Conduit Initiative

Justin Berst’s Vision: Valor’s Pioneering AI-Driven Crime Prevention
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker “Hey, you in the blue shirt and ballcap! You’re trespassing and the police have been called!” The voice…

Global Collaborations in Water Policy: Ada, Oklahoma, Bondo, Kenya, and the World Beyond
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker “There are many things that you can afford to go without, but the three things that we need…

Cathlena Spencer: Technological Innovation Hiding in Plain Sight
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Cathlena Spencer first became interested in camouflage when she was a little kid. She was eleven years old,…

Briana Coureur: Community, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Briana Coureur has always had a passion for community and entrepreneurship. When she was working on her Business…

Coding, Collaboration, and Competition: Inside the Youth Coding League
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker It was August 29th and the anticipation in the Ada Jobs Foundation Conduit offices was palpable. Twelve fifth…

Esports at ECU: Not Just Fun and Games
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Cody Soden has a passion for gaming, and he isn’t alone. Soden, the Director of Alumni Relations and…

Connection, Collaboration, and the Conduit Initiative: Bringing 21st Century Tech Entrepreneurship to Rural Southern Oklahoma
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker When the Ada Jobs Foundation received the Economic Development Administration’s Build to Scale Venture Challenge Grant in 2021…

Education and Outreach: High School Entrepreneurship Efforts with the Conduit Initiative Staff
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker One of the main goals of the Startup Conduit Initiative for Southern Oklahoma is to support entrepreneurs, specifically…