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Plenary: Highway to Redemption
SESSION INFO
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
Session Type: Plenary
Jayson shares his powerful journey of redemption—from NBA All-Star to serving a 27-month prison sentence, and ultimately transforming his life through purpose-driven work. Drawing from his lived experiences, he founded an alcohol and drug treatment center and a CDL school focused on helping returning citizens. Jayson will discuss the trials that shaped him, the trades that kept him grounded, and his passion for creating second chances through careers in truck driving, heavy equipment operation, and construction.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Jayson Williams
NBA All-Star & Founder, Rebound on the Road
Jayson Williams, a former NBA All-Star, embodies resilience and redemption. Raised in New York City’s Lower East Side, he overcame the early loss of three sisters and the responsibility of raising their children while playing Division I basketball at St. John’s University. Drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers and later signing a $100 million contract with the New Jersey Nets, his rising career was cut short by injury. After a tragic incident led to a 27-month prison sentence, Jayson began his journey of personal transformation.
Following treatment for addiction, he discovered traditional rehab was missing a key element—action. That insight led to The Rebound, a treatment facility combining recovery with “Adventure Therapy.” He later founded Rebound on the Road, a program helping formerly incarcerated individuals rebuild their lives through career training, truck driving, and rehabilitation.
Rediscovering his own passion for truck driving, Jayson now uses his lived experience to create meaningful opportunities for returning citizens. By partnering with prisons and trade programs, he helps others find purpose through skilled work in trucking, heavy equipment operation, and construction.
Jayson’s story is a testament to second chances, grit, and the power of turning personal pain into purpose.
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