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Our Board

Executive Director

Ruben Gaona

Executive Director

Ruben Gaona, Executive Director of My Way Out, has been honored multiple times over for his entrepreneurial leadership including as the 2021 Veteran Social Entrepreneur of the Year, one of Wisconsin’s 2022 Most Influential Latino Leaders, the 2022 Google Latino Founders Fund, the 2022 Michael Boyce Outstanding Entrepreneur Award from the University of Notre Dame, and 2023 Hispanic Professional Greater Milwaukee Espiritu Award.

Our Board

Karen Coy-Romano

Board President

Patrick Snyder

President-BizStarts

Barbara Cerda (she/her)

Career Navigator, Literacy Services

Sarwat Sharif

Board Director

David Carlson

Board Director

Rodrick Cureton

Board Director

Decorah Gordon

Board Director

Executive Advisory Council

Chief Judge Carl Ashley
Chief Judge Carl Ashley

Milwaukee Circuit Court

Dr. Melinda Brennan
Dr. Melinda Brennan

Executive Director, ACLU of Wisconsin

Nyra Jordan
Nyra Jordan

Director, American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact

Judge Derek Mosley
Judge Derek Mosley

Dir. Marquette Univ. Law School, Luber Center for Public Policy Research & Civic Education

Rep. Dora Drake
Rep. Dora Drake

WI State Representative

Francesca Mayca-Wegner
Francesca Mayca-Wegner

President/Chief Possibilities Officer HPGM

Dr. Victor Amaya
Dr. Victor Amaya

President/Executive Director of Data You Can Use

Arvind Gopalratnam
Arvind Gopalratnam

VP, of Corp. Social Responsibility, Milwaukee Bucks, Exec. Dir., Milwaukee Bucks Foundation

Tammy Belton Davis
Tammy Belton Davis

President/CEO, Athena Communications LLC

Nadiyah Johnson
Nadiyah Johnson

Founder/CEO Milky Way Tech Hub

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