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Lolalisa DeCarlo King is one of the first one hundred African-American women in the entire United States licensed to practice architecture. She serves as President of a green consulting and sustainability corporation providing full-service holistic deliverables with projects in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana and Texas. She recently received reciprocity in Colorado andMassachusetts with a newly formed Denver address. She has served on various boards including the AIA, YWCA, Assisted Living, Christian Message through Art and more. She served as Board Chair of the Orlando Technical Community College downtown campus. Her dynamic negotiation skills have proven successful throughout the different environments and venues.  At the one-time largest architectural-engineering firm in the southeast United States, approximately 1600 employees, she made her

mark by establishing a benchmark for dealing with clients and contractors. She used her technical expertise and business savvy to negotiate the best deals and conduct the most productive meetings.  She had a gift for calming the most irate contractor or the most difficult client. Some of the buildings for which she was a major contributor include Emerald Point Water Park, Sears Customer

Service Center, Airport Business Park, the Greensboro Municipal Building Conference Room, the third floor addition to FourSeasons Town Center, the Molecular Biology and Glaxo Research Laboratories at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,plus numerous aviation, office, educational, commercial, industrial, medical and manufacturing facilities throughout the state of

North Carolina.

Lolalisa DeCarlo King is one of the first one hundred African-American women in the entire United States licensed to practice architecture. She serves as President of a green consulting and sustainability corporation providing full-service holistic deliverables with projects in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana and Texas. She recently received reciprocity in Colorado andMassachusetts with a newly formed Denver address. She has served on various boards including the AIA, YWCA, Assisted Living, Christian Message through Art and more. She served as Board Chair of the Orlando Technical Community College downtown campus. Her dynamic negotiation skills have proven successful throughout the different environments and venues.  At the one-time largest architectural-engineering firm in the southeast United States, approximately 1600 employees, she made her

mark by establishing a benchmark for dealing with clients and contractors. She used her technical expertise and business savvy to negotiate the best deals and conduct the most productive meetings.  She had a gift for calming the most irate contractor or the most difficult client. Some of the buildings for which she was a major contributor include Emerald Point Water Park, Sears Customer

Service Center, Airport Business Park, the Greensboro Municipal Building Conference Room, the third floor addition to FourSeasons Town Center, the Molecular Biology and Glaxo Research Laboratories at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,plus numerous aviation, office, educational, commercial, industrial, medical and manufacturing facilities throughout the state of

North Carolina.

Ms. Marble began a true SPIRITUAL journey back in 2007 an illness changed her focus.  Her spiritual hiatus was God's bridge for her to become more than just a "human doing" but also to know the importance of a "human being" . Throughout her liftetime, Ms. Marble has been passionate about people.  Anyone who knows Ms. Marble will describe her to you as a "Bridger" - uniting ideas, products, services and the like to those in the communities she serve and those individually who partner with her in different capacities; whether it be through network marketing initiatives or their own personal development processes.  As an international traveler, she connects with peoples of all levels and from all walks of life.  Ms. Marble honed her skills of creative bargaining and strategic planning during her many functions working in the private law practice field. Being the bridge between the legal exective and legal staffers was no easy feat.  Nonetheless, Ms. Marble was "effective" in her duties in creating superb practice area support teams. It was the death of her grandmother which became the bridge that shifted Ms. Marble from a corporate-based focus to a community-based focus. Ms. Marble was reminded long after her grandmother's death that the elderly are "invisible" to many, which sparked the desire to use her skills of briding to provide a top-notch agency. 

While on her spiritual hiatus another amazing transformation took place.  Ms. Marble is becoming the bridge between non-profit agencies and the global community through non-traditional fundraising techniques.

Web: www.theunitybridge.biz

Email: [email protected]

Ms. Marble began a true SPIRITUAL journey back in 2007 an illness changed her focus.  Her spiritual hiatus was God's bridge for her to become more than just a "human doing" but also to know the importance of a "human being" . Throughout her liftetime, Ms. Marble has been passionate about people.  Anyone who knows Ms. Marble will describe her to you as a "Bridger" - uniting ideas, products, services and the like to those in the communities she serve and those individually who partner with her in different capacities; whether it be through network marketing initiatives or their own personal development processes.  As an international traveler, she connects with peoples of all levels and from all walks of life.  Ms. Marble honed her skills of creative bargaining and strategic planning during her many functions working in the private law practice field. Being the bridge between the legal exective and legal staffers was no easy feat.  Nonetheless, Ms. Marble was "effective" in her duties in creating superb practice area support teams. It was the death of her grandmother which became the bridge that shifted Ms. Marble from a corporate-based focus to a community-based focus. Ms. Marble was reminded long after her grandmother's death that the elderly are "invisible" to many, which sparked the desire to use her skills of briding to provide a top-notch agency. 

While on her spiritual hiatus another amazing transformation took place.  Ms. Marble is becoming the bridge between non-profit agencies and the global community through non-traditional fundraising techniques.

Web: www.theunitybridge.biz

Email: [email protected]

I am currently the Director for Social Security Administrations's (SSA) Division of Eastern Regional Contracts. I have almost 30 years working for the Federal Government. I started my Federal career as a Student Engineer working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington WV District, Construction Division. One of the requirements at the University of Cincinnati, was for Engineering and Construction Management students to participate in the co-op program were we worked alternating quarters with a company in a field related to our major.   After graduating in the mid 1980's with my Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management, I accepted a permanent position with the Huntington District where I was assigned as an Engineer/Inspector at the Yatesville Lake, KY dam site where we were building a new earth-filled dam and appurtenant bridges and roads. Other assignments in the early 1990's with the Corps of Engineers took me to Kuwait City Emergency Recovery Office's Construction Division to assist with the re-building of Kuwait City after the Gulf War and to our Miami Office after Hurricane Andrew hit southern Florida.   I transferred to the Baltimore District's Construction Division in 1995 where I remained as a contract administrator until January 2001. In January 2001, I switched careers to become a Contract Specialist with the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, DC. I transferred to SSA in August 2004. I have been in my current position since September 2009.

I am currently the Director for Social Security Administrations's (SSA) Division of Eastern Regional Contracts. I have almost 30 years working for the Federal Government. I started my Federal career as a Student Engineer working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington WV District, Construction Division. One of the requirements at the University of Cincinnati, was for Engineering and Construction Management students to participate in the co-op program were we worked alternating quarters with a company in a field related to our major.   After graduating in the mid 1980's with my Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management, I accepted a permanent position with the Huntington District where I was assigned as an Engineer/Inspector at the Yatesville Lake, KY dam site where we were building a new earth-filled dam and appurtenant bridges and roads. Other assignments in the early 1990's with the Corps of Engineers took me to Kuwait City Emergency Recovery Office's Construction Division to assist with the re-building of Kuwait City after the Gulf War and to our Miami Office after Hurricane Andrew hit southern Florida.   I transferred to the Baltimore District's Construction Division in 1995 where I remained as a contract administrator until January 2001. In January 2001, I switched careers to become a Contract Specialist with the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, DC. I transferred to SSA in August 2004. I have been in my current position since September 2009.

Dr. Edwards holds a PhD in Management and serves as Coach, Author and adjunct professor.  She has over 18 years of government, industry, entrepreneurship, education, consulting, training and coaching experience.  She is the author three writing journals to help others uncover, define goals and take action. As well as the author of two Reading is Fundamental approved children books “I Can Be Anything I Dream and Fun With Money” which help children learn about life and financial responsibility at an early age. She is also the founder of the early literacy program JustLikeUs which serves as a foundation for early literacy by getting children interested in books and reading by providing low income and the underserved with multicultural books with faces that look like their own . Dr. Edwards has received numerous awards and commendations to include the Consortium of Entrepreneurship Education’s Entrepreneur 101 Award, Marian Kauffman Entrepreneurship Award and Everest College’s Teacher of the Year in addition appeared on numerous radio shows to help others define and achieve their life goals.