About

Alfred M. Mays serves as the Chief Diversity Officer and Strategist as well as Senior Program Officer for Diversity and Education at the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and leads a portfolio of strategic and competitive grant programming.

Prior to Alfred assuming this role, he served as an independent consultant with a service delivery that included strategic planning, project incubation, design, and implementation. Alfred has served as an enabler within a number of education programs and initiatives to include the Assistant Director of the Collaborative Project, a 21st Century Program supported by the North Carolina General Assembly, staff advisor to the Governor’s North Carolina’s eLearning Commission, Director of Information Resources Affairs and Director of Special Projects at the University of North Carolina - Office of the President, regional director for the North Carolina Model Teacher Education Consortium (UNC-General Administration) and State Program Director within the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction. Alfred’s interest and outreach also includes mentoring and facilitation of efforts that include implementation of youth leadership and empowerment strategies and the build out of student success strategies.  An Air Force veteran, Alfred received a Bachelor of Science degree from Wilmington College and a Master of Science degree in Administration from Central Michigan University.