MEET THE TEAM

Theodore Swett, Chief Executive Officer, brings with him over 20 years of experience in various industries including nonprofits, corporations, and schools. An educator by trade, his passion is teaching nonprofits and small businesses how to develop sustainable and equitable solutions to problems related to marketing, strategy, talent, programming, training, internal conflict, and management. Possessing masters degrees in Homeland Security Administration, Exercise Science,  Conflict Resolution, and Comparative Literature, he is an expert in mediation and negotiation, public policy and grant management, program development and execution, instructional design and training, strategic planning, and team leadership and coordination. 

Shownda J. Pagan, Chief Operations Officer, is an organizational leader who has worked in the corporate, nonprofit and church industry. She is passionate about helping others succeed and not endure the same resistance and barriers she faced. Shownda has successfully led community socio-economic programs, out-of-school programs, days of service initiatives and written and awarded grant funding. Shownda is known for helping organizations with program development, implementation, and enhancement of the organization’s strategic goals. She is an expert in infrastructure, strategic planning, clarification of objectives, coordination and training of program and operation teams and staffs.