In 1991, Will met his wife Becky. Becky Green grew up in Waterloo, Wisconsin. Like Will, Becky and her two brothers were raised by a dedicated single mother. Becky attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where she discovered her passion for social work. Becky also worked at the Eau Claire Academy, a job that cemented her love for working with youth. Becky later moved to Madison to work as a juvenile probation officer and case manager for youth with mental illness.

Will and Becky married in 2002. They have two daughters, Malia and Skylar. In 2003, Will’s beloved mother, Muriel passed away. It was during this time that Will decided to start his own mentoring program. Will used his mother’s initials as the inspiration to create “Mentoring Positives,” a program that Will hoped would honor the dedication and commitment that Muriel Pipkins showed to those in her family and community. 

Mentoring Positives began in the fall of 2004 as a referral-based program that offered individual mentoring for delinquent youth. Soon after, Mentoring Positives evolved into a nonprofit and began offering group mentoring. The program has since expanded to provide programming in social entrepreneurship (in particular, MP’s wildly successful Off the Block Salsa venture), sports, and the arts. Since the beginning, Mentoring Positives has been headquartered in Madison’s Darbo-Worthington neighborhood, where Will, Becky and their staff continue to serve as a dynamic neighborhood resource and positive influence in the community.