Willie Washington - Founder/Executive Director

Willie leads the mission, vision and strategic outcomes of The Kingsman Leadership Academy. A native to Florida, Willie moved all over the state as a youth. His claim to fame is he moved to a different school every single year until his 10th grade year in high school. He is a former collegiate athlete, playing football at Purdue University, then transferring to win a HBCU National Championship at Tuskegee University. Willie then spent 10 years as an executive recruiter and corporate leadership development specialist before moving to the Tampa Bay area in 2011. Since then he has spent the last decade in education mentoring hundreds of kids from every walk of life, personally helping over 80 kids get to college tuition free and impacting families for generations to come.