About our hosts:
Wes
Wesley is a PTA dad, entrepreneur, Air Force Veteran, and owner of a K-12 Clothing, a school apparel supply company. Prior to K-12, Wesley worked in higher education managing graduate degree programs and building business partnerships for the University.
After sitting in a PTA meeting, Wesley realized that schools all over the country were going through similar challenges of managing spirit wear, school uniforms, and fundraising. In 2016, he launched K-12 Clothing as a direct to customer solution to make the process of managing school apparel easy for schools year-after-year. When not hanging out or traveling with his family, Wes can be found under the hood of his ‘66 Mustang.
Debora
Debora is a PTA mom of two, a lawyer turned business executive excited about helping educational organizations achieve their goals. Debora brings two decades of business experience in sales, marketing, and operations to the education sector borrowing from effective corporate principles to help PTAs, PTOs, and school administrations achieve their goals. As co-founder and advisor to K-12 Clothing, Debora focuses on strategic growth initiatives to propel K-12 Clothing into a leading role in the K-12 apparel market.
She is highly involved with her daughter’s schools whether creating the yearbook, volunteering in class, or attending PTA meetings. Debora is a frequent speaker, writer, and blogger with articles published in a variety of online and hardcopy publications. When not hanging with her husband, kids, and three dogs, Debora can be found running around her hometown in Northern California.
About the show:
The Multipurpose Room is K-12’s podcast dedicated to helping school organizations and school administrations achieve their goals. Each episode discusses real-life topics that PTAs, PTOs, and school staff are dealing with, or have dealt with, and offers practical tips, learnings, and best practices to achieve their desired outcomes.
This show is brought to you by K-12 Clothing. K-12 Clothing is a PTA-Dad created business focused on providing high-quality school apparel while increasing access to educational resources through fundraising in schools. Learn more at k12clothing.com