Rick's passion for the disenfranchised began as child. He would witness his mother's heart for others by her selfless acts of benevolence, compassionate nature and purposeful intention. Gussie Jones was and continues to be Rick's role model and inspiration. After graduating from Florida State University and successful careers in Sales, Marketing and Business Development across several industries, including entrepreneurship and non-profits, Rick applied his experience and passion in the pursuit of his purpose. Rick explains how he never lost the love for those less fortunate. "It wasn't until I found myself without a place to live, did I realize what God was calling me to do."  As a result of Rick's personal "trials and tribulations" of homelessness, he began to seek answers to the questions of life. Rick found the answers at Cottonwood School of ministry where he enrolled and received his degree in Biblical Studies. "My time at Cottonwood not only led me to the answers I sought but shaped my perspective on life."  Rick is married to Sherita McLamore from Washington, DC. Together, they navigate life's journey, drawing strength from their shared commitment. Rick is the father of 1 son, Isaiah, and boasts that fatherhood remains his greatest motivation."

James Anthony Boger is a graduate of Oakwood University, with a B.A. in Theology and a minor in Business Administration; he later earned a Masters of Divinity from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, MI with a concentration in non-profit organizational management. Ordained into professional ministry in 1986.

Rev. Anthony brings a unique range of skills from professional ministry, corporate Business Development, Higher Education and Community Relations in both the for profit and non-profit business sectors. He is most noted for his creative style of leadership as it pertains to group empowerment, community development, economic development and meeting the needs of those faced with deep life challenges.

Rev. Anthony’s strengths are in the areas of relationship management, vision building, and implementation through leadership training and team building. He is a noted consultant on issues of race and cross-cultural/multi-cultural group dynamics, which includes cross functional team building in a diverse society.

He has successfully written and received funding for numerous human service grant request that developed after school programs reaching at-risk children and youth, television ministries with the Trinity Broadcasting Network, and community outreach to at risk families throughout Los Angeles-Orange Counties.

As President & Chief Operating Officer, Accelera Solutions, Steve Weiss brings more than 35 years of experience supporting Intelligence, Technology and Systems Integration programs across the public, international and private sectors. Steve places great value in developing & empowering his team as well as leading Accelera’s ethics-based culture.

Steve is accountable for the management and growth of all facets of Accelera’ s business operations. With his proven expertise in facilitating business growth, Steve is transforming Accelera into an enterprise-driven company focusing on IT transformation, cyber security, data analytics and cloud engineering.

Prior to joining Accelera Solutions, Mr. Weiss served as the Executive Vice President for Government Business Operations at CACI International, helping drive growth from $1.6B to more than $4.4B during his 10 years.At CACI.

Steve was an active member of the M&A Team and served as CACI’s Corporate Ombudsman. In that role, Steve was a champion of ethical business practices, serving as a neutral third-party and available to all employees for problem resolution.

Prior to joining CACI, Mr. Weiss spent 18 years at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), as a Senior VP for Administration. His primary focus was on contract management and execution, helping drive growth from $800M to more than $8B.

Mr. Weiss began his career as an Air Force Contracting Officer and spent a combined 22 years on active duty and in the Air Force Reserves. He holds a BS Degree in Business Management from the University of Florida and an MS Degree in Public Administration from Troy University. He serves on the Board of Directors of AFSEA, the University of Florida Foundation and Linden Resources, a non-profit corporation providing meaningful employment for people with varying abilities.

Education: BS Finance, MS Human Resource Management

VP Compliance Officer at a Community Bank in Florida with over 30 years experience. Other jobs held at bank are the IT Security Officer and the Audit Liaison as well as the BSA/OFAC Officer. Elayne's experience requires he to regularly make presentations to the Bank’s Board of Directors on various regulatory subjects.

Downtime: Avid reader and traveling to ‘the’ dream vacation spot, Hawaii every other year. I am planning on traveling to Europe again soon.

Education:  Craig holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Finance from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, has received training in Corporate Finance Management at Chemical Bank in New York, and studied Corporate Financial Analysis at Harvard Business School.

Craig Douglas serves as Vice President of Operations for the Capital

Area Group. Craig joined Goldbelt at the beginning of 2019. The Capitol Area Group includes:

• Goldbelt Glacier Health Services
• Goldbelt Frontier
• Nisga’a Data Systems
• Nisga’a Tek.

Craig has previously held positions as an independent contractor in

Washington D.C, a Business Development Account Executive, CEO at NTVI Federal, Inc., and Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton.

Lucson Joseph is a Doctor of Health Science from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Joseph is a public health educator who is passionate about educating communities about chronic disease management. Dr. Joseph serves as the Public Health Lead for NADPH. He is interested in bringing awareness on numerous health issues as well as barriers minorities face in receiving and obtaining access to health care services. Dr. Joseph also works as an Infection Prevention Epidemiologist, and his mindset is to transform lives through research and education one person at a time.