2023 JMK Scholarships
The Zonta Foothills Foundation is pleased to announce our 2023 Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship recipient.
Lauren Hanley is a recent CU Boulder graduate with a degree in International Affairs and a minor in Leadership Studies. She is excited to pursue her master’s in Business Analytics with a Marketing and Advertising specialization at the Leeds School of Business this fall. During her undergraduate studies, Lauren interned at several nonprofits, including Make-A-Wish and the United Nations Association of Boulder, where she focused on advocacy work for women and children, and worked on a successful Cities for CEDAW (Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women) campaign, encouraging the cities of Erie and Lafayette to lend their support.
Trisha Tyagi Receives Second Award
Our second place winner is Trisha Tyagi, a rising junior at CU Boulder who plans to pursue her MBA and work in the private equity sector. This is a field with very few female players, and Trisha had the privilege of interning at the Riverside Company in San Francisco (as the only female in attendance), following her participation in the Girls Who Invest Summer Intensive Program at the Wharton School of Business. In addition, she is President of the Leeds Student Government (LSG) at the Leeds School of Business. Trisha will receive a $2,000 award from our club.
Erin Johnson Received Third Award
Our third place award winner, Erin Johnson, will receive a $900 scholarship. Erin is an MBA candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is also a Graduate Intern at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) where she specializes in international clean energy transitions under the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and NREL partnership, and leads the Women in Power System Transformation (PST) internship program to expand leadership opportunities for women in power system operations. Erin’s long-term career ambition is to emerge as a leader in the renewable energy industry who champions equitable renewable energy solutions across the globe.
What is The Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship?
Zonta International believes in gender equality and through The Jane M. Klausman (JMK) Women in Business Scholarship we are working to elevate women into leadership positions in the business arena. First awarded in 1998, The JMK Scholarship helps women pursue undergraduate and master's degrees in business management to overcome gender barriers from classroom to boardroom at local and international levels.
How does The Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship work?
Women in at least the second year of an undergraduate program through the final year of a Masters program are eligible to apply (Application link here.) The Zonta Foothills Club of Boulder County selects a local winner to receive their $2,000 scholarship. This business student is then considered for additional scholarship funding at both the district level. The District 12 winner, selected from a four-state region (CO, MT, SD, WY), receives an additional $1,000 scholarship and is then considered by the Zonta International Board to be one of 31 International winners, and will receive an additional $5,000 award.