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President & CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Metro Atlanta, Kwame Johnson to Speak


Kwame’s passion led him to Washington DC where he served as the National Program Director for the Woodson Center focused on helping residents of low-income neighborhoods address the problems of their communities. Kwame also served as the Director of Corporate Relations for the national office of Communities In Schools, the nation’s largest dropout prevention organization. Kwame moved to Atlanta in 2015 to serve as the CEO of PowerMyLearning Atlanta focused on improving educational outcomes for students, where he increased the organization's revenue by 65% and program reach by 115% within three years.

Kwame has received national recognition for his work to include the Social Entrepreneur Program of the Year Award from the Manhattan Institute. Kwame received the Atlanta Business League Men of Influence Award. Kwame has received both the Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Georgia Trends 40 Under 40 Award. Kwame was recently named one of Atlanta’s Top 500 Most Powerful Leaders by the Atlanta Magazine and featured on WSB-TV Channel 2 as a Georgia Game Changer.

Posted by Aliza Gevirtz
October 17, 2023 8:00am

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