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Patricia Russell-McCloud, J.D.For more information, including speeches, books and CDs, a complete bio, media kit and photos, visit www.prussellmccloud.com.

Patricia Russell-McCloud is a spellbinding professional orator identified by Black Enterprise magazine as one of the top five business motivators in America. Her dynamic oratorical style of delivery is rooted in a foundation of research and statistical data. She makes more than 100 speeches annually. Her most recent literary work, A IS FOR ATTITUDE: An Alphabet for Living, HarperCollins, uses the alphabet as a touchstone. This book truly inspires you to reach your highest potential—now.

Professional Employment

  • Professional Orator & Author and President, Russell-McCloud & Associates, 1983-Present
  • Attorney at Law, Federal Communications Commission (highest level of employment) Chief, Complaints Branch Broadcast Bureau FCC, Washington, DC, 1973-1983
  • Instructor, Federal City College, Washington, DC, 1974-1975
  • Teacher, American History, Detroit Public Schools, Foch Junior High School, Detroit, Michigan 1968-1969

Education

  • Juris Doctorate Degree, Howard University School of Law, Washington, DC
  • Completed Council on Legal Educational Opportunity, Harvard University School of Law, Cambridge MA
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree, Kentucky State University, Frankfort Kentucky

Honors & Awards

  • Speech: "If Not You, Who? If Not Now, When?" Recorded in the Congressional Record of the United States (H3661) May 14, 1980
  • Awarded more than 275 keys to American Cities
  • Participant in the Friendship Force, a goodwill tour of Mexico during the Carter Administration
  • Participant in the American Jewish Committee sponsorship of ten American women of national acclaim in human relations trip to Israel

Memberships & Affiliations

  • First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
  • The Links, Inc.
  • United States Supreme Court
  • District of Columbia Bar Association

Honorary Doctorate Degrees

  • Bethune Cookman College
  • Kentucky State University
  • North Carolina Central University

Board Memberships

  • The Links, Inc.
  • The Links Foundation, Inc.
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