A.D. Roberts is a successful businessman having started and grown several business concerns in real estate finance, international product sales, business consulting and network marketing. However, over the years his true passion has been empowering and inspiring people through motivational workshops, seminars and coaching. His story is an amazing journey from having it all, losing everything and bouncing back better than before! A.D. will be the first to tell you to "keep watching because the journey is far from over".
A.D. is a graduate of Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida. After receiving his Bachelors he went on to do his graduate work at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida in Organizational Development.
For years A.D. has been very active in his community chairing both civic and private boards. He was appointed to the board of directors for Visit Jacksonville, a conventions and visitors bureau. Mayor John Peyton later appointed Mr. Roberts as a Commissioner on the Jacksonville Housing Commission. A.D. also served 4 years as the Chairman of the Board for the First Coast African American Chamber of Commerce. Under his chairmanship he has helped to navigate the once struggling organization to prominent place of respect, continued growth and efficacy.