After orchestrating a three-game improvement in the America East and a resurgence in local support, Kevin Broadus begins his second season as the head coach of the Binghamton basketball program in 2008-09.

The former Georgetown assistant and recruiting whiz quickly put his stamp on the Bearcats’ program in 2007-08. The team matched Broadus’ intensity and focus, and jumped up two spots in the conference standings while drawing record attendance numbers at the Events Center.

Now with a fresh crop of talented recruits, Broadus is poised to continue the program’s ascent to the top of the America East.

At Georgetown, Broadus worked alongside head coach John Thompson III, and the Hoyas’ recent national resurgence is a direct result of his recruiting success in the D.C. metro area. Last year’s squad went 30-7 and won both the regular season and postseason Big East titles before advancing through the first four rounds of the NCAA tournament to the Final Four. The 2005-06 team went 23-10 and reached the NCAA “Sweet 16” and the 2004-05 team went 19-13 and advanced to the NIT quarterfinals.

Broadus was introduced as Binghamton’s new head coach on March 26, 2007, just days before coaching Georgetown in the Final Four. Also, in the same month he was ranked No. 6 by on-line publication hoopscooponline.com on their list of the Top 100 Assistant Coaches in the College Game Today.

Prior to Georgetown, Broadus was an assistant coach at George Washington for three years. In 2003-04, his Colonials team won 18 games and was selected to the NIT. From 1998 to 2001, he was on the staff at American University and also had coaching stints at University of the District of Columbia (1994-97) and Bowie State University (Md.) (1990-93).

Broadus is known as an excellent recruiter and four of his former recruits are playing in the NBA. Three of his players from his time at George Washington were on NBA rosters in the 2006-07 season. Mike Hall played for the Washington Wizards, Pops Mensah-Bonsu played for the Dallas Mavericks and Danilo ‘JR’ Pinnock was with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Broadus’ most-accomplished recruit is former Georgetown forward Jeff Green. He coached Green over a three-year span in which Green won Big East Co-Rookie of the Year honors, Big East second-team all-conference honors and the Big East Player of the Year award. Green and Broadus’ Hoyas had a 30-7 record in 2006-07 and made it to the NCAA Final Four. Green was drafted fifth overall in the 2007 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics and was involved in a draft day trade, shipping him to Seattle.

Broadus earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bowie State in 1990 and went on to receive his master’s degree in counseling from UDC in 1995.

He was a three-year letterwinner at Bowie State, earning conference all-rookie honors in 1984 and leading the team in scoring as team captain in his senior season. He played his first collegiate season at Grambling University in Louisiana. Broadus attended Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. and Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md.

In addition to his college coaching resume, Broadus has worked as a summer camp coach and counselor for both the Philadelphia 76ers and the New York Knicks. He also served four years as a research assistant at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda.

Broadus and his wife, Belinda, have four children: Nicol (24), Milan (15), Paris (14) and Kevin Jr. (12).

In just his third season, head coach Turner Gill has lifted the Buffalo football program from a one-win program to the Mid-American Conference Championship. On December 5, the Bulls defeated 12th-ranked and undefeated Ball State to win the MAC Championship for the first time in school history. Buffalo played in its first ever bowl game when it faced off against Connecticut in the International Bowl on January 3, 2009. Although the Bulls lost the game, Gill has led the Buffalo football program to unprecedented heights in a short period of time.

Under Gill’s leadership, the Bulls had an 8-6 record in 2008. The eight wins were the most in the Bulls’ Division I-A era and one shy of the school record for wins in a season. Gills’ UB teams have now won 13 games over the past two seasons – one more than the first eight seasons as a Division I-A program.

The 2008 season featured one of the most explosive offenses in school history. Gill, who handles the play calling, commanded an offense that scored a school-record 424 points. Quarterback Drew Willy threw for a school-record 3,304 yards and 25 touchdowns, running back James Starks ran for a school-record 1,333 yards and 16 touchdowns and wideout Naaman Roosevelt established school records of 104 receptions, 1,402 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Gill was named the MAC Coach of the Year by The Sporting News, MAC Coach of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus and has been named a finalist for the Paul Bear Bryant College Football Coach of the Year Award.

For his many efforts in bringing national respect to the Bulls’ football program, Gill received a contract extension through 2013 in December of 2008.

“On the day I came here to be the head coach I told my team that one day we would be successful here at the University at Buffalo,” said Gill. “Now, more than ever, I have never been more proud to be the head coach of this program at this great academic institution. This program has proven it can win now and it is built to continue to win in the future. I am grateful to President John Simpson and Athletic Director Warde Manuel for their continued support and faith in me as a football coach and leader of young men.

“I additionally want to thank our coaching staff and support staff for all they have done that has allowed us to have success in our football program,” said Gill.

Manuel was pleased to sign Gill to the extension. “I am extremely proud of the accomplishments of Turner, his coaching staff and his team,” said Manuel. “They have brought unprecedented attention to the University at Buffalo and have been great ambassadors for the school. I am thrilled that Turner will remain as our head coach, and with President John Simpson, am elated to reward him and his staff for their efforts.”

During the 2007 season, Gill earned Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year honors after leading the Bulls to five wins. UB finished with a 5-3 conference record, including a 4-2 mark in the MAC East Division to claim a share of the regular season title.

In addition, under Gill’s tutelage Buffalo had eight players selected to the All-MAC after having just seven in their first eight years of conference play. The Bulls had eight MAC Players of the Week had two players on national semifinal “watch lists” – Ben Woods (Ray Guy Award – top punter) and Trevor Scott (Ted Hendricks Award – top defensive end), while senior center Jamey Richard was invited to play in the Hula Bowl and earned an invitation to the NFL Combine.

Three of UB’s eight All-MAC players came from Gill’s first two recruiting classes, including safety Davonte Shannon, a true freshman, who became UB’s first All-MAC first-team selection. Buffalo enjoyed its first winning record at home since moving up to Division I-A and its two MAC road wins was also its best effort since joining the conference.

Quarterback Drew Willy completed 258 passes and had the highest pass efficiency rating in school history and running back James Starks became the Bulls’ first 1,000-yard rusher in the I-A era with 1,103 yards.

The Texas native made an immediate impact in his first year as he led the Bulls to a number of firsts. In 2006, Buffalo scored the most points in a season (220) since moving to Division I-A. UB also scored the most points (201) of any team in the MAC East Division and defeated the first team – Kent State – with a winning record since joining Mid-American Conference in 1999.

Gill has reached the pinnacle of college football as both a player and a coach, he was part of three national championships as a coach at the University of Nebraska and a Heisman Trophy finalist as a player. He become the 23rd head football coach at the University at Buffalo on December 16, 2005.

Gill, 46, who spent the 2005 season serving as Player Development Director and Offensive Assistant with the Green Bay Packers, was lauded as one of the nation’s top recruiters while an assistant coach at Nebraska from 1992-2004. The Cornhuskers won national titles in 1994, 1995 and 1997 during that span.

Gill, who was selected following a national search, brings with him tremendous success as both a player and coach. Consider how few head coaches in America can claim to have:

• As a player, to have never lost a conference game as a starter; to have led his team to the national championship game and to have been a finalist for the Heisman Trophy (won by his teammate).
• As a coach, to be on the sidelines for three national championships and to have coached an individual who won the Heisman Trophy.

UB President John B. Simpson said that Gill’s hiring “is great news for UB, marking not just an important step forward in our continuing work to build a strong, competitive athletic program, but also a key outcome of our university-wide commitment to institutional excellence.”

During his tenure at Nebraska, Gill served as an assistant coach for College Football Hall of Famer Tom Osborne, current Ohio University head coach Frank Solich and Bill Callahan. He tutored the Huskers’ quarterbacks from 1992-2002, was named assistant head football coach in 2003, and served as wide receivers coach in 2004.

During the height of Nebraska football in the 1990s, with Gill serving as quarterbacks coach, the Cornhuskers had unprecedented success at both the quarterback position and as a team. Gill - rated one of the top ten recruiters in the nation in 2000 and 2001 by ESPN.com - played a vital role in Nebraska’s three national titles, and mentored a string of record-breaking quarterbacks, from Tommie Frazier to Jamaal Lord to 2001 Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch.

Crouch, Frazier and Lord rank as the top three total career offense leaders in Nebraska history (while Gill, himself, ranks eighth). Crouch won the Heisman Trophy, Walter Camp Award (top player in the nation) and the Davey O’Brien Award (nation’s top quarterback) as well as being a first-team All-American in 2001 under Gill’s tutelage.

Frazier was also a first-team All-American, Johnny Unitas Award winner and Heisman Trophy finalist in 1995, and led Nebraska to back-to-back national championships (1994-95). Both Fraizer and Crouch were tabbed as Big 12 Offensive Players of the Year. Gill also mentored a pair of Big 12 Conference Offensive Newcomers of the Year in Frazier and Scott Frost (1996). Frost would lead Nebraska to another national title in 1997.

In 2002, he was nominated and among the finalists for the Frank Broyles Award, given annually to the top assistant coach in the nation. He was regarded by several sources as one of the top recruiters in the nation.

“Turner is an outstanding human being,” said former Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne, a member of the College Football Hall of Famer and one of the winningest coaches in college football history. “He has great character. He’s a great family man, an excellent recruiter, he relates well to his players and he really works well with people. He’ll always represent the program well. He is very knowledge as far as football goes. I have nothing but the greatest admiration for him.”

Before accepting the job at Buffalo, Gill served as the direct liaison to players and their families as the Player Development Director. He also served as an offensive assistant, with a focus on wide receivers. He began his coaching career at Southern Methodist University as receivers coach in 1991.

Gill’s outstanding coaching career mirrors a memorable playing career that culminated with him being named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy in 1983 (finishing fourth behind teammate Mike Rozier) and earning a berth on the All-Decade Big Eight team (1980-89) as the starting quarterback.

Gill, a native of Fort Worth, TX, was the starting quarterback at Nebraska from 1981-83 and led the team to a No. 2 and No. 3 national ranking. Overall, Nebraska teams had a 28-2 overall record with Gill as the starting quarterback and a 20-0 record in Big Eight conference play. He is the 12th winningest QB in NCAA Div. I history.

He spent two seasons as quarterback of the Montreal Concordes of the Canadian Football League, leading his team to playoff berths in 1984 and 1985.

One of the most respected student-athletes in Nebraska athletics history, Gill earned the Tom Novak Award for Outstanding Leadership and Character, the Herbert Marshall Award for leadership and was runner-up for the 1983 Davey O’Brien Award. He has been inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame, the Orange Bowl Hall of Fame, was a three-time All Big Eight selection, and was the MVP of the Orange Bowl and Kickoff Classic. A multi-talented athlete, Gill also spent three seasons in the minor league systems of the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians.

He received his bachelor’s degree in Behavior Analysis from the University of North Texas in 1990.

Gill has also served as a Spokesperson for the United Way and as honorary chairman for Cystic Fibrosis, the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association. He is a also a board member of the Lincoln (NE) Children’s Museum.

Gill is currently the honorary chairman for the Summit Educational Resources Walk-a-thon, serves on the AFCA Ethics Committee and speaks at a variety of events throughout the community.

He and his wife Gayle have two daughters, Jordan and Margaux.

Sheldon D. Fields, Ph.D., RN, FNP-BC, AACRN, DPNAP, FAANP is an Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Rochester Medical Center - School Of Nursing. He received his B.S, in Nursing in 1991 from the Decker School of Nursing at Binghamton University (State University of New York) and completed his M.S. in Family Nursing with certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 1995 at Binghamton University. His Ph.D. in Nursing Science was completed at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000. In doing so he became the first African American/Latino Male to ever receive a Doctorate in Nursing Science from this Ivy League Institution.

He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice. He is a nationally board certified Family Nurse Practitioner with advanced certification as an HIV/AIDS Certified Registered Nurse. He practices HIV/AIDS primary health care in an inner city underserved community clinic. As an educator, and researcher Dr. Fields is primarily involved in researching HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment strategies in young men of color. His research has been published in journals such as the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, Cultural Development and Ethnic Minority Psychology, and the Journal of Multicultural Nursing and Health.

Dr. Fields completed a post-doctoral appointment as a Visiting Professor in the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at UCSF. He is currently the principal investigator of a five-year research project, funded by the Health Resources Services Administration-Special Programs of National Significance initiative which targets HIV seropositive young men of color known as “Project YEAH” (Youth Empowerment Around HIV). This project is in collaboration with the Men of Color Health Awareness Project, Inc (MOCHA). An Active community advocate Dr. Fields served as the president of the MOCHA board of directors and continues to serve on the board. A former national director of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care he has continued to maintain leadership positions in several national professional organizations.

Reverend Rickey Bernard Harvey is the 10^th Pastor of Mt. Olivet.

Rickey Harvey was born February 14th, 1964, the eighth of nine children. His childhood, formative, and young adult, years were spent in Memphis, Tennessee, where he accepted his call to ministry at the age of 22 under the pastorate of Reverend Melvin Rodgers at New Bethel Baptist Church.

Rickey Harvey was called to serve Springhill Baptist Church in Moscow, Tennessee as Pastor, a few weeks after his first sermon, in 1987. While serving Springhill Baptist Church, a first, third, and fifth Sunday Church in 1988, Rickey Harvey was called to serve as pastor for Mount Level Baptist Church in Como, Mississippi, a second and fourth Sunday Church. Both Churches simultaneously enjoyed the growth and excitement of the two growing churches. It was a very formative and fun time for both the Churches and Rickey Harvey. In September of 1989, Saint Paul Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee called him to serve as full time pastor where he served for nearly a decade. It was during his tenure at St. Paul (Memphis) that he became nationally known and would be requested to preach some twenty-five to thirty revivals across the country annually.

In 1998, Rickey Harvey accepted the call of Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Tucson, Arizona and served faithfully until October 2008. Under his administration, houses, properties, vans, and state of the art office equipment were cash purchased. A Church Growth Conference that included eleven Senior Pastors from across the country was perhaps the highlight of the huge affairs that took place with him at Mount Calvary. Rickey Harvey is an advocate of Christian Growth. He lead the Mount Calvary Church in an "In Christ Jesus-New Creature Revival Conference" which brought together all of the local Baptist Preachers in Tucson together in Citywide Revival and Renewal services. He led the church in community witnessing through Church in the Park, Community Picnics, door-to-door canvassing and radio ministries.

In October of 2009, Rickey Harvey was called to the Mount Olivet Baptist Church in Rochester, NY where he currently serves. He believes that upon his first arrival to Mount Olivet; he heard the voice of God saying "Welcome Home." He was called to Mount Olivet on the hills of Barack Obama being elected first African American President of the United States of America. Upon hitting the ground, he led a Barack Obama Presidential Inauguration Celebration at the Hyatt Hotel in Rochester which drew nearly 500 people. He made his debut in the city of Rochester when he served as the keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King Junior Day at the Eastman Theatre as he opened up with the 1960's Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come." He brought to Mount Olivet Baptist Church and the Rochester Community his 20 year tradition of Holy Week of Sacrificial Worship; a Monday thru Friday worship service held at 5:00am each morning leading up to Easter Sunday with country style breakfast each morning at 6:30am. He's an advocate for growing the Church from within and to that end; has expanded the Mount Olivet's Family Care Team and Baptism Ministry.

Since accepting his call to ministry, Rickey Harvey has preached across the nation in more than 30 states and a countless number of towns and cities. He has conducted citywide revivals, preached in the National Baptist Congress, National Baptist Student Union Retreat, preached in State Conventions, Congresses, District Association Crusades, Baptist Ministers' Association Revivals, and currently serves on the faculty of the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education. He has been on the faculty of the National Baptist Congress since the age of 23.

Rickey Harvey served as President of the Paradise Missionary Baptist State Convention of Arizona, Inc where he through God's help lifted the convention to new heights; including a state of the art website. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the National Baptist Convention of America; USA Inc.

Rickey Harvey was a member and lead singer for two of Memphis' top recording gospel quartet groups, the Stars of Nightingales and the Dixie Wonders. He traveled to countless cities with both groups for more than two decades singing on programs often with the Mighty Clouds of Joy, Jackson Southernaires, Canton Spirituals, Williams Brothers, Shirley Caesar, Inez Andrews, Cassietta George, Gospel Keynotes, and many of the quartets who continue singing today.

Honors bestowed upon Rickey Harvey include receiving a Bachelor of Divinity from Tennessee School of Religion in 1993 and an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity in 1998 from the Tennessee School of Religion. In pursuit of higher learning, Rickey Harvey earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Memphis in Psychology, Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Phoenix in Business Management, a Master of Arts Degree in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix in 2004 and a Master of Divinity Degree (MDIV) from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in 2006. He is currently in pursuit of the Doctorate of Ministries Degree (DMIN) at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School.

Rickey Harvey is married to the former Ms Yvonne Brummell of Conway, South Carolina. The two are former owners of Exclusive Touch Full Service Hair and Nail Care Salon in Tucson, and continue Harvey’s Property Management, LLC in Memphis since leaving Tucson.

Rickey is the proud father of Rico 27, owner of Tennessee Accidents and Consulting, Ricketa 19, Computer Engineer Major at Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, Rickey Jr. 18, graduate of Horn Lake High School and future college student in the Rochester, NY community, and Rishard 4, a preschool at the Northstar Christian School, Rochester. In his free time, he enjoys hearing local quartets sing, reading self-help books, and raising and showing prize chickens for which he has won many blue ribbons with his chickens.

He’s anointed to preach the Gospel and committed to bringing men and women into fellowship with Christ and into responsible church membership through equipping believers, enriching persons, evangelizing people and edifying missions.

Mr. Robert D. James joined the SUNY System Administration team to serve as Senior Director of the Office of Special Programs in 1987. Twenty-two years later, as Associate Provost for Opportunity Programs, Mr. James is responsible for the administrative oversight of the University’s undergraduate and graduate access programs for New York State’s underprivileged population. The Office of Opportunity Programs is responsible for providing funding to SUNY’s participating campuses for program operation, provides training for campus directors, and enforces policy guidelines to ensure compliance with the legislative intent of the program. Each year, approximately 11, 000 students are served.

While the last twenty-two years have been spent as Associate Provost for Opportunity Programs, Robert James served the opportunity programs community, across New York State, for the last thirty-five years. Mr. James was formerly Director of the Educational Opportunity Program at SUNY College at Brockport in 1976 and Director of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Program Center in 1979. During his service as Senior Director of the Office of Special Programs, Robert served as Interim Executive Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute of Non-Violence. He has served on many boards during his career and has received numerous awards for outstanding service to the profession and community including the New York State Governor’s Award in 2001. After serving as founder and President for ten-years, Mr. James currently serves as Vice-President of the Tri-State Consortium of Opportunity Programs, which joins opportunity programs across New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Mr. James academic endeavors resulted in a Bachelor Degree in Science and Master of Science Degree from SUNY Brockport in 1972 and 1975 respectively. He has completed all coursework for his doctorate in Education Administration at SUNY Albany and will soon complete his dissertation. He is married to Cheryl Holley James and has three children and three grandchildren.

Dr. John Lopez is Vice President of Government Affairs for Apollo Group Inc., which is the parent company of the University of Phoenix. Prior to joining Apollo Government Affairs, Dr. Lopez was Vice President of Planning and Research during his six years at the Institute for Professional Development, a higher education management consulting company. John’s employment experiences also include teaching graduate courses and serving as a dissertation review committee member for the University of Phoenix, nearly six years in academic affairs at the University of Arizona, student affairs at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and four years as senatorial staff in the Nebraska Legislature.

Dr. Lopez earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Ph.D. in Higher Education specializing in management and policy from the University of Arizona.

In September, 1969, Carlos Rodriguez was admitted to Manhattan College as one of the first HEOP Student Programs.

Carlos Rodriguez graduated in 1973 from Manhattan College in the Bronx with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Economics at the HEOP 10th Anniversary held in Albany, New York. He graduated in 1976 from the University of Buffalo School of Law. He also formerly worked for both the Legal Aid Society of Rochester and the Monroe County Public Defender’s Office; and from 1981 to the present, he has been with the Office of the NYS Attorney General. In 1983, Carlos received a 10th HEOP Anniversary Award for Outstanding Student.

Carlos Rodriguez is currently an Assistant Attorney General with the Office of Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of the State of New York. He has been a State and Federal Court trial litigator with the Attorney General for the past 27 years. He is the first attorney in Rochester of Puerto Rican descent.

For the past thirteen years, Carlos has been working in the Public Advocacy/Consumer Frauds Bureau. His current role is to protect consumers and to seek injunctive relief against individuals and businesses who engage in deceptive and illegal conduct of business. Currently, Carlos is working on many civil/criminal cases involving fraudulent home contractors, mortgage fraud, unauthorized practice of law, immigration fraud, auto dealers, predatory lending and other fraudulent business owners.