Dr. Joaquin Wallace is a dynamic and engaging speaker. As an educator, community advocate, visionary,
and author, he draws from his personal experience to deliver influential and invoking keynote presentations related to Leadership/Coaching, Personal Motivation, Non-Profit Program Development, and Implementation, as well as Financial Wealth Building and Education.

Drawing on his practical experience and journey to become a successful and accomplished executive and change agent provides firsthand knowledge of the power of trials and triumphs.

Dr. Wallace’s life course inspired him to establish Project Transition Inc. This welfare-to-work program empowers the “working poor” and provides access, opportunity, and real-life experience to be competitive within the “white-collar” workforce. Project Transition has benefited more than 1,000 program participants within Alameda County.

He also authored Welfare to Work: A Practitioner’s Perspective on How to Develop and Implement a Successful Welfare to Work Program provides a holistic training program focused on
establishing and enhancing hard and soft skills. His vision and work continue to enable individuals, families, and communities to break out of the cycle of poverty.

Dr. Wallace has been featured in Contemporary Black Biography: Profiles from the International Black Community and is among the most influential African Americans in the 21st Century. Moreover, Dr. Wallace’s accolades include being the recipient of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce Community Based Non-Profit of the Year award; the Wells Fargo Living Makers in History award; and he received a recommendation from both the Ford and the Annie B. Casey Foundation fellowships.

Dr. Wallace holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from San Francisco State University, a Master of Business in Marketing, and a Doctorate in Public Policy from Golden Gate University. He resides in Northern California with his wife Jamelle of over 25 years, three daughters, Jameelah, Sasha, and Kendall, and one granddaughter, Quinn Jazelle.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 510-363-1979