[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text] MELIK ABDUL [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="41281" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Project 21 member Melik Abdul has been an “East of the River” resident of Washington, D.C. for close to 20 years. After several years of working on...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text] KATHLEEN WELLS [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="41242" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Project 21 member Kathleen Wells, a native of Los Angeles, is the host of the talk radio program “The Naked Truth Report.” Since 2011, she has hosted the program – currently heard...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text] AK KAMARA [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="41240" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Project 21 member Abdul-Rahman Magba-Kamara – commonly known as AK – owns a delivery business in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. He also co-hosts a weekly podcast called "Black Republican Black Democrat"...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] DONNA JACKSON [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] PROJECT 21 DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="44715" img_size="full" onclick="custom_link" qode_css_animation="" link="/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hogberg.jpg"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Donna Jackson, who serves as the director of membership development for the Project 21 black leadership network, is a seasoned accountant with public and private...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text] JULIAN BOYKIN [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="37177" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Project 21 member Julian Boykin is a contract specialist with the federal government. He is responsible for managing over $400 million in various contracts as well and creating programs, management and initiatives....

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text] PEREZ MOORE [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="36687" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Project 21 member Perez Moore is a teaching assistant on Long Island in New York. Prior to his career in education, Perez served in law enforcement as a deputy sheriff in San...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text] VINCE ELLISON [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="36495" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Project 21 member Vince Ellison is the author of two groundbreaking books: 25 Lies and The Iron Triangle. Vince was born on a cotton plantation in Haywood County, Tennessee, where his parents were...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] SCOTT SHEPARD [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] FREE ENTERPRISE PROJECT DIRECTOR, GENERAL COUNSEL [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="41026" img_size="full" onclick="custom_link" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Scott Shepard is general counsel at the National Center as well as the director of the National Center’s Free Enterprise Project, which is the original and premier...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text] MARTIN BAKER [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="33993" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Project 21 member Martin Baker has worked for various political campaigns and is a co-founder of the Move-On-Up.org black conservative organization. Between 2010 and 2014, he ran for the United States House...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text] MELANIE COLLETTE [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="44627" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Melanie Collette is a business technology expert, entrepreneur, and political commentator with extensive corporate operations and organizational management experience. Melanie’s business expertise is rivaled only by her commitment to nurturing the next generation...

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