Pedro Perez is committed to social justice and equity.•Certified Interim Executive – Armstrong McGuire 2023 – present – I provide consultant leadership and executive director services to nonprofits as they seek to replace their previous executive director.•The Criminal Justice Community Engagement Task Group (CETG), a Mecklenburg County’s Criminal Justice Advisory Group (CJAG) subcommittee. I also serve as Co-Chair of the Criminal Justice Youth Leadership Board. 2021 -present•Executive Director-Charlotte Family Housing 2018 to 2022I focused on three crucial areas: maintaining and expanding the ground-breaking and productive model and providing an adaptive path leading each working homeless family to lifelong self-sufficiency. •Project Director of Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative (ESPRI) 2016 - 2017:I helped develop and implement innovative plans to reduce poverty in Albany, NY. I was a grantor for local grantee nonprofits submitting poverty reduction and workforce development program proposals. •Executive Director – My Brother's and Sister's Keeper (MBASK), City of Albany, NY 2012 - 2016:This was the city version of President Obama's initiative to provide self-actualization opportunities for young men and women of Color. Partnered with C/Albany's Department of Youth & Workforce Services Summer Youth Employment - providing jobs for over 1000 Albany teenagers 14 – 19 years of age. MBASK created a training academy to prepare youth for careers in the hospitality industry.•Executive Director – Capital District YMCA, Albany, NY 2012 - 2015I oversaw the child development program serving approximately 900 children. I worked with Albany Promise – a cradle-to-career initiative ensuring children are ready to succeed in college and careers. •New York State Police, NY 1981 - 2010First Afro-Caribbean Taino Indian to achieve each Commissioned Officers' Rank with the NYSP. As First Deputy Superintendent and Interim Superintendent, I led a statewide agency with a half-billion-dollar budget and more than 5,000 sworn and unsworn personnel. I retired as First Deputy Superintendent NYSP/ Interim Superintendent with the rank of Brigadier General. Education• Master's degree - Public Administration - 2002• Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601• Bachelor's degree - Public Administration/Criminal Justice - 1997• Empire State College, One Union Ave., Saratoga, NY 12866• Associate's degree - Human Services/Child Development 1980• Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City NYE 11101