Edward E. Okpa
Current roles
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Former roles
E. EDWARD OKPA II
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
• Founding Member of The Political Forum at The Tower Center for Political Studies at SMU [Southern Methodist University]
• Founding Sponsor Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial
• Winner of Samuel G. Winstead Award for raising more than $1 million for Park South YMCA in 1998
• Made an Honorary Citizen by the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, 1997
• Honored as a Goodwill Ambassador (“Arkansas Traveler”) for the State of Arkansas, 1997
• “People of Excellence Award” Certificate of Appreciation for Contributions in Leadership, African Youth At Heart Corporation, 2006
• Outstanding Volunteer Service Award from the World Cup U.S., 1994
• Distinguished Service Award for Business Against Drugs in “Say No to Drugs” Campaign, 1993
• Dallas County Appraisal Review Board member
• Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce rep on the City of Dallas Comprehensive Planning Advisory Committee, 2004.
• Vice-Chair, Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, one of Dallas’ oldest chambers of commerce
• Chair, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, appointed by Mayor Laura Miller, 2004
• Representative with Mayor Ron Kirk to Washington, DC to personally invite distinguished Ambassadors to the Dallas Ambassadors Forum’s 20th Anniversary
• Representative for numerous International Trade Missions with Mayor Kirk of Dallas
• Board Member, Dallas Permit and License Appeal Board, appointed by Mayor Kirk
• Board Member, Dallas Black Dance Theatre
• Board Member World Affairs Council Dallas Fort Worth
• Census 2000 Complete Count Committee Member
• “Stop-and-Think,” a public service campaign to provide a forum for citizen’s views on the Wright Amendment.
• Permanent Board member for the Texas Board, Region II US Selective Service Systems.
• Lecturer/Speaker on real estate, economics, international business, and global trade issues
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
• Candidate in the 2003 City of Dallas Mayoral election, finishing third out of five candidates
• A World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth Board Member since 2005, and the first African to be appointed to the Board of Directors
• “Next Generation Project” Fellow, Southwest Assembly, Columbia University, 2006
• Dallas FBI Citizens Academy Graduate, 2003
• Dallas Police Citizen’s Academy Graduate, 1999
• Leadership Dallas Class of 2000
• Special Achievement Award by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [FDIC]
• Was the first to head the Appraisal services for the FDIC as Receiver for eight-state Central Region, from the late 1980’s to early 1990’s.
• Participated in Dallas Business Journal Roundtable on “Branding the Metroplex” as an international city; June 2001.
EDUCATION:
• University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
• University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
• Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 2006. European Business School Real Estate Securitization Program
• Oxford University, Scholars Program – Summer, 2007
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