This section will be used to highlight a fellow member who DARE to LEAD.

Our 4th Recipient for (May 2013)

Troy Edward Clarke

A President & CEO, Fraternity Brother, Community Activist, Youth Leader

A native Bahamian, Troy Edward Clarke grew up in the inner city of New Providence and graduated from St. Augustine’s College in 1984.  After earning an Associate of Arts degree in Law and Criminal Justice from the College of the Bahamas in 1995, he pursued his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Saint Augustine’s College in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he graduated with Honors in 1997.  During his tenure at Saint Augustine’s College Raleigh, NC he received a Lyford Cay Scholarship to complete his studies. In July 2000, Clarke earned an Advanced Degree in Social Work from the College of the Bahamas.  Presently, he is pursuing an advanced Degree in Biblical Studies and Theology from Beacon University and a Master’s in Public Administration with concentration in Non-Profit Management. 

A noted scholar and a natural leader, Clarke served as President of the Student Government at The College of the Bahamas 1994/95.  In 1996/97, he served in the same capacity at Saint Augustine’s College in Raleigh, North Carolina, addition to that he served as President of the Criminal Justice Club on campus.  In 1997, he served as Secretary General to The North Carolina Consortium for International and Intercultural Education Model United Nations.  Clarke also served as the Director of the Bahamas Public Service Union Youth Arm in September 2000.

He is a past President of Delta Epsilon Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc.  Troy Clarke has received the Advanced Communicator Bronze and the Advanced Leader Bronze Awards from Toastmasters International in January 2010 and May 17, 2010 respectively.  He is a member of The First Bahamas Branch of Toastmasters International Club 1600, Past Vice President of Education for The Healing Communicators Toastmasters Club 7178, Immediate Past President of The Bahamas Correctional Toastmasters Club 782534, member of Real Men Ministries International, a member of The American Correctional Association and Assistant Secretary of Cariman Bahamas.

He is also the recipient of numerous honors and awards, which are inclusive  the Ministry of Youth, Sports & Culture for “The Most Outstanding Organization of the Year” Award, October 2011/2012, Best Participant Award for Youth Leaders Certification Program, Bahamas Prison Fellowship Award 2010, Toastmasters International High Performance Leadership Award 2009 and 2010, Toastmasters International Leadership Excellence Award 2010, the Ministry of Youth & Culture Pacesetters National Youth Award for Education in May 1995, Who’s Who among Students in American Universities & Colleges 1996/97, Outstanding Service Award as Student Leader at Saint Augustine’s College 1997, and Award of Academic Excellence in Social Work from the Bahamas Association of Social Workers December 2000.

Mr. Clarke served as a Legal Officer at Furniture Plus in their Accounts Control Department until October 1, 2009.  He is the President/CEO of The Destiny Group of Companies providing professional services in Training, Personal Development and Consultancy and the Founding President of The National L.E.A.D. Institute.  The Minister of Education appointed him to the National Task Force on Safe Schools in 2010.  In July 2012 The Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas appointed him as a Member of The Visiting Committee-for The Simpson Penn Center for Boys (A Juvenile Correctional Facility).

A former member of the Royal Bahamas Defense Force where he served twelve years, three years with The Department of Rehabilitative and Welfare Services as a Welfare Officer at Her Majesty’s Prisons.  Clarke also spent three years as a Police Reservist in the Royal Bahamas Police Force and two years in the U.S. Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (R.O.T.C.).  Clarke is trained in multiple disciplines including law, criminal justice, social work and accounts control; augmented by extensive training in the Military at home and abroad.  Based on the best practices he adopted through education and experience, Clarke’s mission is to establish The National L.E.A.D. Institute with innovative programs that integrate local approaches to similarly structured, successful programs throughout the United States and Canada.  To this end he has established The Eagles Academy, an alternative to school for “At-Risk” males and Juvenile Offenders a first of its kind in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. 

He is married to Yvette P. Clarke nee Farrington and together they both have one son, Troy Edward Clarke, II

Mr. Clarke believes that “All Men Fall, But the Great Ones Get Back Up...You Do Not Drown by Falling Into the Water, You Drown by Staying There” as well as “It takes a Community to Raise a Man”.

If you have any comments, concerns or suggestions for Individuals Who DARE to LEAD, kindly use the addresses below to contact us:

Individuals Who DARE to LEAD Group
P.O.Box N-4511
Nassau, Bahamas

Email: vision2lead2010@gmail.com

Telephone: 954-703-4592

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The Bahamas

The United States of America

Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados

Bermuda

Canada

Dominica

The Republic of Haiti

Israel

Jamaica

Kenya

Netherlands, Antilles

Nigeria

The Republic of Senegal

South Africa

St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

Togo

Turks and Caicos Islands

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Barack H. Obama
44th President
United States of America

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“A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.”

John Maxwell
American Author and motivational speaker

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You become a leader when you decide to be an original and not a copy.

~ Dr Myles E Munroe ~
Founder, President and Senior Pastor of Bahamas Faith Ministries International

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Rosalynn Carter,
Former First Lady
United States of America

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limits on Excellence"

George Zonicle
2006 Bahamas Primary School Student of the Year

2012 Honour Graduate, Queen's College - High School

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

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Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune

Founder, Bethune-Cookman University, First Black US Presidential Advisor, Community Activist

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“Leaders, we must not forget, do not make themselves. They are made instead by

the people they lead, by the people who believe in them and by the people who are

prepared to follow them not out of fear, or because it may be the in-thing to do, or

because of some hypnotic spell, but because deep down there is a faith that moves them to lift us up to a height above their own in the hope that, from the lofty perch to which they have raised us, we can see what they cannot and, that having seen, we, as their leaders, can point the way forward into the tomorrows that await us all.

Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling

Prime Minister

The Commonwealth of The Bahamas

1967 – 1992

“Founding Father of The Bahamas”

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Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

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