Corey Olds graduated from Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio) in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in French literature. From there, he matriculated to Stanford University, where he pursued a joint Ph.D. in History and Humanities. Upon receiving a graduate degree from Stanford, Mr. Olds became an assistant professor of history at Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) in 2001. Prior to accepting his professorship, Olds worked as a full-time history teacher at The Branson School in Ross, California. In 2005, Olds accepted the position of director of curriculum development at the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas, Nevada. Besides writing curriculum for the middle and high schools, he taught U.S. history and Latin. In 2006, Olds became a certified TAP (Teacher Advancement Program) mentor teacher. He is also the recipient of educational grants from the Las Vegas Rotary Club and the Target Corporation. As an educational entrepreneur, Mr. Olds has been delivering supplemental education services (ranging from English grammar and composition to verbal preparation for standardized tests to foreign languages and African-American history) to middle and secondary schoolers through Futurum, which he founded in June of 2006. His clients have included families in Nevada and in California, where he has also contracted with independent schools such as Head-Royce School, The Urban School, St. Paul’s Episcopal School, and San Francisco Day School, offering individual tutoring and presenting workshops and lectures on diversity and supporting students of color, particularly African-American boys in grades K-12. Since May of 2009, Olds has worked as the co-founder of the Excelsus Foundation, an educational trust actively engaged in narrowing the achievement gap between so-called privileged and less-privileged students, as well as providing extensive academic support and mentoring to African-American boys and girls. Olds and fellow co-founder Willie Adams launched the Excelsus August Institute for African-American Boys in 2009 and conducted the Excelsus Saturday Institute for African-American Boys from January through June 2010. For both, Olds designed curriculum and served as lead instructor. Most recently, Mr. Olds was the history coach for Team MAJITU, a group of eighth-graders sponsored by the 100 Black Men of the Bay Area, Inc. for competition in the national “African American History Challenge” at the 24th Annual Conference of the 100 Black Men of America, Inc. in Hollywood, Florida. Olds also presented a workshop for African-American boys in grades 6-12, “What They Think about You; or Becoming Media Literate” at the 2nd Annual Man Up Conference in Oakland, California, on July 24, 2010. In July of 1992, Olds received the Helping Hands Award for Outstanding Young Adult Achievement from A Better Community Development, Inc. of Canton, Ohio, for his work in the field of education. www.excelsusfoundation.com excelsusfoundation@me.com