SIGNIFICANT and RELEVANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS    

 Paine College (2017-2019). 

Positions held: Assistant to the President, Vice President for Finance and Administrative Services. 

• Provided policy direction and guidance to the functional areas by supervising the work of staff/department directors to ensure complete and effective operations of the following departments and offices: 

  1. Human Resources

  2. Plant Operations

  3. Post Office

  4. Campus Events

  5. Accounting Services  

  6. Auxiliary Services  

  7. Campus Police and Safety

Fundraising, Fiscal, and Managerial Proficiency  

• Grants acquisition and management of $5,000, 000 annually.

• Budget Management: Developed and managed the college's $15,000,000 annual budget.

Impact: Completed major renovations and upgrades of four (4) facilities.  

• Acquired a $360,000 grant to renovate the Student Center.

• Renovated chapel exterior and interior. Including upgrading the chapel and adjacent classrooms with an IMAX audio-visual system ($320,000).

• Renovated Candler Hall to upgrade the banquet room into a multipurpose room with six television screens.

• Developed a retail project plan for the college to lease unused buildings on the exterior of the campus.  

• Attained a ten-year lease from Starbucks Corporation to lease a vacant building on campus as a retail outlet for $50,000 annually.

• Restructured college debt.  

• Negotiated with the bank to write off a $3.4 million mortgage to pay off HEAL Complex Twenty-five years early with a $1 million payment (2019).

• Ensured college finances were in shape to achieve accreditation from TRACS (2018). 

• Represents the president by welcoming visitors, reviewing and responding to correspondences; arranging College dinners and other college functions; answering questions and meeting requests directed to the president.

• Managed campus daily activities by directing other Vice Presidents and department chairs when President was absent from campus. 

Fort Valley State University (1998-2017). 

Positions held included: Associate Vice President for Business and Finance; Chief Facilities Officer; Chief of Campus Police; Director of Human Resources Affirmative Action Officer; Instructor; Radio Show Host.   

Performing in various positions, the scope of responsibilities was University-wide.  Key tasks included:  

• Strategic planning.  

• Developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure compliance with accrediting, state and all other applicable regulations or standards.  

• Conduct the annual review and revision of the wage and salary guidelines.  

• Lead on all matters of logistics pertaining to campus events.  

• Point of contact regarding matters of risk management and environmental safety.   

• Provided policy direction and guidance to the functional areas via supervising the work of staff/department directors to ensure complete and effective operations of the following departments and offices: 

  1. Human Resources

  2. Plant Operations

  3. Facilities Construction

  4. Transportation

  5. Central Receiving

  6. Campus Events

  7. Auxiliary Services

  8. Risk Management

  9. Environmental Safety

  10. HPE Complex

  11. Campus Police and Safety  

Fundraising, Fiscal, and Managerial Proficiency  

• Grants acquisition as Principal Investigator (for facility renovation and/or upgrades) exceeding $10,000,000.   

Impact: Completed major renovations and upgrades of at least five (5) facilities.  

• Acquired a $5,000,000 grant to renovate the Student Center (2017-currently in progress)   

• Project Lead/Manager for facility construction and major renovation, all finished projects were completed on time and within budget: 

• Biotech Building [new construction] -$2,000,000 (2013)  

• Family and Child Development Center [new construction] - $4,300,000 (2015) 

• Carnegie Hall [historical restoration/renovation]-$1,200,000 (2016) 

• Bishop Hall Communication- (Radio and TV Station) [renovation] - $4,000,000 (2017)  

• Ellison Engineering [renovation]-$2,200,000 (2017) 

• Lyons Student Center [renovation]-$5,000,000 (2017)  

Impact:  Increased general operating revenue-- averaging $200,000 annually.  

• Budget leveraging through analytical contract management; and outsourcing.  

Impact:  Avoided projected deficit of $1,890,000 during fiscal years 2008 through 2017.  

Impact:  Developed a campus bus project. With the acquisition of four new buses, FVSU was able to transport students around the campus and into the local community for shopping at no additional expense to the university budget.   

Impact:  $250,000 saved annually due to a reduction in utility use. Planned and executed the “Blue and Gold Go Green” campaign. Received the Governor’s Award in 2015 for planning and executing the “Blue and Gold Go Green” campaign.    

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APPOINTMENTS and PROFESSIONAL/CIVIC LEADERSHIP 

• Vice Chair for Professional Development, Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) on the Georgia State Council January 2008 -2010. Coordinated the human resource training and development activities for the state council, and SHRM professional chapters statewide.  Developed continuing education courses that provide certification credits and/or other training resources throughout Georgia to ensure continuous professional development opportunities in human resources. Coordinated a statewide HR speakers’ bureau.

 

• Chairman, Board of Directors, Fort Valley State University Head Start, July 2004- December 2006. Primary responsibility: Fiduciary oversight over locations in five counties where they provided child health, nutrition, transportation, and educational services for more than 380 children. Ensure compliance with all regulatory statutes; provide executive guidance and lead in the conduct of self-assessment.

 

While Board Chairman of FVSU Head Start (largest sponsored program/$2.5 million annual federal grant) ensured compliance with SACS Comprehensive Standards Sections 3.10.3 and 3.10.4 pertaining to the institution exercising appropriate control and maintaining financial control of externally funded or sponsored research and programs.  

Established Memorandum of Agreements with Middle Georgia Technical College, Goodwill Industries, Georgia

Department of Family and Children Services, and Middle Georgia Consortium to provide work experience training at Fort Valley State University.

 

While serving as the Board Chair we established a Fast Track program for parents whose children were enrolled in our Head Start program to get GEDs when needed and enroll in a degree-seeking course of study.

Impact: Enrollment increased as 15% of the parents enrolled in college classes at Fort Valley State University.

 

Established Memorandum of Agreements with Middle Georgia Technical College, Goodwill Industries, Georgia

Department of Family and Children Services, and Middle Georgia Consortium to provide work experience training at Fort Valley State University.

Impact: Student recruitment increased by 20%.

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• Chairman, Board of Directors, Georgia Peach Festival, July 2002-June 2003. The Georgia Peach Festival Board promotes Georgia’s peach industry and its contribution to the national economy. The Board raises funds and other resources to support and promote the festival. The festival, the only state-sanctioned food festival in Georgia is held in Peach County, Georgia, and attracts more than 10,000 persons.  

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• Chairman, South Georgia Employer Committee, June 1998-Nov 1998. The South Georgia Employer Committee comprises members representing the Valdosta Service Delivery Area (including Brooks, Cook, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes Counties), employers, and members of the Georgia Department of Labor.  The committee's purpose is to seek solutions to problems related to employment and training needs in the area; relate to other area employer’s information regarding the Department of Labor concerns of nonmembers; and make recommendations for service improvements.    

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EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS/ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT  

• Doctor of Business Administration Argosy University, Sarasota, FL, 2008-Management (2008) Dissertation topic: A Study of Historically Black Colleges and Universities 

• MA Webster University, St. Louis, MO- Public Administration (1994) 

• BS Park University, Parkville, MO- Criminal Justice Administration (1992) 

• Certified to Administer and Interpret Hogan Assessments Inventories Team Building (2008) 

• Certified to Administer and Interpret Hogan Assessments Inventories (2006)

• Certified Mediator (2006) 

• Certificate in Business Management, Argosy University (2005) 

• Certificate in Theology, Interdenominational Theology Center, Atlanta, GA (2000) 

• Contract Administration 

 

PUBLICATIONS  

 “The Freed People Are Going to Have a Pretty Hard Time”: Emancipation and the Beginning of Reconstruction in Fort Valley; Leader Tribune February 2014   

  “The Rev. Isaac H. Anderson: Public Official, Church Pioneer, Businessman Extraordinaire, and a Founding Pastor of

Usher’s Temple CME Church Fort Valley”; CHRISTIAN INDEX, April 2012  

“I Heard it on the Grape Vine: A Detailed Study of How Unofficial Information Travels Within an Organization”; CHRISTIAN INDEX, February 2007. 

 

PRESENTATIONS  

Have You Hired Any Monsters Lately? Georgia College & University Human Resource Association Conference; February 8, 2008, Gwinnett Center, Duluth GA 

The Corrected History of Usher’s Temple C.M.E. Church; November 2013, Fort Valley, GA 

Church Construction; Sixth Episcopal District Spring Convocation, April 2012, Atlanta, GA

 

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

Human Resource Director, Lowndes County Health Services, Inc. Valdosta, Ga.   (Pruitt Corporation) May 1997 – November 1998  

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Directed and managed the personnel (including payroll) department of this 400-employee long-term healthcare company. Responsible for compensation and benefits administration, training and development, recruitment, employment and staffing issues, employee relations, equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, records management, budgeting, employee recognition program, and payroll processing.  Monitored Federal and State legislation and evolving legal issues via case law and ensured company compliance.  Developed and implemented systems and procedures for job analysis and classification, and performance evaluations. Served as the hearing officer for employee grievances. Represented the company in labor matters. Maintained schedules of performance reviews, notified department heads of review dates, and followed up on overdue performance reviews.  

 

Major accomplishments included: 

• Established and organized Human Resources Department; and executed a reduction in force by 26% 

• Conducted training needs assessments; provided supervisory and diversity training programs for the entire corporation.  

• Established a dietary training program in collaboration with Valdosta Technical School 

 

CHURCH EXPERIENCE  

Ordained Minister, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church  June 1990 - Present  

• Pastored within First Episcopal District (Little Rock AR) 1990-1993 

• Pastored within Sixth Episcopal District (GA) 1993- Present 

• Major Financial Accomplishments Include: 

2010- Constructed a 10,000-square foot church annex for $410,000 valued at $2,000,000 (St. Paul CME, Shiloh GA) 

1997- Constructed a 4,000-square-foot church for $60,000 valued at $340,000 (Oak Grove CME Church, Douglas GA)  

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Presiding Elder of the Columbus-Cordele District- Georgia  July 2014 - June 2015  

• Presided over the Quarterly Conference sessions; received and assessed all information necessary to ensure that local congregations were operating in harmony with the laws of the C.M.E. church and meeting all obligations to the connection. 

• Supervised twenty-six (26) churches.

 

PROFESSIONAL and COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS:  

1994 Member of Society for Human Resource Management    

1997-1998 Member of Georgia Department of Labor’s Employers Committee in Lowndes County  

1997 Member of Advisory Board for Valdosta Technical School New Connection program  

1997 Participated on United Way Budget Allocation Committee for 1998

1997 Member of Board of Directors 100 Black Men of Valdosta, Inc  

1998 Member of Leadership Lowndes Class of 1998 (Chamber of Commerce)

1998 Member of the Board of Directors of the Haven (A Battered Women’s Shelter) Valdosta  

1998 Member Rotary Club- Valdosta, GA  

1998 Member College & University Professional Association for HR  

1999 Member of Kiwanis Club- Fort Valley, GA  

1999 Board of Directors Leadership Lowndes Program (Chamber of Commerce)   

1999 Board of Directors Fort Valley State University Head Start   

1999 Member of Georgia Department of Labor’s Employers Committee in Middle Georgia

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Member of Board of Directors-Georgia Peach Festival  

2001 President Board of Directors-Georgia Peach Festival  

2004 Member of the Academy of Management    

2004 Member of Southern Management Association   

2007 Member of Middle Georgia Chapter of SHRM   

2008 Member State Council for SHRM Georgia