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Established in 2021The SF BLACK LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC. (SFBLA) is a Tax Exempt IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit charity founded in 2021 to serve the needs of nonprofit and for profit organizations that were not receiving high quality leadership and organizational training. The SFBLA is designed to provide professional development, career and technical education on a routine or regular basis from a San Francisco based Tax Exempt nonprofit organization.
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Our MissionThe SF BLACK LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC. (dba STEM2Hearts and STEM2Sports) is a Tax Exempt IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit charity utilizing STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Health, Education, Arts, and Sports to inspire, motivate, and prepare the next generation of successful leaders and their families through (CTE) Career and Technical Education.
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Our Team
Derek L. Toliver
Founder / CEO / Managing Senior Partner
SF BLACK LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC.
[email protected]
Derek L. Toliver is a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School (San Francisco), and Stanford University. He is a 7-Time President's Club Award winning Medical, Scientific, Biotech, and Information Technology Sales Executive, Manager, and Strategic Relationship Executive. He has 38+ years of corporate private industry experience with companies like: Johnson & Johnson, American Scientific Products, Baxter Healthcare, Conmed Surgical, McKesson Automation, and Thomson Reuters Health Care. Derek has given medical surgical technology talks during Medical Grand Rounds at: UCLA Medical School, UC San Francisco Medical School, UC Davis Medical School, University of Minnesota Medical School, UC Irvine Medical School, Emory Medical School. He has trained surgeons and surgical teams to use advanced electrosurgical devices, laparoscopic surgical instruments, spine implants, etc. in over 1,000 live surgical cases. He also demonstrated and sold pharmacy robots, medical automation, medical information systems, pharmacy information systems, clinical information systems, and business information systems.
Derek has made it his life work to teach inner city children and communities of color how to do what he was trained to do in his 38 year corporate medical, surgical, scientific, biotech, and information technology sales career. He makes technical information easy to understand even for 6 year old students through his hands-on workshops, and seminars.
Derek has dedicated his life to giving back to underserved communities with his SF BLACK LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC. IRS 501(c)(3} nonprofit tax exempt public charity, dba STEM2Hearts, and STEM2Sports programs. He has a special interest in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Health, Education, Arts, and Sports. He is also very focused on delivering cognitive capacity building to nonprofit organizations serving inner-city youth in underserved communities of color.

Derek is also serving as an unpaid civilian volunteer appointed by the Commanding General of the United States Army Reserve as an Army Reserve Ambassador for California. This is a 3-year appointment and the position carries the protocol of a 2-Star Major General representing the US Army Reserve with elected and appointed government officials, civic and private leaders, educational institutions, public and private employers, and students seeking financial assistance and Minuteman Scholarships while pursuing their college education as members of the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps).
For more Information and a Bio on Ambassador Toliver:
www.usar.army.mil/Featured/Ambassador-Program/Find-an-Ambassador/California/
Ambassador Toliver LinkTree Profile:
https://linktr.ee/derek_toliver?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&itsid=06dd69e1-ee63-4c24-a5ad-fba342e2702e