Our Board
Executive Director

Ruben Gaona, BS
Executive Director
Ruben Gaona, Executive Director of My Way Out, is a visionary leader whose entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to social change have earned him numerous accolades, including being named the 2021 Veteran Social Entrepreneur of the Year, one of Wisconsin’s 2022 Most Influential Latino Leaders, a recipient of the 2022 Google Latino Founders Fund, the 2022 Michael Boyce Outstanding Entrepreneur Award from the University of Notre Dame, and the 2023 Espiritu Award from the Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee.
Board Officers
Directors at Large
Executive Advisory Council

Chief Judge Carl Ashley
Milwaukee Circuit Court

Dr. Melinda Brennan
Executive Director, ACLU of Wisconsin

Francesca Mayca-Wegner
President/Chief Possibilities Officer HPGM

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

Senator Dora Drake
WI State Senator

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

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







