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.