Clinton Arnold is the CEO of KISRA, Inc. This nonprofit organization provides life, business, affordable housing, mental health, and coaching programs for the recovery, transitioning, and youth populations throughout West Virginia. He is also a West Virginia State University professor, teaching entrepreneurship, marketing, and business operations courses.
Clinton is a former business owner and telecommunications professional. He spent 25 years with Verizon Communications Inc. before retiring in 2013 as a director, where he led teams in sales, product marketing, product development, training, channel sales, customer marketing, and operations and communications, earned multiple President’s Leadership awards, as well as Platinum, Presidents and Diamond Club awards for sales and operations excellence.
Additionally, after serving faithfully in churches since his youth, he answered a call to serve as an Executive Pastor. He was licensed as an Executive Pastor in 2014 and is a certified Faith Based Counselor specializing in marriage and relationships.
The foundation of his experience is education, training, and life. He has a BA in Communications from the University of Kentucky, where he was the baseball team co-captain his senior year. He was also a four-year letterman and All-SEC performer for the baseball team from 1982-1986. He earned an MBA from the University of Charleston and graduated from the University of Maryland Executive Leadership Program, and the Center for Creative Leadership in San Diego, CA. He has completed the first year of the Doctorate in Business Administration program at Marshall University. He expects to defend his dissertation in the Spring of 2025.
He has been married to Trina, a retired teacher, and UK graduate, for 37 years, and they have two grown children and five grandchildren.
Keeping it Positive: Keys to Leadership from Dr. Oneeka Williams
Engineering Higher Education: Keys to Leadership from Dr. T. Ramon Stuart
Keys to Leadership from Amy Goodwin: First Female Mayor of Charleston, West Virginia
Bank On It: Keys To Leadership From Christy Elliott
Tap unto your power grid: Keys to Leadership from Charles Patton
Get Covered: Keys to Leadership from Don Wilson
It‘s teatime somewhere: International leadership in herbal teas with Mark Dalgety
Stimulating STEM in West Virginia with Dr. Afrin Naz
STEMGuyana with Karen Abrams
Fostering Solutions - Making Moves in the Automotive Industry with Shamaya A. Morris
Functioning In Pharmacy with Dr. Dondel Moorman
Fostering Solutions - Digital Marketing Insights with Petia Abdur-Razzaaq
Fostering Solutions - Dr. Chantel A. Perry: Data Guru
Fostering Solutions - Longevity in IT with Marcia McIntyre
Fostering Solutions - It's Never too Early to Start in STEM
Fostering Solutions - Karen Leak: A STEM Role Model
Dr. Kristi Williams Dumas: Thriving As An Entrepreneur In Appalachia
Saran Nurse: Thriving As An Entrepreneur In Urban America
Eric D. Coleman - Financial Management Made Easy
Timothy Gibson: Foundational Truths About Wealth Management
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Just Dumb Enough Podcast
Voices of Misery Podcast
House of Whimsical Terror
Stuff You Should Know
Timcast IRL