Cedric is an award-winning social impact leader with 20+ years of deep and varied experience in the philanthropy and NGO sectors. He has built a significant track record of working to ensure pathways to opportunities for people of color through leadership development, tech inclusion, college readiness and completion, arts and cultural representation, and voter education/civic engagement. Most recently, Cedric managed global leadership programs for the Obama Foundation, where he designed and launched two programs in direct consultation with the eponymous president.

An avid traveler and ever-evolving creator, Cedric has a broad interest in transnational cultural spaces and conversations. He is the founding donor of literary prizes now offered through the Museum of the African Diaspora, Lambda Literary, and the North Carolina Writers Network.

He currently serves on the boards of the AFRE, the Panta Rhea Foundation, and TheGuardian.org, and runs a boutique consultancy, Blue Skies Advising.