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Matthew Horace

Matthew (Matt) Horace is a veteran corporate executive, professional speaker, media contributor and acclaimed author. A C-Suite executive in corporate, private industry and government, he focuses on leadership and incorporating the principles of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and inspiring others. As a recognized risk and compliance leader Horace is passionate about moving individuals and organizations from where they are to where they are going and building inclusive teams. His work has been featured as a frequent contributor to national and international news on CNN, The BBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX and has written for The Wall Street Journal Crisis of the Week Column.

He currently serves as the Chief Security Officer of the Mayo Clinic, a leading global healthcare organization ranked by US News and World report as the Nations #1 Hospital. In this role he is responsible for the safety and security of Mayo’s employee’s contractors and facilities in the United States and abroad. A former senior federal law enforcement executive within the United States Department of Justice he led national, and international investigations while working in every state in the United States and many foreign countries.

Horace published the critically acclaimed The Black and The Blue, A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America’s Law Enforcement. He also co-authored an Amazon Best Seller, The CALL, Inspiring Stories For Young Men About Character, Accountability, Love And Leadership. A standout student athlete at Delaware State University he was afforded a tryout with the New York Giants, earned a BA in English from Delaware State University and an MA in Human Resources Leadership and Training from Seton Hall University.

Horace also created The Horace Foundation Endowed Scholarship for Criminal Justice Studies at Delaware State University in honor of three DSU students who were killed on a Newark, NJ playground. The goal of the scholarship is to provide incentive and opportunity to young people to pursue criminal justice education and careers. A well regarded and highly energizing speaker, he has also been an adjunct professor and guest lecturer at universities and colleges throughout the United States.

Horace credits his success to lessons he learned as a college and professional athlete and as the result of mentoring and sponsorship. Horace challenges us all to “Choose Courage Over Avoidance” in order to inspire the world to be what we all want to see.

Horace has held governance, board, and leadership positions on several national and international organizations advisory and board of director’s.

He has been officially recognized and received numerous awards and commendations for his work in corporate America, government, private industry and not for profit in the areas of Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Leadership, Social Justice and Community Impact. His mantras are “Carpe Diem” and “Be Intentional”.

Horace is a proud parent of two student athletes who attend and compete at The United States Military Academy at West Point and has a special fondness for all things related to the government service, the military and Veteran Affairs.

Categories: Change, Current Events, News and Politics, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Law and The Judicial System, New to AEISpeakers, Risk Taking, Security, Social Justice, Teamwork, Terrorism, Veterans

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  • Policing and Social Justice

    Matt spent decades at every level of state, local and federal law enforcement working in every state in the United States. He knows better than most why the relationship between communities of color and police are fractured and why we must establish trust now. His book, The Black And The Blue, A Cop Reveals The Crimes Racism and Injustice In America’s Law Enforcement sheds light on the topic and why us and why now to be the change that we all want to see.

  • Leadership And Building Inclusive Teams

    As a senior and experienced C-Suite executive, Matt understands the “WHY”. Diverse Teams Are Better Teams. In his talks, her engages audiences with the “HOW” to recruit, attract, hire and support inclusive teams and how to galvanize workforces toward these goals. His experience and anecdotes leave audiences inspired.

  • The Importance Of Mentoring, Coaching And Advocating

    None of us gets there alone. Matt encourages audiences to Each One Be One - Matt takes audiences through his rise through the ranks to the highest levels of government and corporate America and how and why mentoring, sponsorship and advocacy are so important and differences between the three.

  • Career Resilience – Surviving Challenging Times

    Matt takes audiences though gritty and thought provoking process of navigating adversity in our lives. From growing up in Philadelphia PA, having been attacked by a Philadelphia Police K-9, fighting racism in every level of law enforcement to navigating the politics of the C-Suite in corporate America he inspires audiences with his candor, vulnerability and commitment to “learn not lose”.

  • Leading Transformation

    Matt has been a transformational leader for decades at the highest levels of government and corporate America. He has learned that the most constant conditions in business involve change. He takes audiences through proven processes of innovation, proactive strategy and change management - He encourages us all to embrace transformation and be the change.

Books

The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement
The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement

During his 28-year career, Matthew Horace rose through the ranks from a police officer working the beat to a federal agent working criminal cases in some of the toughest communities in America to a highly decorated federal law enforcement executive managing high-profile investigations nationwide. Yet it was not until seven years into his service- when Horace found himself face down on the ground with a gun pointed at his head by a white fellow officer-that he fully understood the racism seething within America's police departments.

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The CALL
The CALL

You Matter. You Make a Difference. You are Invited to Answer The Call. Faced with the devastation of racism that is still alive and well in this day and age, and the infected scab that was ripped off of unhealed racial wounds with the election of our nation’s first black president, our community is desperately calling out for help. This book, "The C.A.L.L.: Inspiring Stories For Young Men About Character, Accountability, Love, And Leadership", issues a clarion call to our young black men to stand up, step up and recognize their inherent greatness.

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