Dr. Alzo J. Reddick, Founder of Defense in Transition (DTS) and Soldiers to Scholars (STS)


PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Dr. Reddick is a highly successful professional with 40 years of increasing levels of educational, management, and political experience.  With more than 35 years as an administrator, professor, and teacher in private and public education.  He has been invited to share his expertise and knowledge by providing lectures on Civil War and African American History, specializing in the role of the black cowboys in the west.  Dr. Reddick has also worked in all levels from primary to higher education in segregated and non-segregated schools/institutions

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dr. Reddick was director of an innovative program to recruit veterans who have served in the United States military to further their education to become educators.  He designed this program to provide veterans a second career, help alleviate the shortage of qualified teachers, increase the number of males in the education system, provide positive role models/mentors for at-risk youths.  A 12-year professional and administrator from one of the oldest private colleges in the state of Florida.  Dr. Reddick recruited students for one of the fastest-growing community colleges in Florida.  He was also instrumental in initiating and developing a 2+2 Articulation Agreement between Valencia Community College (now Valencia College) and multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).   Dr. Reddick was the first African American male to teach at Winter Park High School, located in Winter Park, Florida.

 

 

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