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Authored two bestselling books, including Still Invisible? Examining America's Black Male Crisis, which has been nominated for several literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.Established emerging business consultancy serving corporations, government agencies, nonprofit organizations and small-business owners seeking strategic planning assistance, professional development training and human resource management to help build and strengthen their brands.Created a compelling inspirational brand, The Architect of Change, and a growing social media following of more than 13,000 people in the United States and forty-nine (49) additional countries across the globe, including the United Kingdom, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Columbia, Spain and the Dominican Republic.Developed a proprietary database of political leaders, labor unions, community organizers and social media influencers for organizing and digital marketing purposes.Created more than one hundred (100) hours of original online content, including training videos, podcasts and blogs on topics ranging from Leadership Development to Business and Personal Productivity. Developed and implemented all programmatic compliance regulations, including policies on debarment reporting, desk audits and financial oversight for grant funded initiatives.

Coconut Grove, Florida, Us

Provided oversight, strategic planning and operational support for thirty (30) small and solo practitioner law rms throughout the United States and Canada, with collective gross revenues of more than $20,000,000.00 annually.Worked with various firm administrators to develop policies, systems procedures, templates and checklists on matters concerning staff hiring and dismissals, new employee on-boarding and training and more.Created annual budgets for firms with revenues of less than $250,000.00 to those with more than $3,000,000.00, while coordinating with accountants and bookkeepers to develop monthly budget variance reports, cash ow projections and staff capacity.Developed marketing and sales strategies that leveraged social media campaigns, search engine optimization, traditional media venues and cultivation of referral networks to build an effective sales and conversion pipeline to increase rm revenues.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Served as the agency's lead fund development officer, authoring, securing and/or managing local grants and corporate sponsorship dollars from some of South Florida's leading corporations, totaling more than $250,000.00 in unrestricted general operating funds.Managed one of Florida's largest college readiness programs offering free college tuition to nearly 500 economically disadvantaged middle and high school students matriculating to any of the state's institutions of higher learning.Executed all internal and external fund development events and activities, including golf tournaments, fun-runs, volunteer drives and other social and community engagement initiatives.Developed an organizational fundraising matrix that consisted of an appropriate mix of special events and activities, new grant opportunities, foundation and corporate support and individual giving.Developed an external fundraising database of individuals, corporations and political action committees, resulting in a twenty-two percent (22%) increase in individual and planned giving.

New York, Us

Served as senior advisor and Chief of Staff to the President and CEO of the largest and most respected civil rights and social advocacy organization in the United Statesof America.Tasked with coordinating the strategic efforts of the League's Executive Cabinet, consisting of the organization's six senior vice presidents and department leaders and the Executive Directors of its Policy Institute and Centennial Commission.Responsible for overseeing the organization’s executive security, emergency preparedness and facilities management operations at its corporate headquarters on Wall Street in New York City.Managed and supervised the Office of the President, to include coordination of all activities related to the organization's Board of Trustees.

Baltimore, Md, Us

Managed the successful launch of the Fraternity's National Community and Economic Development Foundation, as its first Executive Director. Responsibilities included the development and implementation of a social entrepreneurship model that connected corporations with historically disadvantaged small business owners, for franchise and training opportunities. Served as an “Executive On Loan” to the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Foundation, Inc. Responsibilities included liaising with corporate sponsors and strategic partners to help build the Memorial Project; a symbolic monument now permanently ensconced on the national mall. Oversaw the field operations of several committees and commissions, committee chairmen and field staff members for the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated; an organization with over 150,000 members and millions of dollars in assets worldwide.

Alexandria, Va, Us

Implemented the first $100,000 capital campaign for a Virginia based homeless shelter and residential facility for poor and underserved men and women in Fairfax County. Also responsible for all fundraising activities for the organization including grant writing and project and partnership management.Achieved annual fundraising goal of $85,000 in unrestricted funds for the shelter, resulting in increased capital expenditures for shelter operations.Assisted in the organization and development of a career training center for individuals seeking personal and professional assistance in obtaining and maintaining living-wage employment opportunities.

Bachelor Of Science, Social Science

Verified Certificate Of Achievement, Public Health: Lessons From Ebola: Preventing The Next Pandemic

Verified Certificate Of Completion, Agroecology And Sustainable Agriculture

The Business Of Aging In The Longevity Economy

Education record

High School Di, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program