Jill - CEO/Executive Director
Jill Stolt, a self-professed social entrepreneur and community builder, united over 80 Rochester entrepreneurs to market their businesses collaboratively, selling the artwork from their campaigns at retail to replenish their marketing budget. After developing award-winning campaigns for Gannett Foundation, and Citibank, Ms. Stolt created edutainment and licensing programs for brands such as Mattel, Warner Brothers, Barnes & Noble, and Viacom. She successfully pioneered edutainment-based social-emotional learning initiatives with the YMCA to help children embrace anger management tools. Today, as CEO and Executive Director of ProsperRochester/WellVentions, Ms. Stolt continues to use edutainment to engage youth at risk in social entrepreneurship. Stolt earned her B.A. from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
Charles Robinson - Development
A published Author with Strategic Publishing and Copyrights Inc., Charles is Co-Founder of Pointii, a point-incentive, online work readiness portal that keeps school age youth engaged through gamified learning.
Hannah List - Assessment
As she earns her BSW from Roberts Wesleyan College, Hannah is dedicated to integrating social work with the advancement of selfless service to the community. Her successes include supporting the development of an engaging curriculum and tracking the challenges and progress that come with training a new generation of youth heavily influenced by technology and social media.
Chris - Youth Coach
Chris Cuby has 25-plus years of diverse experience as a high-energy trainer/facilitator, human development consultant, curriculum designer, and youth advocate. A strong cross-functional relationship builder, over the past almost two decades leading READY 4 ROOTS, he has formed productive associations with numerous school districts, non-profit organizations, and businesses. He fosters the mindset that all things are possible when individuals truly believe in their unique gifts and abilities and helps many youth reach their full potential.
Lawrence - Youth Coach
Lawrence Forte III is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, and educator who founded his first non-profit, focusing on youth mentorship, after the saddening loss of his father. Since then, he has launched and directed a plethora of small business and non-profit organizations, in hopes of fostering leadership and personal growth, in the lives of young people, and ultimately improving education through advanced and innovative technology. If you tell a person what you love to do, and they say "Well, how do you make a living?", tell them, "The same way you would if you did what you loved". - Lawrence A. Forte III
Justin Callaghan - Design and Marketing
Working across disciplines, Justin pulls from his experience in design, marketing, business, and user experience to solve problems for organizations of all sizes. Justin is passionate about empowering others to create the changes they want to see in their community; especially young people, who are the future of those communities.
When not working as a Senior Service Design Consultant at Capco, Justin works with smaller businesses and entrepreneurs to make their products and services more user-friendly.