Who's Building It
The future is not waiting for permission.
Behind STEMCAT is a team of builders, leaders, educators and workforce professionals committed to changing how opportunity is experienced across Southwest Florida.
EXPOSE. EXPERIENCE. EMPLOYMENT.
What Drives the Work
Built different.
Strong leadership builds people first, creates experiences that lead somewhere, and turns vision and mission into action for families, industries and communities.
OUR VISION
No generation without choice. No industry without talent.
OUR MISSION
To launch the next workforce generation into a future of choice.
93%Participants from low-to-moderate income communities
61%Female participation across workforce and exposure programs
79%First in their family exposed to technical workforce pathways
The B-Suite
Builders. Believers. Bridge Builders. Bold Thinkers.
Dr. Jesse L. Bryson, Ed.D.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Melissa Reynolds
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Yamil Jaskille
Chief Development & Strategy Officer
Sharon Ralston
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) (Collaboratory )
Systems & Operations
The team that keeps the system running.
Maurisnaud Jean - Louis
Senior Operations Director
Angela Patane
Operations Coordinator
Workforce, Learning & Partnerships
The team building the pathways.
Nicholas Frankenberger
Youth Development Coordinator
Spencer Hawthrone
Agriculture & Community Impact Coordinator
Tonya Gerard
Planning Director
Chris Buford
Bamm Productions Communications & Digital Media Manager
Dina Thompson
Community Relations Coordinator
Governance
Board of Trustees
Dr Janet James
President
Dr. Duane Cumberbatch
Vice President
Gina Fraizer
Secretary
Greta Campbell
Treasurer
Archie Haywood
Trustee
Graham-Scott
Trustee
Dr. Eeka Marshall
Trustee
Tonya Gerard
Trustee
Cindy Usler
Trustee
Governance
Board of Directors
Dr Scott Wolf
President
Gary Avin
Vice President
Dina Thompson
Secretary
Barbara McGuan
Treasurer
Andrea Lester, Esq.
Board Director
Chris Rinkos
Board Director
Forrest Walker Jr.
Board Director
Dr Patricia Solo-Josephson
Board Director
Bob Frisch
Board Director
RoseAnn Dicola
Board Director
R.Dean Piccirillo
Board Director
Johnathan Cropper
Board Director
Dr Ron Archer
Board Director
Shaun Stephens
Board Member
Advisors
Subject Matter Experts
Cotrenia Hood
Strategic Development
Markenson Charles
Workforce Development
Ann Robbie
Youth Development
Hyacinth-Reynolds
Community Relations
Eric Kelly
Capital & Infrastructure Strategy
Lester Armstrong
Innovation & Industry Alignment
Accountability
Annual Report 2025
920+ students, four counties, 15 partners. Read how STEMCAT measured itself in 2025.
Join us. Build differently. Lead the future.
STEMCAT is building a new workforce model — where exposure becomes experience, experience becomes skill, and skill becomes a paycheck.
Questions? info@stemcat.org · (239) 666-8171