Summary of Contributions

• Author of nine (9) educational curricula that transform the conventional classroom into a multi-disciplinary, interactive and experiential learning environment for teaching and learning focusing on computer literacy, higher order thinking abilities and leadership training skills for youth 10 to 17. Called the Youth Leadership Academy (YLA), this product has been instrumental in transitioning youth from a life of crime to academic achievement and community service and youth in foster care and special education programs to post secondary education and employment.
• Chief architect of the community technology center movement; advisor to Department of Education oninvestment requirements; recipient of major grants from the Ford Foundation, the Department of Commerce, AT&T, the Enterprise Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, the Kauffman Foundation, Microsoft and several community partnerships to build technology infrastructure and transfer skills to communities for computer literacy, job training, youth development.
• Developer of a “franchise” approach and “turn-key” process for building state-of-the-art computer training centers allowing for easy and expeditious replication in multiple locations across the country. This process, called SEEDTECH®, has been adopted by the Department of Justice, Weed and Seed, for transferring technology skills to inner-city communities. Urban Tech has built more than 200 centers in 40 major cities serving 400,000 low-income residents. Innovation in American Government, Department of Commerce, PBS, Kellogg Foundation