Connecting People with purpose & Opportunities
Ron Stebenne
For more than three decades, I’ve helped youth‑focused organizations, community leaders, and creative partners build relationships that expand impact and open doors. My work sits at the intersection of nonprofit leadership, strategic partnerships, and legacy storytelling, grounded in a lifelong commitment to empowering young people.
Today, I continue this mission through Freestyle Promotions Inc., supporting organizations whose work strengthens families, communities, and the next generation.
THE SHARKS WERE EVERYWHERE — AND THAT’S A GOOD THING!
As example of Ron's connectivity with community resources for the benefit of youth is the 6th Annual CCYA Shark Tank where 18 incredible business owners and community leaders joined us qt The Center for Children and Young Adults’ in Marietta, GA.
Sharks came to the event virtually from as far away as New York and Mexico, and in-person from across Metro Atlanta to hear nine remarkable teen residents in foster care pitch their dreams—whether launching a startup or pursuing a career path. Their support helped turn these teen's ideas into possibilities, and their hopes into real opportunities.
Thank you all for showing up, investing in our youth, and proving once again what a powerful community looks like.
How I Help Organizations
In General
I work with nonprofits, youth programs, and community partners to strengthen their mission through:
• Strategic partnership development
• Youth program support and design
• Communications and narrative development
• Community engagement and outreach
• Cross‑sector relationship building
• Legacy and impact storytelling
My approach is relational, mission‑driven, and grounded in decades of experience connecting people across sports, entertainment, philanthropy, and community development.
A Legacy Built on Creativity, Community, and Connection
My career began in the world of action sports, where I helped build partnerships between athletes, brands, and youth organizations. From the early days of BMX and the GT Trick Team to collaborations with Cirque Mechanics and community leaders across the country, my work has always centered on bringing people together to create something meaningful.
These experiences shaped the connector I am today—someone who sees potential in people, builds bridges between unlikely partners, and helps organizations tell their story with authenticity and purpose.
Selected Legacy Projects
These past partnerships continue to inform my work and relationships today:
• GT Bicycles & Mountain Dew Action Sports
• Cirque Mechanics & Chris Lashua
• Kevin Robinson (K‑Rob) & community initiatives
• Kennesaw Skatepark development
• Artportunity Knocks
• Arch Creek Films
• Youth‑focused nonprofit collaborations across the U.S.
More past projects and partnerships are available below.
Why This Work Matters
Every connection has the power to change a life. Whether it’s a young person discovering their potential, a nonprofit expanding its reach, or a community coming together around a shared purpose, I believe in building relationships that last—and that lift others up.
Let’s Connect
Current Roles & Active Engagements
The Center for Children & Young Adults (CCYA)
The Center for Children & Young Adults (CCYA)
The Center for Children & Young Adults (CCYA)
Full‑Time W2 Employee — Secondary Education - Career/Employment Manager
I support CCYA’s mission to provide safety, stability, and opportunity for youth experiencing homelessness or family disruption. My work includes program coordination, community engagement, that ensures young people go to college, trade schools, or enter other careers.
Hollenbeck Youth Center (Los Angeles, CA)
The Center for Children & Young Adults (CCYA)
The Center for Children & Young Adults (CCYA)
Strategic Partnerships & Communications Support
I assist Hollenbeck with relationship building, legacy storytelling, and special initiatives connected to its long history of youth empowerment. My work honors the center’s deep community roots and its long-standing connection to the Los Angeles sports and entertainment community.
Chris Arceneaux - Pro Golfer
The Center for Children & Young Adults (CCYA)
Chris Arceneaux - Pro Golfer
Friendship & Occasional Collaboration
Chris is a close friend whose journey I support informally. Our connection is personal, not contractual, and reflects my ongoing commitment to mentoring and uplifting community and nonprofit leaders.
doing great work in east l.a.
Hollenbeck Youth Center and Inner-City Games (Picture Courtesy of Fox News Los Angeles
It has been my pleasure to know Danny Hernandez, the Center's director, for decades. Within that time and currently, Freestyle Promotions has been bringing a variety of resources to the Center and has provided communication services creating content for press releases, speeches, and letters to dignitaries.
The Hollenbeck Youth Center has a rich history of creating positive change throughout Los Angels by engaging politicians, law enforcement, the faith community, the business community, and celebrities' including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Arnold, Mohammad Ali, Kobe Bryant, and others.
SGT. HERNANDEZ MEDAL OF HONOR UPGRADE
FROM SILVER STAR TO MEDAL OF HONOR
Because of his selfless decisions, PFC Hernandez saved countless lives and helped secure a victory that would go down in history. Operation Utah was the first major battle in South Vietnam where U.S. Marines faced the North Vietnamese Army and claimed victory. PFC. Hernandez played a crucial role in this outcome. While wounded, he continued to fight, destroying fortified enemy machine-gun bunkers, engaging enemy soldiers attacking Marines in the medevac zone, and even pulling a fellow wounded Marine out of a kill zone. In doing so, he repeatedly drew enemy fire toward himself, giving others the chance to survive and fight back. His actions not only saved lives but also directly contributed to the Marines’ victory at Operation Utah.
It is my honor to use all the resources within Freestyle Promotions to help upgrade my friend, Danny Hernandez to Medal of Honor. For more information, check out: Medal of Honor Upgrade for Sgt. Danny Hernandez
chris arceneaux - open to opportunities
About
Reprinted from: 'Making the Turn: Golf saved Chris Arceneaux's life; he wants to pay it forward' - by Dan McDonald of golfballs.com
It was Monday, the one day each week that venerable Hebert Municipal golf course is closed. It was supposed to be Chris Arceneaux’s day off, a chance to catch his breath following his hiring and the start of his duties as the new head professional at southwest Louisiana’s oldest golf course. But there he was, dividing his time between stocking equipment in the pro shop and pulling limbs out of the course’s ponds – storm residue from Hurricane Delta’s winds. “That’s what you do if you’re in the golf business,” Arceneaux said. That’s also what you do when you have a dream come true. Years earlier Arceneaux was standing at the chain-link fence that separates Hebert Municipal from Louisiana Avenue, near where his Pershing Avenue home street dead-ends next to Hebert’s 11th fairway. The young Arceneaux cried as he leaned against the fence, in large part due to the recent passing of his father but also with a very real fear about his future.
“I had tears in my eyes looking in that fence after losing my father at a young age,” he said. “I didn’t know how life was going to go forward. But that day I held that fence and said, 'God, I promise if you let me inside, I was going to do something with my life.' “Drugs were making their way into our community and I was being recruited to sell drugs and those kind of things. But golf saved my life.” Not long after Arceneaux’s tear-filled eyes first watched Hebert Municipal’s patrons, he was inside that fence, doing odd jobs in the original clubhouse and later working on the maintenance staff. He also began playing the game after Al Wilson at Pinhook Road’s long-gone Golf Caddyshack gave him his first club.
Flash forward nearly four decades to last Friday, when the proud Lafayette native and Northside High graduate was officially named by Lafayette Consolidated Government to succeed the retiring Wayne Wills at the 94-year-old facility. Long-time Lafayette Parks and Recreation director Gerald Boudreaux remembered the young Arceneaux zipping around the property as part of the cart crew. “When you invest in youth, look at what can happen,” Boudreaux said. “We watched Chris grow up around Muni, and I’m so proud of what he’s done in golf. But I’m even prouder of the man he’s become. Golf was able to change him and now he can help to change so many other lives.”
CHRIS ARCENEAUX - Ambassador Mercedes-Benz | Professional Golfer | Taylormade Golf | Entrepreneur | Consulting | Philanthropist | Spokesperson | Motivational Speaker | Strategist | Brand Ambassador | President of Generations Sports and Founder/CEO of The Darby Foundation
selected previous Clients
AB Motorsports
Freestyle promotions brokered partnerships for publicity, financial and material sponsorships for Jason who is now a professional driver for Stratus Racing. Contact us for more information
Kennesaw Skatepark
In 2011, the City of Kennesaw contracted Freestyle Promotions to join their team to build a state of the art, 40,000 sq ft skatepark. Ron Stebenne introduced the City to TV personality, Rob Dyrdek. Rob's skate plaza design was selected to build this skatepark used by thousands of skaters each year.
K-Rob Foundation
Kevin Robinson lived life to the fullest. He passed away in 2017. He was an incredible father, husband, philanthropist, athlete, world record holder, X-Games gold medalist, and friend. I have bee honored to call Kevin a friend and work with his wonderful wife, Robin, on special projects to honor his legacy.
Rockwell Dance Academy
At Rockwell Dance Academy we focus on preserving the original dance styles of Hip Hop Dance like Breakin, Poppin and Locking as well as embracing the evolution of Hip Hop Dance.
What makes RDA unique is that the owners are two pioneer legends that helped trailblaze the style of Breakin and are now passing it along to the next generation.
They are so excited and blessed to be able to contribute to the culture by performing and teaching workshops, as well as master classes, to the youth worldwide.
Freestyle Promotions worked with brands interested in partnering with camps, after-school dance programs, breaking teams, and competitions. Let us know how this popular art/sport may help your school, nonprofit or business.
ARCH CREEK FILMS
Arch Creek Films is a boutique Production Company, we partner with writers and producers to develop projects from initial script, through to distribution. We work as a family to bring ideas to life and a diverse slate of productions to reality. That is our strength, both as a team and as a company.
Freestyle Promotions worked to find resources including investors and partners for multiple film projects. We are open to connecting with those interested in the film and entertainment business.
Check out there current projects and team.
https://archcreekfilms.com/meet-the-team/
ARTportunity knocks
Our Pillars
Artportunity Knocks is governed by four pillars. These pillars were created to hold up the mission of the organization and keep the organization focused on meeting its core values. The pillars are: The Arts, Education, Community Service, Bridging Cultures. Through each pillar, the organization is able to serve a segment of the community that may or not be consider underprivileged, but is definitely underserved.
Artportunity Knocks strongly believes that unity between cultures can be bridged through the vehicles of Music and the Arts. Therefore, Artportunity Knocks classes, programs, and events are designed to include diverse genres, cultural arts, education and awareness of the varying cultures represented in the community they serve.
Quote from CEO about Freestyle Promotions Inc.
"Hiring Freestyle Promotions for Stategic Partnerships was one of the best decisions we ever made."
we partner with only the best
Thank you to all our awesome previous and current clients
Freestyle Promotions is grateful to all current and previous clients including: Pepsico, AT&T, SVRA, Mt. Dew Brand Group, Papa John's Pizza, Converse, Pro-Tec, Brittania Clothing, Thom McAn Shoes, Hutch Bicycles, Harbro Motors, Whitin Community Center, RadarLive, Inner-City Games, Haro Bikes, GT Bikes, Ringling Brothers, Sea World, Planet X TV, Challenger Films, KRob Foundation, Swift Cantrell Park Foundation, Soccer Club of Oceanside, Darby Foundation, Hollenbeck Youth Center, JSAW Foundation, AMTC, Kennesaw Parks and Recreation, Battle Creek Skatepark, Kids Korps USA, The Center for Children and Young Adults, Andretti's Indoor Karting and Games, Youth Opportunities Network, multiple church youth ministries, Power of Peace Project, 2020Teknology, the Rockwell Dance Academy, Arch Creek Films, Brian Gartland Entertainment, NxtUp Esports, Tierra Caliente Dance Academy, CodieDog.com, Atlanta Premier Esports, Tap2Interact, Telco Media Entertainment, Lakepoint Sports Community, Pro Golfer Chris Arceneaux, Virtues Project, Dreamhouse Management, and more.
