Rebeccah Byer is the Founding Executive Director of The Olio, a 501c3 Social Enterprise featuring a Youth Apprentice Program and Glassblowing Studio which opened in September 2014 in Winston-Salem, NC. Since 2016 she has served as co-founder of Mary's Mavens, and in 2018 she joined Wake Forest University's Center for Entrepreneurship as a Visiting Professor of Practice. She has a bachelor's degree in crafts with a concentration in glassblowing from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and has worked in glass, education, and non-profit administration for over 25 years. She has created and worked for several for-profit and non-profit start-ups, and produced Indestructible, an award-winning documentary feature film written and directed by her brother Ben Byer (1970-2008), which documented the last six years of his life with ALS. Rebeccah's vision for The Olio and all projects is one of sustainability, empowerment, and community development. She also currently serves on the PTI Airport Public Art Committee and as faculty advisor for Social Impact 360. Sarah Band is also an instructor with The Olio. Sarah was raised in San Francisco’s Bay Area. She attended San Francisco State University and received her Bachelors in Fine Art in 2011. At The end of 2013 Band had her first solo exhibition at Public Glass in San Francisco entitled “Apocalypse”. Sarah is a nationally recognized artist, and was a Studio Scholarship Recipient from The Chrysler Museum of Art. Sarah is the Creative Director at The Olio and focuses on educating teens and young adults with glass blowing and business skills. She has shown at the Cultural Arts Center in Greensboro and is currently showing work at The Olio's gallery.