VITA    Roger F. Cram          6752 Bancroft St. P.O. Box 642  Hiram, Ohio 44234-0642      Cell: 330-569-4912  Email: rfcram@aol.com College Education M.B.A.                                    Kent State University          Kent, Ohio B.A. Business Management      Hiram College                     Hiram, Ohio Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Economics, Phi Beta Kappa

Employment Modeling Future Heroes Inc. 2007 to present                    Modeling Future Heroes, Inc. - president Motivational keynote speeches, workshops, and seminars on leadership and conflict-resolution based on the values used by world heroes of peace - Military, corporate, higher education, civic organizations Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio 44234 1995 to 2017                       Hiram College              Hiram, Ohio      Adjunct Faculty - Designed and tought college-level courses 1985 to 2005                       Hiram College               Hiram, Ohio        Director Telecommunications, Purchasing, Collections,        Vice President Hiram College Property Management, Inc. Firebird Flying Shool, Inc. 1981 to 1984                       Firebird Flying School, Inc.   Middlefield, Ohio       President and chief flight instructor Hiram Village, Ohio 1971 to 1980                       Hiram Village                 Hiram, Ohio        Zoning Inspector, Hiram Village Planning Commission        Chairman, Board of Public Affairs 1971 to 1980                        Hiram Village                  Hiram, Ohio  Chief of Police City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1965 to 1971                       City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida  Police Officer – City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida Research – 2000 to Present For fifteen years at Hiram College I researched the leadership characteristics of world heroes of peace when they were in the midst of a severe crisis. Magnificent people under a crises and performing at their best – what values ruled their critical decisions?  I was looking for values common to all these heroes; his findings astonished and inspired him!     I first researched the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of black pilots established in 1941 by the U.S.  government as a means to show that blacks have not the intelligence, courage, or ability to fly or maintain military aircraft. However, despite cruel discrimination, inferior equipment, and unreasonable standards the Tuskegee Airmen succeeded with unprecedented achievements still unmatched today. How? Researching the Tuskegee Airmen’s leadership qualities revealed twelve repeated values of remarkable integrity. I then researched fifty famous world heroes of peace including Nelson Mandela, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ginetta Sagan, Booker T. Washington, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mahatma Gandhi, and William Wilberforce. I found these exceptional heroes employed the same twelve values, plus two others, bringing the total to fourteen.        Subsequently, I discovered these fourteen values are embraced by heroes living among garbage dumps in Nicaragua and the shanty-town ghettoes of South Africa. Regardless of wealth, nationality, gender, culture, or religion – all the heroes of peace that I studied applied the same value system when they were performing at their best. College Courses I Created and Taught - Hiram College, Tri-C, Lorain Couminity College, Lakeland Community College Diversity through Debate This course explores a wide range of diversity issues that pertain specifically to race and ethnicity.  We will study human behavior and see how prejudice, bias, and discrimination play a role in economics, politics, and creating a false self-esteem. From the Celts in England to the Irish, Italians, Chinese, and Latinos in America, repeated patterns of social discrimination will be explored. How do instincts such as aggression, jealousy, and dominance play into these disruptive behavior choices? This is not a course in debating, but rather where the media of debate will be used as a teaching aid. Children of the Dump – Nicaragua This course examines the effects of poverty on economics, opportunity, and health care in poor countries concentrating on the real victims – the children.  Examining the reasons for extreme poverty, this course gives particular attention to the United Nations Millennium Goals and to those who are making a major difference in the well being of the destitute. The effectiveness of U.S. government foreign aid and the future hope associated with NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations) is closely examined. Modeling Future Heroes - A Practical Application of Human Values This is a study of magnificent people performing magnificently during times of crises, at their finest hour, and how we can use their values and conflict-resolution techniques in our lives. The course will involve fifty heroes of peace - some rich, some children, some political, and some living in the depths of squalor. We will study their unique accomplishments and compare their conflict resolution and problem solving techniques with their environment (war, social injustice, poverty, human rights, and equality issues). The Tuskegee Airmen – A Study in Group Dynamics and Passive Excellence This course involves the group dynamics and leadership theories using the Tuskegee Airmen experiment as a basis. We will examine how racism can be successfully combated with ethics, and how goal setting, nonverbal communications, and strong group leadership can overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Despite many, almost insurmountable obstacles intentionally placed in the way of their success, the black Tuskegee-trained airmen triumphed over all opposition and developed into the most skilled and formidable fighting air force ever known.  This course will attempt to find answers to the following questions: How could this be when the architecture of theTuskegee Airmen program was designed for failure?  How did the Tuskegee Airmen’s group dynamics serve as a “substitute” for outside managerial leadership?  How did theTuskegee group leaders employ various leadership theories to successfully overcome their seemingly impossible obstacles? Electronic Crime in Modern Business Cultures Interdisciplinary – management and physics. Today’s modern organizations communicate with electronic gadgets that have not only created new efficiencies in business operations, but also opened the door to new opportunities for fraud, theft, industrial espionage, and other offenses. How do these devices operate? How secure are they for transmitting proprietary information concerning critical business operations? How are criminals using these devices to commit crimes, steal business secrets, and cost companies millions of dollars in fraud? Aviation Weather Many aircraft accidents are aided by weather.  Thunderstorms and other severe weather are Obvious contributors, but more often high temperatures, low pressure, and changing winds are the real culprits.  This course deals with the physics of aerodynamics and meteorology regarding how an aircraft’s ability to fly is influenced by atmospheric conditions.  Aircraft aerodynamics (weight, lift, thrust, drag, Bernoulli’s Principle) will be interwoven with weather phenomenon influencing aircraft performance (air pressure, temperature, lapse rate, wind shear, density altitude, fronts) to combine into a fascinating study in physics. Modern Aviation Principals This is an in-depth study of today’s modern ARTCC (Air Route Traffic Control System) including various forms of air navigation (pilotage, dead reckoning, radio navigation, radar vectors, and GPS). Aircraft and airport radio communications, approach and departure procedures, in-flight collision avoidance, and runway incursion incidents will be presented and with visual and instrument navigation charts. The new aircraft security and passenger screening as prescribed by Homeland Security and FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) regulations will be covered. Human Trafficking Is there really any slavery left in today’s modern World?  Didn’t the 1865 Emancipation Proclamation end slavery in the U.S.? Third only to drugs and weapon sales, human trafficking is the largest and fastest growing organized crime activity in the world resulting in a multi-billion dollar industry. Forced factory and agricultural labor, the sex trade, debt bondage, domestic help, children soldiers, and the selling of human organs comprise the many facets of this contemptible trade. There are 27 million slaves in the world today secretly held captive and forced into manual labor and the sex trade. This is more slaves than existed during the entire 350 years of the Atlantic slave trade. In this course we will explore the world slavery problem with emphasis on women and children. The political and economic reasons slavery is so prolific, the legal and ethical standards that clash with different cultures, and the undertakings currently trying to combat this scourge will also be investigated. Children of Immigration and Border Crossings Economic and political controversy besieges the Mexican-American border. Arguments against immigration range from keeping out “unwanted aliens” to fighting a billion dollar drug trafficking business.  Arguments in favor speak of social justice and economic benefits. In this course we will try to understand the forces creating these problems.  That will depend in part in listening to the people’s stories, discovering where they are coming from and what they want to accomplish.  We will study the perspectives of the Border Patrol, the immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries, the U.S. residents close to the border, the U.S. businesses using immigrant labor and/or moving to Mexico to get cheaper labor, the drug runners and the Mexican drug wars, the politicians who try to reduce the complexities to “sound bites.” We will learn to discern the ethical issues, including questions of discrimination and racism. We will also look at the social, political and economic issues, including those of power and money. But most of  all, we will look at the children! Speeches, Workshops, and Seminars that I Have Presented Presentations to Colleges and Universities 2006 - North West University, Johannesburg, South Africa 2006 - Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, Black History Month 2008 - Walsh College, Troy, MI 2008 - Mount Wachusett Community College, Boston, Massachusetts 2009 - Babson, College, Babson, Massachusetts 2010 – 2017 Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio 2010 – Case Western Reserve University – International Peace and War Summit – Panelist 2010 - Human Rights Museum – Winnipeg, Manitoba – Peaceful Conflict Resolution 2011 – York University, Toronto, Ontario, Master of Ceremonies – Alliance Against Modern Slavery Presentations to the U.S. Military 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 - Tuskegee Airmen National Convention 2008 - Department of Defense,  National Guard, Washington D.C. 2008, 2009 - Travis Air Force Base, California 2008 - Scott Air Force Base, St. Louis, Missouri 2008 - United States Naval Reserves, Cleveland, Ohio 2008 - United States Coast Guard, Cleveland, Ohio 2009 - 110th Fighter Wing - Battle Creek, Michigan 2009 - United States Air Force ROTC, Cleveland, Ohio 2009 - Tuskegee Airmen Central - 2-Day Youth Training Seminar - Akron, Ohio 2010 - Luke Air Force Base - Phoenix, Arizona Presentations to Primary Education Institutions 2007 - Grassroots Youth Entrepreneurship 3-day seminar, high school in Nicaragua 2009 - Royal Oak School System, Royal Oak, Michigan 2007, 2009, 2010 - High School Teacher Recertification - 5-day seminar, Hiram College 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 - Revere Middle School – 5 speeches on Human Values 2008 – Cleveland City Schools - The Values of the Tuskegee Airmen 2008 – Area-Q Community Center, Port Elizabeth, South Africa – neighborhood leaders 2009 – Chagrin Falls, Ohio: Human Values presentation 2010 – Aurora, Ohio: Human Values Presentations 2015 - Streetsboro High School, four presentations - the Stigma of Mental Illness Presentations to Civic Institutions 2006 - South Africa: Honeydew Rotary Club of Pretoria 2008 - Ontario: Rotary International World Peace Conference - Windsor, Ontario - Opening Speaker 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Rotary District 6630 Conference, Cleveland area, Ohio 2009 - Rotary International District 6270 Conference, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 2009 - Rotary International District 6380 Conference, Frankenmuth, Michigan 2009 - Rotary International District Zone 27-28 Institute, Sandusky, Ohio 2009 - Rotary International District Zone 31-32 Institute, Niagara Falls, New York 2010 - Rotary International District 6630 Conference, Sandusky, Ohio 2010 - Rotary International District 5550 & 5580 Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2010 - Rotary International District 6360 Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan 2011 – Rotary International District Conference 6630 – Beachwood, Ohio 2011 – Rotary International District Conference 7780 – South Portland, Maine 2011 – Rotary International District Conference – 7860 – Groton, Connecticut 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 - NAMI (National Alliance of Mengtal Illness) 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 - Hudson Sunrise Rotary Club: Human Trafficking, Aviation, Mental Illness 2012 - The Cleveland City Club - The Tuskegee Airmen 2014 - The Cleveland In-Town Club - 2015, 2016, 2017 - Mental Health Recovery Board - Crisis Intervention Team training 2015- The Cleveland In-Town Club - The Values of Anbonymouns Giving 2015 - Coleman Professional Services - Dealing with Panic Attacks 2016 - Rotary District 6630 Interact Conference - Cleveland, Ohio 2016 - Coleman Professional Services - the Stigma of Mental Illness 2017 - Rotary Club of Aurora, Ohio - Aurora, Ohio - The Values of Anonymous Giving 2017 - Rotary District 6630 District Conference, Cleveland, Ohio - The Values of Anonymous Giving Media Appearances People Magazine Cleveland Magazine Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper Youngstown Vindicator Newspaper The Discovery Channel TV – N.O.W. – No Opportunity Wasted -1-hour holiday special. abc Good Morning America CNN News Channel 3 TV – Cleveland, News Chanel 5 TV – Cleveland, News Channel 8 TV – Cleveland, Robin Swoboda Show – May 2010 International Involvement 2006 - South Africa: (Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, Cape Town) 2006 – Study poverty in townships and children with AIDS in hospice centers. 2006 – Nicaragua: Children of the Dump – working with schools and grass roots entrepreneurship. 2007 - South Africa: (Humanitarian projects in townships and Area-Q in Port Elizabeth) 2007 – Nicaragua: doctors from the Cleveland Clinic on a medical mission to pediatric hospitals. 2008 - Nicaragua: Children of the Dump – took fourteen Hiram College students to study poverty and teach English to school children. 2009 – Nicaragua: the fishing village El Minco, Batania Trade School of the Children of the Dump. 2010 – Kenya: Created and found funding for water well in the Neighbourhood School in Engoshura 2010 – Jamaica: Satellite dish and classroom computers for a school in Jamaica 2010 – Nicara: Five-school joint clothing drive for the Children-of-the-Dump in Nicaragua 2010 - Manitoba: Human Rights Museum – Winnipeg – Presented 2-Day Human Values Seminar 2010 - Present - India: Sponsor child in India prevented from entering human trafficking 2011 - Nicaragua: Chinandega - High School - Sponsored Westly through graduation 2011 – Nicaragua: Chinandega - School of the Blind – sponsor student named Chilo through college 2012 - Chinandega, Nicaragua - Master's Degree - sponsored Maria Jose through Graduate School 2013 - 2017 - Kenya: Engoshura - Sponsoring Albert and _____ through high school 2016 - 2018 - Kenya: Engoshura - Helped sponsor two students through high school 2017 - Engoshura, Kenya - Neighbourhood Academy - Rotary Grant for 160 beds for orphans Awards and Academic Honors Phi Beta Kappa – Hiram College Magna Cum Laude – Hiram College Honors in Economics – Hiram College Presidents Achievement Award – Junior Man of the Year – Hiram College State of Ohio - Ohio Senate - Community leadership United States Congress - Community leadership Cleveland City Schools - Tuskegee Airmen values and community involvement City of Cleveland - Recognition of community contributions Rotary World Peace Summit - Opening speaker, Contribution-Towards-World-Peace Award 110th Fighter Wing, USAF - Leadership Through Change United States Air Force - for Leadership Presentations Hiram College, Jane P Rose - Adjunct Teacher-of-the-Year Award Affiliations, Organizations, Licenses The Tuskegee Airmen - North Coast Chapter , Cleveland, Ohio  – Past President Tuskegee Airmen United States Central Division – 2nd VP – Youth Education and Training The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram, Ohio 1984-1985 President Hope and Relief International, Inc. – Houston, Texas – board member, Children of the Dump Nicaragua The National Peace Alliance - Winnepeg, Ontario - member Rotary International, Aurora, Ohio – past president, past district foundation chair, grants manager FAA licensed Commercial pilot, flight instructor, ground school instructor, CFII MEI AGII Free the Slaves, Inc. - member Colaborative to End Human Trafficking - Northeastern Ohio - certified community speaker Big Brothers and Sisters of Portage County - mentoring little brother five hyeasrs CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) Instructor - Law Enforcement Training - State of Ohio NAMI Ohio - Nationmal Alliance of Mental Illness - State Certified Instructor NAMI Portage County - National Alliance of Mental Illness - board member, president Coleman Professional Services - Ravenna and Kent, Ohio - former secretary, board member