BROTHER THOMAS FEATURED AS EMERGING BIRMINGHAM EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT LEADER

Brother Cameron Thomas, M.Div., Samford University’s director of diversity enrichment and relations, has been listed in the Birmingham Business Journal’s NextGen BHM: Education and Workforce Development Awards. The awards honor professionals under the age of 30 who are shaping the future of Birmingham’s talent pool.

Through his role in Samford’s Office of Diversity and Intercultural Initiatives, Thomas is committed to helping shape the future of Samford through progressing critical diversity initiatives. He oversees the development of an enhanced and diverse curriculum across all undergraduate and graduate programs, manages and directs office sponsored diversity development grants and works with the deans of all academic units to assess and formulate opportunities for diverse candidate pools in hiring. His responsibilities also include overseeing the university’s Ragland Scholars program, an intentional academic cohort for multicultural students, facilitating office assessments and working to increase minority alumni engagement.

“I am honored at this recognition,” says Brother Thomas. “Samford has been a place that has offered so many opportunities to me as I have developed as a person and as a professional. The relationships with mentors who have become colleagues display the intentionality of the community here. My hope is always that my service reflects the investment of so many who have empowered me by seeing more out of me than I could see out of myself.”

Previously a member of Samford’s Office of Admission, Brother Thomas worked to recruit students in numerous territories and leading office initiatives for recruitment of underrepresented student populations.

Aside from Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., he is the senior pastor of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Cropwell, Alabama, serves on numerous boards and foundations across the state of Alabama. S