Our mission
Create workplaces that reflect the diversity of our neighborhoods.
We are a non-profit organization working to empower Black and Latinx individuals by providing job training, placement opportunities starting in the Chicago area. Our goal is for 25,000 people from these communities, who we know have been overlooked thus far at higher income levels as well as lower education rates, to collectively make $30 billion in salary over 20 years!
Our vision
Re:work training envisions cities where economic freedom isn’t determined by zip code and meaningful employment is accessible to all.
Better incomes = better outcomes
Though our candidate training program and corporate partnershop, we aim to empower 25 000 Black, Latinx, People of Color to cumulatively make $30 billion in income over the next 20 years.
Our board of directors


President
Gloabal Sales @Sprout
Joined board: 2017
At Sprout Social, a social media management solutions provider, Barretto leads a team of about 350 people and has helped the company scale from less than $30 million to more than $100 million in just a few years.
On Sprout Social’s Adapt blog, Barretto wrote about how being a parent has made him a better leader. “Before having children I was much more emotional in the workplace. I’d allow things like a low-performing month to negatively — and visibly — affect me. Now I realize just how toxic that kind of behavior is and that even my solemn silence might be sending the wrong message,” he wrote. “When my team has a particularly tough month, I make it a point to call a meeting and acknowledge that it wasn’t due to a lack of focus or effort.
Proactivity prevents them from assuming I’m angry or frustrated, and positivity is more encouraging and inspiring than any lecture or rant.” Prior to joining Sprout Social, Barretto spent over a decade at Salesforce. He is a board member at Sales Assembly and re:work training, which focuses on training Chicago’s untapped communities and diversifying hiring practices within the tech industry.

Managing Director,Head of Technology Value
Creation at Sun Capital Partners
Joined board: 2020
Susan Clark is a Managing Director at Sun Capital. She works with investment teams, CEOs, and senior portfolio leadership on business value creation initiatives and to develop and implement ongoing strategic and operating plans.


Our core team

Shelton Banks
CEO

Ashley Jordan
VP of Operations&Strategy

Ben Nussbaum
Director of Corporte Partnerships

Glen Kimble
Community Engagement Sr Coordinator

Kelly Manning
Director of Alumni Support and Philantropy

Joshua Buhandin
Visual & Graphic Design Coordinator
Our volunteer leadership

Matt Tharp
Director of Portfolio Operations
Gemspring Capital

Cathrine Rogers
Head of Training Enterprise Account Executive
Groove

Allyson Clark
Head of Volunteer Operations Revenue Operations
Halo

Sadie McGraw
Head of Peer Advisory Sales Manager
Gong.io