Managing in Turbulent Times: Emerging Leaders in Public Health

Alumni

Kenneth O. WalkerKenneth O. Walker, MHRM

Director, Alabama State University

 

Area of work: Business Development & Urban Economic Research Center

Kenneth Walker is the director of the Alabama State University's College of Business Administration Business Development & Urban Economic Research Center.  The center consists of several economic and community outreach programs to include the Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) and Small Business Development Center, Community Home Ownership Program, Techno-Document Management Program and Youth Entrepreneurial Training.

Mr. Walker holds a master degree in Human Resources Management from Troy University and a B.A. Degree from Alabama State University in Public Relations with emphasis in Business Management. He is an adjunct professor at Alabama State University in the area of Entrepreneurship and Business Management. Mr. Walker has conducted more than 500 national and international professional speeches and training sessions on entrepreneurship and economic/community development. He has 18 years of operational management of federally and state funded programs. Mr. Walker has helped several Alabama small businesses secure and procure millions of dollars in loan funds and contracts. He has been appointed by three Alabama Governors to serve on economic tasks-force teams and advisory boards. He has been identified by the National Associations for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as one of the nation's 500 Leaders between the ages of twenty-five and fifty; and the recipient of the Montgomery Advertiser Newspaper Under 40 Leadership Award.

Mr. Walker is a member of several, boards and organizations to include be not limited too: State Advisory Board of the Alabama Small Business Development Consortium; Board Member, Montgomery Area United Way; Board Chair, Alabama State University Small Business Development Center; Member, Empire Who's Who of Empowering Executive & Professionals; Steering Committee Member, Alabama Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED) Annual Conference; Advisory Board Member, Montgomery, Alabama, Minority Business Development Center; Chorus Director, Antioch Baptist Church and State Certified Volunteer Fire Fighter.

Personal Information:

Kenneth Walker is married to Lawanna Whatley, and they have two children, Melissa Anna, and Orlando Kenneth, II.

What I would like to get out of this program:

Stronger leadership and management skills. A prelude and help to a doctorial program.