Meet The Team

Santo Stephens is the President and Founder of Life’s Work LLC. Santo is a certified Life Coach and Professional Development Trainer. Life’s Work conducts seminars in Management, Sales, Marketing and Leadership Development to corporations and young adults throughout the country.  He also serves as a national VP of Business and Donor Relations for Inmate Encounter.

Santo received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Temple University and has completed post-graduate studies in Education.  Selected by the Kansas City Chiefs a free agent in 1992, Santo went on to play five years in the National Football League, joining the Cincinnati Bengals in 1994 and the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1995 where he holds the distinction of making the first tackle in franchise history. During his years in the NFL, Santo recognized his passion and gift for speaking and connecting with people on a personal level.  Life’s Work would create a life skills curriculum for at-risk and incarcerated youth. This program allowed him to see the need for a consistent educational and spiritual connection with both inmates and students. While attending Calvary Chapel Melbourne he became a part of their Men’s Leadership Council and an active member in Prison Leadership. Through this relationship he was introduced to Bill Glass Behind the Walls and Inmate Encounter where his gifts have been allowed to develop and grow over the last fifteen years.

“As often as I come to bless the inmates, I find that they are the ones blessing me.” Santo Stephens