Forging his way in finance
Brent Rempe set out use his financial knowledge and business acumen in service of others.
Once upon a time, Brent Rempe was a bit of a black sheep among the finance majors at Oklahoma State University.
A lot of the other students in the business school were there to maximize their personal status and net worth. Rempe, however, knew he didn’t want to follow the herd to a high-powered, high-paying job on Wall Street.
Instead, he wanted to use his financial knowledge and business acumen in service of others. He just wasn’t sure how.
Upon graduation, he joined the public service AmeriCorps program, which took him to a high school in Portland, Ore. It was there, while serving as a corporate internship program assistant director, he discovered a passion for education and an interest in fostering ties among businesses, civic organizations, and schools.
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