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Cliff Albright, Chief Operating Officer


Cliff Albright, Chief Operating Officer

Cliff Albright was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, where he attended the nationally acclaimed Bronx High School of Science. From there, he went on to attend Cornell University, where he obtained his B.S. in Applied Economics and a Masters in Professional Studies in Africana Studies, specializing in political economy. He would later add a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Alabama.

Mr. Albright has a wealth of experience in international development, having served as a consultant with both the World Bank and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), on social issues (health, education and housing) and project information management. After moving to Alabama in 1998, he focused his attention on bringing financial resources to Alabama’s Blackbelt.


While serving as a Resource Development Specialist for a coalition of organizations, he helped them to raise almost $2 million in only one year. Mr. Albright then created a mortgage company, which he used to make homeownership available to traditionally underserved populations. His efforts at providing housing were so effective that he was asked to serve on the Selma Housing Authority, where he helped facilitate a program to transform public housing residents into homeowners. He also helped establish a Federal Credit Union in order to bring financial services and financial education to one of the city’s most impoverished areas.

Mr. Albright also has a passion for teaching; he has taught at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Wallace Community College—Selma, and Georgia State University. He also incorporates teaching into his community activism, which has included youth leadership development, human rights work, hurricane recovery efforts (through the Saving Our Selves Coalition), and civic engagement. He also spent three years hosting an educational radio talk show. Mr. Albright regularly provides training workshops on community organizing, economic development and strategic planning.



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Our logo includes the West African Adinkra Symbol "hwe mu dua", which symbolizes the need to strive for excellence, whether in the production of goods or in human endeavors. At TruthSpeaks, this is our "measuring stick".