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Thomas “Danny”. Boston, PhD

School of Economics Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0615 Rm. 237, Old CE Building

Thomas.boston@econ.gatech.edu Work (404) 894-5020

I. Earned Degrees

Cornell University: PhD, Economics

Major Area: Economic Development

Minor Area: Macroeconomics

West Virginia State University: BS

II. Current Research Areas

Quantitative Program Performance Evaluation

Minority and Small Business Entrepreneurship

Public Policy and the Economics of Minorities

III. Employment History

Georgia Institute of Technology; 1985 – present: Professor, School of Economics

Publisher, minority and small business and economics blog: www.gazelleindex.com , November 2011 - present

CEO, EuQuant, Inc., economic consulting company, www.euquant.com 1994 - present

Senior Economist, US Senate, Joint Economic Committee, Wash, DC: , 1991-1992

Associate Professor, Clark-Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA, 1976 – 1985.

Captain, U.S. Regular Army, 1968 – 1971, Recipient of the Purple Heart

IV. Courses Taught

Econ 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics

Econ 2803 Macroeconomics and Public Policy

Econ 3120 Advanced Macroeconomic

Econ 4321 Entrepreneurship and Technology

Econ 4450/8803 African American Entrepreneurship (Grad/Undergrad)

Econ 4803/8803 Economic Development of the Inner City (Grad/Undergrad)

Econ 6105 Macroeconomics (Graduate)

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V. Sponsored Research as Principal Investigator

University Transportation Center, “Economic Development and Workforce Impacts of State

DOT Highway Expenditures” April, 2012; $225,000 Pew Charitable Trusts (2011 - ) Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of Atlanta Regional Plan

2040, $144,992, Co-PI, with C. Ross

Georgia Department of Transportation (2011-) Impact of Regional SPLOST on County Infrastructure, Co-PI with C. Ross, M. Woo, M. Elliot, $150,000 Contract Research

Project No. 4906002

MacArthur Foundation (2010- ) Public Housing Revitalization and Family Self-Sufficiency

$50,000, PI

U.S. HUD in Association with AHA, (2006- ); Evaluation of Grady Homes HOPE VI

Revitalization, $678,499, Grant #5126656, PI

Kauffman Foundation, (2010 - ) Evaluation of Minority Business Transformation in the Gulf

Coast, Kansas City and South East Michigan, $74,034, Grant # 112873, PI

MacArthur Foundation, (2005-09) A Generalized Model for Evaluating the Chicago Housing

Authority’s Plan for Transformation, $500,000, Grant # 82867, PI

Kauffman Foundation, 2005-08, High Growth Black-owned Firms, $104,790, Grant #

20060581, PI

Ford Foundation (1995) The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the

Next Century, $14,000 distribution support, PI

Twentieth Century Fund (1995 – 97) Affirmative Action and Black Entrepreneurship,

$50,000, PI

National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (1989 – 1991) Worksite Integration of

ADM Prevention Strategies $144,458 (Contract #1-r01-AA-07192-02) Co-PI with

Terry Blum

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (1982) A Comparison of the Mobility and

Income of Earnings Losers across Growing, Stable and Declining SMSAs $40,000

(1982, Contract #H-5345G)

U.S. Department of Labor (1980-1981) The Economics of Black Reverse Migration to the

South $15,000, (Contract # 36-13-80-1)

U.S. Department of Energy (1980) Impact of Energy Policy on the Black Rural Population,

$63,128 (Contract # DE-FF-GG01-8011-01010)

National Science Foundation, (1982) Minority Institute Graduate Traineeship, September

$105,000 (#SP1:78008043)

U.S. Department of Labor, (1982-83) Strengthening Grant for the Department of Economics,

$150,000 (D.O.L. # 1-122-476-203)

Ford Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship for Minorities, AY 1983/84

Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, Fulbright Fellowship, AY 1983/84

Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship for Minority Scholars, AY 1983/84

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VI. Recent Students Supported via Sponsored Research

Jin Peng: Spring 2009/Spring 2010

Tashieka Tucker: AY 2008/09

Diana Nichols: AY 2007/08

Jaijie Chen: AY 2007/08

David Sibal (undergraduate): summer 08

Chaoqi Su: summer 08

Ruifeng Zhang: summer 08

Yijin Yun, AY2005/06, fall 07

Shen Tao, AY2006/07

Carrie Cooper, spring 07 –Fall 07

Deona DeClue, (undergraduate) AY2006/07

Iswardeep Singh, spring 07 – summer 07

Zhong Zhuang, AY2006/07

Ryan Meriweter, Summer 07

Jolea Bryant, summer 07

Kai Williamson: summer 07

Loubna Bouamane, AY2005/06

Smitha Kartik, AY2005/06

VII. Books Written and Edited

_______ ed., 2002. Leading Issues in Black Political Economy. New York: Transaction Press

________1999. Affirmative Action and Black Entrepreneurship. New York: Routledge

________and C. Ross. 1997. eds., The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development in

the Next Century. New York: Transaction Press, 1997.

________1997. ed., A Different Vision: African American Economic Thought. Vol. 1. New York:

Routledge

_______ 1997. ed. , A Different Vision: Race and Public Policy, Vol. 2. New York: Routledge,

________1998. Race, Class and Conservatism. London: Allen & Unwin, Inc.

VIII. Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Boston, Thomas D. 2011. A National Building Process. Harvard International Review, correspondence. Vol XXXII, No2 Summer 2011: 4

____________ 2011. Minority Report: Expanding Opportunities for Everyone., Democracy Journal, summer: 28-34.

_____________ and Linje Boston. 2007. Secrets of Gazelles: Differences between African American High-Growth Oriented Entrepreneurs and Other Small Business Owners” The Annals of the American Association of Social and Political Science vol. 613:108 - 130

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____________ 2006. The Role of Black-owned Businesses in Black Community Development, ed., Paul Ong, Jobs and Economic Development in Minority Communities: Realities, Challenges, and Innovation. Philadelphia: Temple University Press :161 – 175.

_____________ 2005. Black Patronage of Black-owned Businesses and Black Employment, eds., Cecilia Conrad, Whitehead, J., Mason, P., and Stewart, J. African Americans in the U.S. Economy. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005: 373 – 377.

_____________ 2005. The Effects of Revitalization on Public Housing Residents: A Case Study of the Atlanta Housing Authority. Journal of the American Planning Association. vol 71, no 4. Autumn:393- 407, with Response to Comment, p. 410.

____________ and Usha Nair-Reichert. 2004. The Conceptualization and Implementation of Affirmative Action in the United States, India and Brazil, Pierre Sané ed. Struggle Against Discrimination: Studies on Human Rights. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO: 111-168.

____________ 2000. Minority Business Trends. Smelser, N., Wilson, W.J. and Mitchell, F. eds. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequence. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Science Press, 2000: 190 -221.

____________ Usha Nair-Reichert. 2003. Affirmative Action: Perspectives from the United States, India and Brazil. The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 27, no 1 : 3-14.

____________ 1999. Generating Jobs through African American Business Development. J. Whitehead and C. Harris, eds. Readings in Black Political Economy. Dubuque: Kendall-Hunt,: 305 -10.

_____________1996. Status of the African American Labor Force with Projections and Policies for the Year 2000, Vol 1. U. Oyemade and L. Morris, eds., One Third of a Nation. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press

______ ______1996. Location Preferences of Successful African American-owned Businesses in Atlanta” Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 24. nos. 2-3: 337-357.

_____________1995. Characteristics of Black-owned Corporations in Atlanta: with comments on the SMOBE Undercount” Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 23 No. 4:85-100.

_____________and C. L. Ross. 1993. “The Struggle for Economic Empowerment” Colloquia: Cornell Journal of Planning and Urban Affairs, , Vol. 20 (1993):12-16.

_________ 1992 Meeting the Croson Standard: A Research Guide for Local Policy Makers. Washington, D.C.: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies., 58 pp.

____________1992. Sixteenth Century Expansion and the Economic Decline of Africa. Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 20 No. 4 :5-38.

___________1991. Race, Class and Political Economy: Reflections on an Unfinished Agenda, A. Zegeye, L. Harris, and J. Maxted eds., Exploitation and Exclusion: Race and Class in Contemporary U.S. Society. New York: Hans Zell Publishers: 142-157.

____________1991. “W.E.B. Du Bois and the Historical School of Economics” American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 81 No. 2: 303-306

____________1990. A Common Destiny: How Does it Compare to the Classic Studies of Black Life in America. American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings.

____________1990. Segmented Labor Markets: New Evidence from a Study of Four Race/Gender Groups. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 44 No. :99-115.

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____________1990. Standing up to Croson: A Summary of Some Key Findings in the Atlanta Study. Legislative Bulletin, No. 8, Fall, pp. 1-4, 6.

Ross, C., T. Boston and J. Cheek. 1990. Private Sector Provision of Transit Services: A Case Study. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, Vol. 116 No. 1: 48-57

_____________1987. Black Business Development: Historical Problems, Contemporary Outlook” Benjamin E. Mays Monograph Series, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 21-33.

Boston, Thomas D. (1987) “Race and Conservatism in Economic Analysis” Journal of the Southwestern Society of Economists, Proceedings Vol. 144 No. 1, pp. 175-180.

___________ 1985. Racial Inequality and Class Stratification: Contributions to a Critique of Black Conservatism, Review of Radical Political Economics, Vol. 17 No. 3:46-71.

____________1983. Capitalist Development and Afro-American Land Tenancy,” Science and Society, Vol. XLVI, No. 4 (Winter 1982/83):455-460.

___________ 1982. On the Transition to Feudalism in Mozambique. Journal of African History, Vol. 8 No. 44. Winter 1981/82:182-187.

IX. Current Research in Progress

_______Evaluating Public Housing Revitalization in Atlanta, 2011HUD Grant Final

Report

_______Factors Influencing Growth among African American Businesses, 2012

_______The Gazelle Index Minority Business Economic Report, 2012

_______2012 Moving to Work Evaluation: the Housing Authority of New Haven

_______The Gazelle Index National Survey, 2011

_______Housing Quality and Family Self-Sufficiency, 2012, Speech to Indiana NAHRO

_______Minority Business Capacity Building in the New Economy, 2012

_______Measuring Business Opportunity, NCDOT Disparity Study Summary, 2009

_______Increasing the Capacity of the Nation’s Small Disadvantaged Businesses, 2008

Other Published Commissioned Reports

__________ 2007. The Best Practices In Supplier and Employment Diversity and Lending Programs for Disadvantaged Businesses, Proceedings of the International Seminar on Advancing Equity and Racial Inclusion (Inter-American Development Bank) Meeting Held in Brasilia, Brazil 5 – 7 April 2005.

____________ 2006 Market Area Assessment of the Capacity of Minority-Owned Firms Pp. 25. Greater Atlanta Economic Alliance.

___________2005. Environment Matters: The Socio-economic Mobility of Public Housing Residents in Mixed-Income Communities. Ed in Housing Issues and the African

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American Community, Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy, Clark-Atlanta University, pp. 145 – 170.

______ and Usha Nair-Reichert (2000, report) The Influence of Initial Net Worth, 8(a) Sales and Other Firm Attributes on the Performance of Businesses in the Small Business Administration’s Section 8(a) Program, U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C. 90 pp.

________ 1998. Twenty by Ten: The Future of Black-owned Businesses in Atlanta . Atlanta Renaissance Policy Task Force. 72 pp.

______ and , W. Schaffer. 2006. Grady Health System Economic Impact Study. Pp 20.

X. Book Reviews

Boston, Thomas D. 1996. Journal of Economic Literature, A review of Thomas Sowell’s Race and Culture: A World View (New York: Harper Collins, 1994), pp. 163-165.

_______1992 Southern Economic Journal, A review of S. Green and P. Pryde’s Black Entrepreneurship in America. (1990), (New Brunswick: Transaction Pub.) Vol. 59 No. 2, pp. 323-324.

________1987. Journal of Regional Science, A review of Charles A. Lave’s, (1985) Urban Transit: The Private Challenge to Public Transportation (eds.), (Cambridge: Ballinger), Vol. 27 No. 1, pp. 141-143.

________1985. Review of Black Political Economy, A review of Lloyd Hogan’s, (1984) Principles of Black Political Economy (Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul), Vol. 13 No. 4, pp. 93-98.

XI. Intellectual Property Rights Held

Gazelle Index™: US Patent and Trademark Registration Certificate No. 3,514,835.

Flashscholar™, including logo: Awarded trademark by US Office of Patent and Trade: www.flashscholar.com. Service mark: Reg. No. 3,757,953

EuQuant Inc and EuQuant.com, including logo. Awarded Service mark by US Office of Patent and Trade

XII. PhD Dissertation Committees (since coming to Ga Tech)

Mahir Partik, PhD Candidate, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech, AY 2011/2012

Mitch Moody, Georgia Tech, City Planning Department, (2008) “Georgia’s Long-Term Unemployed Workers: Sectoral Transitions, Wage Effects and Potential Workforce Development System Responses.”

Sonia Gatchair, Georgia Tech, School of Public Policy, (2007), The Impact of High Tech Industries on Economic Outcomes of African Americans.”

Loubna Bouamane, University Denis Diderot: Paris Vii – Paris, History Dept. (2007), “The History of African American Business Development”

Karen Starks Canada, Clark-Atlanta University, School of Social Work, , Graduated , (1997).

John Trimble, Georgia Tech, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Graduated, (1992).

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XIII Masters Theses Supervised (at Ga. Tech)

Carrie Cooper, 2007. “On the Explanation of the Wealthy Slave Class in Classical Athens”,

Shen Tao, 2007. “A Theoretical and Tentative Analytical Approach to the Quality Life Index”,

Zhong Zhuang, 2007 “Factors Influencing the Labor Force Participation of Low-Income Adults on Public Housing Assistance”

Deona DeClue, 2007. “A Comprehensive Study of the Factors Affecting Poverty and Inequality in Brazil”

XIV. Recent Undergraduate Economics Honors Theses Supervised at Ga. Tech

Alexey Yermalitsky, 2012

Andrew Kim, spring 08

Deona DeClue, spring 06

Therese Fernalld, spring 05.

Radhika Nataraj, spring 05.

Pinckney Stephens, spring 2004.

Kathryn Hill, summer 2004.

Niraj Patel, summer 2004.

Amitanh Chopra, spring 2004.

XV. Congressional Testimony and Service

Designated primary researcher and analyst to the US Senate Committee on Small Business

and Entrepreneurship

Participant: US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Roundtable

Discussion, Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation in the African American

Community, Chaired by the Hon. Senator Mary L Landrieu, September, 2012.

President’s Council of Economic Advisors. White House meeting on “African Americans,

Jobs and the Economy” April l, 11, 2012.

Participant, US Senate, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship “Job Creation

and Minority Business Development” Roundtable Co-Chaired by the Hon. Senator

Mary L Landrieu and Hon. Congressman Chaka Fattah, September 22, 2011.

Participant: US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Roundtable

Discussion, “The Gazelle Index”, Chaired by the Hon. Senator Mary L Landrieu,

September, 2010.

Testimony, US House of Representatives House Committee on Financial Services,

Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, Topic: The Future of Public

Housing. “Research Findings on the Impact of Public Housing Revitalization”,

Committee Chaired by Honorable Maxine Waters, July 28, 2009.

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Participant: US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Roundtable

Discussion on Minority Business Development, , Chaired by the Hon. Senator Mary L

Landrieu, September 24, 2009.

Testimony, US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,

September 24, 2008: “How Information Policy Affects the Competitive Viability of

Small and Disadvantaged Businesses in Federal Contracting”. Committee Chaired by

the Honorable Wm. Lacy Clay

Testimony, US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, September 11,

2008: “Business Start-up Hurdles in Underserved Communities: Access to Venture

Capital and Entrepreneurship Training”. Committee chaired by the Honorable

Senator John F. Kerry

XVI. Teaching Awards and Service Distinctions

Teaching Awards

2012, IAC Dean’s Distinction for having conducted more than $1 million in sponsored

research.

2010/11, Thanks for Being a Great Teacher, Ga. Tech Center for Enhancement of Teaching

and Learning and Georgia Tech Ambassadors

2005/06. Ivan Allen College Legacy Award, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

1989/90. State of Georgia Economics Educator of the Year, Georgia Association of Economics

and Finance in cooperation with the Georgia Council on Economic Education

1988/89. George C. Griffin Undergraduate Faculty of the Year, award presented by the

Student Government Association of Georgia Institute of Technology, AY 1988/89

1981/82. Outstanding Undergraduate Professor, student body of Clark-Atlanta University

Public Service Distinctions

Economics Contributor to CNN, 2008 - present

Advisor to the Nigerian National Assembly House Committee on monitoring and evaluating

Millennium Development Goals, January 2011

Vice President, West Virginia State University Board of Governors, 2005 – 2011.

Atlanta Federal Reserve Advisory Council on Small and Mid-Size Businesses, 2009 – 2011.

Advisor to the South African Free State Assembly on monitoring and evaluating Millennium

Development Goals, January 2010

Member, Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank “Small/Midsize Entrepreneurial Business Advisory

Council, 2009-2011

Member, Atlanta Business League Chairman’s Council, 2011 –

Advisory Board: Harvard International Review, 2011-

National Public Radio Talk of the Nation series: “Conversations with Leading Economic

Thinkers”, March 11, 2009

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Member, Black Enterprise Board of Economists, 1994 - present

President, Board of Directors: Hammonds House Galleries and Resource Center for African American Art, Inc., Atlanta, GA, 1994 to 1998.

Board of Directors: Butler Street YMCA, 1995 to 1999

City of Atlanta’s Mayor’s Council of Economic Advisors, City of Atlanta, served during the

mayoral terms of the late Honorable Maynard H. Jackson, Honorable Bill Campbell,

and Honorable Shirley Franklin, 1994 – 2010.

Inducted: National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame, September 21, 2000

Inducted: West Virginia State University ROTC Hall of Fame, October 1993

President: National Economics Association, 1989-1990.

Board of Directors: Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy, Clark Atlanta University, 1990-96.

Board of Directors: American Civil Liberties Union, Atlanta, GA 1985-86.

XVII. Op Editorials Published in The Atlanta Journal Constitution

______”European Crisis Bringing Shivers to Georgia”, July 7, 2012

______ “Invest in Citizens to Reduce Crime” , October 30, 2009

______ “Why Not Target some of the Stimulus to Small Businesses: The Sector that is Creating Jobs?” January 18, 2009

_______“Fiscal Stimulus will Energize Economy, Restore Confidence”, Op-Ed, Atlanta Journal Constitution, October 24, 2008

______ “Economy: So What will Change in Washington mean for Corporate America?” AJC conversation. Atlanta Journal Constitution, November 9, 2008. B3

______ “Let’s Get Black to Business: Surge in Minority-owned Companies should Spill into Atlanta”, Op-Ed, Atlanta Journal Constitution August 8, 2005. A11

______ “No Hartsfield without Jackson” Op-Ed, Atlanta Journal Constitution, July 7, 2003.

______ “Adding Wealth to the Cause” February 6, 2000. Atlanta Journal/ Constitution, F1.

_______“Unleashing Black Wealth” January 18, 1998, Atlanta Journal/ Constitution, Perspective Section

______ “Set Aside the Myths” July 7, 1994, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Op. Ed. Page.

______ “Is U.S. Ready to Bite the Bullet on Deficit,” February 21, 1993, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Op. Ed. Page

_______“A Testament to the American Dream,” December 17, 1992, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Op. Ed. Page

______ “Understanding the Flat Tax: Jerry Brown is Wrong,” March 25, 1992, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Op. Ed. Page

_______“The Black-Owned Business Boom: Can Atlanta Sustain the Growth?” September 25, 1990. Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Op. Ed. Page

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Op Editorials in Other Media

_______”Economic Outlook for 2011”, Atlanta Tribune, January/February 2011

_______“The Economic Value of Supplier Diversity” Atlanta Business League 75th Anniversary Edition, fall 2008

_______“Beyond Race and Poverty” Global Atlanta Works Atlanta Regional Commission Newsletter, October 2007

_______“Confidence is Key,” Black Enterprise, January, 2003.

_______"Riding the Internet Wave” Black Enterprise, July, 1999.

______ “Should Social Security be privatized?” Black Enterprise, February, 1999.

______ “Keeping an Eye on the Fed,” Black Enterprise, September, 1997.

______ “Black Businesses Can Make A Difference” Black Enterprise, March/April 1996.

______ “Dueling Economic Agendas: Clinton and Dole Face off over Divergent Economic Platforms” Black Enterprise, November 1996, p.22.

______ “Last Word on the Flat Tax: Why Most African Americans Would Lose Big if the Tax Became a Reality” Black Enterprise May 1996, p.28.

______ “Ready, Aim, Fire: Critics continue to Blast Away at Federal Set-aside Programs” Black Enterprise, March 1996, p.24.

XVIII. Keynote Addresses, Lectures, Presentations Recent Keynote Addresses

1. Indiana NAHRO, “Housing, Family Self-Sufficiency and Neighborhood

Revitalization”, Fort Wayne, Indiana, June 21, 2012.

2. Fayetteville State University, Chancellors Distinguished Speakers Series, “ Growth Without Jobs”, Fayetteville, NC Nov. 17, 2011.

3. Global Leadership Conference, “Diversity in the New Global Economy”, Georgia Tech Klaus Computing Center, April 9, 2011

4. Georgia Minority Business Summit, “State of Minority Business”, Galleria Center, March 16, 2011

5. Atlanta Business League Annual Business Congress, “State of Black Business in Metro Atlanta”, Morehouse College,

6. The Inquiry Club, "The Inquiring Mind of an Economist". Atlanta, Piedmont Driving Club. January 17, 2010

7. The Atlanta Beltline Inc., City Conversation. "How Community Benefits Can Shape the Beltline", August 11, 2009, Atlanta

8. North Carolina Department of Transportation, "Findings of the NCDOT Disparity Study", North Carolina Central University, July 28 2009.

9. North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development, Annual Conference, “Building Capacity in a Down Economy”, Pinehurst, NC. April, 2, 2009.

10. Brookhaven Rotary Club, March 25, 2009, “Understanding the Economy”, Atlanta

11. Governor’s Mentor Protégé Program (GMPP) at the Georgia Department of Economic Development. “The Current Economic Environment and the Challenges

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and Opportunities Confronting Minority Businesses” February 25, 2009, Brasstown Valley Resort, Ga.

12. 2009 Georgia Minority Business Awards, February, 19, 2009, “Food for Thought in Tough Economic Times” Georgia International Convention Center, College Park, GA.

13. Atlanta Business League Business Power Forum, “Building Capacity in a Down Economy” February 17, 2009, Atlanta

14. North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development/NCDOT, Construction Managers Conference, “Growing Your Business in a down Environment” April 2, 2009, Pinehurst North Carolina

15. University System of Georgia Procurement EXPO, 2008; “The Economic Benefit of Supplier Diversity” October 13, 2008. Georgia Tech.

16. Atlanta Tribune, Moving Your Business Forward Conference, “Characteristics of Successful minority Entrepreneurs”, September 9, 2008, Atlanta.

17. US Department of HUD, Maximizing Leverage Conference, “Mixed-income Revitalization” June 12, 2008.

18. Mexican American Business Chamber, “State of the Economy and Minority-owned Businesses in Georgia” Feb. 26, 2008

19. National Black MBA Association, “Understanding Successful Black-Owned Businesses” February 25, 2007 Morehouse College, Atlanta

20. Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council Annual Meeting; “State of Minority-owned Businesses and the Imperatives of Growth” Chicago, Ill Dec 7, 2007.

21. First Annual Black Business Congress, “State of Black-owned Businesses: Challenges and Opportunities”, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA December 6, 2007

22. National Association of Minority Contractors, “National Construction Outlook and Prospect for Minority Contractors”, Omni Hotel, Atlanta, GA June 14, 2007.

23. Annual Walter Rodney Symposium, “Historical and Current Significance of Walter Rodney”, Clark-Atlanta University, March 23, 2007.

24. West Virginia State University Commencement Address, Charleston W.VA December 17, 2006.

25. Economic Institute for Business Growth, “Understanding Black Business Growth” Atlanta, October 5, 2006

26. City Club of Cleveland Special Program Speaker Series, “Building African American Businesses for the 21st Century Economy” Cleveland, Ohio, August 10, 2006.

27. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, “The Influence of the SBA Net Worth Limitation on the Capacity of SDBs” Washington, DC July 27, 2006.

28. Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) National Conference-2005 Convention (June 2005) “The Gazelle Index: Tracking the Nation’s Fastest Growing Black-owned Companies,” Miami, FL.

29. Gulf Coast Black Chamber of Commerce, (June 2005) “Leadership, Vision, Opportunity” Pensacola, FA.

30. Savannah Rotary Club (Feb 2005) “Inclusive Economic Development,” Savannah, GA.

31. Concerned Black Clergy’s Economic Development Forum, Operation Turnover.

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(March 2004) “Where are We?” Atlanta, GA.

32. Hartsfield Airport Development Program All Hands Meeting (September 2003) “Minority, Women and Small Business Capacity,” Atlanta, GA.

33. National Black Chamber of Commerce, (July 2003) “The ING Gazelle Index,” Birmingham, AL.

34. HBCU Business Dean’s Roundtable, (April 2003) “The ING Gazelle Index,” AACSB Conference, New Orleans, LA.

35. Greater Atlanta Economic Alliance, (August, 2003) “Minority, Women and Small Business Capacity in Atlanta,” Atlanta, GA.

36. Atlanta Business League, “The ING Gazelle Index” (May 2003), Annual Membership Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

37. UNESCO/Government of Brazil (December 2002) Seminar on Education and Racism in Brazil: Evaluation and Challenges Post Durban. “Affirmative Action Towards Racial Equality in the Educational System: An International Perspective,” Brasilia, Brazil.

38. Congress of National Black Churches, “Adding Wealth to the Ministry and Mission” (December 2000), Kansas City, Kansas, MO.

39. West Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce, Institute, W. VA. Sept. 22, 2000.

40. Opening Presentation, Black Enterprise/NationsBank Entrepreneurs Conference at Walt Disney’s Beach Club Resort. Opening Address, May 1998.

41. Neighborhood Reinvestment Training Institute, (February 1998). Opening Address, Atlanta, GA.

42. Spelman College Convocation, “Minority Business and Economic Development,” Atlanta, GA. March 1998.

43. Coalition for Economic and Business Opportunity, Keynote Address, Baltimore, MD. June 1997.

44. Opening Presentation, Black Enterprise/NationsBank Entrepreneurs Conference at Walt Disney’s Beach Club Resort. Opening Address, May 8, 1997.

45. Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce. 16th Annual Banquet Keynote Address. June 21, 1996.

46. Opening Presentation, Black Enterprise/NationsBank Entrepreneurs Conference at Walt Disney World. Opening Address, May 5, 1996.

Recent Invited Lectures and Presentations

1. South African Free State Provisional Legislature, “Measuring the Attainment of Millennium Development Goals”, Bloemfontein, SA, July, 2011.

2. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, National Town Hall, Educating our Way to Prosperity” Sept 16, 2010.

3. Middle Tennessee Economic Development Fair, Growing Minority Businesses”, Memphis, Tenn., June, 29, 2011

4. Congress for the New Urbanism, “Affordable Housing and Sustainability”, May 21, 2010, Atlanta Georgia

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5. George of Minority Supplier Development Council, “Supplier Diversity”, April 14, 2010, Atlanta Georgia.

6. Black Enterprise Economic Forum, Roundtable Discussion on Small Business and Innovation. January 28, 2010, Washington DC.

7. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Annual Legislative Conference “A Business Development Index For Replacing the Personal Net Worth Ceiling”, September 24, 2009. Washington DC

8. Minority Business Development Agency, Inaugural Business Summit, “Energizing the American Economy with Minority Business Enterprises” Atlanta, Georgia , August 3, 2009

9. Habitat For Humanity, World Habitat Day, Dialogue on Creating Affordable Housing, October 5, 2009

10. Federal Deposit Insurance Commission & Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, “Financing Small and Minority-owned Businesses”, May, 20, 2009.

11. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation/Supplier Business Initiative, “Business Development Index”, March 24, 2009, Washington, DC.

12. Atlanta Public School System Senior Staff, “Impact of Public Housing Revitalization on Elementary School Performance of Public Housing Assisted Kids” March 4, 2009, Atlanta

13. Annual Southeast Venture Capitalist Conference, “Roundtable discussion on the President’s Economic Stimulus Package”, Atlanta, GA, Intercontinental Hotel, March 12, 2009

14. North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development/NCDOT, Construction Managers Conference, “Minority Business Performance” Feb 16, 2009.

15. Prior Road Policy Council, “Mixed-income Revitalization and Family Self-Sufficiency”, September 9, 2008, Arthur Blank Foundation

16. Carolina Minority Supplier Development Council Annual Conference, “Building Minority Business Capacity” August 5, 2008, Charleston SC.

17. New York City Housing Authority Executive Leadership, “Revitalizing Public Housing” June 16, 2008

18. Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference and Expo; “Strategies to Help Companies Deal with an Economic Downturn” May 15, 2008 Charlotte, NC.

19. Metropolitan Planning Authority, “Best Practices in Mixed-Income Revitalization” February 27, 2008.

20. National Minority Supplier Development Council Annual Convention, “Government: Another Purchasing Giant”, Miami, Florida, October 31, 2007.

21. Georgia Tech Advisory Board, Annual Meeting, “Beyond the Dismal Science” Sept 28, 2007.

22. Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference, Wash DC. “Increasing the Capacity of the Nation’s Small Disadvantaged Businesses” Sept 27, 2007.

23. 23rd Annual AMAC/FAA Airport Business Diversity Conference, “Building Capacity within Minority Businesses” Las Vegas, NV June 12, 2007.

24. Senior Staff of the National Assembly of Nigeria, “Developing a National Budgeting and Research Office”, May 26, 2007. Kedona, Nigeria

25. Martin Luther King III Listening and Learning Summit, “Poverty in America”

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Washington, DC November 17, 2006

26. Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference, “Impact of the SBA’s Net Worth Constraints of the Development of Minority Businesses” September 7, 2006.

27. Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference, “Vendor Opportunities: Innovative Strategies that Work”, Dallas, TX, May 18, 2006.

28. North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development, “Public Sector Supplier Development Programs in Light of the Narrowly Tailored Provision”, Raleigh, NC May 15, 2006.

29. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, “Improving the National and Global Competitiveness of the SDB Program”, Washington, DC, April 27, 2006.

30. Executive Networking Conference, “Supplier Diversity: A Compelling and Business and Social Imperative”, Pinehurst, NC. April 21, 2006.

31. Georgia Institute of Technology, Ivan Allen College Founders Day, Panel on the “Future of Atlanta”, Atlanta, GA, March 15, 2006.

32. Senior Cabinet Meeting, Atlanta Public Schools, “Environment Matters”, Atlanta, GA. March 1, 2006.

33. Federal Home Loan Bank, Council and Housing Committee, “The Net Social Benefit of Revitalizing Public Housing”, Atlanta, GA, March 22, 2006.

34. Atlanta Public School Executive Leadership, “Environment Matters,” Atlanta, GA, March 1, 2006.

35. Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, “The Impact of US Immigration Policy” Town Hall Meeting, Atlanta , February 7, 2006.

36. Georgia Institute of Technology, “Building Black Wealth” Ivan Allen College Black History Month Presentation, February 17, 2006.

37. Atlanta Housing Authority/US Department of HUD Visiting Delegation, “Benefits and Costs of Revitalizing Public Housing” Atlanta, January 18, 2006.

38. Georgia Black Chamber of Commerce Legislative Prayer Breakfast, “2006 Black Business Economic Outlook” Atlanta, January 7, 2006.

39. North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development, (Dec 2005) “Minority Entrepreneurship as a Community Development Strategy,” Minority Business Development Roundtable, Durham, NC.

40. Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference, (May, 2005) “Building Black Wealth,” Dallas, TX.

41. Inter-American Development Bank “Affirmative Action and Supplier Diversity” International Seminar on Advancing Equity and Racial Inclusion, (April 2005), Brasilia, Brazil.

42. National Urban League Conference Plenary Session II, “The African American Corporate Executive’s and Entrepreneur’s Perspective” Detroit, MI, July 22, 2004.

43. The MacArthur Foundation (May 24 and August 12, 2004) “Environment Matters: The Impact of Mixed-Income Neighborhood Revitalization on the Quality of Life of Public Housing Residents in Atlanta,” Chicago.

44. UNESCO’s International Experts Meeting on Renewing the Struggle Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (June 2003), “The Conceptualization and Implementation of Affirmative Action in the United States,

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India and Brazil,” Osaka, Japan.

45. Southern Christian Leadership Conference Annual Convention, (August 2003) “The Future of Affirmative Action,” Memphis, TN.

46. Minority Business Development Agency (August, 2003) “The ING Gazelle Index,” Atlanta Regional Office.

47. Office of Civil Rights Symposium (November 2001) Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. “Compiling Legally Sufficient Evidence in Racial and Ethnic Disparity Cases,” Atlanta, GA.

48. Coalition of the CDFI and the Ford Foundation, “The Role of Minority Businesses in Community Development,” New York, September 1996

Recent University/Research Institute Addresses

1. University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Policy, National Conference of Public Procurement, “Lessons Learned in Preferential Procurement”, May 11, 2011

2. The MacArthur Foundation, Public Housing Research Workshop, Chicago, September 17, 2009

3. UNC Chapel Hill, Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurs Bootcamp, “Preferential Procurement as a Policy Tool for Building Minority Business Capacity”, July 5, 2010

4. Manhattan Institute Center for Rethinking Development, “Public Housing Revitalization” March 20, 2008. Harvard Club, NYC.

5. Georgia Tech, Healthy Places Group. “Mixed-income Revitalization and Family Self-Sufficiency” November 5, 2008

6. UNC Chapel Hill, School of Business, Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurs Bootcamp “The Capacity of Minority-owned Businesses”, July 12, 2007

7. UNC Chapel Hill, Dept of Sociology, “The Secrets of Gazelles: Differences Between High Growth and No-Growth Firms Owned by African Americans”, January 19, 2007

8. Georgia Tech, Sustainable Urban Development, “Public Housing Revitalization in Atlanta” February 28, 2007.

9. Georgia Tech, Forum on Innovation and Economic Development, “Differences between High Growth and Low Growth Black-Owned Firms” November 8, 2006.

10. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, “Secrets of Gazelles: Differences Between African American High-Growth Oriented Entrepreneurs and Other Small Business Owners”, June 20, 2006.

11. Georgia Institute of Technology, “The Benefits and Costs of Revitalizing Public Housing” Ivan Allen College STS Lecture Series, January, 2006.

12. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, “Gazelles and Super Gazelles: Black-owned Firms at the Frontiers of Growth” National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Center Directors, October, 2005.

13. Wake Forest University (September 18, 2005) “Strategies for Improving the Collection of Minority Business Data” Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Managers Meeting. Winston Salem, NC.

14. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, “The Role of Preferential Procurement Programs in Minority Business Development,” Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, July 5-8, 2005.

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15. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, “The Impact of Mixed-Income Development on the Socio-economic Status of Public Housing Residents, (January 31, 2005). Visit jointly sponsored by Sociology, Economics and the Kennan Business School.

16. Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. “Residential Mobility and Socio-economic Outcomes,” November 2004.

17. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, “Minority Business and Local Economic Development,” Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, July 7, 2004.

18. Georgia Institute of Technology: Ivan Allen College Roundtable ,“Environment Matters: The Impact of Mixed-Income Neighborhood Revitalization on the Quality of Life of Public Housing Residents in Atlanta.” April 13, 2004

19. University of Texas, Austin, “Strict Scrutiny is Strict in Theory and Fatal in Fact,” Center for Black Business History, Entrepreneurship and Technology, October 2003

20. UCLA, Invited Lecturer, Minority Business and Community Development, February, 2002

21. University of Pennsylvania, Centennial Celebration of W.E.B. Du Bois, The Philadelphia Negro, October 1998

Recent Scholarly Conference Presentations

1. Transportation Research Board Annual Conference, “Effect of Net Worth Criteria on DBE Performance”, Washington, January 27, 2011.

2. Annual Congress of New Urbanism, “Affordable Housing and Sustainability” May 21, 2010, Atlanta, Marriott

3. US HUD, AHA site visitation team, “AHA MTW Evaluation Methodology”. January 14 , 2010 Atlanta, Georgia

4. Discussant: ASSA Meetings, Atlanta. NEA Panel on “Black-White Wealth Inequality”, January 4, 2010.

5. Annual 2009 Construction Super Conference "Minority Business Programs and the

Construction Industry” December 10, 2009 , San Francisco California

6. US. HUD, Senior MTW Program Directors, “MTW Evaluation Metrics”, April 27, 2009, Washington DC.

7. US. Department of Housing and Urban Development/MTW, Annual Conference, Measuring MTW Outcomes: Case Study and AHA”, April 28 and 29, 2009. Washington DC.

8. MacArthur Foundation, “Public Housing Transformation and Family Self-Sufficiency” Planning Conference on the Power of Measuring Social Benefits, April 20, 2009. Chicago, Il.

9. Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis, “The Net Social Benefit of Revitalizing Six Public Housing Projects into Mixed Income Communities”, July 10, 2008, Washington, DC.

10. Babson Center for Entrepreneurial Research Conference, “The Relevance of Value Innovation to the Experience of African American Entrepreneurs” June 5, 2008, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC

11. MacArthur Foundation Planning Conference on the Power of Measuring Social Benefits, Oct 25, 2007 Chicago, Il.

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12. Allied Social Science Assn. (January 2007), Chicago, IL. “The Costs and Benefits of Revitalizing Public Housing”

13. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (October 2004), “The Impact of HOPE VI Revitalization on Resident Socio-economic Status,” Atlanta, GA.

14. Allied Social Science Assn. (January 2004), NEA Panel, “The Impact of Mixed-Income Neighborhood Revitalization on the Socio-economic Mobility of Public Housing Residents” San Diego, CA.

15. Allied Social Science Assn. (January 2004), NEA Panel, “A Comparison of Affirmative Action in Brazil, the U.S. and India” San Diego, CA.

16. Association of Black Sociologists (August 2003), Annual Meeting in Atlanta, “The Impact of HOPE VI Revitalization on the Socio-economic Mobility of Public Housing Residents in Atlanta,” Atlanta, GA.

17. Association of Black Sociologists (August, 2003), Annual Meeting in Atlanta, “Capitalizing on Sociological Knowledge and Skills for Profit and Visibility,” Atlanta, GA.

18. Du Bois Institute Spring Conference, Clark-Atlanta University (April 2003) “Environment Matters: The Socio-economic Mobility of Public Housing Residents in Mixed-income Communities,” Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA.

19. Allied Social Science Assn. (January 2002), Annual Meetings in Atlanta, NEA Panel “Recent Trends Among Black-Owned Businesses Based on the Latest Census Survey.”

20. Allied Social Science Assn. (January 2000), NEA Panel, “The Impact of the SBA 8(a) Program on the Survivability and Performance of Minority-owned Businesses,” Chicago, IL.

21. Conference of Infrastructure Financing Authorities (November 1999) “Benchmarking Minority Business Utilization,” San Antonio, TX.

22. American Public Administrators and Managers Conference, (March 1999) “The Future of Affirmative Action,” Washington, D.C.

23. Allied Social Science Conference, January 1997,”Historical Underdevelopment in Africa,” and a discussant on two panels, New Orleans, LA.

24. Allied Social Science Conference, January 1996, “A Factor Analytic Approach to Establishing Minority Business Affirmative Action Goals,” San Francisco, CA.

25. Allied Social Science Association Meetings, “The New Black Entrepreneur,” January 1995.

XIX. Other Service

Atlanta Regional Commission Technical Advisory Committee for Unified Command 2040 Regional Forecasts: 2006-2009, Member, ARC 20/50 Democracy and Diversity Working Group, 2008

Member, Morehouse College Department of Economics External Review Committee, Spring 2007.

Participant, Kauffman Foundation Conference on Entrepreneurship Policy, June 1, 2006, Washington, DC.

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Research Advisory Panel of the National Commission on Entrepreneurship established by the Kaufman Foundation, 1999.

Member of the Advisory Committee on Minority Business; Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington, D.C., September 1993

Member Georgia Joint Study Commission on Revenue Structure. July, 1993 to 1995

Member Georgia Commission on Child Support, 1990 to 1991

Member of the Steering Committee for a panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics; Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, November, 1992 to 1995

Member, National Research Council’s Social Science Panel C for the selection of Ford Foundation Minority Doctoral and Dissertation Fellowship recipients. Washington, D.C., 1985 to 1990

Member, City of Atlanta Blue Ribbon Commission on the City’s EBO Program, 1999

Member, City of Atlanta Water Privatization Review Panel, 1998

Member, City of Atlanta Renaissance Atlanta Task Force Group C, 1996

A. Professional Service

Referee: Journal of the American Planning Association

Referee: Housing Studies

Referee: National Science Foundation

Editor, Review of Black Political Economy, 1995 to 2004.

Editorial Board, Economic Development Quarterly, 2004-2008

Editorial Board, Phylon, 2002-2008

Referee: Journal of Urban Affairs

Referee: Housing Studies Review

Referee: Russell Sage Foundation

Editorial Board, Journal of Employee Assistance Research, 1990 to 1996.

B. Professional Membership

American Economic Association

National Economics Association

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

Sigma Xi

C. Campus Contribution

Chair, School of Economics Tenure Review Committee, 2012/13

Member, Search Committee, Chair of the School of Economics, August, 2011/12

Member, Search Committee for Georgia Tech Men’s Basketball Coach, March 2011

Secretary, Georgia Tech Athletic Association, 2007-2011

Member, Post Tenure Review Committee for Public Policy, 2011

Member, Presidential Search Committee, 2009

Mentor, Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, 2008

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Member, Georgia Tech’s Academic Senate, 1990-1992, 2006

Chair, SOE Reappointment, Promotion, Tenure Committee, 2002-2004, Fall 2006

Member, IAC Founders Day Committee, 2006

Member and Periodic Chair, SOE Peer Review Committee

Member, SOE Graduate Committee, 2003-2005

Coordinator, Master’s Program in School of Economics, 2003-2004

Member, Faculty Assembly, 1999- 2001

Faculty Advisor, African American Student Association Black History Month Activities, 1999

Chair, Search Committee for Dean of the Ivan Allen College, 1998-1999

Member, GT Search Committee for Vice President for Student Affairs, 1996

Chair, GT Search Committee of Director of Economics, 1995

Member, GT Search Committee for Vice President for Finance, 1995

Member, SOM Search Committee for Smith Chair in Small Business, 1993

Member, IAC Dean Search Committee, 1991-1992

D. Media Contributor (* = 2010-12 contribution)

1. ABC TV, New Orleans Affiliate* 2. America’s Black Forum, Nationally Syndicated TV 3. Associated Press* 4. Atlanta Constitution/Atlanta Journal* 5. Atlanta Business Chronicle* 6. Atlanta Tribune* 7. Black Enterprise* 8. Black Issues in Higher Education. 9. Business Week On-Line* 10. Business Radio Network, Nationally Syndicated Radio. 11. Charlotte Observer. 12. Chicago Public Radio* 13. Chicago Sun Times 14. Cleveland Plain Dealer 15. CNN International* 16. CNN* 17. Commercial Appeal, Memphis* 18. Creative Loafing* 19. Dave FM Radio* 20. Detroit News* 21. Diversity, Inc. 22. Georgia Public TV, Prime Time 23. Headline News* 24. In Contact, WABC Atlanta 25. Korea, Chosun Daily News* 26. Los Angeles Times 27. Mommaerts from L'Echo* 28. Money Matters and 11 Alive News (NBC Atlanta) 29. National Public Radio*

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30. New York Times 31. Nightly Business Report, PBS* 32. Newsweek Magazine. 33. Public Access TV, Atlanta 34. South Carolina Public TV 35. St. Louis Post Dispatch 36. Orlando Sentinel 37. Tampa Tribune 38. TechjournalSouth* 39. USA Today 40. Wall Street Journal* 41. WWRL, a New York City radio talk show* 42. Wilmur Leon, Show, XM Radio* 43. WSB Radio, Atlanta 44. Your Personal Finance, Nationally Syndicated Radio