OUR TEAM

  • Jeremy Bouman

    Co-Founder + CEO

  • Sarah Bartolomei

    Chief of Staff

  • Brittany Burling headshot in front of a colorful mural.

    Brittany Burling

    Director of Operations

  • Charita Dailey smiling in an office space as the Director of Development at RISE.

    Charita Dailey

    Director of Development

  • Dee Mueller smiling at camera in a blue sweater

    Dee Mueller

    Grant Manager

  • Portrait of McKenzie Ring standing in front of a mural.

    McKenzie Ring

    Director of Marketing + Communications

  • Chantal Wentz

    Volunteer Relations Manager

  • Nora Martin RISE Academy Data and Evaluation Specialist

    Nora Martin

    Data and Evaluation Specialist

  • Jasmine Harris smiling in an office building.

    Jasmine Harris, MPH, CHES

    Director of Public Policy + Advocacy

  • Olivia Larson

    Policy Fellow

  • Mikayla Troudt

    Enrollment Coordinator

  • Robert Nutt smiling at camera wearing a plaid shirt.

    Robert Nutt

    Case Manager

  • Maria Moreno-Godemann

    Director of Programs

  • Caitlin Finn

    Event Manager

  • Dr. TJ Dickson

    Director of RISE Business Academy

  • Geri Knight standing for her headshot in front of a mural.

    Geri Knight

    Director of Family Programs

  • Headshot of RISE Family Program Associate, Randall Robbins

    Randall Robbins

    Family Program Associate

  • Andrea Wright headshot standing in front of a mural

    Andrea Wright

    In Prison Program Director

  • Bryan Dahlberg

    In-Prison Program Associate

  • Dr. Tommy Moore

    In-Prison Program Associate

  • Headshot of Pamela Pettes

    Pamela Pettes

    In-Prison Program Associate

  • Jon Consolver-Fonseca

    In-Prison Program Associate

  • Erica Raetz, Director of Reentry Services smiling in the Blackstone Plaza's Cloud Room

    Erica Raetz, MSW

    Director of Reentry Services

  • Aaron Pettes

    Reentry Manager

  • December Muhammad

    Director of Employment Services

  • Jason Kotas

    Community Navigator

  • Olivia Perez leaning on chair

    Olivia Perez

    Community Navigator

  • Maeve Hemmer

    Community Navigator

  • Andrew Lyle

    Community Navigator

  • RISE Academy Reentry Program in Nebraska, Community Navigator, Brian Koch.

    Brian Koch

    Community Navigator

RISE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dan Walker
RISE Board President - Year 2
Senior Analyst, Bridges Trust

Jeremy Bouman
RISE Co-Founder & CEO (non-voting)

Ava Thomas
President, Western Media Group Lee Enterprises
RISE Board - Year 4

Leah Smejkal
RISE Board Finance Chair - Year 5
Senior Vice President, Operations, Dundee Bank

Dr. Mark Foxall
Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska Omaha
RISE Board - Year 4

Tonya Eggspuehler
VP Organizational Development & Total Rewards, Union Pacific
RISE Board - Year 1

Jamie Berglund
Co-Owner, David Loren Construction
RISE Board - Year 3

Natasha Nuytten
CEO, DEI Network
RISE Board - Year 1

Luester Weaver
RISE Graduate
RISE Board - Year 1

Naomi Hattaway
Owner, Leaving Well Consulting
RISE Board - Year 3

Rachel Fox
Sr. Manager of Learning & Development, Connectbase
Founder of You Go Girl
RISE Board - Year 2

Ben Navarro
General Manager, Customer Service First Exteriors
RISE Board - Year 2

Thomas Sudyka
Growth Equity Investor, McCarthy Capital
RISE Board - Year 2

Jan Chvala
President, TTC
RISE Board - Year 2

Steve Lathrop
Partner, Attorney at Law, Hauptman O'Brien Wolf Lathrop
RISE Board - Year 2

Bill Hobbs
RISE Graduate
RISE Board- Year 3

Darron Rolle
Sr. Vice President, Kiewit Corporation
RISE Board- Year 1: July 2024

Melissa Taylor
Consultant, Econic
RISE Board - Year 1: October 2024

Ken Stinson, RISE Co-Founder
RISE Board Chairman Emeritus
Chairman Emeritus, Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc.

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