Alonzo Harris
Alonzo Harris is the Founder/CEO of Municipal Development and Marketing, a 27-year old corporation that specializes in real estate development, as well as the construction of residential communities and commercial properties. His varying partnerships in the real estate industry include the creation of an 85-acre single family home development in conjunction with the City of Dallas.
In 1999, Alonzo co-founded the 2000 Roses Foundation, Inc., a Dallas-based 501 c-3 whose mission is to educate, empower, and impact women to reenter the community from incarceration. Through political and community activism, 2000 Roses Foundation has become one of the leading advocates in prison reform and reentry in Texas. Alonzo recently developed a mentoring and job skills training program for men and women designed to provide access to the booming real estate and construction industries, while simultaneously offering an opportunity for participants to develop personally, overcome barriers to success and become entrepreneurs in their own right. In 2005, as a result of his leadership and initiative, the 2000 Roses Foundation entered into a partnership with the world-renowned Delancey Street Foundation, to duplicate their multi-million dollar reintegration complex in Dallas – making it the only replication site in the state of Texas.
He travels nationally speaking to and collaborating with community agencies, faith-based organizations, foundations and corporations to open communication on complex and controversial topics, encouraging dialogue that will lead to a more holistic approach to violence and crime reduction in our nation. Alonzo earned a B.S. in Business Administration from TexasChristianUniversity. He’s been featured in The Dallas Morning News and other leading publications.
Kelly R. Wiley
Kelly R. Wiley serves as co-founder and Executive Director 2000 Roses Foundation, Inc., a community based organization providing safe housing and basic services for women after incarceration. In her capacity as Executive Director of 2000 Roses, Ms. Wiley maintains the fiduciary and programmatic oversight of the residential program. Ms. Wiley has brought over twenty five years of entrepreneurial and non profit experience to the 2000 Roses Foundation, Inc. Her commitment is to help each individual woman to reach her full potential by offering resources and networking with agencies, corporations and other entities that share their vision.
Some of Ms. Wiley’s accomplishments since 2000 Roses existence has been, 1st Step to Transportation, this was a program that founded jobs for x-offender women, took them to and from work, saved their money weekly and purchased cars at the end of 4 to 6 months. Several computer literacy programs were started, now including the GED preparatory classes, and our entrepreneurial program. Ms. Wiley was involved with “The Right to Vote” Initiative, in the state of Texas. This involved getting x-offenders their right to vote, after they completed their probation or parole successfully.
In 2002 thru 2004, Ms. Wiley collaborated with Voice of Hope Charter School to start a retail training program, and developed the retail training manual for this program. Since then, Ms. Wiley has spear headed the opening of The Rose Garden Upscale Resale Training Facility, located in the Historical Oak Cliff area of Dallas. Since it’s inception we have served over 200 clients formally incarcerated or homeless from this location, with clothes and other basic necessities. Among her civic and charitable contributions, Ms. Wiley has received numerous awards including the Unsung Hero Award in 2001, and 2003.
