David Collier-King

David Collier-King (formerly David Lee King Jr.) is the founder and Chief Editor of Visionary Publishing LLC. Currently working with his fraternity's national headquarters and volunteering as the Director of Civic Engagement for the CLC Blue Island Hope Center, David is passionate about empowering communities and individuals to become the best versions of themselves and overcome barriers to see success. A native of Gary, Indiana and alumnus of historically black university, Alabama State University (BA in Political Science) and Loyola University Chicago (MA in Urban Affairs), Collier-King has the life mission of developing platforms and avenues for individuals to be agents of change for communities and generations to come. David also offers leadership training and development, travels for public speaking engagements, consults on active diversity engagement, and developing avenues for empowerment and support to students, communities, and constituencies.

Companies

• We Will Community Engagement and Outreach Program Manager Chicago Department of Planning and Development (2022)
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology DePaul University (2022)
• Chief Executive Officer/ Chief Editor Visionary Publishing, LLC (2021)
• 11th Grade Political Sociology Instructor North Lawndale College Prep High School (2021 — 2021)
• Coordinator of Chapter Development Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity (2020 — 2021)
• Full-time Graduate Student Loyola University Chicago (2018 — 2021)
• 2020 Summer Mayoral Fellow/ 2020-2021 Academic Fellow City of Chicago Mayor Office (2020 — 2021)
• Founder Youth Movement for Change (2013 — 2020)
• Program Associate Mathematica Policy Research (2018 — 2020)