About Me

Founder of the non-profit Veterans Social Center - Salisbury, NC

Founder of the Final Walk Honor Service (recognizing Veterans at the end of life or recently deceased)

Founder of the Hardin Group, LLC development company - Salisbury, NC

Honorably Discharged U.S. Air Force Veteran

Graduated magna cum laude from Pfeiffer University - Misenheimer, NC 

Served over 20 years in Corporate Healthcare leadership roles

Served as Salisbury City Councilman 2015-2017

30 year published editorial writer for newspapers in NC, FL, GA, and TX

5 year alumni member of the National Association of Black Journalists

Community Awards:

2025 City of Salisbury Human Relations Council Dr. Elizabeth Duncan Koontz Humanitarian Award

2020 NC Military Veteran’s Hall of Fame for Community Service

2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award from the W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center - Salisbury, NC

1995 Southern Piedmont Correctional Achievers award presented by NC Division of Prisons for community service