• 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award – The Los Angeles Tribune
  

• 2025 Community Recognition Award – NAREB San Diego Realtist for Democracy in Housing
  

• 2025 Hero’s & Headliner Keynote Speaker
  

• 2025 Father of the Year Award – LB2M
  

• 2025 Lighthouse Award Recipient – Top Talent Agency
  

• 2025 Businessman & Innovation Leader of the Year – Assemblywoman La Shae Sharp-Collins
  

• 2024 President’s Lifetime Achievement Award
  

• 2024 Heroes Month Awardee – County Supervisor Joel Anderson
  

• 2024 Top Leader of the Year – Community Champion – BLU LAPIS Media
  

• 2024 Named The Face of Black Owned Business & Community Service – Local Umbrella Media
  

• 2023 NAACP Image Award
  

• 2023 Community Hero Award – Joel Anderson Award
  Rise San Diego – People Champion Award
  

• 2020 Named “Somebody San Diego Should Know” – San Diego Union Tribune
  

• 2019 Voted Most Influential Leader

“When we honor the past, lead in the present, and inspire the future, we create change that lasts generations.” – Roosevelt Williams III

• Drafted and passed the Responsible Banking Ordinance (2008) to combat redlining and promote environmental justice.
  

• Lead Consultant, Reinvestment Task Force Board of San Diego’s Fourth Council District (2009–2012).
  

• Liaison, San Diego Youth Commission (2009–2012).
  

• Served as Council Representative & Community Liaison to 18 neighborhoods in District 4.
  

• Guided policy initiatives benefiting low-to-moderate income communities throughout San Diego County.
  

• Founder & CEO, Young Black & N’ Business (YB&NB)
  
  

• Empowered over 500 minority entrepreneurs.
  
  

• Hosted quarterly mixers, business acumen clinics, and three major community festivals.
  
  

• Created the Black Faces in High Places poster series, celebrating community pillars and leaders.
  
  

• Soulful Christmas Toy Drives – Delivered over 2,000 toys to underserved youth.
  

• Led PPE and food distribution drives during the pandemic, helping thousands of families.
  

• Raised the Juneteenth Flag at the San Diego County Administration Building.
  

• Ringed the San Diego Padres Ceremonial Bell in honor of Tony Gwynn.

Bestselling Author:

• “The Wild Life: Breakers, Outliers & Trendsetters” – Available on Amazon
  
  

• Keynote Speaker:

• Kenya Global Impact Tour
  
  

• Hero’s & Headliner Keynote Speaker (2025)
  
  

• Featured in Media Outlets:
  

• Seattle Post

• Scholar Media Africa

• SD Weekly Magazine

• Fox 5 San Diego

• ABC 10 News

• Los Angeles Tribune

• San Diego Union-Tribune, and many more.

  
  

• Three-Time Pageant Winner:
  

• Mr. Gold Coast Classic (2004)
  
  

• Mr. Black San Diego (2008)
  
  

• Mr. Heritage (2010)
  
  

• Inducted into Walls of Excellence (2011) – Imperial Ave & Willie James Jones Avenue, San Diego.
  

• Participated in Presidential Classroom Internship (2012), Washington, D.C.