Demitri C. Kornegay The two most important questions you can ever ask in life are- 1. What am I going to do about it? 2. When am I going to start? Company: Nero's Enterprises, Inc. Location: Springdale, Maryland Website: www.demitrikornegay.com

Biography:
Demitri C. Kornegay, is currently a lieutenant and a 25 year veteran with the Montgomery County Police Department in Montgomery County, Maryland.

This author of the books, "From Servitude to Self-Reliance, The Kornegay Chronicles," and "Dear Rhonda-Life Lessons From A Father to His Daughter,” has appeared on such television and radio broadcasts as "Good Morning America, The View, Fox Morning News, The Bernie McCain Show, The Donnie Simpson Show, and The Tavis Smiley Show." His most recent national television appearance was the “Fatherhood and Responsibility” episode of TV One’s, “Black Men Revealed.” He is also featured in the NAACP’s latest “CRISIS” magazine and an upcoming issue of “Black Enterprise.”

Demitri attended the University of Richmond, Virginia, on an athletic scholarship and graduated in 1979 with majors in Speech Communications, Theater Arts, and minored in Sociology. After supporting his daughter through undergraduate school (Hampton University) and into Howard Law and his wife through community college, undergrad and the successful completion of a Masters degree in Business Administration from George Washington University, he is now a graduate student studying Counseling Psychology at Bowie State University.

In the 1970’s, this “Outstanding Young Man of America” nominee tutored juvenile offenders at the Virginia Penitentiary in the city of Richmond, Virginia. In the 1980’s, this member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. volunteered his time and services to the Washington Urban League as an elementary school tutor in their "Operation Rescue" program in Washington, D.C. In the 1990’s this winner of the J. Franklin Bourne Association's prestigious, "Award for Community Service," was ordained a Deacon in the Baptist Church and developed a 14-week, Rites of Passage program for young men called "Men Under Construction."

In this, the new century, this “Legacy of Excellence” award winner from agoodblackman.com and the “Religious Leader of the Year” recipient from the Gamma Pi chapter, helped coach a high school football team from “worst to first” by winning a State Championship, mentored elementary school children and wrote his latest book, “Man Up! – No Excuses – Do The Work!” . Gamma Pi is Omega Psi Phi’s graduate chapter in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

His latest book is based upon the wisdom he has received throughout the decades. Now, in yet another action aimed at “leveling the playing field,” he shares that wisdom with the thousands of young men who either don’t know or barely know their fathers. A gifted motivational speaker, Demitri is well known in the Washington D.C. area for the “frank and to-the-point” messages he has delivered to high schoolers and church groups alike.

He has conducted workshops and forums at the Prince George's County, Maryland, Fatherhood Conference, the African American Male Empowerment Summit, African American Women On Tour, and Blacks In Government (BIG). He has been a Visiting Scholar at Hampton University, in Hampton Va., Clark Atlanta University, in Atlanta, Ga. and Washington College in Chestertown, Md.

Availability:
As a Life Coach and/or Spiritual Fire Starter.