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Meet Tristan Layfield, part of the 2018 BE Modern Man cohort. He is a career coach and resume writer who helps millennial professionals understand that they are in control of their careers and provides them with the tools to achieve their goals.
After Shelly Robertson’s nine-year marriage ended in 2006, she quickly adjusted her lifestyle. As part of a two-income household bringing in more than $250,000 each year, Robertson and her ex-husband took spur-of-the-moment vacations to the Caribbean and had the resources to purchase whatever they wanted. But once Robertson became a divorcée in charge of taking care of the couple’s 10-year-old son, she had less money to work with. The changes forced her to become more aware of her financial decisions. Robertson now has a household income of $106,200, which includes monthly court-ordered child support payments of $1,100. Still, the senior program manager at a finance company now maps out all her purchases. The adjustment has been difficult, but the 38-year-old Upper Marlboro, Maryland, resident says she’s up to the challenge.
While serving in the United States Air Force, L. Eric Patterson was introduced to the world of intelligence. “It intrigued me,†the 59-year-old says of the work he did with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, which conducts criminal investigations and counterintelligence inquiries. “You’re always chasing bad guys.†Patterson retired from the Air Force as a brigadier general in 2005 and took a job with consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, providing support to the Department of Defense. Three years later he received a call about an opening at the Defense Intelligence Agency. “I loved Booz Allen, but as a contractor, I just wasn’t part of the fight,†Patterson says.
One of the toughest lessons Emmanuel Twum learned his freshman year in college had nothing to do with his coursework in computer science and math. Twum learned—the hard way—how not to handle his money.
“The Wall Street Project is an evolutionary process,†says Rev. Jackson. “The road to shared economic security travels through two-way trade. Just as America did not realize how good professional sports could be until athletes of all colors could play, American business will not maximize its growth potential until all businesses have an equal opportunity to compete on an even playing field, where the rules are public and the goals are clear."
