ABOUT WOLE RALPH

Commissioner Wole Ralph is a member of the Clayton County Board of Commissioners, and is the Georgia Director of ACCION-USA, a small business lender with a loan fund exceeding $15 million serving hundreds of Georgians. At age 26, he was elected Clayton County Commissioner, and is the youngest African-American County Commissioner in Georgia. His leadership has been nationally recognized in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, NY Times, LA Times, as has been featured on Channel 2 Action News, Fox 5 News, 11 Alive News and CNN.

Wole is a summa cum laude graduate of Morris Brown College, where he served with distinction, as President of the Student Government Association, and member of Board of Trustees. He is the only person in the history of Northern Illinois University, to finish the academically lauded Master in Public Administration (MPA) program in one year. He is also, the founder of Ralph Consulting Services, a Georgia-based firm that provides fundraising, project management and fiscal expertise.

Wole maintains many noteworthy community positions. He serves on the Executive Board of the Atlanta Area Boy Scouts of America as the Chairman of Tara District, Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity, Clayton Family Care, and as Campaign Chairman for the Clayton County United Way. He is a graduate of Regional Leadership Institute, Leadership Atlanta, and Leadership Clayton.