(Seattle, WA) - Michael Trotter, CEO, Founder of Incipio, a Seattle based 501 c3 non-profit organization, has welcomed Incipio’s first executive director, Steven Curry. Curry will lead operations of the organization with a focus on youth advocacy and driving contributions to further expand the region’s unique Youth Entrepreneurship Program.
Curry has over 20 years of experience working in the for-profit and not-for- profit arenas. He has developed youth programs with numerous agencies in Seattle and throughout the Northwest, including: Northwest Youth Services, Friends of Youth, Ryther Child Center, YMCA of Greater Seattle, and Neighborhood House (Plain Talk Project). His Kids Court programs, operated under the King County Boys and Girls Club and Highline School District, provided strategic leadership and program success reducing crime and building networks for youth development. As current president of ADD-Resources in Tacoma WA, Curry has been engaged in providing support groups, educational conferences and workshops for families, schools, and individuals affected by ADHD. Curry is also co-owner of Curry Landscape Inc. in Bonney Lake WA.
In partnership with Trotter and Incipio’s board of directors, Curry will continue to enhance the Youth Entrepreneurship Program by implementing an Authentic Leader component. The component not only assists youth entrepreneurs in starting a business but also assists and develops youth who wish to pursue non-entrepreneurial and more traditional roles within the workforce.
Incipio, founded in 2005, has a mission that is dedicated to providing the next generation of youth entrepreneurs (ages 14-19) and business leaders with the skills and resources to affect positive economic change. Each year, Incipio enrolls numerous students from Seattle based high schools and community organizations into its Youth Entrepreneurship Program. The organization’s mission is to guide youth entrepreneurs (ages 14-19) in building upon their unique business ideas of starting and operating their own businesses.
Incipio’s program curriculum is one of the most unique in the country and combines practical and theoretical business training with authentic leadership development. Beginning in February, students will attend bi-weekly classes at Seattle Central Community College. The business and leadership training continues until May when students begin developing their business plans to present to the Seattle business community in June. At the completion of this year’s Youth Entrepreneurship Program, Incipio will award 2 students with $1,000 each as seed money to aid in the start up their unique business ideas.
To learn more about Incipio, please visit www.goincipio.org. For more information about Steven Curry or the Youth Entrepreneurship Program, please contact Helyse Sina, (775) 338-4584 or helyse.sina@goincipio.org