Education

In partnership with Washington University’s Skandalaris Center, YouthBridge created the YouthBridge Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition (SEIC) and the YouthBridge Workshops. The competition and the YouthBridge Workshops are free and open to all. Agencies of any size, both new and established, will benefit from the opportunity to learn best business practices, develop an entrepreneurial business model and network with community leaders and peers. Since its inception, the SEIC has awarded more than $100,000 annually to the prizewinners; however, agencies do not have to enter the competition to attend any or all of the workshops. For workshop topics, a schedule of events and how to participate, visit www.sc.wustl.edu/SEIC.

Organization                        Award                   Funder

2006:
Artworks Enterprises                        $35,000                       Youthbridge

REAP Training Institute                  $30,000                       Incarnate Word Foundation

Meds & Foods for Kids                     $25,000                       Skandalaris Center

                                                               $  5,000                       Student Award

Panda Athletic Gym                          $  5,000                       Student Award

2007:

The Bridge St. Louis                         $30,000                      Youthbridge

One World Neighborhood Café     $30,000                      Incarnate Word Foundation

The Miriam Center/Miriam           $30,000                      Deaconess Foundation
    School

The Nest                                              $25,000                      Skandalaris Center

MOAR for Life:  South Grand         $  5,000                      Student Award

  Ministry

2008:

Studio STL                                          $35,000                      Youthbridge

                                                               $  5,000                       Student Award

Live Feed                                             $30,000                       Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis

BEGIN New Venture Center          $15,000                       Skandalaris Center & Youthbridge

Indego Africa                                      $15,000                       Skandalaris Center  & Youthbridge

Ms.  Kim Abel, Associate Director, The Scholarship Foundation of Saint Louis

Mr. Barrett Baebler, Director, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Webster University

Mr. Sanford Bell, President, OmniVision Project Solutions, LLC

Marvin Berkowitz, Ph.D., Sanford N. McDonnell Professor of Character Education, UMSL

Mr. Terry Blake, Chief Operating Officer, Leveraged Resources Management

Ms. Carrie Bolm, Director, Human Resources & Quality Assurance, Missouri Alliance for Children & Families

Ms. Kathleen Buescher                               

Mr. Kirby Burkholder, Director – Missouri, IFF

Mr. Greg Christoffel, Partner, Green Schaaf & Jacobson P.C.

Ms. Allison Collinger, Principal, AHC Consulting LLC
Ms. Kathy Doellefeld-Clancy, Foundation Executive, JF Roblee Foundation

Ms. Anna Doyle, MarketSphere Consulting, LLC

Mr. Peter  Finley, Washington University of St. Louis
Ms. Bridget Flood, Executive Director, Incarnate Word Foundation

Ms. Elisa Gilbert, Attorney-at-Law, Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, L.C.

Mr. Tom Hagemann,. R.L. Hulett & Company

Mr. Cliff Holekamp, Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Washington University Olin School of  Business

Ms. Karen Kalish, President, Kalish Communications

Mr. Chris Krehmeyer, Executive Director, Beyond Housing

Ms. Liz Kriegshauser, Financial Adviser                             

Sr. Joan Kuester, D.C., Executive Director, Daughters of Charity Foundation of  St. Louis

Mr. Matt Kull, George Warren Brown School of Social Work
Mr. Howard Lerner, Kaldi's Coffee Roasting Company

Ms. Marlene Levine, Adjunct Instructor, Washington University

Mr. Greg Lewis, The Lutheran Foundation                                

Ms. Sandra Marks, President, Marks & Associates

Mr. Ron Moitzfield, Practical Business Solutions

Mr. Sandy Peters, Director of Development, Animal Protective Association

Ms. Kathy Reeves, Community Relations Manager, Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Mr. Bob Rickert, Business Management Counselor, SCORE Chapter 21

Professor Keith Sawyer, Associate Professor of Education, Washington University

Ms. Yvonne Sparks, Senior Manager, Community Development, The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Mr. Tom Stehl, Coordinator of Operation, Meds & Food for Kids (MFK)

Ms. Ann Vazquez, President/CEO, Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis

Ms. Lynn Weber, Client Relations Director, Sextant Technology Partners

Mr. Mark Wood, Director of Practice Management, Wachovia Securities Financial Network

Ms. Lynn Yearwood