PERSONAL-Married to Leta Ward-Dawson for 23 years EDUCATION-Thomas University, Thomasville, GA: Master of Business Administration, 2002; University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, 1991; Craven Community College, New Bern, NC General Education, 1987 EMPLOYMENT-Flowers Foods, Inc.: Contracts Manager/Distributor Advocate/Distributor Ombudsman AWARDS • 2015 Flowers Foods Spirit Award Recipient • 2016 Southeastern Province Guide Right/Kappa League Director of the Year (Small Chapter) • 2017 Volunteer of the Year for Hands on Thomas County • 2017 Southeastern Province Guide Right/Kappa League Director of the Year (Small Chapter) • 2017 National Director of the Year for the Guide Right/Kappa League Program for Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATIONS • Serves as Vice-Polemarch and Guide Right/Kappa League Chairman of the Thomasville Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. • Serves as President of the THS Tip-Off Club (Thomasville High School Boys Basketball Booster Club) • Serves as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Director for Marguerite Neil Williams Boys and Girls Club • Serves on the Thomasville/Thomas County YMCA Board of Directors • Serves on the Board of Directors for United Way of Thomasville • Serves as Chairman of Thomas University Alumni Board of Governors • Serves on the Board of Trustees for Thomas University • Serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Family Enrichment Group (CASA) • Trustee/Member of Greater Love Baptist Church, Thomasville, Georgia
Rotary Club of Thomasville
The Plaza Restaurant
217 South Broad Street
Thomasville, GA 31792