AccomplishmentsService

Community Service
•Founder, Koinonia Kids, an outreach program to inner-city youth in the Church Hill community of Richmond, Virginia. (1995-1997).
•Urban Outreach Coordinator, Manna Christian Fellowship Church, Richmond, VA. Provided mentorship, life, and career development skills to formerly incarcerated individuals, recovering addicts, and single mothers in the Church Hill community of Richmond, Virginia. (1995-1997).
•Chamber Ambassador, Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, Norfolk, VA (1998-2000). Served as the primary representative for the Virginian-Pilot newspaper and its subsidiary publications to the Chamber and as a liaison between the Chamber and the public
•Mentor, Madison House Big Sibling Program, University of Virginia (1991-1994).
•Praise and Worship Music Leader, Manna Christian Fellowship Churches in Richmond, Charlottesville, and Williamsburg, Virginia (1993-2000).
•Choir Member/Praise Worship and Arts Vocalist, Calvary Revival Church, Norfolk, VA. (2001-2005)
•Board Member, AIM Higher (Association for Increasing Minorities in Higher Education). Serve on board and responsible for evaluating fundraising and other opportunities for a non-profit foundation seeking to provide scholarship, stipends, and mentorship to minority students entering the mathematics, science, medicine, technology, law, business, engineering, and education.

Accomplishments
•Doctoral Fellowship, 2010-2011 Academic Year, Rutgers University, Rutgers Business School.
•Ph.D. Project Conference Invitee. Selected to attend an elite minority Ph.D. student recruitment conference sponsored by several major corporations committed to increasing higher education faculty diversity with qualified minority candidates. Chicago, IL (2009).
•Circle of Excellence Million Dollar Circle Award Winner, Greater Hampton Roads Realtor Association (2005, 2004, 2003, 2002). Ranked in Top 5% of Realtors in South Hampton Roads* based on sales revenue in 2003. Specifically ranked 77th out of over 5000 local realtors. Was youngest realtor to achieve this level of success in 2003, was the 3rd highest-ranked minority realtor in the market, and had only been a licensed realtor for three years. (Click here to view Center for Real Estate ad published in the Virginian-Pilot newspaper honoring top performers.)
•Top 50 in Sales & President’s Club, William E. Wood and Associates Realtors, largest real estate company in Southeastern Virginia. (2004)
•Sales Rookie of the Year for Greater Hampton Roads Realtor Association, the regional association governing the over 5000+ Realtors in the five cities of southeastern Virginia. (2002)
•Top Sales Performer, Six Step Sales Contest, The Virginian-Pilot (Aug.-Sept. 1999). 1st place in contest among all company’s retail account executives that focused on quantity and quality of long-term sales over two months. Had an 84% revenue increase during contest period, resulting in $200,000+ in revenue.
•Second place, Song of the Year Competition (2002),Gospel Music Association (GMA) Eastern Region
•Cover Story Author, Features Section (1998), the Virginian-Pilot newspaper. Author of front cover article for Features and Entertainment section of Virginia's largest daily newspaper.
•Featured Article Author, Chesapeake Clipper Section (1999), the Virginian-Pilot newspaper. Author of featured article for zoned city section of Virginia's largest daily newspaper.
•Dean's List, University of Virginia (1993).
•Editor-In-Chief and Co-founder, Skandaline, (January 1993-March 1994), Charlottesville, VA. Recognized as first African-American student newspaper at the University of Virginia. Featured in university archives for historical record.
•Gregory Raven Batipps Memorial Scholarship Award Recipient (1994), 1st Recipient of the Award, University of Virginia.

*South Hampton Roads, Virginia, is comprised of the largest portion of the populaton for the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News MSA, one of the top 50 largest markets in the U.S. (36th based on 2009 Census Bureau estimates). It includes Virginia's largest city, Virginia Beach, and the cities of Chesapeake, Suffolk, Portsmouth, and Norfolk.

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