Kenneth Tolson

KENNETH TOLSONKenneth Tolson is the president and chief executive officer for the Melvin B. Tolson Foundation and partner for the District of Columbia Innovates initiative. Tolson founded The Melvin B. Tolson Foundation in honor of his grandfather who was a noted African American poet and educator. He is the former executive senior vice president and chief operating officer for the Emerging Technology Consortium, now a division of America21 that consulted to the Bush & Clinton Administrations. Tolson has served in various senior technology, educational and tech-innovation management focused roles for both public and private sectors. He has held the position of vice president, chief information officer, chief technology officer and chief innovation transformation officer, managing large scale technology implementation programs for International organizations, the Federal Government, Dept. of Defense and other private sector firms as well as non-profit. He is a former principal at Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc., where he led and coordinated the Davos, Switzerland technology and innovation global forum. Tolson graduated from the Morehouse College dual degree program with honors earning BS and BA respectively, in business information systems and political science and is a former United States Marine Corps Reserve Officer.