lmcmorris21@nul.org
Speaker Bio
Lamell McMorris is the founder and CEO of the Washington, DC-based company Phase 2 Consulting, formerly the Perennial Strategy Group, a prominent strategic advisory firm McMorris founded and led for fifteen years. In Phase 2, provides strategic insight and external affairs services to some of the nation’s leading decision-makers in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. McMorris is also the founding principal of Greenlining Realty USA, a development corporation headquartered in Chicago in his childhood neighborhood of West Woodlawn. The firm is dedicated to reversing the historical effect of redlining in low-income communities through the development of quality housing and vibrant commercial corridors. McMorris serves as a member of several nonprofit and college boards and volunteers his time with youth-focused and mentoring organizations. He is broadly recognized for his entrepreneurial leadership and pragmatic, high-impact approach to effective advocacy, and he is an in-demand speaker at a wide range of conferences and events.