Jordan S. Steffy | Founder & CEO of Xylem
Early in Life: Inspired by the tremendous mentors in his life, Steffy founded the Children Deserve a Chance Foundation in 2004 to aid in the intellectual, emotional and spiritual development of underprivileged youth.
Formal Education | Upon graduation from Conestoga Valley High School, Steffy chose to attend the University of Maryland out of 42 scholarship offers, where he played as quarterback on the football team and earned both s B.S. degree in Kinesiology and a Masters degree in Real Estate Development. At UMD, Jordan played an active role in the student athletic advisory council. Because of his good work in the community, in 2008 Jordan was named to the Allstate/AFCA Good Works Team and granted the Humanitarian Bowl Award. In May of 2015 Steffy received his M.B.A. from Columbia University where he was a member of the Black Business Student Association, and the Columbia Entrepreneurs Organization.
Today| While in Business School and attempting to balance a busy schedule with his passion for giving back, Steffy was looking for a technology to enhance his relationship with the small group of scholars that he continued to mentor. After multiple failed attempts to find such a technology, he and two Columbia Business School classmates co-found Xylem, a company focused on enhancing and quantifying mentor/protégé relationships. Selected to be a member of the Universities selective “Greenhouse Accelerator”, Steffy and his Co-founders have generated a great deal of momentum by way of extensive market research. Six mentoring organizations have agreed to Pilot the technology throughout the summer of 2015.
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5 Favorite Books: 
Never Eat Alone – Keith Ferrazi
Hard Thing About Hard Things – Ben Horowitz
Zero to One – Peter Thiel
Good to Great – Jim Collins
Rich Dad Poor Dad – Robert Kyosacki
On my list to read:
4 Hour Work Week – Timothy Ferriss