Robert P. Blount
President and CEO @Abe Brown Ministries, Inc
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WORK HISTORY
President and CEO @Abe Brown Ministries, Inc
Direct and execute the Ministry’s mission, vision, fiscal and operational responsibilities. Serve as the spokesperson of Abe Brown Ministries, Inc. Responsible for public, private, and media relations throughout the state of Florida and Tampa Bay Area Community.Assessed and matched staff and volunteer skills and abilities to competencies needed to achieve optimal program implementation and program deliverables.Study and track issues around incarceration and draw on the organization’s thirty plus years of experience to foster political capital and community buy-in to transform public perception of ex-offenders and lead reform to make re-entry a major component of maintaining public safety.Revamped and oversee ministry communication strategies, messaging, and marketing materials, which continue to provide increases in both program outcomes and outputs, while maintaining operational efficiency; annual funding has steadily increased from $250K to $1 Million over the last ten years.Attained $300K City of Tampa Community Development Block Grant award to renovate Ministry facilities for safer and more effective service delivery to the public.Won Hillsborough County Children’s Board Business Plan Competition to launch the Ministry’s first earned income venture, SteadFast Delivery Services, a local delivery and courier service.Increased capacity of the Ministry’s Transitional Living Program (TLP) by leading the acquisition and renovation of its third TLP Home.Successfully replicated the nationally acclaimed Ready4Work program in Hillsborough County.
EDUCATION
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Agricultural Business
Harvard Business School
Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management
ABOUT ROBERT P. BLOUNT
Robert Blount is a versatile, hands on Executive with a proven track record in strategic planning, marketing and business operations. His combined management experience in for-profit and non-profit corporations has earned him a reputation for possessing keen acumen on leading teams of people, establishing a culture that motivates, and delivering social impact in the community.Robert, along with the Hillsborough County Department of Human Services and the United States Attorney’s Office Middle District of Florida, founded the Hillsborough Ex-offender Re-entry Network (HERN) which promotes public safety by increasing awareness about the needs of ex-offenders returning to Hillsborough County. Under Robert’s leadership, Abe Brown Ministries worked together with community partners to establish Children in Hillsborough of Incarcerated Parents (CHIPS). CHIPS is committed to connecting resources and systems of support to meet the needs of children in Hillsborough County whose parents are incarcerated with a vision of eliminating generational incarceration. In 2006, Robert was appointed by Florida Governor Jeb Bush to serve on the Governor’s Ex-offender Task Force where his peers chose him to serve as Vice Chairman. Subsequently, he served on the Florida Department of Corrections Re-entry Advisory Council and on the Hillsborough County Violence Prevention Leadership Council, now known as Safe and Sound.In addition to his responsibilities as President of Abe Brown Ministries, Robert also serves as Director of Ready4Work-Hillsborough. In September 2014, Robert and Abe Brown Ministries launched the first replication of the nationally-acclaimed Ready4Work program in Hillsborough County. Ready4Work-Hillsborough provides case management, life and job skills training, life-coaching/mentoring, and job placement assistance to citizens returning to the community after incarceration in Florida’s prisons.
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