Our PersonnelFloyd Graves Carroll
II
Floyd
Graves Carroll II is a charismatic, motivational speaker on human
resource diversity. He is a PhD candidate in Higher Education at The
University of Toledo, where he will receive his degree in December
2002. Mr. Carroll has a Masters in Administrative Education from
Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL and a Bachelor of Arts in
History from Morehouse College. Carroll is a certified trainer in
True ColorsTM, which focuses on the development of personality
theories. Carroll also has a certificate in cross-cultural training
with the Institute for Intercultural Communications.
Mr. Carroll is currently the coordinator of the
Multicultural Student Center at The University of Toledo. His
responsibilities include developing academic and cultural and
leadership programs that for African-American, Hispanic, Asian
American, and Native-American students. He has also been the
director of the Multicultural Center at Eastern Michigan University
where he was instrumental in developing an environment that was
academically, culturally, and socially enhancing for all students.
Mr. Carroll has given many seminars on
cross-cultural communications and diversity which topics include:
Perspectives on Managing African –American Greek Organizations, Why
are Students Finding Diversity Confusing, Orientation Programs for
the 21st Century: A Multicultural Perspective, Across the Color
Line, Take A Stand Close Up Theatre, and The African-American and
You.
Mr. Carroll has also served on several committees
that have provided diversity among its participants that include The
2001 & 2002 Multicultural Student Leadership Institute, The Young
African American Professionals Leadership Conference, The Diamante
Awards, The Rev., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Banquet,
National Council of Educational Opportunity Associations: National
Student Leadership Congress, The African Hispanic Asian and Native
American Student Leadership Conference Committee (AHANA), The
Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in Higher Education (ICBCHE),
and The Midwest Black Greek Leadership Conference. Mr. Carroll is
also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Dr. Frances G. Carroll
Dr.
Frances G. Carroll is an icon in the Chicago Public Schools where
she worked for 35 plus years. Her experience covers the spectrum of
elementary, secondary and university level education.
Dr. Carroll taught at the primary grade level, the
high school level and graduate school level. She was appointed
Director of The Consortium of Colleges and Universities. As the
Director of Special Education Staff Development and the Principal of
the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention Center.
Dr. Carroll taught graduate classes as an adjunct
professor for 20 years at Roosevelt University in the College of
Education. During that time she taught and mentored over 1600
administrators in the Chicago Public Schools. Former students
continue to reference her on the vital issues regarding Special
Education, Primary Education and Secondary Education.
Throughout her tenure in education Dr. Carroll has
conducted numerous presentations on special needs children, the
Black Child, Recidivism, Parent Rights and The Principalship.
Dr. Carroll has served as president of The Chicago
Council and The Illinois Council For Exceptional Children and she
was also the National President of the Black Caucus of Special
Education. She serves on the Executive Boards of the Chicago
Alliance of Black School Educators, as Vice President of Youth
Guidance, Vice President of Theta Omega Foundation of Theta Omega
Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
In 1995 Dr. Carroll was appointed as a Cook County
Commissioner on Women’s Issues and is currently one of the longest
serving women commissioners in Chicago, Illinois. She also holds the
position of Director of Christian Education and General
Superintendent at Greater Bethesda Baptist Church where she began a
Breakfast Program for the homeless in 1989.
Dr. Carroll is currently is a coordinator for the
School Achievement Structure Program at DePaul University. Dr.
Carroll is the Vice President of Group17 Educational Consultants. A
native of Chicago, she holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from
Roosevelt University. A Masters of Education in Special Education
from Chicago State University and a Doctorate in Education from The
University of Sarasota.
