MEET OUR TEAM

LEADERSHIP

DR. PAT CHARLEMAGNE
PRESIDENT

Dr. Pat is a national expert on youth development, community partnerships, and leadership. She is a seasoned legal advocate, educational leader, and non-profit executive committed to equity in education, equal opportunities in the workplace, and social justice. She continues to play an instrumental role in developing strategic, inclusive educational centers where students and adults partner as teachers and learners to meet community needs, centered on youth and older adult youth. In recent years her work has expanded to include organizational effectiveness, scaling up organizations committed to equity and professional development.

SELEMA MASEKELA
CO-FOUNDER

Selema Masekela is a beloved journalist, musician and producer best known for his work presenting NBC’s Red Bull Signature Series; ESPN’s Summer and Winter X Games, which he hosted for 13 years; his cultural reporting in South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, corresponding for the Emmy-award winning investigative series VICE on HBO; and hosting E!’s Daily 10.

Selema’s creativity and mastery of story-telling extends behind the camera to his production company, UX Entertainment, specializing in film, commercials and music videos.

STEVE LAROSILIERE
FOUNDER, PRESIDENT EMERITUS

Steve Larosiliere is the President of STOKED, an award winning youth development program voted to the NY 100 (100 most innovative businesses in NY). Steve has been named Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the National Black MBA, Honored as a Hometown Hero, and given a Community Impact Award. His work has appeared in the New Yorker Magazine, ESPN, Huffington Post, Nylon Magazine, Fuel TV, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, and Transworld Business.

Steve speaks worldwide on the subject of youth empowerment, social entrepreneurship, and closing the opportunity gap, and action sports at places such as Do Lectures, Creative Mornings, Nike, Bloomberg, The United Nations, and various universities. Prior to STOKED, Steve began his career with an independent marketing firm that he cofounded working with clients such as Sony Music, Reader’s Digest, and Rock the Vote.

OUR COACHES

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Devon George
President


Gina Rebollar
General Counsel at Northern Swan Holdings


Ellen O’Connell
Managing Director - Programs, Partnership for Afterschool Education


Mara Grobins Nasatir
Director of Initiatives at TIME'S UP

 

Carlos Lima
Principal R&D Engineer at Shockwave Medical


BOARD OF STOKERS

OUR BOARD OF STOKERS USE THEIR INFLUENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND NETWORK TO EXPAND STOKED PROGRAMS AND AWARENESS IN EACH RESPECTIVE CITY.

NEW YORK

  • Rachel Roosevelt, Managing Director, SGH Macro Advisors

  • Jyoti Folch Berman, Education Consultant at Partnership with Children

  • Caroline Andrew, Senior Vice President, Missy Farren PR (Mfa Ltd.)

  • Micah Abrams, Group Content Director at TEN: The Enthusiast Network

  • John Trani, Commercial Counsel, Criteo

  • Chip Thomas, Director of Music, Ticketfly

  • Kurt Hildebrandt, Account Executive, Pixability

LOS ANGELES

  • Daniel Bealey, Director of Advanced and Programmatic TV, U.S. Interactive Media

  • Jonathan Drubner, Wealth Advisor, Intersect Capital, LLC

  • Rita Wadhwani, VP, Delivery, RAPP

  • Kelly Vaught, Owner, BeCore