As President and Chief Executive Officer of the Urban League of Greater Miami,
Inc., Fair has a powerful voice in the effort to improve his community. He has
worked for the Urban League since September 1963.
Fair has served as an adjunct professor, at the Atlanta University School of
Social Wok, Bethune Cookman College, Florida International University, and the
National Urban League’s Whitney M. Young, Jr., Center for Urban Leadership.
Fair is academically and professionally prepared, having attended local and
elementary schools in his native home of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He received
a B.A. degree in Sociology, graduating Cum Laude, from Johnson C. Smith University,
in 1961 and a M.S.W. degree from Atlanta University School of Social Work, in
1963.
Fair’s published works includes articles in the "Miami Herald," "Miami
Magazine," and "Tropic Magazine." He has been a host of both
radio and television programs. As an analyst on some of the pressing issues
of the day, he has been interviewed by "60 Minutes," "The Tom
Brokaw Show," "Ebony Magazine," and "National Geographic."
Fair’s 100, plus service and recognition awards include: FCAA Presidential
Excalibur Award, The Greater Miami Region of the National Conference of Christians
and Jews Community Service Award, 1995, Phillip Morris Companies, Inc. Community
Service Award, 1992, The National Network for Social Work Managers, Inc., 1989
Award, Exemplar Award for Exemplary Leadership as a Change Agent, Coalition
Builder, Creative Activist Award, and the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Award. He is also listed in "Who’s Who Among Black Americans."
Fair is also the recipient of the State of Florida’s Outstanding Citizen Award,
for his commitment to the Sunshine State.
Fair is co-founder with Governor Jeb Bush, of the Liberty City Charter School;
the first charter school organized in the State of Florida.
Fair currently Chairs the Miami-Bayside Foundation Board of Directors, Miami-Dade
Empowerment Trust Board of Directors and L.C.C.S. Board of Directors.
Fair has memberships to these organizations: Floridians for School Choice Board
of Directors, Black Alliance for Educational Options Board of Directors, Florida
Board of Education, Governor’s Equity in Education Task Force, Governor’s Mansion
Foundation Board of Directors, Efficacy Institute Board of Directors, Center
for Immigration Studies Board of Directors, South Florida Annenberg Foundation
Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Miami-Dade Community College Foundation
and Miami-Dade Empowerment Trust Board of Directors.
Notable quotes that describe Fair. "…Throughout my life, I haven’t
done a lot of great things. But I have done a lot of small things, in a great
way." "…If I had to label me, I would call me a "Radical."
"Radical" is the Latin word for "root." And I always focused
on the root causes, rather than the symptoms. Never wanting to be a problem
describer, always trying to be a solution finder…"
