Spice and Spectrum, Recipes for Resilience

Chef Jerome Brown

Jerome Brown, also known as Chef Rome, is the Chef to the Stars! With 35 years of professional cooking experience, he’s become the go-to chef for celebrities worldwide You’ve seen him on the Food Network’s Extreme Chef, ESPN, IVillage live, Black Enterprise Magazine, IHeart Radio, and many publications

Chef Rome has shared his passion for cuisine with a variety of A+ list celebrities, dignitaries, and elite professional athletes such as Colin Powell, Shaquille O'Neal, Lamman Rucker, Priscilla Presley, Star Jones, Nancy Kerrigan, Carl Gustaf (King of Sweden), Byron Cage, Mike Bibby, Cam Newton and more.

He has earned an international reputation for being trustworthy and results-driven "Chef Rome allowed me, for the first time in my entire career, to lose weight while inactive" stated retired NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal

Chef Rome has been a featured chef for Disney’s Epcot Food and Wine Festival In 2016, he was ranked #8 in the world out of the top one thousand chefs in the seafood category of the World Food Championship

His Southern roots are from North Carolina. His mother was the oldest girl out of twenty-three children. Everyone had to learn how to cook. His roots in the kitchen run deep. His father was a chef and his mother a dietician. Chef Rome truly knows his way around the kitchen. He travels around the world bringing his southern cuisine with a gourmet twist approach to soul food Get your taste buds ready, unbuckle your belt, and hold on tight Chef Rome is bringing the soul of the kitchen to your home now! Bon Appetit!

Dr. Evisha Ford

Dr Evisha Ford is the Founding Executive Director of iCan Dream Center, a therapeutic school in Illinois, that serves the needs of neurodiverse learners and their families She began her career serving inner-city homeless youth in Chicago by providing therapeutic intervention and linkages to community resources She worked with various community agencies to build their capacity to support the needs of vulnerable youth via training, resource development, and program evaluation.

Dr. Ford was recruited by Chicago Public Schools launching her path in education. She is a former Assistant Superintendent, Director of Special Education, and Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership.

Dr Ford is a sought-after thought leader and consultant in schools nationally and internationally She specializes in trauma-compassionate leadership, program design, cultural and racial equity, developing continuums of service for diverse learners, and a variety of other topics relevant to effective school and nonprofit leadership She is the author of Benches in the Bathroom: Leading a Physically, Emotionally, and Socially Safe School Culture

Dr. Ford has a passion for marginalized youth which began at an early age. She earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and completed her doctoral studies at Aurora University in Educational Leadership in 2010. Her research focus was students with disabilities, youth resiliency, and systemic injustice.

Dr Ford was recognized by the Professional Women’s Network as a “Community Ignitor” In July 2019 In the Winter of 2019, she received the Paige Award for her impact within the special needs community In July 2022, Dr Ford received the “Dream Maker Award” from the Bronzeville Children’s Museum of Chicago

Dr Evisha Ford is an experienced speaker on educational equity and is available to discuss her students' involvement in Chef Jerome Brown's book and the intersection of trauma, disability, and the incarceration/schoolto-prison pipeline. Dr. Ford and Chef Jerome Brown are available for joint or individual media interviews. The authors can be contacted at https://icandreamcenter.com/contact

Carolina Soul: The Down Home Taste of the Carolinas by Chef Jerome Brown

Carolina Soul: The Down Home Taste of the Carolinas by Chef Jerome Brown, Personal Chef to the Stars showcases a compilation of family recipes, client favorites, and low-calorie meals featuring frog legs, oxtails, marsala meatloaf, and other Southern delicacies indigenous to North and South Carolina.

"I put everything I could into this book, and I did it with love," said Chef Rome, who has cooked for athletes and celebrities such as Byron Cage, and Cam Newton The former Food Network Star and featured Epcot International Food & Wine Festival chef prides himself on putting a healthy spin on Southern cuisine, helping many of his clients lose weight Chef Rome has shared his passion for cuisine with a variety of A+ list dignitaries, and elite community leaders such as President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama, Star Jones, Raymond Felton, Lamman Rucker, and more

He was cast in the premiere season of the Food Network's reality show "Extreme Chef," and appeared in the United States Army series "I've Got Skills" that aired on ESPN. Throughout his journey, Chef Jerome Brown has always maintained a desire to help others and has given back to aspiring chefs and marginalized youth.

Chef Rome was a featured celebrity Chef for two years at the prestigious Epcot International Food & Wine Festival He has been featured at the Taste of Chicago, the world's largest outdoor food festival

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Kofi is also the owner of Soul Rebel, a food truck based in northern Virginia that serves a unique blend of Caribbean-American fusion cuisine.

Kofi Annan served eight years in the U.S Army, and holds a Master’s of Science in International Relations from Troy University, and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology from Tennessee State University.

Website: https://42fightingwords.com

Kofi Annan is the author of the award-winning book, Bull in a China Shop: Evolution of a Racial Justice Activist and Leadership in Action: 5 Key Principles of Effective Racial Justice Work He and his wife founded Fighting Words LLC, a racial justice and DEI Consulting Company in 2023

He is the former president of The Activated People (TAP), an independent activist organization dedicated to promoting racial equity.

Kofi previously served two terms as the president of the Fairfax County, Virginia National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which was awarded the NAACP’s Thalheimer Award for being the best branch in the country in 2018

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