Rey Ramsey

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name = Rey Ramsey
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birth_place = Atco, New Jersey, U.S.cite journal
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title = Access For All
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date = Spring 2007
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occupation = CEO, One Economy Corporation
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Rey Ramsey is an American social justice entrepreneur, author, and the CEO of the One Economy Corporation, a nonprofit he co-founded in 2000.

Ramsey received a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University, where he was a member of Cap and Skull, [ [http://capandskull.com/ Cap and Skull Honor Society of Rutgers College ] ] and a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.

After graduating from law school, Ramsey went to work for the Portland law-firm Stoel Rives. He soon left his job at the firm to pursue a career with the Oregon State Economic Development Department, where he was director of the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department under governors Neil Goldschmidt and Barbara Roberts. Ramsey then worked for the Enterprise Community Partners, first as senior vice president and later became president.

Ramsey served two terms on the Habitat for Humanity International board of directors, elected as vice-chairman in 2001 [cite web
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accessdate = 2008-01-18] and then as chairman in 2003. During his chairmanship, the board fired Habitat founder Millard Fuller. [cite web |url=http://www.cjonline.com/stories/020105/pag_habitat.shtml |title=Habitat for humanity fires founder |accessdate=2008-02-09 |author=The Associated Press
date=February 1, 2005 |work= |publisher=CJOnline] Ramsey is currently on the board of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation [cite web
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Ramsey has been a proponent of the Portland citywide wireless initiative.cite news
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first = Aliza
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title = One Economy wants Portland to build digital bridges
work = The Portland Business Journal
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language = English
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date = 2007-07-20
url = http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2007/07/23/story9.html
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Bibliography

* "Managing Nonprofits.org: Dynamic Management for the Digital Age" (J. Wiley & Sons, 2002). ISBN 978-0471395270. Co-authored with Ben Hecht.

References

External links

* [http://www.one-economy.org/about/staff/rramsey.asp One Economy Corporation - Rey Ramsey Bio]