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
Executive Advisory Council

Chief Judge Carl Ashley
Milwaukee Circuit Court

Dr. Melinda Brennan
Executive Director, ACLU of Wisconsin

Nyra Jordan
Associate Vice President, Community & Social Impact, American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact

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

Senator Dora Drake
WI State Senator

Francesca Mayca-Wegner
President/Chief Possibilities Officer HPGM

Dr. Victor Amaya
President/Executive Director of Data You Can Use

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

Tammy Belton Davis
President/CEO, Athena Communications LLC

Dr. Nadiyah Johnson
Founder/CEO Milky Way Tech Hub