Roderick Zak

Chairman
Need to Read, Inc.
Roderick Zak has helped empower numerous businesses by making resources available and providing entrepreneurial training as founder and former Chairman of the Minority/Women Business Enterprise Alliance, Inc.

​Roderick is also Founder and Pastor of Rejoice in the Lord Ministries, in Orlando, Florida.

Zak has helped empower numerous businesses by making resources available and providing entrepreneurial training as founder and former Chairman of the Minority/Women Business Enterprise Alliance, Inc.
Roderick Zak is also the former President of the African American Council of Christian Clergy, a network of churches representing 50,000 parishioners in Central Florida. 

Pastor Zak earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Spring Hill College in Alabama, and a Master of Divinity Degree, from Interdenominational Theological Center, in Georgia. He is also the author of the book Winning is Everything.

Founder and Chair of Need to Read (N2R)

A Non-Profit organization whose purpose is to combat low literacy in children in underserved communities. In less than two years N2R has given away 18,000 books, established three reading corners (with 200 titles) and facilitated parenting training for over 2000 households. ​

Serving this Generation

Producer and television evangelist for Serving This Generation, a local television ministry for 15 years. A ministry that was recognized for its diverse audience appeal in the Central Florida community.​

Spreading the Dream

A program celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., hiscommunity partners include major corporations, Orange County Public Schools, andthe FAMU Law School. The program has been in existence for five years. It attracts3,000 attendees to the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center for the celebration, whichincludes students from 50 local middle schools. It facilitates an essay contest for thestudents with cash awards for each school’s winner and the overall winner.

Simon T.
​Bailey

International
​Speaker
Simon T. Bailey International

Leroy L. Long,
​III., Ph.D

Assistant Professor of
Engineering Fundamentals
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Falecia Williams, Ed.D.

President
Valencia College
​(West and Downtown Campus)

Cecil Hollar

​Retired
​Business Executive

LeRoy Pernell, J.D.

Interim Dean and Professor of Law
Florida A&M University College of Law

Ettienne Zak

Former School Board Member
Stafford, Texas