Justin Forzano

Justin Forzano is the founder and CEO of Open Field, an international sport-based youth development organization based in Pittsburgh, PA with the mission to improve the lives and futures of youth through sport. Open Field promotes social emotional learning, girls’ empowerment, post-secondary education and career readiness through the global game of soccer. Under Forzano’s leadership, the organization engages more than 500 youth in positive learning experiences on soccer fields in Western Pennsylvania and in three African countries (Cameroon, Guinea, and Liberia). In addition to leading the organization, Justin served as a coach mentor, facilitating programming for immigrant and refugee youth in the Pittsburgh community for more than a decade. He holds a Master of Public Policy Management from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and is a graduate of the University of Dayton with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering. Forzano is an Albert Schweitzer Fellow for Life and was named one of Pittsburgh Magazine’s ‘40 Under 40’ in 2018.