EMPOWER C. D. CORPORATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Investor
- Real Estate Agent
- Director of Real Estate
Bobby Williams is a licensed real estate agent/ investor who has worked in the field for over 20 years. He built his business through various flips, property sales and single-family rentals in the Atlanta, GA market. Bobby has flipped dozens of properties and has rich experience in buying, rehabbing, and selling properties for profit. As a flipper, Bobby worked to transform vacant, abandoned and deteriorated properties into neighborhood assets. Through his business he employed local residents and provided temporary housing and emergency shelter to single homeless men and women. Bobby was on the cusp of transitioning from flipping single family homes to larger commercial multi-family properties and the 2008 housing and financial crisis struck. In the aftermath of the crisis, it became increasingly difficult to obtain financing for new projects.
Bobby and his family relocated back to New York and he subsequently joined the New York City Department of Education to work one-to-one with elementary and middle school aged children with special needs. Bobby has found his work supporting children with IEPs for the past five years extremely rewarding. He is committed to their progress and growth in all academic and social skills.
Giving back to the community has always been a source of pride for Bobby. Even as a teen, Bobby volunteered extensively with History in the Making, a youth development nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering, mobilizing, and building self-determination among students and their communities in the Bronx. Bobby led after-school enrichment activities, food drives and community clean-ups. His civic engagement continues today, serving as volunteer assistant coach for local youth basketball and baseball teams.
Bobby earned a B.S. in Fashion Merchandising & Business Administration from Florida State University. He lives in the Yonkers downtown waterfront area with his wife of 15 years and their two young children.
Job Titles:
- President
- President / After Graduating High School
Eric Hutchinson joined the United States Navy in 1981, served and worked his way up to the rank of E-7. His years of service brought his gift for helping others to the fore. In 2001, he enrolled in the Outreach Training Institute to become a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC). His internship with Samaritan Village Inc. evolved into an entry-level position at their 43rd Street Veterans Program. After receiving his CASAC credential and license, Mr. Hutchinson remained with Samaritan Village Inc., eventually advancing to the position of Program Director. In that capacity, he applied for and managed the agency's first grant to be directly awarded and funded by the Veterans Administration called Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF).
In 2000 Eric was awarded CASAC of the Year from the New York State OASAS Commissioner for Exemplary Service in the Veterans Community, while still employed at Samaritan Village. Eric along with several team members assisted several hundred homeless and former incarcerated individuals to change their lives over for the better and become not only responsible members of society but also Human Services Staffers. His work with veterans inspired him to bring together competing service agencies with the aim of housing "Homeless Heroes". In addition to his work with veterans, Mr. Hutchinson has experience overseeing Transitional Housing Programs, which provide HASA housing services to those suffering from chronic diseases in the Crown Heights community. Since then he has managed several HASA residences throughout the city.
Job Titles:
- Director of Community and Government Outreach
The Rev. Whitney has over 30 years in ministry. He is the Christian Education Superintendent, Leader Covid saftey in the Church, Director of the community feeding program and Assistant director of street ministry.
Rev. Ken Whitney has membership with the NAACP, Mayor's Clergy Council (Yonkers), Faith Leader's and YPD Collaborative, Council Woman Williams's Homeless Task Force, and the Trevor Park and Development Committees.
His calling in life is working to make a difference in the civil life on his community, with a combination of knowledge, skills, value and motivation.