Ask5: Elevating Leadership Through Board Service: Unveiling the Impact with Keith Amparado

Elevating Leadership Through Board Service: Unveiling the Impact is a session focused on empowering individuals to build valuable skills and experiences through civic engagement. In this session, our guest—an esteemed community member dedicated to civic and collegiate engagement and an alum—will share their insights by addressing five key questions. Whether you are a student looking to enhance your leadership skills or a professional seeking to make a difference in your community, this program offers essential guidance on the transformative power of board service. Join us to uncover the profound impact of civic engagement on personal and professional growth, expand your knowledge, and embark on a journey toward becoming an impactful leader in your community and beyond. Don't miss this unique opportunity to discover how board service can elevate your leadership potential.

Bio: Recently retired, Mr. Amparado has been appointed Emeritus President of the Alumni Student Federation Board of Governors at State University of New York (SUNY) Empire State University. He notably served as board member, President and Past President beginning in 2011. Mr. Amparado was instrumental in the development and implementation of The Black Male Initiative, a program that continues to support and promote college degrees for African American and Latino male and female students.

Additionally, Mr. Amparado serves as a communications company executive as the owner and founder of KDA Communications. Established in 1985, he has excelled in technical and business writing, systems analysis and data processing by providing consulting services to the New York City Board of Education's Special Education Projects panel, New York University (NYU) Financial Systems Management and other leading organizations across various industries. Presently, Mr. Amparado has remained active as a consultant to the Siloam Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn since 1988.

Long dedicated to civic advocacy, Mr. Amparado has been active with various nonprofit organizations relating to Alzheimer's disease since his mother's passing. He founded and continues to serve as the group facilitator of the Alzheimer's Caregivers Group at New York University since 2011. Mr. Amparado also volunteers by hosting speaking engagements and presentations and by conducting training sessions for CaringKind, a New York City Alzheimer's organization. Since 2000, Mr. Amparado has been dedicating a scholarship at SUNY Empire State College to the underserved African American male student population in his parents' names. Mr. Amparado also dedicated a similar scholarship in 2021 at SUNY Empire State University to the underserved African American female student population in the name of Shirley Chisholm. Mr. Amparado is also a contributor to the Black Male Initiative scholarship at SUNY Empire State University.

Mr. Amparado received a Bachelor of Science at SUNY Empire State College. To further ensure his place at the forefront of his profession, he has maintained affiliation with numerous prominent organizations, including the American Management Association, the American Marketing Association, the Marketing Research Association, the Qualitative Research Consultant Association and the International Association of Business Communicators. Mr. Amparado is also a senior member of the Society for Technical Communications.