Ty Hookway is founder and president of CleanCraft, a commercial cleaning company based in Rochester, NY. CleanCraft was founded in 1995 and currently employs over 300 people. Throughout the years of growing and expanding Ty was, and continues to be, in awe of the numerous people he has worked with. He believes in the incredible talent and inherent good of CleanCraft’s employees. As a company CleanCraft strives to create life changing relationships by loving, coaching, mentoring and upholding best practices throughout the organization. The company’s guiding tenet is that there is infinite power, dignity and healing provided by work and that gainful employment adds impressive and positive benefits to the human experience.

Ty and CleanCraft are pioneering social enterprise in Rochester with innovative hiring and employee development practices. In 2015, Ty felt a passionate desire to adjust the mission statement to better reflect his commitment to making a difference. The mission of CleanCraft is "to create quality of life and peace for all." Ty is certain that the mission statement and running a successful, profitable enterprise are not mutually exclusive. Ty, and CleanCraft, support a conscious capitalism model and continually strive for a win/win relationship with all stakeholders.

Ty is a serial entrepreneur with successful ventures in consulting and other small business enterprises. He is a member of various boards and active within his church. Ty has a math degree from Holy Cross College. He grew up in Rochester and resides there with his wife Elizabeth and their children. He enjoys golf, reading and is an ardent lifelong learner.

What happens after you've made a mistake, get sentenced to prison, then get released? For many, even though they've "done their time," they get "re-sentenced to joblessness," and joblessness is the #1 predictor that they'll go back to a life of crime...and eventually back to jail. If you can't find an opportunity to make money legally, how will you put food on the table?

While there is fear on behalf of the public to work alongside these individuals, you might be surprised to hear that they are just as fearful. After adapting to life "on the inside," many have forgotten, or never knew how, to make a living "on the outside."

The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) works to ease that fear by providing transitional employment and support services that build job skills and ultimately reduce recidivism by being a pathway to permanent employment and societal contribution. Not only is CEO changing lives, but it's a good investment too! For every taxpayer dollar spent, there is a $3.30 return!

Sarah Fletcher is the Rochester Site Director for CEO. She has an MS Ed in International Education Development from University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors Degree in Anthropology from the University of Rochester.

Hear from Sarah on our Conscious Capitalism ROC panel on "Employing the Formerly Incarcerated" on 10/16!

RSVP here:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/employing-the-formerly-incarcerated-panel-tickets-70584639557

There are 2.3 million people in prison in the United States. Each year, 700,000 are released, but 83% will return within 9 years. The #1 predictor of recidivism? Joblessness.

Yet over the past 25 years, Televerde has hired over 3,000 women while they're still in prison, given them training in business and in life skills and just 7% have returned to prison upon their release.

As a demand generation company with clients including Microsoft, SAP and Adobe, it's not enough to just have a social mission. Over the past 25 years, they've generated $8 Billion in revenue for clients and the 30,000 sales opportunities that they generated for one of their clients resulted in $825 Million in revenue, which represented a 14:1 return on their investment.

30% of the Televerde leadership team was hired the traditional Televerde way...from prison. That includes Chief Social Responsibility Officer Michelle Cirocco, who sat down to talk about the evolution of the Televerde model over the past 25 years, their plans to scale up to impact 10,000 women, and why businesses should make employment for the formerly incarcerated part of their diversity and inclusion efforts.

Devon Reynolds, Sr. co-owns Brothers & Sisters Unisex Salon alongside Javan Bradley. In addition to running a successful business, Devon and Jovan offer much more than haircuts, often serving as father figures, problem solvers and community change makers. In 2019, they were honored by Neighborworks Rochester with the Community Leadership Award and in 2018, Devon was the recipient of The ESL Jefferson Award, which is part of the national Jefferson Award Foundation which strives to build a culture of service in communities across the country. Soon after this interview was recorded, Devon was also named to the Rochester Business Journal's Forty Under 40 list in recognition of both his business achievements and service to the community.

What happens when autism grows up? Having just assumed leadership of her family business after the sudden death of her father, Jennyrae Brongo found that options were limited for her younger brother Chucky. Yet when she took Chucky to a farm and watched him engage with nature's classroom, a dream was born. She discovered a nationwide movement of intentional agricultural communities for people with autism and was determined to build one in Rochester. Not only has Homesteads for Hope become a place to belong and grow abilities, but by creating micro-enterprises to generate revenue, it is also becoming a place for people of all abilities to work. Tune in to this episode to hear the benefits of a neurodiverse workforce and how Jennyrae is Harvesting Hope for people of all abiltiies!

Jennyrae considers herself a dream builder: as a young entrepreneur, sister to autism, woman in construction and founder of Homesteads for Hope Community Farm, she believes all her life’s work is for one common mission – to build sustainable community. Jennyrae is a Rochester, New York native and the owner of Brongo Contracting & Supply. She is also the founder of Homesteads for Hope, a nonprofit organization founded in May of 2013. Homesteads for Hope is dedicated to the support of young adults with autism and their families, offering a welcoming community environment. In 2016, Homesteads for Hope purchased a fifty-five-acre historic farm in Ogden, New York, which has since transformed into the community’s permanent home.

Named one of Conscious Company Magazine's 22 Conscious Leaders of 2019, Jared Meyers has worked and owned companies in the hospitality industry for more than 20 years. While he always intended to lead respectable businesses, it wasn't until he discovered B Lab and its measurement tools for impact that he realized the potential for business as a force for good in society.

After his company became the first certified B corp in Florida in the Real Estate Development industry, he set out to help grow the movement by building partnerships with B corps, the Conscious Capitalism Florida Chapter and other aligned movements to create Florida For Good, an initiative of free resources and measurement tools to create a "B Economy" of businesses striving to create shared and durable prosperity for all.

Jared believes that business has the capabilities and thus the responsibility to help solve many of humanity’s problems, but reassures business leaders not to be intimidated: starting the journey is as simple as measuring your impact, and it won't cost you a thing!

LeeAnn Mallorie believes that lasting change starts in a leader’s physical body, and has ripple effects in the communities and organizations they serve. She is a dynamic facilitator of movement, conversation & culture change. Her forthcoming book, Guts and Grace: A Woman's Guide to Full-Bodied Leadership is the culmination of 12 years of work evolving more "conscious" leadership by coaching them to become more mindful of their presence, emotional intelligence

LeeAnn is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania Masters of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program. Her professional training includes a Somatic Coaching Certification through the Strozzi Institute and an Ego Coaching certification through past employer Learning as Leadership. LeeAnn is also a Certified Nia Technique & Dancing Freedom conscious movement instructor. The 100+ clients and 25+ organizations impacted by her work include Nasa, Capital One, Lexis Nexis, M&T Bank, Mattel, Bastille Agency, CGR, Artech Inc Taiwan, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, and the US Naval Air Systems Command.

In a follow up to our most downloaded episode with Innovative Owner and CEO Justin Copie, we sit down with VP of People and Culture Jaime Eisenhauer to hear about HOW their "cultural gardening" has led to multiple Top Workplaces Awards and Great Place to Work certifications, not to mention a fun office and 40% growth!

Tune in to this episode for Jaime's ACTIONABLE insights on:

-Screening for emotional intelligence in the hiring process

-Why on-boarding starts before the employee's first day on the job

-Lessons learned from rolling out unlimited paid time off and other perks

-Getting feedback on the culture both from surveys and personal conversations

-Diversity and inclusion at Innovative and in the broader tech industry

Does your company have a head of People and Culture? After you listen, Jaime just might convince you that you should!

Jaime is not keen on pom-poms, rah-rah, and ice cream socials. Though her high energy and obsession with serving others may fool you, she’s actually an entrepreneur in HR clothing.

As Vice President of People and Culture at Innovative, Jaime is responsible for securing the best talent and she sees the business value in creating and maintaining a rewarding workplace culture.

From the first interaction a candidate has with Innovative, Jaime provides an incredible user experience. She is eager to make the application simple and user-friendly. Onboarding new hires, which is typically filled with frustration and chaos, is interactive, seamless, and, yes, even fun at Innovative.

Jaime is an aficionado for driving a return on investment in everything ‘people’ and knows that the positive impact of these seemingly minor touchpoints ensures that each new hire is set up for success and fulfillment.

Her 10+ year work experience, knowledge of the tech industry, and high emotional intelligence fuels real business results that has propelled Innovative to a leadership position in IT consulting.

Jaime earned both her Bachelor’s degree and MBA at St. John Fisher College.