EDUCATION
• Lunenburg High School, Victoria, VA
• Boston Iron Workers Apprenticeship Program, Journeyman Iron Worker and Certified Welder.
• Fisher Junior College, Boston, MA
• A number of business classes through the Small Business Administration (SBA)
• Dartmouth College; Tuck Minority Business Executive Program
• Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, Master’s Degree, Religious Education, 1990
• Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, Doctorate of Ministry, 2001
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
• 1977-1998 Founder, President and CEO of JJS Services, Inc. a full Janitorial Company employing over 800 people in 13 different states. Taking care of facilities totaling over 10 million square feet
• 1987-1998 Founder, President and CEO Peabody Paper & Industrial Supply Company (a full janitorial supply company)
• 1991-1998 Founder, President and CEO of Classical Foods, Inc., ( a full meat and deli store and catering business) 3 Popeye’s franchises
• 1977-1980 Firefighter, City of Salem, Massachusetts
• 1970-1977 Iron Worker, McGarrahan Steel Erection
• 1969-1976 Maintenance Supervisor, Professional Maintenance Company
• 1967-1970 Sales Representative, Record Wagon
• 1963-1967 U.S. Navy
• 1950-1963 Sharecropper and Farmer
CHURCH, CIVIC & BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
• Deacon, St. John’s Baptist Church, Woburn, MA(1978-1987)
• Licensed to preach at St. John’s Baptist Church, Woburn 1987
• Ordained through the American Baptist Association and St: John’s Baptist Church, June, 1991
• On the Board of Finance of American Baptist Churches of New England
• Pastor, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Dorchester, 1993 to July 2010
• Former President, Greater Boston Deacon’s Union
• On the Board of Advisors at Center for Urban Ministerial Education (CUME) Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Chairperson)(1996-2008)
• Former member, Board of Directors, Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc
• Former member, Board of Directors, Jobs for Youth, Inc.
• Former member, Board of Directors, North Shore Community College Foundation Board
• Served 13 years on the Board of Directors, Warren Five Cents Savings Bank
o Served on Loan Committee
o Served on Strategic Planning Committee
o Served on Audit Board
• Former member, Board of Directors, New England Advisory Council, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• 1997-2017 Member, Board of Trustees, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
o Serve on the Finance Committee
o Serve on the Audit Committee
• Former member, Board of Directors, Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center
• 2nd Vice President of United Baptist Convention of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire & Vermont 2000 to 2005
• Serve as Chaplain of NAARVA from 1997 to 2005
• NAARVA 1st Vice President 2004 to 2007
• NAARVA President 2007 to 2009
• President of Boston Baptist Minister Conference 2005 to 2008
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS RECEIVED
• Rated #76 of the top 100 Black Companies in America by Black Enterprise in 1987
• St. John’s Baptist Church’s Pastor Award, 1987
• Massachusetts Minority Advocate of the Year, 1983
• New England -Minority Business Opportunity Committee’s Minority Business Enterprise of the Year, 1981
• Boston Urban Bankers Forum’s James Ingram Memorial Award for Services to Small Business, 1984
• United States Small Business Association’s Small Business 8(a) Subcontractor of the Year, 1989
• Regional Minority Trade Association of the Year and Minority Business Advocate of the Year (as President of Black Corporate Presidents of New England), 1987
• Black Corporate Presidents of New England Special Recognition Award NAACP (Boston branch) Outstanding Service in the Field of Business, 1988
• Special Achievement Award Black Corporate Presidents of New England, 1987
• Award of Distinction, Sportsman’s Tennis Club, 1994
• New England -Minority Business