Darrell is a highly regarded international consultant, corporate strategist, author, and speaker with over two decades of experience leading to his expertise and passion in problem-solving, organizational turnaround, and advising the world’s most influential leaders.  

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His career spans time with the Walt Disney World Company and the non-profit sector at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Interfaith Center of New York, The William J. Clinton Foundation. Ezell has served as a labor rights advocate for immigrant workers from Latin America with his work featured in the award-winning documentary, Mississippi Chicken. He has held appointments in the public sector with The U.S. Department of State and in academia as Vice President and Dean at Claremont Lincoln University and as a professor at Louisiana State, Tulane, and Shaw Universities. Ezell holds a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham in England. He is the author of Beyond Cairo.

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Darrell is a college board trustee, Human Relations Commission mayoral appointee, and member of Innovate Alabama’s Council on Outdoor Recreation.  His global commitment to inter-cultural relations received official recognition by The Vatican from Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran and led to his service as a United Nations Global Expert. 

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Darrell is a member of numerous boards and civic organizations. Click here to learn more.