David M. Dixon, Esq. Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

• Truth DEI was founded by the former Executive VP/Chief Legal Officer of the Arizona Diamondbacks to foster growth and forward momentum for diversity, equity & inclusion by educating and equipping organizations across.
• Leadership Consulting – serve as a strategic partner empowering organizational leaders to drive meaningful and lasting change by conducting organizational assessments (data/metrics; policies; programs; initiatives; and.
• Team Education – design and deliver trainings and workshops helping team members throughout the organization develop deeper understanding of DEI and a lens through which they see the world (unconscious bias; allyship.
• Business Development – connect with organizational stakeholders and decision makers to generate and expand opportunities for Truth DEI to positively impact our society

Hanover, Maryland, US

Houston, Texas, US

• Oversee global recruitment, retention, development and advancement policies, practices, programs, and strategies for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) to advance firm goals of providing an increasingly inclusive.
• Refined and implemented DEI metrics and accountability policies and practices, including, associate utilization/work allocation, business development opportunities (including formal pitches, client RFPs; DEI surveys.
• Advise, and build consensus amongst, firm leaders
• Increased the Diversity & Inclusion Executive Committee’s gender, racial/ethnic, and geographic representation
• Support the Diversity & Inclusion Executive Committee and firm-wide and local Diversity Councils
• Reignited and advise affinity groups, and established a new leadership position to facilitate communication between, and collaboration with, affinity group leads and firm leadership

Columbia, South Carolina, US

• Key achievements:
• Concurrently, co-lead team of 12 volunteers and established EdCounsel's first ever Racial Equity Task Force; emphasis on shifting culture and norms by designing and delivering internal diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Implemented training and development initiatives focused on DE&I; results included successfully revising search and hiring practices and creating and executing racial on-boarding process
• Introduced brand new racial equity on-boarding process to bring awareness to new hires re: equity efforts, shared language and direction for future growth while fostering equity related conversations
• Invited by the National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC) as their first African-American male Keynote Speaker for Diversity & Inclusion Conference; promotional webcast was viewed by more attendees.

Columbia, South Carolina, US

• Member of the EducationCounsel team (affiliate of Nelson, Mullins, Riley and Scarborough) promoting educational advancement through legal, policy, and strategy consulting and diversity, equity and inclusion for this.
• Research, identify and advise clients on diversity-related admissions and institutional policies and practices; bring best practice benchmarks to clients (14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause, Title VI, Title IX and.
• Identify, research and review Federal, State and Administrative law and policy; research clients' documents analyze data to assess strengths and existing gaps in institutional policies and practices
• Analyze and summarize current federal court cases with potential impact on education including college admissions discrimination, transgender bathroom/locker room rights and free speech
• Proposed and designed online review form for evidence review related to a client's ADA compliance; results included significantly improved data capture and output while significantly reducing person-hours required for.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Served as sole professional responsible for recruiting undergraduate (matriculating adult) students for this 184 year-old academic liberal arts institution Assistant Director of Admissions (2011 - 2017)Admissions.
• Successfully forged and maintained relationships with area corporations including AT&T, Coca Cola, Konica Minolta and Atlanta Public Safety) to develop pipeline of qualified students
• Redesigned and spearheaded International Baccalaureate (IB) recruitment campaign; became "best practices" campaign and re-branded the University as "the school for IB"
• Collaborated with academic executives from admissions, financial aid, communications and the Provost office to ensure student population growth and ongoing program viability
• Provided leadership oversight for travel/territory management staff of six; provided training and leadership development for team and designed and procured branded merchandising for recruiting/admissions events
• Successfully presented rationale and influenced President to maintain the Adult Degree Program which was scheduled to be cut due to program's financial loss; reevaluated program's fiscal viability which ultimately.

Atlanta, GA, US

While carrying full course load, provided teaching assistance (International Business Foundations course) to 45-50 students per semester; University ranked as second most innovative university in the country which has awarded more degrees to African-Americans than any other non-profit university in the U.S.Graduate Assistant (Institute of International.

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Arts, Double Major: Psychology And Business Administration