Meet The Team
Jonathan Ryan Gardner
Founder/ Executive Director
About Jonathan
Jonathan Ryan Gardner is the Founding Executive Director of GardHouse. With several years of external and internal outreach experience, Jonathan has led engagement initiatives from the tech industry to the government sector. As ED of Charlotte’s first work-based organization that primarily focuses on college students of color, Jonathan developed paid internships within small businesses and nonprofits to demonstrate that they too can be economic drivers and training hubs for young talent. He launched GardHouse after finding that college students of color were twice as likely to be unemployed than their counterparts for the last fifty years. Utilizing his outreach experience and Philadelphia upbringing as his foundation, Jonathan vowed to provide personalized experiences for students of color to excel in whatever field they choose.
Education
La Salle University, B.A. in Communication
Awards/Affiliations/Recognitions
- 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree
virtual office hours
M-F: 9 am – 5 pm
Mailing Address
809 Westmere Ave Suite C Charlotte, NC 28208
GardHouse is a qualified 501(c)(3) organization for tax-deductible donations.
EIN: 84-2952589