Ricky Tompkins, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

Learning & Development | Training & Facilitation | Grant Writing | Leadership DevelopmentMy career has been build on empowering people to achieve their goals, providing opportunities for success, and focus placed on respect and integrity as invaluable keys to success. Believing that lifting others creates a more innovative working and learning environment has allowed me to see great growth within my organizations and more importantly I have seen people flourish. As a leader, I am able to focus on people and achieve program and organization outcomes through collaboration and teamwork. I’ve led and designed trainings and workshops in a variety of areas and to small and large audiences and thrive in these types of events and environments.My core competencies include:Strategic Planning and Organizational EffectivenessExternal Funding Acquisition and Grant WritingTraining & Development, Teaching & FacilitationAdult Learning Methods and StrategiesCurriculum Development and Instructional DesignProgram Development and ManagementP&L Analysis & Financial AdministrationDiversity, Equity, and InclusionEmergency PreparednessPublic/Private PartnershipsData and AnalyticsRelationship BuildingLeadership DevelopmentI have procured through federal, state, local and private grants over $65 million for various projects including student success and homeland security training. I have taught on the college and university level, published in academic and professional journals, and keynoted and presented at higher education meetings and conferences across the United States. I was a 2007 and 2009 Bellwether Award Finalist for Community College innovation, graduate of the Executive Leadership Institute sponsored by the League for Innovation in the Community College, and completed Arkansas Leader, a Command School sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Criminal Justice Institute of the University of Arkansas System.

Listed skills include Leadership Development, Higher Education, Leadership, Grants, and 43 others.