Russell is an American thought leader with expansive executive leadership experience across corporate and nonprofit sectors. His work includes helping people identify opportunities and challenges and then develop strategies and tactics to exploit the full benefits of those opportunities to mitigate disruption created by the challenges. He has worked with and trained thousands of business, political, community, and nonprofit leaders. Russell serves as Senior Vice President for the Center for Houston’s Future. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana Tech University and a Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M University. A frequent contributor to print and digital publications, Russell is the author of Leadership: The View from Here and wrote two books during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first book, Beyond Words: An Intersection of Philosophy, Inspiration, and Poetry, captured the emotions of the pandemic. The second book,Hindsight: Lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic (March 2022), builds on the first volume and offers lessons that can help stabilize the disequilibrium caused by the pandemic.
Houston Area Urban League's President and CEO, Judson W. Robinson III let's the community (specifically 18–34-year-old) know that HAUL is giving COVID vaccinations with an incentive. HAUL is also hiring for the Community Health Navigator jobs, temporary outreach positions $17/hr. through October 2022.
