Current work

Founder and Executive Director, Word is Bond

Commissioner, Oregon Commission on Black Affairs

Committee Member, Multnomah County’s Local Public Safety Coordinating Council Executive Committee

Steering Committee Member, Black Male Achievement

Previous Appointments

Committee Member, Coalition of Black Men

Committee Member, Transforming Justice Steering Committee

Committee Member, Oregon Youth Authority Equity Think Tank

Co-Chair, Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing (PCCEP) 2017-2021

Justice Oregon for Black Lives Advisory Committee, Meyer Memorial Trust

Public Safety Advisory Committee, TriMet

Previous Education Positions

Social Studies Teacher, Rosemary Anderson High School, Portland, OR

Elementary Teacher, Lotus Academy, Philidelphia

English Teacher, Education First, Bejing, China

Previous Work

Organizer, UNITE HERE

Previous projects, trainings, and collaborations

I Got A Story to Tell Campaign | Word is Bond

Panelist, Portland’s Community Update on Police Reform | Race Talks

Panelist, Defund the Police Discussion | Black Portland

Panelist, Portland Race Relations Town Hall

Implicit Bias Training, Portland Police Bureau

Recognitions

Community Leader of the Year | 38th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute by the World Arts Foundation

Executive of the Year 2022 | Portland Business Journal

Portlands 40 under 40 class of 2021 | Portland Business Journal

Hometown Hero | Portland Trail Blazers

Keynote Speaker | Martin Luther King Salute to Greatness Event 2019

Certificate of Recognition, 2017 | Portland Police Bureau