Growing up on the lower east side of Manhattan, Irv Ashford, Jr.’s life changed when a mentor introduced him to an opportunity to take an exam. His score on the exam led him to earn a scholarship to the Webb School, a boarding school in Bell Buckle, TN. This opened him up to new experiences…
In 1991, Shreveport native Perrye Turner, decided to take a chance and leave his job as a Senior Commercial Property Claim Representative at Aetna and enter the FBI as a Special Agent. He now has an accomplished career with over 29 years of service and experience. Perrye has served as the Special Agent in Charge…
Raised in inner-city Miami, Florida, Rodney C. Adkins was valedictorian of his high school graduating class and would matriculate university at Georgia Tech, where he would earn his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in electrical engineering; he also earned a bachelor of arts in physics from Rollins College. From 2007-2014, Mr. Adkins was Senior Vice President…
Hailing from Monroe, Louisiana, Thomas Moorehead always wanted to start his own business. While working at the University of Michigan as Director of Community Services, and pursuing his Ph.D. in urban and regional planning, after receiving his B.A. in Business Administration from Grambling State University, his fraternity brother James Bradley of Bradley Automotive Group introduced…
Raised in inner-city Miami, Florida, Rodney C. Adkins was valedictorian of his high school graduating class and would matriculate university at Georgia Tech, where he would earn his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in electrical engineering; he also earned a bachelor of arts in physics from Rollins College. From 2007-2014, Mr. Adkins was Senior Vice President…
Xavier Williams was raised in Washington, DC where he was raised by parents who were an educator and entrepreneur. He attended university in Pennsylvania, earning his BS degree in Business Administration and Mathematics at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and eventually an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz School of Business. He began his career…
Ken Cowan attended University of Nebraska where he earned a Management degree before beginning his career working in the energy marketing. A merger between his employer and another company, led to him relocating to Houston to work for Enron. This began a long-running career fulfilling various leadership roles in energy marketing and trading, and ultimately…
Charles Willis was raised in Fort Worth, TX, where by the 8th grade he had made a determination that he wanted to become a doctor. After graduating from Texas Christian University (TCU), Charles would attend medical school at the University of Texas Health Center, and a post-doctoral internship at Methodist Hospital in Dallas, TX. He…
Born and raised in Iowa, Courtney Crawford remained in the midwest where he attend college at Washington University in St. Louis. Following his undergraduate degree, he spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Central America, where he worked at the United States embassy in Panama. He later matriculated medical school at Michigan State, and…
