Earl W. Stafford

Earl W. Stafford

Earl W. Stafford

EARL W. STAFFORD

Chief Executive Officer, The Wentworth Group

Earl W. Stafford founded The Stafford Foundation in 2002 as a faith-based, non-profit organization founded on promoting the principles of Jesus Christ. The foundation provides support and assistance to the underserved and the socially and economically distressed in order for them to become self-reliant. Mr. Stafford also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of The Wentworth Group, LLC, a privately-held holding company that provides essential business services and growth investment support to commercial, technology-focused small businesses. He currently serves on the Boards of the Horatio Alger Association, the Wesley Theological Seminary, the Venture Philanthropy Partners, the Apollo Theater Foundation, the National Symphony Orchestra and the Morehouse College – Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership. Mr. Stafford received a Presidential appointment to the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Mr. Stafford holds a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and an MBA from Southern Illinois University. He is a graduate of the OPM executive program at Harvard Business School and has received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Virginia State University and an Honorary Doctor of Business from South Carolina State University.