Glenn W. Holsclaw is the Executive Director of Making Waves Education Program. His work as a social entrepreneur focuses on developing and implementing innovative programs to ensure that urban children, living in economically depressed communities, acquire the skills necessary to gain acceptance to and graduate from four-year colleges and universities. His work experience includes more than twenty-five years of skills development in the public, non-profit and private sectors, including Hewlett-Packard, Container Corporation of America and San Francisco State University, where he was a faculty member for fifteen years. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Bay Area Discovery Museum, a children’s museum located in Sausalito and The Branson School, an independent high school located in Ross, CA.

Currently, Mr. Holsclaw is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Breakthrough Collaborative (formerly Summerbridge National), a program designed to aid middle school students in the acquisition of skills necessary to succeed in competitive high schools. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hamlin School, an independent K-8 school located in San Francisco and the California Academy of Science, the oldest scientific institution in the west. He received his Bachelors of Art degree from Santa Clara University, and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Washington.