Our Team
Victor Earl
Victor Earl, originally from Rocky Mount, North Carolina is employed as Executive Director of Alluvium Inc., a nonprofit corporation focused on providing assistance to Mecklenburg County’s at risk youth in their quest to become productive citizens.
A 1994 North Carolina State University graduate in Communications, Mr. Earl has over twenty years of management experience including more than ten years as an effective project manager.
Mr. Earl served as the Program Director for First Baptist Church-West Gang Alternative Principals Program (GAP). Since the program’s inception in 2008, more than200 young men have successfully completed the curriculum that focuses on life skills, leadership development, group counseling, and one-on-one tutoring. GAP was the firs program in North Carolina to bring various sects of gang members together in a church environment to participate in school and community activities. The program received the 2011FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for the state of North Carolina, awarded in Washington D.C., by Director Robert Mueller.
As Executive Director of Men Who Care Global for three years, Mr. Earl has thus far implemented various initiatives aligned with the organization’s mission of working to create a sustainable community where young men of color value their lives as well as the lives of others. The mission further states: “We are committed to modeling the type of behavior we want them (young men) to exhibit in a large crowd or in classroom settings. Using our collective life experiences and community resources, we can and will help them overcome the personal crisis they encounter on a daily basis. Providing mentoring, counseling, and work force development training, we’ll mold productive citizens.” For this work in 2012, Mr. Earl received Charlotte’s Center City Visions Award for Special Achievement and the Mayor’s Community Champions Award.
As Executive Director of Alluvium Inc. Mr. Earl will tell you his passion is affecting the lives of youth in a positive way. Mr. Earl has coined the phrase “Tubman Effect” when referring to quintessential mission of Alluvium as he challenges others to go back to give back to bring others forward.
Adrian Earl
Adrian Earl is the Program Director at Alluvium, Inc. She loves helping people understand content, engage with technology, and bridging the connection between both in the lives of students. She has spent the majority of her career in the education industry, gaining experiences in areas such as curriculum development, training, and program evaluation. While being an educator is her primary job function by day, Adrian also enjoys creating curriculum materials and conducting professional development for other organizations.
Board of Directors
Florence Leake
President
Florence Leake is originally from Mount Gilead, North Carolina and currently lives with her family in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is a long term employee of National Gypsum, a manufacturer of building products, as a senior cost accountant.
Leake has been a volunteer and advocate for children issues for years with focus on improving the educational opportunities of all students. She founded a mentoring program at one of the local middle schools in Charlotte to help students with their academics and raise their self esteem. At another middle school in the same year, she volunteered with Cities in Schools and tutored 7 Hispanic female middle school students. When Leake realized these students did not have computers in their homes, she challenged them to improve their grades and their rewards would be a computer for each of them. That year she raised funds and purchased and installed computers in their homes.
Leake is a past board member of The Children Advocacy Center, which focuses on the safety of children and prevention of abuse.
Currently, Leake has partnered with her husband and several childhood friends to found a nonprofit organization, Friends In Focus, concentrated in their home town of Mount Gilead, advancing the educational opportunities of the students and improving programs and activities for senior citizens.
Leake received a masters of business administration in 1999 from Wingate University and an undergraduate degree in business from Georgia State University in 1983.
Sidney Williams
Member
Mr. Williams is a native son of Richmond, VA. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Pittsburgh and was honored as its Valedictorian. Mr. Williams is an alumnus of the University of Virginia School of Law.
Mr. Williams practiced commercial litigation for two of Ohio’s most prestigious law firms: Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur and Hanh Loeser + Parks. He is the former Assistant Dean of Students at the University of Dayton School of Law and Interim Director of The Academic Excellence Program.
Mr. Williams is currently Director for the Pre-Law & Pre-Professional Graduate Program and Special Initiatives at Central State University. In addition, he is an adjunct professor teaching First-Year Seminar, Criminal Law, and Criminal Procedure, and a Senior Advisor to the Pre-Law Society of Central State University. He currently serves on the university’s task force for student retention and is Central State University’s representative on Future Jobs, an Ohio regional workforce development group.
Mr. Williams has served as Special Assistant to the President for University Programs and Initiatives and Special Assistant to the President for Student Services. Further, he has worked as Title III Activity Director for Program Accreditation and Enhancement and has served as Chief Judicial Affairs Officer for Central State University’s Judicial Board for student disciplinary matters.
Finally, Mr. Williams is the former Board Chairman of Far Hills Community Church and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Accelerated Achievement Academy North (a Cincinnati Charter School) and Accelerated Achievement Academy East (a Cincinnati Charter School) and is Chairman of the Board for Safe Harbor House, a Springfield non-profit that assist women in their recovery who have suffered through human trafficking, domestic violence, and/or drug addiction.
Mike Phillips
Member
With over 20 years of race experience, Mike Phillips serves as the Track Services Managing Director for NASCAR Event Management. During race events, you can find him in the tower, ready to dispatch track emergency crews. Through Mike’s leadership and guidance, the Track Services Team has become an integral part in the success of NASCAR race events each week.
He is a former fireman with the Hamlet Fire and Rescue; he served there for twenty-one years, and had the rank of Captain when he departed. Mike loves to play tennis and has some strong poker skills. Mike lives in Concord, North Carolina.