Vision

A sustainable future where organizations ensure every child thrives, empowered by caring communities committed to equity and opportunity.

Mission

Our mission is to empower organizations to create better futures for our children and our world by enhancing their impact, deepening stakeholder engagement, and building authentic, meaningful relationships that drive results.

Values

Our values reflect a commitment to understanding your organization's goals and providing effective strategies and support to meet them: Objectivity: We strive to understand your unique mission, attributes, skills, and capacity. Honesty: We will provide feedback, advice and guidance to help you see your strengths and challenges. Resourcefulness: We stay informed of best practices, study successful peers, and are committed to research necessary to help you succeed. Passion: We strongly believe in the need and benefit for your work, our relationship, and commitment to help you meet your goals. Accountability: We identify key deliverable and goals for our partnership and provide outcome measurements in a timely and effective manner. Trust: We honor our relationship, the confidentiality of your relationships, and the responsibilities we're committed to achieve needed results.

About Drew

Drew Glassford is an innovative and entrepreneurial professional with extensive successful private business and non-profit leadership experience. He most recently served as the CEO of a major market non-profit youth development organization in northwest suburban Chicago, recognized as one of the top twenty performing groups in the Midwest Region. During his six years tenure, Drew led the expansion into three new markets and fifteen locations, tripled the operating budget, developed and expanded staff from 50 to 130, successfully led two capital and operating campaigns of $3M and $8M respectively, while serving on national and statewide committees and panels for government, non-profit, STEM education and workforce development initiatives. Drew worked with US legislators to secure two Federal Special Projects grants of $250K and $2M, helped secure $4M in direct program funding from the State of Illinois, and was invited to the White House twice for his work to improve Youth Workforce Readiness for disadvantaged students in STEM careers. Drew also served as one of the top producing national team directors for philanthropy and partnerships for the Boy Scouts of America Foundation, where he developed funding and program relationships with Fortune 500 companies and major donors throughout the country, supervised a team of four major gift officers, and developed and maintained high level relationships with astronauts, explorers, technology industry innovators and CEOs. Drew grew up the youngest of five children with a single mother, and understands firsthand the challenges children from under-resourced families face when parents don't know how to navigate the education and career pathways in our country. He is a passionate voice and advocate for opportunities for all children to be prepared for our rapidly evolving 21st century workforce, and for the pivotal roles our institutions and community stakeholders can play in their future success. He is a husband, father, author, equestrian, beekeeper, and musician, committed to helping others find purpose, meaning and do good together in the world.