Our Passion

Sam Chason

Founder - CEO

Sam Chason is a recent graduate of the Wake Forest Business School and a native New Yorker. A serial entrepreneur at heart, Sam started his first business at age five and went from a lemonade stand to a landscaping business to flipping cars and pretty much anything he could find in the free section on Craigslist. Outside of moving boxes, Sam spends his free time playing pick-up basketball, experimenting in the kitchen, and taking impromptu surf trips.

Keith Chason

CTO

Keith Chason is a full-stack enterprise web developer who enjoys exploring the latest technologies in the field. He’s been involved with Storage Scholars since near the beginning, focused on developing and supporting the customer portal. Currently living in Maryland, Keith spends his weekends working as a paramedic in upstate New York and has made it his mission to visit every state in America by age 30 (he is currently at 46!).

Matthew Gronberg

Co-Founder - COO

Matt Gronberg, Wake Forest class of 2021, studied Biochemistry and Spanish. He came to Wake with plans to go to Medical School and began working for Storage Scholars to ease some of the impending loans he would soon face. The spirit and mission of the company inspired him to change his career path and ignited his entrepreneurial fire. Thanks to these ventures, he will graduate debt-free and hopes to inspire and empower other students to take control and do the same!

Chelsea Goodwin

Business Development

Chelsea Goodwin is the Head of Business Development at Storage Scholars. She is a results-driven leader with a track record of growth-focused sales operations, client relationship management, talent acquisition, and team development. She moved to Winston-Salem in 2019 from Greenville, SC where she served as Director of Inside Sales at The Haro Group before founding her startup The Agent Accelerator, which provided training, coaching and accountability to real estate agents across the US. Chelsea is a proud graduate of Clemson University (Go Tigers!) Chelsea’s personal core values are: Radical Solutions, Growth Obsessed, Grit, Intensity & Appropriately Assertive! By channeling her core values, she hopes to drive the growth and expansion of Storage Scholars for years to come. Chelsea is happily married to Houston Goodwin, and in her spare time enjoys CrossFit, fine wine, magnificent charcuterie boards, and disc golf.

Jess Yaeger

Campus Teams Manager

Jess Yaeger, our Campus Teams Manager, executes recruiting and business operations for our campus interns. She spent most of her life in the Midwest, growing up in Chicago and attending school at The University of Iowa. However, she and her shih tzu Seabrook have recently moved to Raleigh, NC and are embracing the best parts of the South; the beautiful weather and outstanding BBQ. In her free time, Jess is an avid reader and writer with plans to publish her own novels in the future. In her professional career, she has a vast experience of staffing and hiring; and paired with her passion of coaching cheerleading, it is the perfect storm to recruit and mentor the best college interns in the nation.

Eric Witteborg

Campus Teams Manager

Hailing from Columbia, South Carolina, Eric serves as a Campus Teams Manager here at Storage Scholars. Prior to joining the team, he spent 15 years in the moving industry, during which time he oversaw the launch and growth of one of South Carolina’s highest rated moving companies. When he’s not working, Eric enjoys spending time with his wife and their three sons, impromptu weekend getaways, trying out new recipes, and can occasionally be found behind the drum kit in a local cover band.

Grace Stokes

Campus Recruitment Intern

Grace Stokes is a Junior at Clemson University, where she is double majoring in Business Marketing and Management with a minor in Brand Communications. Grace was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she hopes to return after she graduates. Grace’s involvement with Storage Scholars began as a Marketing Manager for Clemson’s campus and has evolved to Campus Recruiting and Operations Intern for the company. Outside of work and school, Grace loves to spend time with her family and friends, especially her maltipoo, Dolly, read, try new restaurants, and travel. Grace looks forward to the business experience and entrepreneurial skills she will gain from Storage Scholars, and in turn, she hopes to leave a lasting and positive impact that helps encourage other college students to pursue the same opportunity she did!

Jenna Zayicek

Campus Recruitment

In her role as Campus Operations and Recruitment Coordinator, Jenna plays a crucial part in helping the logistics and talent aspects across all of the campuses we serve. She calls Greenville, SC home with her husband and two pups. When she isn’t making a meal with her husband, Jenna loves all things gardening, embroidery, Christmas, reading, and serving her community. With broad professional experience ranging from retail management to writing mortgages, she is thrilled to bring her skills to the Storage Scholars team while continuing the trend of doing common things “uncommonly well.”

Nick Kulmala

Customer Success Supervisor

Nick is the Customer Success Supervisor at Storage Scholars. He lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with his boyfriend, Chris, and French Bulldog, Mister. A graduate of Clemson University, Nick previously worked in the performing arts field. When he's not providing you with impeccable customer service, he can be found behind a sewing machine for his bow tie business, cooking, baking a new recipe found on TikTok, or simply just being lazy at home with Chris and Mister.

Madilyn Glowski

Marketing Intern

Madilyn Glowski is a Marketing Intern here at Storage Scholars. She joined the team as a Duke Campus Co-Founder while in Durham, and now her role has evolved to encompass marketing and social media as well. Madilyn is working toward graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, a concentration in Finance, and a certificate in Markets and Management Studies at Duke. When she isn’t cheering on the Blue Devils in Cameron Indoor or enjoying Duke’s stunning campus, Madilyn is back home on the Upper West Side, New York. She spends her free time exploring NYC’s excellent cuisine, working out, and hanging with friends in Central Park.

Robert Nielsen

Head of Customer Success

Robert is the Head of Customer Success here at Storage Scholars. He currently resides in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada and grew up in Dracut, MA. Robert has a Liberal Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts - Lowell with concentrations in Psychology and Literature. He comes to Storage Scholars from the insurance world where he was in sales for almost a decade and also worked in training and development. The jump from sales to customer success was a no brainer for Robert seeing that he loves building long lasting relationships with both his customers and his coworkers. When he is not working, he is most likely spending time with his dogs, at the gym, cooking with his fiancée and being terrible at golf. Robert has some lofty goals here at Storage Scholars but his main focus is on being a positive force to those around him and to be a main driver in the company's ongoing success.