12 students receive Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarships

Vermont Business Magazine Comcast NBCUniversal today announced that it has awarded approximately $20,000 in scholarships for the 2018 - 2019school year to twelve Vermont students as part of its annual Leaders and AchieversScholarship Program. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, recognizes the best and brightest high school seniors for their community service, academic performance and leadership skills.

“Our Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners exemplify leadership and are committed to academic excellence and community service,” said Dan Glanville, Vice President of Government, Regulatory and Community Affairs for Comcast’s Western New England Region, which includes Vermont. “We are honored to recognize their achievements, and excited to support them as they continue their educational journeys.”

Comcast, joined byGovernor Phil Scottand a number of local officials, recognized the students at a special event held at the Vermont State House today. The twelve recipients each received $1,000 scholarships. One student,Mika Holtz,a resident of South Burlington and student atSouth Burlington High School, was selected to receive an additional $9,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship - instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation. In total, Comcast awarded $21,000 worth of scholarships in Vermont this year.

The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides scholarships to students who strive to achieve their full potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to prepare for the future and to engage them in their communities. The program also demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.

This year, the program will award more than $2 million in scholarships to more than 2,000 students across the country to help them pursue higher education. Visithereto learn more.

The 12 Vermont students receiving scholarships include:

Theo Avent Jr., a resident of Springfield and student at Springfield High School

Morgan Brown, a resident of Ludlow and student atBlack River USD #39 in Ludlow

Jalyn Collins, a resident of Richford and student at Richford Senior High School

Aimee Frank, a resident of Arlington and student atArlington Memorial High School

Mika Holtz, a resident of South Burlington and student atSouth Burlington High School

Olivia Howe, a resident of Brattleboro and student atBrattleboro Senior UHSD #6

Sheyenne Miller, a resident of Randolph and student atRandolph Technical Career Center

Jacob Miner, a resident of Leicester and student atOtter Valley Union High School in Brandon

Kennedy Moore, a resident of South Reading and student atWoodstock Senior High School in Woodstock

Shannon O'Kelly, a resident of Berlin and student atU-32 High School in Montpelier

Caroline Saba, a resident of Burlington and student atBurlington High School

Joseph Yando, a resident of Morrisville and student atPeoples Academy in Morrisville

About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visitwww.comcastcorporation.comfor more information.

About the Comcast Foundation:
The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations.The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation has three community investment priorities—expanding digital literacy, promoting service, and buildingtomorrow’sleaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $200million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available atwww.comcast.com/community.

Source: MONTPELIER, VT,March 21, 2018– Comcast