Jerry B. Ravenell

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Oxon Hill, MD 20745

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VALUE OFFERED

I offer my vast set of skills and knowledge across several industries of proven success and honors.

EDUCATION

B.A., Political Science, William Paterson University of New Jersey, Wayne, N.J., 1973.

Howard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Washington, DC. Political Science: Focus, International Relations and Comparative Government-Africa; 1973-1976.

HONORS

Student Ambassador, Uganda, East Africa, 1971.

New Jersey State Colleges All-Star Athletic Conference Football Team Member, 1972.

Group Leader, Kenya, East Africa: Experiment in International Living, 1974.

Ford Foundation Fellowship, Howard University, Washington, DC, 1974-1976.

PUBLICATIONS

“International Marketing”, Emphasis, National Association of Market Developers (published 1984, pp. 36-37).

Black Presidential Politics, 1976: Astudy of Black Delegates and Alternates to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, 1976, (complied by Dr. Ronald Walters, Dr. Diane Brown, Ms. Brittain and Mr. Jerry B. Ravenell, Research Assistants), Institute for Urban Affairs and Research, Howard University, 1980.

“A Report on the Political Behavior of Black Republicans at National Party Conventions”. (Unpublished paper, Social Science Research Center, Institute for Urban Affairs and Research, Howard University, 1978).

“Public Awareness for a Moor Responsible Child Welfare Policy”, Focus on Child Welfare Policy-Monograph, 1978, Institute for Urban Affairs and Research February, 1978.

“Political Science Department Cracks Down on Fraud”. Hilltop, Howard University April 25, 1975.

CONSULTING

DAC International, Inc.

Philadelphia, PA

Goal: To inform U.S. small and minority business communities of trade and investment opportunities in Eastern Caribbean countries.

. Organized and moderated export/import promotion workshops in the following states:

Atlanta, GA * Birmingham, AL * Detroit, MI

Philadelphia, PA * Washington, DC

Harlem International Trade Center Corp., New York, NY

Goal: To Identify, Contact, and coordinate the participation of select Caribbean companies at the “Conference on Doing Business in the Caribbean”.

. Organized and moderated contract development and signing workshop. 1988.

Small Business Development Center

School of Business and Public Administration

Howard University, Washington, DC

Goal: To design, develop and coordinate a series of seminars and workshops for new to Export companies that would lead to participants obtaining an International Trade Management Training Certificate. 1989-1994.

Small Business Development Center

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland

Goal: To plan and organize “International Trade Expo: A Conference on How to Get Your Product or Service Overseas and Make Money Doing It”.

Developed a series of theme supporting workshops generating more than 300 Maryland based businesses in attendance.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE MISSIONS

Planned, organized and lead the Business Opportunities Mission to Grenada, West Indies. 1989.

Participant in the Trade and Investment Mission to select Eastern Caribbean Countries. 1987.

Goal: To establish mutually profitable business relations between American and Caribbean Private Sector Agribusinesses.

Sponsored by: Agribusiness Promotion Council

Private Sector Relations

Office of International Cooperation and Development

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. 1987.

INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE EXHIBITIONS

U.S. Small and Minority Food Exhibition, London, England, May 1982.

National Association of States Departments of Agriculture, International Food Exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia, May 17-19, 1983.

ANUGA ’83, U.S.A. Pavilion, World Food Exhibition, Cologne, West Germany, October 1983.

SAIL ‘84, International Food Exhibition, Paris France, June 1984. (Awarded Foreign Agriculture Service contract to consolidate and ship U.S. Pavilion Exhibition sample products and display).

EXPORT TRADE PRESENTATIONS: PANELIST

Chicago, Hyatt Regency Chicago June 28, 1984.

Los Angeles, The Westin Bonaventure, July 9, 1984.

New Orleans, Marriott Hotel, July 31, 1984.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Institute for Urban Affairs and Research

Howard University

Washington, DC 1976-1982.

Duties and Accomplishments

Program Associate:

Designed, organized and implemented Public Education Programs on Child Abuse and Neglect, reaching over 6,000 Washington Metropolitan residents.

Assisted in designing, organizing, and implementing child abuse and neglect training for services delivered in Federal region III States.

Assisted in the Planning and design of State Evaluation Plan of Child Abuse and Neglect Delivery Services System.

Assisted in the design and organizing of the Technical Workshop for Minority Mental Health Researchers.

Evaluated requests for Region III Child Abuse and Neglect Resource Center’s technical assistance services.

Designed community-based program strategies addressed to coordinating the delivery of services to abused and neglected children and their families.

Developed and maintained liaison with child development specialists throughout Region III.

Provided technical assistance as requested to those specialists delivering child abuse and neglect services to children and their families.

Low Country International, Inc.

Washington, DC

Duties and Accomplishments

President and CEO:

General responsibility included company growth and development.

Established and maintained contractual agreements with foreign distributors, representatives and agents.

Marketed, promoted and commercialized gourmet and specialty foods in Washington/Baltimore common market including military sales.

Established and maintained agreements with U.S. food suppliers.

Former Licensed import broker of fresh fruits and vegetables.

POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS

Agribusiness Promotion Council (APC), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.

Purpose: To advise the Secretary, USDA and Congress on Agribusiness export policies in the Caribbean and Central American.

Secretaries:

John R. Block September 6, 1985.

Richard E. Lying April 30, 1987.

Ed Madigan October 1, 1991.

Clayton Yeutter 1989.

Secretary, Board of Directors, East of The River Development Corporation, Washington, DC

Appointed by: Mayor, Sharon Pratt Kelly-1993

Member, South African Business Round Table, Baltimore, Maryland

Appointed by: Governor William D. Schaefer-1994

Member, Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation’s International Business Strategy Council and Chairman of its Foreign Trade Zone Ad Hoc Committee

School of Professional and Continuing Studies, Springfield College

Wilmington Campus

Wilmington, Delaware

Adjunct Professor 1996-2016

Responsibilities included but not limited to syllabus development, grading and limited counseling.

Sampling of courses taught:

Urban Politics and Decision Making, Human Services Organizations, Political Economy and Human Services, Cultural Change in the African Diaspora, Contemporary Issues and Trends in Human Services, Public Policies and Alternatives, African American History.

Adjunct Professor 2005-2006

University of Maryland Eastern Shores

Princess Anne, Maryland

Taught four sections of Freshmen English Composition Classes.

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