At the 2012 Posse Foundation Gala in New York City, Moody's President and CEO Raymond McDaniel received the Posse Star Award for Moody's leadership and significant contributions in the field of education. Since 1989, The Posse Foundation has identified, recruited and trained 4,223 public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential to become Posse Scholars. These students—many of whom might have been overlooked by traditional college selection processes—receive four-year, full-tuition leadership scholarships from Posse's partner institutions of higher education. Most important, Posse Scholars graduate at a rate of 90 percent and make a visible difference on campus and throughout their professional careers.

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Linda Huber, Moody's Corporation EVP and CFO: Our values here at Moody's include our tagline, which includes: our views matter, so will yours.

Sandra Altine, Moody's Corporation VP, Global Diversity and Inclusion: We believe that diversity in the broadest sense brings forth a variety of opinions and perspectives

Ray McDaniel, Moody's Corporation President and CEO: Diversity is valuable because we are in the risk assessment business and we want to make sure that we have widest spectrum of perspectives available in that assessment that we can.

Fran Laserson, President of the Moody's Foundation: We are steadfast supporters of Posse.

Ray McDaniel, Moody's Corporation President and CEO: The way that Posse approaches diverse teams, it's the same way that we work. We probably should think about renaming our rating committees as rating posses. *laughs*

Gus Harris, Moody's Corporation Executive Director: Posse Alumni that currently work at Moody's- they're extremely confident. And also, I'm impressed with their professionalism.
Fran Laserson, President of the Moody's Foundation: The Moody's Foundation is an important recruiting tool. Since 2006, we've hired over 18 Posse interns.

Nohely Arteaga, Moody's Corporation Financial Data Associate and Posse Alumna: I began my career at Moody's as an intern. I've been lucky enough to work in environments where I’m equally engaged as I am challenged.

Ryan Benjamin, Moody’s Corporation Financial Engineer and Posse Alumnus: They seek for you to make an impact. In staff meetings the most junior person usually speaks first. The skills that Posse taught me on how to interact with people are paramount.