ABOUT DERRICK

Mr. Boazman is President and CEO of Global Leadership Solutions, Inc., which specializes in strategic planning and group facilitation activities. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Morris Brown College where he began his political career as Student Government Association President. Boazman is also certified through Midwest Academy to train-the-trainer in community leadership and organizational development skills. He has provided training for the Fanning Leadership Institute of the University of Georgia and at the Community Development Institute of Clark Atlanta University.

Most recently Mr. Boazman was selected as international observer by the New England Human Rights Organization to monitor the 2016 Presidential elections in Haiti. He was also awarded the 2016 Community Excellence Award by Rising in Community Excellence. Mr. Boazman was Empire Board of Realtors 2015 Man of the Year. In 2014 he was given the Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Broadcasting by the National Newspaper Publisher Association. He has been founder and convenor for Let Us Make Man (LUMM), an annual community organizing event held in various locales throughout Georgia, since 2005. LUMM seeks to empower Black families and, specifically, Black males through its continuous year-round learning opportunities.

Mr. Boazman is an advocate for the inalienable rights of people of color and has appeared on CNN’s Talkback Live, ABC’s Nightline, Court TV, dozens of nationally syndicated radio programs, as well as being interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the New Yorker Magazine. His understanding the breadth of issues led him to his own daily drive-time talk show, “Too Much Truth with Derrick Boazman”, which airs from 4-7pm Monday through Friday in Atlanta. As journalist and air personality, Boazman tackles subjects right at their core with his insight and that of interviewed scholars, politicians, entrepreneurs and community advocates.

Mr. Boazman is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated and is active with the Prince Hall Affiliated Masons where he has attained the 33rd degree. Mr. Boazman is a member of Mount Sinai Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.