PROFESSIONAL STUFF
I leverage a diverse leadership background that includes founding six corporations, leading several organizations, and conceptualizing and implementing dozens of successful programs. I am now a consultant with AllennellA (allennella.com), where we help individuals, nonprofits, and companies "turn things around." Additionally, I'm a former teacher, and I lead I Am My Brother's Keeper, an organization dedicated to the mental health of educators and ministry leaders serving urban communities.
My real qualification is my resilience. I've failed more than I've succeeded, granting me the perspective required to be a far more effective coach and consultant than any diploma or award could.
PERSONAL STUFF
I am Black; my wife is not. Our multiracial family extends to our children, nieces, and nephews, but we hold no illusions: Multiracial families do not end racism.
A mixed-race demographic alone will not magically make prejudice or racial hostility disappear. Though such families won't automatically convince the biased, most individuals in this demographic are intrinsically anti-racist because of their unique, navigating life experiences.
When God brought my wife and me together, we weren't focused on solving global racism; we were focused on loving each other. Yet, God has used our union to stand against the idiocy of racism. We will continue to stand, even against antagonistic racial separatists, and will never be bystanders to bigotry—no matter what color or culture instigates the hatred.
