Civil Municipal Magazine - Nov 2023

225 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 GREENE COUNT Y SCHOOL SYSTEM Out of the need to organize this chaos, the idea to bring in volunteer career coaches was born out of a partnership with the Thillen Education Foundation. The career coaching program, led by TEF founder Dave Thillen and GCCA CEO John Ellenberg, involves dozens of retired professionals with diverse backgrounds in fields such as medicine, law, business, and finance, who commit to working with a single student for four years, offering guidance and support. “It has been tremendous because not only do they help keep our students’ heads on straight as it relates to their pathway pursuit, but it has spilled over into all of their academics, and their