MEET ROX

ROX studies the unique experiences of girls, capturing the opinions, behaviors and aspirations of over 17,000 girls across the country.

ROX trains women who are licensed school counselors, social workers and educators to deliver a 20-week evidence-based program in schools to girls in grades 5-12.

ROX supports the adult influencers in girls’ lives, providing training and professional development, as well as practical tools and support for everyday use.

Over A DECADE OF RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND CONFIDENT GIRLS.

Ruling Our eXperiences (ROX) began in 2006 as a research study at The Ohio State University where Founder and CEO Dr. Lisa Hinkelman spent her career training graduate students in counselor education. As a licensed counselor working with adults and students in school settings, Dr. Hinkelman recognized that the issues facing female students mirrored the experiences of the adult women she was working with in counseling. This connection sparked a research agenda that sought to understand the challenges facing girls and what interventions existed to help them navigate these challenges.

Highly motivated to improve outcomes for future women, Dr. Hinkelman put research into practice and developed a comprehensive curriculum that could be delivered during the school day and that was available for any girl that expressed interested. Dr. Hinkelman founded Ruling Our eXperiences, Inc. (ROX) in 2011 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to create generations of confident girls who are in control of their own relationships, experiences, decisions and futures.

Since then, ROX has scaled nationally to grow programming across nearly 40 states with more than 7,500 girls annually and launched The ROX Institute for Research & Training to provide innovative, data-driven resources for the adults who support girls. Serving thousands of adult influencers each year, the ROX Institute conducts large-scale national studies of girls’ lived experiences and uses that data to provide engaging, evidence-based resources for parents, educators, counselors, mentors, and coaches. 

Meet the Team

Lisa Hinkelman, PhD, LPC
Founder/CEO

Lauren Hancock, MPA
Sr. Director of Operations

Mary Cusick, MBA
Chief of Staff

David Kaplan
Chief Financial Officer

Allyson Baden, LISW
Program Operations & Data Analyst

Leah Borden, MA, LSC
Sr. Advisor, Dr. Patty Diversity Fellowship

Aliyah Hiram, MS
Program Coordinator, Growth Initiatives

Angel Mensing, MA
Manager, Growth Initiatives

BréLeigh Stragand
Program Administrative Assistant

Lauren Morosky, MA, LSC
Manager, Content & Curriculum

Julie Ohlemacher, MA
Manager, Marketing & Communications

Sibyl West, PhD
Sr. Advisor, Dr. Patty Diversity Fellowship

Nancy Willis, MA, LSC
Director of Recruitment and Strategic Growth

Rachel Zufall, MA, LSC
Director of Facilitator Training & Support

Board of Directors

Kimberly Cooper
Senior Vice President Marketing
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Valerie Greer
Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer

Bread Financial

Erika Latham
Senior Vice President, Human Resources Segment Risk Officer
Huntington National Bank

Gelena Libin
Vice President, Finance & Business Operations
Headspace Health

Julie Rosen
President
Bath & Body Works, Inc.

Lakshmi Reddy
Venture Partner
Sybilla Masters Fund

Brooke Wilson
Associate Vice President, External Communications
VS&Co.

Nici Workman
Partner & Chair of Finance Practice
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP

Funders & Partners

Ruling Our eXperiences (ROX) partners with public, private, independent, charter and parochial schools in urban, suburban and rural communities across the country.