Quentin James
Co-founder of The Collective PAC
Quentin James is the Co-Founder & COO of Vestige Strategies, LLC – one of the top civic.
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Quentin James is the Co-Founder & COO of Vestige Strategies, LLC – one of the top civic and community engagement consulting firms in the nation. Through Vestige, Quentin has created innovative and impactful campaigns for various clients including Google, Tumblr, Green for All and Dr. Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago. Previously, Quentin served as the National Black Americans Director for the Ready for Hillary PAC; creating outreach initiatives that recruited over 50,000 African American donors and over 3 million people to support a potential presidential campaign run by Secretary Hillary Clinton.
Quentin formerly worked as the National Director of the nation’s largest youth environmental organization, the Sierra Club’s Student Coalition; leading the organization’s training and advocacy efforts to help youth members run effective campaigns that resulted in tangible environmental victories and developed leaders for the environmental movement. From 2009-2013, as a lifelong member of the NAACP – the country’s oldest and largest civil rights organization – Quentin was a member of the NAACP’s National Board of Directors.
A true visionary and proponent of community empowerment, Quentin is the founder of The Collective PAC, a political action committee focused on building black political power by electing black candidates on the local, state and federal level. Quentin is also the co-founder of Inclusv, a diversity hiring initiative that places talented staffers of colors into campaigns and advocacy organizations throughout the nation.
Quentin’s work has been featured in national media outlets, books, and publications such as the Washington Post, NPR, USA Today, Ebony & Jet Magazines, the Tavis Smiley Radio Show, News One Now with Roland Martin and Tina Rosenberg’s New York Time’s Bestseller, Join the Club. Recognized nationally for his work, Quentin has received many accolades including being named as one of the Top 50 Political Influencers of 2014 by Campaigns and Elections Magazine; recipient of Envest Foundation’s “40 under 40″ award; Washington, DC’s top “30 under 30″ award by WKYS 93.9 FM; and recognized as a Community Champion of Change by Impact-DC.
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Ernie was perfect for our Elders Conference at Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, Michigan. We will definitely be using PDA again!
LITTLE RIVER BAND OF OTTAWA INDIANS
Our speaker was great and the crowd enjoyed her! She was very engaging. Thank you again PDA for the great list of suggestions!
MEDTRONIC
Everything went great! and our speaker was wonderful! Thank you so much for all your help PDA! Looking forward to the next one.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI – KANSAS CITY
I hope that this message finds you well. We had a phenomenal time with Atsuko this past Thursday. We wanted to just let you know how amazing she was. All those that were in attendance thoroughly enjoyed her and had nothing but amazing things to say about her. Thank you for working with us to make sure this happened!
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
We had a fantastic day with Inge! She was very engaging with all those that attended. Her personal stories about the holocaust were very special and we were moved that she was willing to share them with everyone. Thank you again, PDA for all your hard work and dedication to make this program such a success!
SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Dear PDA Group, Thank you so much for your hard work in scheduling our speaker! From the moment we reached out to you the first time, you worked with us on all details and logistics and kept us up-to-date on the progress. Thank you for all your hard work on making our event such a success! We couldn't have done it without you and your team!
SAP COMPANY
Thank you again, Dr. Kimbrough, for a great presentation, our attendees are still talking about it!
CAMPUS LABS
Dr. Henry Lee's presentation was entertaining, insightful and wise. I, and everyone at Pfizer, especially appreciate the remarks you directed about following your passion and preparing yourself to excel. Thank you, everyone, at PDA for helping to make this happen!
PFIZER
The event was successful! I received many messages expressing how awesome, outstanding and inspiring Ms. Webb-Christburg's speech was."
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEMORIAL BREAKFAST, BOSTON, MLK SPEAKER
Everything went well. Atsuko was very easy to work with and the students enjoyed her performance! Thank you again for your recommendation and I hope to work with you again in the future!
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Novello left this morning after a very successful event on our campus! Thank you PDA Group for your help from the first phone to the last you were with us every step of the way.
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Jordan Carlos was very very entertaining! A majority of students who answered the event survey indicated they really enjoyed Jordan and definitely will bring him back!
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
On behalf of myself and my organization Entertainment Unlimited the Campus Programming Board of Ferris State University, we thank you PDA and Dan for a successful event!! Dan was magnificent! Students really enjoyed the presentation. I know I did. Can't wait to bring in more programs with PDA Group.
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY
It was a great pleasure to work with PDA Group! The communication was always prompt, friendly and helpful. We loved the speakers and events we booked through Mr. Peter Walker (PDA Group).
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Thank you, Peter, for all your help, you'll be happy to know that the event went incredibly well! Aneesa Ferreira was by far one of the best speakers we've ever had!
FURMAN UNIVERSITY
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An Evening With Quentin James.
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Directors Roundtable (Part 1)
Quentin Tarantino on Baby Boy, Living in Tel Aviv & Movie Guessing Game
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