Jimmy Whitehead

JAMES “JIMMY” WHITEHEAD graduated from Ballou High School in Washington, D.C., joined the U.S. Navy and was honorably discharged 1978. Thereafter Mr. Whitehead worked for the antitrust litigation law firm of Howrey and Simon, while continuing to participate several additional years as a U.S. Navy Reservist at Washington, D.C. Bolling Air Force Base. Mr. Whitehead served in numerous U.S. House of Representatives and Senior Executive Service (SES) White House Appointments, with a primary focus on domestic and international business development, as well as Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Congressional advocacy initiatives. Mr. Whitehead managed a variety of legislative and administrative activities for United States Congressman Frank Guarini (NJ-D) Jack Kemp (NY-R), Senator Phil Gramm (TX-R) and Senator John W. Warner (VA-R). During 1981 through 1983 Mr. Whitehead served in various White House Schedule C and SES appointments for President Ronald Reagan as Special Assistant to the ACTION Agency Director Donna Alvarado at the nation’s premier agency for civic engagement and volunteerism, and from 1984 through 1989 Mr. Whitehead served Secretary John Herrington as a U.S. Department of Energy Office of International Affairs Schedule C Appointee, coordinating high level energy officials and diplomatic meetings and forums. 1991 to 1993 Mr. Whitehead served as an SES appointee to President George H. W. Bush Administration as Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Minority Economic Impact. Mr. Whitehead directed and managed DOE Secretary Admiral James Watkins $250 million-dollar Minority Banking Program to support the White House Rebuild LA disaster recovery after the 1992 riots. These funds were provided from the U.S. DOE Petroleum Violation Escrow Account and were not taxpayers’ dollars. Fast forward, after receiving a September 2017 call from Trump Administration – U.S. HUD to help with Irma-Maria hurricane emergency disaster recovery, Mr. Whitehead Co-Founded US-Humanitarian Aid Response Team CARES (U.S.-HART CARES) www.us-hart.org as a Private Sector Initiative P3 platform to allow private investment to expedite resilient humanitarian affordable emergency housing restoration, provide local diversity workforce training, and Safe Waste Solutions (SWS), with the highest priorities placed on maximum Accountability, Compliance, and Transparency (A.C.T.). In 2020, HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson designated US HART CARES as the non-profit RX5 Cyber EnVsion Center as a platform to provide RX5 Cybersecurity, AI, and Electric-Grid Critical Infrastructure solutions, services, and workforce training (www.rx5ace.com). Most recently the RX5 Cyber EnVision Center teamed with Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak (See: WOZED-03.mp4 – Google Drive) to create our WOZ ED – CyberUnity 2028 Global Legacy Project, which will provide 2M+ K-12 students, HBCUs, and Adult candidates, access to STEM, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Literacy education and workforce training (see: www.wozed.com and www.cyberunity.tech).

With a passion for applying technologies to drive business success and a commitment to lifelong learning, Xavier continues to deliver innovation, profitability, business transformation, and mission success for organizations both large and small.