and successfully enter the workforce. David has served as the organization’s Board Chair for the past 12 years, as the organization has grown from 30 to 1,000 students served per year. He also serves as the President of the Harvard Club of Chicago and is on the Advisory Board of Invest for Kids.  

Rose Lizarraga

Rose Lizarraga

OMD CO-Founder & President & CEO, Lysa LLC

An award-winning documentary filmmaker and freelance writer, Rose’s career also includes 10 years spent developing new product and brand strategies as well as marketing and advertising campaigns at Leo Burnett, Foote, Cone & Belding, M&M/Mars and other small businesses.  More recently, she worked as a writer/editor for Modern Luxury Inc., publishers of magazines such as CS and Angeleno.  Rose graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with dual degrees in English and Political Science.  She is a founding member of the Daniel M. Kerrane, Jr. Foundation, former Board Vice President of the Fairy Godmother Foundation, and currently serves on the Chicago committee for Human Rights Watch.

Michael B Golden

Michael B. Golden

One Million Degrees Co-Founder 

A former national award-winning broadcast journalist, Michael Golden has also served as a political campaign manager and communications strategist for U.S. Presidential, Senate and Congressional races. Michael is a fellow at the British-American Project and the Open Society Institute. In 1999, Michael’s investigative and public affairs reporting for NBC earned him honors from the Society of Professional Journalists, the AP, and the Edward R. Murrow Awards. In 2011, Michael co-founded Newsbound, Inc., a media and software company based in San Francisco, CA. He is also a co-founder of the Complete the Degree back-to-college initiative in Chicago, Illinois. Michael serves on the board of the ADL and on the governing board of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, as well as the Illinois Commission to Eliminate Poverty. He received his B.A. from Indiana University, and his M.S. in Public Services Management from DePaul University.