Biography
Anthony
S. Welch is the co-founder of BetterLife Communications, a
company specializing in personal and community change strategies
and processes. The company currently provides consulting services to Newark Now, a non-profit
organization founded in 2002 by Cory Booker, the current Mayor of
Newark, New Jersey.
In addition through BetterLife Communications, Anthony lectures widely across the
country, conducting speeches on the continuing relevance of Dr.
King’s philosophy, message, and leadership. BetterLife Communications also provides
consulting and training services in a variety of areas, including
strategic plan development, workshops on strengthening communications
skills, capacity-building trainings to help educators and students
engage in ongoing service-learning, civic education, and character
education initiatives, and seminars on lessons from the civil rights
movement for today's social change efforts.
Anthony
served as Chief Operating Officer of Newark Now, a non-profit
organization that partners with community organizations,
philanthropic entities, and the Office of Mayor Cory Booker to design
and implement neighborhood and city-wide initiatives that increase
safety, child and family well-being, economic opportunity, and civic
participation in Newark, New Jersey.
Anthony
began his career as a senior financial analyst at the Port Authority
of New York & New Jersey, where he helped determine the financial
direction of several regional economic development projects. Anthony
has served as president of Do Something, a national youth civic
leadership organization that provides curricula, resource guides,
grants, and training to young people, schools and community
organizations across the country.
Anthony
has worked as a consultant and trainer for several non-profit
organizations, including the Academy for Educational Development
(AED), Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), the Cesar E.
Chavez Foundation, and the New Jersey Center for Character Education.
Anthony also coordinated the Governor’s School of Engineering and
Technology, a summer enrichment program for high school seniors, at
Rutgers University.
Anthony
serves on the board of the National Center for Learning and
Citizenship of the Education Commission of the States, and served as
Chairman of the National Service-Learning Partnership.
Anthony
received an MBA from Rutgers University (Newark), and a B.A. in
Biochemistry from Rutgers University (New Brunswick-Piscataway).
Anthony
and his wife reside in New Jersey.
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