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Dr. Willie H. Clemons is an accomplished access broker with vision, experience, and relationships to honor and support the mission of institutions and organizations. He has over fifty years of experience as an educator and public servant. He served as senior advisor to the president of Clark Atlanta University, was associate vice president and executive director of external affairs at Morehouse School of Medicine, a college administrator at the Atlanta Metropolitan State College, and a college professor at Tuskegee University and The College of DuPage, Illinois. Leveraging his vast network of relationships, he has garnered financial resources for important causes, particularly related to education, youth, and young adults. He has spearheaded successful, complex fundraising events that have raised millions of dollars for scholarships, mentoring programs, and academic centers. He and his wife, Leteria, live in Sarasota, Florida. They have two adult daughters.

Mirron Willis has narrated over 200 audiobooks across various literary genres and has won several Earphone Awards for Excellence and is an Audie Award finalist and winner. Notable works include Ginny Gall by Charlie Smith, The Smokey Dalton Series by Kris Nelscott; My Song: A Memoir by Harry Belafonte; The Long Fall (Booklist, Best of 2009) and others by Walter Mosley; Uncle Tom's Cabin, Elijah of Buxton, The Translator; and Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B Dubois. In three seasons at the Ensemble Theatre (Houston, Texas), Mirron appeared as JP in What I Learned in Paris, Malcolm X in The Meeting, Henry in Race, and as Countee Cullen in Knock Me a Kiss (2013 Giorgee Award for Best Leading Actor). Other roles include Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry VI Parts 2 & 3, and A Raisin in the Sun with the world-renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has also performed as guest narrator with the Houston Symphony. Film and TV guest appearances include Criminal Minds, Private Practice, The Exes, Monk, 24, Seinfeld, Cheers, The Parkers, Living Single, E.R., Star Trek, and Independence Day, among others. Mirron resides and records audiobooks on his family's historic ranch in East Texas.