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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

Karen Coy-Romano CFRE, MS

Board President, My Way Out, Inc., President, SOLUTIONS UNLIMITED, leadership & transformational change management

Dr. Nadiyah Johnson

Board VP of Operations, CEO & Founder of Jet Constellations & The Milky Way Tech Hub

Sarwat Sharif

Board VP of Programs, Ph.D. Candidate, UW-Milwaukee, MKE Public Welfare Criminal Justice Landscape & Reentry Rising

Patrick Snyder

Board Secretary, My Way Out, Inc., President, BizStarts

Directors at Large

Rodrick Cureton

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Outreach Manager, Milwaukee Bucks

Dr. Victor Amaya

President & Executive Director of Data You Can Use

Darren Anglin

Global HR Director & Talent Acquisition, Johnson Controls International

Jamaal Napoleon

Global Manager, HR Tech-Learning & Development, ManpowerGroup

Mandy Potapenko, BA

Senior Program Manager
Institute for Health and Humanity Medical College of Wisconsin

Executive Advisory Council

Chief Judge Carl Ashley
Chief Judge Carl Ashley

Milwaukee Circuit Court

Senator Dora Drake
Senator Dora Drake

WI State Senator

Judge Derek Mosley
Judge Derek Mosley

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

Arvind Gopalratnam
Arvind Gopalratnam

SVP, Corporate Social Responsibility at Milwaukee Bucks

Tammy Belton Davis
Tammy Belton Davis

President/CEO, Athena Communications LLC

Nyra Jordan
Nyra Jordan

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

Dr. Melinda Brennan
Dr. Melinda Brennan

Executive Director, ACLU of Wisconsin

Francesca Mayca-Wegner
Francesca Mayca-Wegner

President/Chief Possibilities Officer HPGM

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