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The same day he arrived in Wichita from Florida, he attended an Urban Leagu event. Two days he was meeting with his new staff and members of the board trying to map out a plan for the nonprofigt organization tomove forward. That was last March when 50, became the new president and CEO of theUrbaj League, replacing Brian Black, who left the organization to become the community affairs managert at Daniel has been busy since. “There was no real honeymoonh for me when I got he says. Daniel left behine 15 years of service at the Urban League of Jacksonville, where he was the vice presidenyt for economic and strategic initiatives.
In he oversees 32 full- and part-timew employees and an annual operating budgegof $1.5 million. Daniel spenf most of his first year meeting people in the communityu and promoting theUrban League, an organizationb that advocates on behalf of blacksx in education, work force development and He brought with him a business savvy that he says servese the Urban League well. “My whole reason for beinfg here is to take this organizatioh toanother level,” Daniell says. He says he wantsz the Urban League to generate more unrestricted incomwe tobecome self-sustaining and less dependeng on charity giving.
To do that, Daniel is working on a way for the Urbamn Leagueto recruit, screen and train workers for Wichita People have taken notice of his “He certainly seems to have a visiojn within the organization,” say Connie Dietz, who works in ’sz cooperative education program. “He’s a great face for the Urbab League.” Dietz, also a membere of the , firsr met Daniel during an Urban League diversity traininvg event at WSU and wasinstantly impressed. “I think (Black) laid the foundation and Chestee is ready to buildon it,” Dietz With a year under his belt, Daniel says there’as still more work to be done. Others agree.
“I think the best is yet to comewith Mr. says Lee Williams, Urban Leaguwe board member and president ofthe . “We are going to see some great things that are beneficial to this Daniel is always looking for ways tobetted himself.