HBCU HUB connects and exposes high school students and college students to educational and career opportunities. HBCU HUB develops and sustains partnerships between students, educational institutions, and employers.

Responsible for community relations, administration, and operations of SiaRA Consulting, a Human Resources Consulting service company (with concentration in diversity and inclusion training).~ Monitors all aspects of company operations, increasing productivity, and lowering costs to improve workflow. ~ Delivers diversity and inclusion awareness training for individuals, students, transitioning military professionals, community / non profit / charitable organizations and boards, PTSA groups, schools, companies, and business entities. Trains trainers.~ Designs and implements strategies for community team building and organizational collaboration.~ Develops and maintains new business relationships for the company which delivers diversity, equity, inclusion, and ethics training, programming, and advice.~ Handles the administrative arm of the company; coordinating appointments and meetings, scheduling travel and lodging, overseeing budgeting, bookkeeping and invoicing.~ Responds to requests, prioritizes, and arranges for the conduct of corporate investigations.SiaRA {Success IS a Reach Away}

PATT Encourages, Inspires, and Motivates students to realize their full potential through exposure to opportunities and information, educational enrichment, and expanding relationships.> Responsibilities have included but are not limited to coordinating and executing college tours and college fairs for families, community organizations, high school students, religious institutions, and school districts. Aspects of coordination include budgeting, financial management, fundraising, lodging assignments, meeting planning, recreation facilitation, resource allocation and procurement, scheduling, and transportation logistics. Relationships have been developed and maintained with college and university orientation offices, department chairs, faculty and program representatives, financial aid officers, professors, student government association leaders, career and education counselors, parents, guardians, mentors, and chaperones. Safety and welfare briefings have been administered and conducted and regulations IAW local, regional, and national standards have been adhered to.• Over 1500 students have been served since 2000.• Fund and friend raised, and managed over $800k in community funding since 2000.• Coordinated and executed three cultural and educational tours outside of the continental United States; one two week visit to Kenya, East Africa with college teaching fellows, college staff and administrators, and community servants, one twelve day visit to Kenya, East Africa guiding an American high school drama department, and one three week visit to China with American middle and high school students.• An excess of 100 volunteers have been recruited, trained, and employed since 2000.• PATT provides tips that help students become more attractive candidates for college and the corporate world.

Advisor, consultant, coordinator, negotiator, and manager of services for independent artist and entertainer.> Highlighted contract results: Broadway's First National Tour of Motown the Musical; Nickelodeon Jr's Blaze & The Monster Machines; The Cartoon Network; Facebook; ABC/Disney/Amazon PrimeSoul Play - music ep https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/reedshannon/soul-play-2https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5476739/SiaRA {Success IS a Reach Away}

Found, screened, advised, and placed Junior Military Commissioned Officers and Senior Military Non Commissioned Officers transitioning from the US Armed Forces to corporate America.> Duties consisted of identifying, recruiting, interviewing, testing, processing, preparing and presenting candidates for employment into management level positions in job fields related to administration, aviation, computer technology, electronics, engineering, environmental, general labor, manufacturing, sales, scientific, and telecommunications.> Organized and conducted over 25 recruiting fairs as an independent contractor.> Placed over 30 transitioning military professionals in temp to perm or permanent jobs.

Duties consisted of sourcing, recruiting, screening, interviewing, testing, processing, preparing and presenting candidates for employment into technical jobs in fields related to telecommunications.> Hired and on-boarded over 30 employees in one year.

Formed and implemented an extraordinary military base recruiting program which assisted job seekers in transition from military life to occupations in corporate America. Grew responsibility to expand and guide 5 regional coordinators. > Established relationships with key military transition counselors, covering a region of 90 military installations in 17 states. > Managed strategic military transition program relationships at posts, bases, and reserve centers throughout the United States of America.> Led team of 5 regional coordinators who hired over 1000 professionals over an 18 month period.> Displayed booths at over 30 face to face job fairs in 18 months connecting with over 15,000 job seekers.

Area and Store Training Coordinator > Responsible for sourcing, interviewing, hiring, in-processing, orienting and placing over 200 part time and full employees.

Found and filled the force of America's Army.United States Army Gold Ring Recruiter.Earned the Gold Badge with three silver sapphires. (newly named US Army Master Recruiter)Glenn E. Morrell Order of Recruiting Excellence Medallion Recipient.

• Non-Commissioned Officer• Personnel Services NCO• US Army Infantry Paratrooper

9th Infantry Division; 2nd Infantry Division; 82nd Airborne Division• Provided customer service to employees in areas including awards and recognition, pay and entitlement, promotion, personnel processing and placement, and transitions.• Served as the unit expert in delivery of administrative concepts, approaches, methods, procedures, and standards.• Supervised an administrative office staff of 7. • Increased management responsibility from 150 to 1000 personnel records. • Managed recording of and routing of sensitive security related personal and professional and counseling records. • Compiled, oversaw, and organized strength management and retention reports.• Worked closely with and adhered to mission related MIS operational reporting requirements and developments.• Advised subordinates and superiors of the options and benefits of / and the utilization of Morale, Welfare, and Recreation services and referred service members to Army Community Services and Support Services, to resolve problems and provide solutions.• Collected statistical data, updated, and disseminated mission information, and reported innovative planning briefs to higher headquarters IAW command directives. • Conducted monthly counseling, providing direction and critiques of subordinate’s strengths and weaknesses.• Insured accomplishment of all assigned missions and supervised consistent high caliber of unit morale and welfare.Additional Duties: Unit Equal Opportunity Representative; Unit Drug & Alcohol Representative > Schützenschnur - the German Armed Forces Badge of Marksmanship for Weapons Proficiency (Gold); the German Armed Forces Parachutist Badge (Gold); the German Armed Forces Physical Fitness Badge (Gold) > Army Parachutist Badge.

Leadership training - Completed college minor Military Science 1-4 (18 semester credit hours)US Army Senior ROTC Advanced Camp Graduate (Fort Bragg, NC) - selected as one of 60 graduates out of a class of 4000 Cadets to become a US Military Paratrooper- graduate of the US Army Airborne class #36-82