re|work

We’ve spent the last five years earning our degrees, traveling around the globe, and working on all sorts of projects for organizations big and small—all with a relentless desire to find work that inspires us, challenges us, and also pays the bills.

We’ve realized that there’s no road map for finding meaningful work, no structured career path for people to figure out where and how they can make a difference, no community of people dedicated to this pursuit.

So that is exactly what we’re building.

After talking with hundreds of our peers along the way, we’ve discovered that we’re not alone. In fact, the whole workforce is changing. There was once a time when a good salary and the promise of moving up the company ladder was enough. Today, organizations are being challenged by the best and the brightest to think harder about the way they do business. Top talent across the world see fundamental problems undermining our society, and are demanding to be an active part of the solution. This generation of leaders and innovators will not settle to work for companies that can’t see beyond business as usual, and refuse to do their part.

We believe that no one should have to choose between making money and making a difference in the world. We believe that organizations working day and night to improve people’s lives deserve the most talented, committed, and passionate professionals out there to support their efforts. And in connecting our generation’s very best with these forward-thinking organizations, we believe there’s an incredible opportunity for all of us to re-think, re-imagine, and re-define the very notion of “work.”

That’s Why we set out to build rework.

• Nathaniel Koloc
  Managing Partner of Strategy

  Nathaniel co-founded ReWork after three years of mission-driven startup project management and strategic planning work. Nathaniel holds an M.S. in Strategic Leadership toward Sustainability from the Blekinge Tekniska Hogskola, a B.A. in Global Human Impact Studies from the University of Vermont, and is a fellow of both the Unreasonable Institute (2011) and StartingBloc (2010).

  

• Evan Walden
  Managing Partner of Business Development

  Prior to co-founding ReWork, Evan worked as an account manager for Dow Chemical, managing a $3.5M territory and increasing sales by over 30% in his first year. Evan has also consulted with a variety of socially responsible start-ups, assisting them with business planning and strategy. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Vermont.

  

• Abe Taleb
  Managing Partner of Operations

  Abraham co-founded ReWork after working in the for-profit, nonprofit, and government sectors and is currently enjoying his role as an aspiring social entrepreneur. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Abraham holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Abraham is a 2010 StartingBloc fellow and a City of Pittsburgh Citizen Service Award Recipient.

  

• Shane Rasnak
  Talent & Systems Manager

  Prior to joining ReWork, Shane worked for One Degree Solar, a start-up that supplies solar lighting products to off-grid households in developing countries. Shane helped build the company’s first business plan (which won first place in the Wharton Africa Business Forum competition) and managed a pilot distribution project in Kenya. Shane holds a B.S. in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University.

  

Nine Mile Run Watershed Association

We put together a team of five and partnered with nonprofit consultants from Dewey & Kaye to develop a full-scale business plan for StormWorks, the social enterprise arm of the Nine Mile Run Watershed Association. Our team conducted market research and produced all deliverables including written plans for marketing, operations, financing, and management. The StormWorks business plan secured $260,000 from the Richard King Mellon Foundation.

PlayPower

We’ve provided ongoing capacity in the form of application and grant writing support for PlayPower, a nonprofit that develops affordable learning games for kids in developing countries. Our talent was responsible for writing a winning grant application to the White House-sponsored National STEM Video Game Challenge ($50,000 prize) and a Sprout Fund sponsored Spark award.