For more than a decade, Dave Cross has served as a seventh- and eighth-grade social studies teacher at Strong Vincent Middle School in Erie, Pa. During the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 school years, Dave tested a 10-week version of ELI’s Ice House Entrepreneurship Program for his seventh-grade students. As a result of the pilot’s success, Dave is working with ELI on a middle school edition of the program.
Dave resides in Millcreek, Pa., with his wife and two children. He’s a former volunteer youth soccer coach and current martial arts instructor.