PROVINCE NOMINATIONS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS - ALUMNI (GA) ODELL TAYLOR, JR. Lawrenceville-Duluth (GA) Alumni
Odell Taylor Jr., is the son of Rev. and Mrs. Odell Taylor Sr., where they raised he and his five sisters in Buckatunna, Mississippi. He is a 1995 graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi with a degree in Journalism and a 2004 graduate of the University of Phoenix with a Master of Business Administration and is currently employed with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as a Segment Director of Intervention overseeing 14 states for the organization. He is a Spring 2000 initiate of the Greenville (MS) Alumni Chapter, and since his time in Georgia has held memberships within the Southeastern Province chapters of College Park (GA) Alumni Chapter, and Lawrenceville- Duluth Alumni Chapter, and currently serves on the SEP Board of Directors as the (GA) Alumni Chapter Board of Member.
Most notably, he had the opportunity to serve as the Polemarch of the Lawrenceville-Duluth Alumni Chapter for four years, and during this administration the chapter experienced tremendous growth in terms of memberships and provincial awards recognition. One main point of emphasis for him is that he initiated the chapters 20K for 20 schools’ scholarship endeavor program which at that time provided a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving African American male student within each of Gwinnett County high schools which still is in place today. Also, during his tenure, the chapter received the Reclamation Award (Large chapter), Large Chapter of the Year award (3 consecutive year), Guide Right Directors awards.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS - ALUMNI (GA) ANTHONY B. CLARK Atlanta (GA) Alumni
Brother Anthony B. Clark, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, has resided in Atlanta, Georgia, for the past 14 years, and is currently serves as the Polemarch of the Atlanta (GA) Alumni Chapter. He has been married for 28 years to Andrea and is the father of Tyler, a Fall 2022 initiate of the Atlanta (GA) Alumni Chapter, and Logan. Brother Clark attended Morgan State University and is a Fall 1988 initiate of the Morgan State University Chapter, the Alpha Iota of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. While earning a degree in Telecommunication, he was a scholar athlete participating in football and was a 4-year letterman. His professional career span 33 years in the Bio Onology and Pharmaceutical arena. He currently serves as a Regional Business Director for Nuvation Bio. At Nuvation, he is chairman of the DE&I's Community Outreach pillar. Brother Clark heeds the call to give voice to those in need.
His personal, fraternal, and professional life provides the opportunity to blend philanthropic activities. Brother Clark is the past Vice President, and current Trustee, of the Atlanta Diamond Foundation which supports the Atlanta (GA) Alumni Chapter's Guide Right, Senior Kappa, and Scholarship efforts. While serving as the chapter's Fundraising Chairman, Brother Clark has led efforts raising more than $220,000. He has brought corporate resources to the fraternity as well such as: AARP, Immunomedics, Axiom Construction, and Celgene Corporation ($65,000 sponsorship, 83rd Grand Chapter Meeting) as part of the Grand Chapter's Healthy Kappas, Healthy Communities committee. He is currently Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Committee in the Southeastern Province. He is also involved with his undergraduate chapter's Achievement Initiative Foundation serving as a founding member. Brother Clark contributes to the National Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation, becoming a President's Contributor and Thomas J. Bradley Contributor. Brother Clark is a founding member of the Morgan Sate Kappa Endowed Scholarship Fund and has a name endowment at Morgan State University. He achieved this named endowment by paying back his football scholarship to the university's foundation. Brother Clark has been “IN GOOD STANDING” for his entire 36 years in the bond. He is a Grand Chapter Life Member and a Southeastern Province Life Member. He's held membership in the Alpha Iota, the Baltimore (MD) Alumni (E), and the Atlanta (GA) Alumni (SE). The Clark family is dedicated to special needs programs and education. They spend time working with the Marcus Autism Institute in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Bayes Achievement Center in Huntsville, Texas.
Achievement since 1926
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