In 2019, I began working for Secretary of State, Frank LaRose, as his Minority Affairs Coordinator. My duties were to assist Secretary LaRose, in his vision of strengthening and expanding minority businesses throughout the State of Ohio.

I was a Cleveland City Councilman from 2001 until 2017, representing the southeast side of the City of Cleveland. My ward included Mt. Pleasant, Union Miles and the Mill Creek Falls neighborhoods. I made improvements in public safety, economic development and the betterment of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District the primary focus of my legislative efforts.

In 2000, I worked for Director William “Bill” Denihan, former Director of Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services. My duties were to decentralize employees and services within the Jane Edna Hunter Building, into neighborhood service centers throughout Cuyahoga County.

In 1996, I was recruited by Ronnie Davis, Interim Director of the San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA), to administer the Youth Apprenticeship Program (YAP) in San Francisco at the SFHA. There I oversaw a federal grant, which funded the hiring of youth from public housing into the San Francisco Conservation Corps. After a successful period of working with the youth, I began working as the Intergovernmental Affairs Officer for the SFHA where I worked tirelessly to promote the ongoing improvements within the SFHA and to work with local trade unions, public and private agencies as well as public officials. During his tenure at the SFHA, I saw the housing authority go from being one of the worst housing authorities to becoming one of the most improved housing authorities in the nation. I worked to secure more than $40 million to help the SFHA in their ongoing improvements and renovation plans as well as an increase in subsidies for residents in the Section 8 voucher program.

In 1985, I began working for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), where I hired and trained young people between the ages of 18-24 to work on conservation and beautification projects throughout the state of Ohio. ODNR was awarded a grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to recruit young men and women from the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) to be trained in the Conservation Corps. After six months of training these young men and women began working on community projects to improve the quality of life for the residents of the CMHA estates.