About GETincluded
GETincluded is a nonprofit that runs GET Café and related programs. We create spaces where people of all abilities can work, learn, and belong, right here in the community.
Our mission & vision
Our mission: GETincluded creates inclusive employment, employment training, and community spaces where people of all abilities can contribute, belong, and thrive.
Through GET Café and related programs, we deliver long-term, individualized support in natural settings so that neurodivergent individuals and people with disabilities experience meaningful employment training and genuine community inclusion.
Our vision: We envision a world that values and celebrates the unique strengths, perspectives and rich contributions that neurodiverse individuals and people with disabilities bring to our shared communities.
Our core values: Inclusion, Empowerment, Community and Purpose.
It started with Oliver
GETincluded began as a dream of Brooke and Jon Goodspeed in 2010, shortly after their second child, Oliver, was born. Oliver has multiple developmental and medical conditions. Raising him alongside his brother and sister has brought the family more growth and joy than they can measure. It also showed them, up close, the stigma, misconceptions, and closed doors that people with disabilities and their families face every day.
That clearer view became a vision of acceptance and inclusion for the Philadelphia area. With a team of dedicated neighbors, the Goodspeeds designed GET Café: a coffee shop and community space where people of all abilities work, learn, and belong. Today we combine real employment with ongoing, individualized support so people can build skills and relationships that last.
Leadership
Brooke Goodspeed, PhD, CRNP, Founder & Executive Director. Brooke founded GETincluded and continues to lead its growth. A nurse practitioner with a PhD in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania, her research focuses on employment as a social determinant of health for adults with autism.
Kimberley Craven, PhD, Deputy Director. Kimberley brings a background in neuroscience research and program development, and is leading our fundraising and therapeutic programming as we move into our permanent home.
Jon Goodspeed, Financial Director
Ryan Kempner, Operations Assistant
Kristin Heasley, Volunteer Director
Trevor Chupka, Assistant Manager
Noah Weir, Assistant Manager
Board of Directors
Sarah Bond, Founder & CEO, Family Focus Media
Erica Daniels, Founder, Hope Grows for Autism
Victoria Goins, Parent Advocate
Jon Goodspeed, Co-Founder
Pat Lamb, Board Member [TO FILL IN: title]
Alyssa Marino, Special Education Teacher
Vicki Peetros, Parent Advocate
Carrie Tompkins Stricker, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University
The GET Café team
The people behind the counter, and the managers and supervisors who work beside them. Many of our team members are neurodivergent or have disabilities, and they bring dedication and care to every shift.
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Shift Supervisors: Dena Hartman, Emily Pensabene, Hannah Facenda, Irene Maione, Scarlett Vernacchio, Spencer Labovitz
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Support the work
Donations fund the ongoing supports, training, and staff that make employment possible. We keep overhead low: 91 cents of every dollar goes straight to the mission.
