A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 13, 2022
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
WATCH VIDEO ---> VERNUS SWISHER
Vernus C. Swisher, Sr., D. Min.
Education
* Doctor of Ministry Degree - Houston Graduate School of Theology; Houston, Texas
* Master of Arts Degree - Houston Graduate School of Theology; Houston, Texas
* Bachelor of Arts Degree in Secondary Education and Social Sciences - Huston-Tillotson University; Austin, Texas
* Professional Mediation Training - Worklife Institute; Houston, Texas
* Graduate Courses - Texas Southern University; Houston, Texas
* Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting (extension course) -The University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
Experience
10/2019 - CEO Consulting and Coaching
06/2019 - Retired
3/1996 –06/2019 CAREER AND RECOVERY RESOURCES, INC. (Retired 1/31/2019)
* Chief Executive Officer
8/1993 - 1996 Julia C. Hester House
* Executive Director
8/1967 - 1993 Foley’s Department Store, Now Macy’s
* Store Manager - Almeda Mall * Buyer Budget Menswear - Corporate
* Store Manager - Greenspoint Mall * Assistant Buyer Menswear - Corporate
* Assistant Store Manager - Sharpstown Mall * Group Manager - Sharpstown Mall
* Divisional Manager - Sharpstown Mall * Assistant Department Manager - Corporate
Religious Experience (1983 – Present)
2000 - Present Pastor - Galilee Community Baptist Church Houston (2006-Present)
Pastor – Galilee Missionary Baptist Church of Kenedy (2004 – 2007)
Pastor—St. John Missionary Baptist Church on Dowling (2000—2003)
Associate Minister - Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church (2004 – 2006)
1986 - 1998 Thomas Care Nursing Home Senior Ministry
1983 - 1990 Assistant Pastor - South Post Oak Baptist Church
Current Boards & Community Affiliations
PrimeWay Federal Credit Union Board, Center for Pursuit Board of Governors, American Leadership Forum Senior Fellow Class XV,
Past Boards & Community Affiliations
Founder & Charter Member of Leadership Houston; Founding Committee Member of Project Blueprint, Spaulding for Children Advisory Board; Rotary Club of Houston & Foundation Board; College of Biblical Studies Board, Immediate Past Chair; Network of Behavioral Health Providers Board; Mayor’s Public Safety Advisory Committee Chair, City of Houston.
United Way of Texas: Board Member/Trustee.
United Way of Greater Houston: Panelist, Chairman of Adult Service; Chairman of Allocations Committee; Chairman of Planning Allocation-Information and Referral; Member of the Personnel Committee; Allocations Redesign Committee, Chairman of Agencies Campaign 1994-95; Planning Committee 1998-99; Public Policy 1995-99; President, Agency Executive Directors Association 2000; Multi-cultural Committee; Project Blueprint; Funding Task Force Committee.
Rotary Club of Houston, Past President; Houston Food Bank Board, Past President; Region 6 Adult Protective Services Advisory Board; Greater Houston Women’s Foundation Board; Disability Policy Consortium of Greater Houston Board; AVDA (Aid to Victims of Domestic Violence), Interfaith Advisory Council, Target Hunger Advisory Board; The Volunteer Center Board; M.D. Anderson Hospital Volunteer; United Negro College Fund Advisory Board; Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation Board; Texas Commerce Bank-Lockwood/Lyons Board; Justice Forward
Other: Houston Evaluation of Community Priorities, Red Cross-Market Street; Inter-Ethnic Forum; John Biggers Exhibition Advisory Committee.
Awards: Mayor’s History Makers Award 2021, Houston Community College Leadership and Success Honoree 2019, Career and Recovery Resources, In. Barrier Breaker Award 2019, Houston Graduate School of Theology-The Delbert and Carol Vaughn Alumnus Award 2016, Mayor's Disability Advocate of the Year 2002, National Women of Achievement Visionaries of Excellence Award 1996; Citizen of Month, 1995 Houston Defender; United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast Volunteer of the Year 1985; Texas Southern University Humanitarian of the Year 1983.
