MELLON/ MARYLAND OPPORTUNITIES
FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Breaking the M.O.L.D. Initiative
Joint Cohort Event #3
May 1, 2026
8:30am – 4:00pm
Morgan State University
Health & Human Services Center
4101 Hillen Rd. (Argonne & Hillen Rd.)
Baltimore, MD 21218
EVENT SPEAKERS
Dr. Ronald Carter, CEO Carter & Associates
Ronald Carter, Ph.D., serves as the CEO and President of Carter & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in higher education and nonprofit leadership development, based in High Point, North Carolina. His extensive career includes significant roles in academic leadership, executive search, executive coaching, and community development, making him a prominent figure in the field of higher education.
From 2009 to 2025, Dr. Carter was a Presidential Sage in the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program, where he prepared senior leaders to serve in American colleges and universities. Between 2018 and 2021, he worked as an executive search consultant with AGB Search LLC., assisting institutions in recruiting academic and administrative leaders.
His expertise encompasses leadership development, board development for higher education and nonprofit organizations, executive searches, coaching, team building, scenario planning, strategic planning, institutional advancement, and civic engagement. Throughout his career, Dr. Carter has been actively involved in board development, community engagement strategies, and executive searches across the United States and South Africa.
Dr. Lisa Brock
LISA BROCK is an intellectual and activist. She holds a Doctorate in African History from Northwestern University. She was the founding Academic Director of the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College and is now serving as a consultant for institutions interested in social justice research and leadership in Higher Education. Her articles on people of African descent in Africa and the Americas have appeared in dozens of academic journals and as book chapters. Her areas of expertise are southern Africa, US-African America, and Cuba. She is co-editor of Between Race and Empire: African-Americans and Cubans Before the Cuban Revolution (1998), with the late Digna Castaneda Fuertes, faculty Emeritus at the University of Havana.
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Supporting Leadership Development for
the Faculty in the Arts & Humanities
