Kevin B. Simms
Houston,TX
Summary
Thirty one years of fundraising and keynote speaking, teaching, research, managing, and supervising business projects, for colleges, universities, the private sector, schools, and school districts. In addition to raising billions of dollars for special projects.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
President/CEO
US National Health Care Training Services
01.2014 - Current
- Duties Include securing members for the organization in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, and every area in the state of Texas and throughout the United States. Duties also include acting as a AOR for Healthcare and Hospice agencies when their rights are violated with the revocation of their license without a justified reason by the federal government.
Executive Director
U.S. Business Services for Schools
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Duties include gaining contracts with schools, school districts, and community colleges to tutor, counsel, mentor and coach life skills to participants of the program. Also gaining business partnerships for schools, school districts, and community colleges throughout the United States.
Supervisor
University of Houston Central Campus
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Duties include overseeing all staff and management of the entire brand new 53 million dollar state the art facility during the evenings and weekends.
Sr. VC/VP, Academic Affairs/Provost Office
University of Houston-Central Campus
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Accreditation and Special Projects duties that emphasized Partnerships which included traveling and identifying external, internal, recruiting and counseling programs with the UH System that enhanced diversity on all UH campuses. Media and public programs were identified for potential funding for improvement of existing projects and programs that offered a variety of diversified health science activities.
Sr. VC/VP, Student Affairs Office
University of Houston – Central Campus
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Duties included counseling and recruitment of special projects and identifying funding sources that contributed to projects to enhance health science and recruitment programs.
Chief of Staff
Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee Office
01.2004 - 01.2004
- Duties included overseeing all staff in Houston and throughout the United States and Abroad. Representing the Congresswomen at all meetings and speaking on her behalf at press conferences.
Assistant Professor
Prairie View A&M University
01.2001 - 01.2004
- Duties included teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in health, human sexuality, and directing the National Youth Sports Program.
Associate Professor
Jackson State University
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Duties included teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in health, kinesiology and physiology in the health and Human Performance Department.
Executive Director
The Inland Project
01.1994 - 01.1999
- Duties included the overseeing of daily operation of the entire project. The project included in academic programs at California community colleges and universities.
Supervisor, Assistant Professor
University of California
01.1990 - 01.1994
- Duties included, recruiting, supervising, and implementing new programs. My duties also included teaching Physical Education Health classes.
Education
PhD - undefined
Kansas State University
01.1990
MS.ED - undefined
Jackson State University
01.1983
B.A - undefined
Stillman College
01.1982
Skills
- Leadership team building
- Organizational leadership
- Strategic planning
- Operational excellence
Affiliations
- Texas Alliance for Health and Wellness
- Life Member, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
- Phi Beta Kappa
- National Association for School Educators (NASE)
- National Education Association (NEA)
- Outstanding Young Men of American (1982)
- California Association for Health and Wellness
- Association of Teacher Education (ATE)
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Timeline
President/CEO
US National Health Care Training Services
01.2014 - Current
Executive Director
U.S. Business Services for Schools
01.2010 - 01.2014
Supervisor
University of Houston Central Campus
01.2007 - 01.2010
Sr. VC/VP, Academic Affairs/Provost Office
University of Houston-Central Campus
01.2005 - 01.2007
Sr. VC/VP, Student Affairs Office
University of Houston – Central Campus
01.2004 - 01.2005
Chief of Staff
Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee Office
01.2004 - 01.2004
Assistant Professor
Prairie View A&M University
01.2001 - 01.2004
Associate Professor
Jackson State University
01.1999 - 01.2001
Executive Director
The Inland Project
01.1994 - 01.1999
Supervisor, Assistant Professor
University of California
01.1990 - 01.1994
PhD - undefined
Kansas State University
MS.ED - undefined
Jackson State University
B.A - undefined
Stillman College
Keynote Speaker
National Prevention Research Conference, Are We Making A Difference?, 2001-09-01, Charlotte, NC
Research Grant Funding
- Prevention/Intervention Initiative, Mississippi Department of Health and Human Services, 125000, 2002-01-01
- Fatherhood Initiative, Mississippi Department of Health and Human Services, 50900, 2002-01-01
- Prevention/Intervention Initiative, Evaluation Component, Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi, 125250, 2002-01-01
- Prevention/Intervention Initiative, Claiborne County Board of Supervisors, 125250, 2002-01-01
- Family First Resource Center, Claiborne County Board of Supervisors, 243000, 2002-01-01
- Post Employment Initiative, Claiborne County Board of Supervisors, 184750, 2002-01-01
- Health Promotion: Health and Wellness, Sisters Together, Department of Health, 25000, 2002-01-01
- Prevention/Intervention, Central Mississippi Prevention Services, Department of Mental Health, 135000, 2002-01-01
- Status Offender After-School Program, Department of Public Safety, Division of Public Safety Planning, 37215, 2002-01-01
- Abstinence Education Program: Making Abstinence Education a Priority, Department of Health, Office of Child Health, 100000, 2002-01-01
Presentations Community Service
- Peer Mediation Training for Resident Assistants, Mississippi Valley State University, Department of Student Housing, Itta Bena, MS, 2001-08-01
- Growing Leader for Tomorrow, The Not Here Foundation Eighth Annual Youth Leadership Conference, Clarion Hotel, 12th Graders, Jackson, MS, 2001-03-01
- Staying Tobacco-Free, Partnership for a Healthy Wayne County, Quitman Boys & Girls club, Quitman, MS, 2000-11-01
- Staying Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Free, Partnership for a Healthy Wayne County, Wayne County High School, Waynesboro, MS, 2000-09-01
- Tobacco and Violence, Partnership for a Healthy Lauderdale County, Neshoba High School, Philadelphia, MS, 2000-09-01
- The Dangers of ATOD and Sports, Partnership for a Healthy Claiborne County, Summer Basketball Camp, Port Gibson, MS, 2000-08-01
- The Pharmacological Effects of ATOD on the Brain, Partnership for a Healthy Lauderdale County, Back to School Day in the Park, Meridian, MS, 2000-08-01
- Trainer and Health Education, Sports, Education and ATOD Issues, Partnership for a Healthy Claiborne County, Summer Basketball Camp, Port Gibson, MS, 2000-07-01
- Education, Tobacco and Violence, Partnership for a Healthy Noxubee County, Youth Festival, Macon, MS, 2000-07-01
- The Effects of Tobacco on African Americans, Partnership for a Healthy Covington County, Collins, MS, 2000-06-01
- The Male Reproductive System, Teenage Pregnancy Program (TAPP), Sidon Recreation Center, Sidon, MS, 2000-05-01
- The Male Reproductive System, Alcorn State University, Sidon Recreation Center, Sidon, MS, 2000-05-01
- The Pharmacological Effects of ATOD on the Brain, Partnership for a Healthy Claiborne County, SWAT Fun Day, Port Gibson, MS, 2000-05-01
- Self-Esteem and Violence, Partnership for a Healthy Claiborne County, Port Gibson High School, Port Gibson, MS, 2000-05-01
- Saying No to Violence, Partnership for a Healthy Noxubee, Kemper and Neshoba Counties, Youth Rally, Kemper County Junior/Senior High School, DeKalb, MS, 2000-04-01
- Saying No to Tobacco and Violence, Partnership for a Healthy Tallahatchie County, Youth Rally, West Tallahatchie Junior/Senior High School, Webb, MS, 2000-04-01
- Saving the Male, Piney Woods County Life School, Male Forum, Piney Woods, MS, 2000-03-01
- Saying No to Violence, The Not Here Foundation Seventh Annual Youth Leadership Seminar, Jackson, MS, 2000-03-01
- Greeks in Unity 2000 (Health Awareness), Jackson Graduate Pan-Hellenic Council, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, 2000-03-01
- Boys to Men Breakfast, Mallory Community Health Center, Lexington, MS, 2000-02-01
- A Blueprint for Staying Healthy in the New Millennium, The Thirteenth Annual Mississippi Collegiate Conference, Jackson, MS, 2000-02-01
QUALIFICATIONS
Thirty one years of fundraising and keynote speaking, teaching, research, managing, and supervising business projects, for colleges, universities, the private sector, schools, and school districts. In addition to raising billions of dollars for special projects.
Publications
- African American Males “Education K-12, and Higher Education” (with James Boyer) Available through Kansas Urban Education Center, Inc., Kansas City, KS (1989)
- Enhancement Factors and Prohibiting Factors Imparting Collegiate Academic Participation and Completion, Manual of the American Psychological Association (3rd edition, July 1991)
- African American Males and Education: All African American Boys’ Academics, Is This Good For Society? Journal of African American Male Studies, (1991)
- African American Males in the School Systems: A Diagnosis of Failure Pathways to Success, (Claremont, CA: Bifocal Publications).
PRESENTATIONS/COMMUNITY SERVICE
- Mississippi Valley State University, Department of Student Housing, Itta Bena, MS, 2001-08, 2001-08, Peer Mediation Training for Resident Assistants
- The Not Here Foundation Eighth Annual Youth Leadership Conference, Jackson, MS, 2001-03, 2001-03, Growing Leader for Tomorrow
- Partnership for a Healthy Wayne County, Quitman, MS, 2000-11, 2000-11, Presentation: Staying Tobacco-Free
- Partnership for a Healthy Wayne County, Waynesboro, MS, 2000-09, 2000-09, Youth Rally, Keynote Speaker: Staying Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Free
- Partnership for a Healthy Lauderdale County, Philadelphia, MS, 2000-09, 2000-09, Presentation: Tobacco and Violence
- Partnership for a Healthy Claiborne County, Port Gibson, MS, 2000-08, 2000-08, Summer Basketball Camp, Presentation: The Dangers of ATOD and Sports
- Partnership for a Healthy Lauderdale County, Meridian, MS, 2000-08, 2000-08, Back to School Day in the Park, Keynote Speaker: The Pharmacological Effects of ATOD on the Brain
- Partnership for a Healthy Claiborne County, Port Gibson, MS, 2000-07, 2000-07, Summer Basketball Camp, Trainer and Health Education, Sports, Education and ATOD Issues
- Partnership for a Healthy Noxubee County, Macon, MS, 2000-07, 2000-07, Youth Festival, Keynote Address: Education, Tobacco and Violence
- Partnership for a Healthy Covington County, Collins, MS, 2000-06, 2000-06, Keynote Address: The Effects of Tobacco on African Americans
- Teenage Pregnancy Program (TAPP), Sidon, MS, 2000-05, 2000-05, Presentation: The Male Reproductive System
- Alcorn State University, Sidon, MS, 2000-05, 2000-05, Presentation: The Male Reproductive System
- Partnership for a Healthy Claiborne County, Port Gibson, MS, 2000-05, 2000-05, Presentation: The Pharmacological Effects of ATOD on the Brain, SWAT Fun Day
- Partnership for a Healthy Claiborne County, Port Gibson, MS, 2000-05, 2000-05, Presentation: Self-Esteem and Violence
- Partnership for a Healthy Noxubee, Kemper and Neshoba Counties, DeKalb, MS, 2000-04, 2000-04, Youth Rally, Keynote Speaker: Saying No to Violence
- Partnership for a Healthy Tallahatchie County, Webb, MS, 2000-04, 2000-04, Youth Rally, Keynote Speaker: Saying No to Tobacco and Violence
- Piney Woods County Life School, Piney Woods, MS, 2000-03, 2000-03, Male Forum, Keynote Address: Saving the Male
- The Not Here Foundation Seventh Annual Youth Leadership Seminar, Jackson, MS, 2000-03, 2000-03, Breakout Session: Saying No to Violence
- Jackson Graduate Pan-Hellenic Council, Jackson, MS, 2000-03, 2000-03, Greeks in Unity 2000, (Health Awareness) Presentation: Violence and Relationships
- Mallory Community Health Center, Lexington, MS, 2000-02, 2000-02, Boys to Men Breakfast, Keynote Address: Saving the African American Male
- The Thirteenth Annual Mississippi Collegiate Conference, Jackson, MS, 2000-02, 2000-02, Alcohol, Tobacco Drug Prevention Conference, Keynote Address: A Blueprint for Staying Healthy in the New Millennium