Yvonne Eype is a result-driven Education Director experienced in developing and advancing college and career policies and practices. Under her leadership, UFCS/GRADify has onboarded and developed strong statewide teams of 25+ and increased staff performance by 20%. She is also the Director of Special Projects for GRADegy Go, an education innovation company working with the community to provide solutions technology for the hardest to bridge challenges. Prior to her current roles, she served at Lamar Consolidated High School as Assistant Principal, Program Director, and Teacher.

Jay is a creativity and innovation focused technology leader, with years of experience managing and driving UFCS/GRADify ‘s Technology vision. He has helped UFCS/GRADify grow it coalition size while helping UFCS/GRADify transition. UFCS/GRADify have pivoted from just a think tank of best practices into developing technologies to implements those practices at scale. He spearheads a growing development team in bringing the GRADegy app into the hands of students and institution leadership. Prior to UFCS he was a teacher, department chair,  technology implementation/training specialist and a district curriculum writer.

Evelyn Escobedo currently serves as a Partnership Manager and brings to the organization significant experience in business- to-business leaderships, with a concentration in development, marketing, and client relations. Evelyn started her journey 13 years ago as a HR Executive at Youth About Business. This experience ignited her passion to work with high school students to promote access and success in higher education. She’s been involved with several education nonprofit organizations, including AmeriCorps, City Year, College Summit, and BCFS as an advocate, teacher and mentor.