FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS
Harold Rice, Jr.
Founder, Black Social Capital Initiative (BSCI)
Harold Rice Jr. is the CEO of the Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson,
North Carolina and the founder of Black Social Capital Initiative (BSCI). He launched his career at Community Link and brings more than a decade of leadership experience to his role as chief executive officer.
In 2017, Harold saw a gap in the not-for-profit space: Charlotte lacked Black leadership at the top. The realization lead him to start working on a new enterprise, The Black Social Capital Initiative (BSCI), to uplift and spotlight Black professionals in the not-for-profit community.
BSCI provides a complementary mentoring and coaching curriculum for junior and senior level non-profit managers to learn from current Black CEOs and lead at the next level. “That pairing is key,” Harold says.
“The CEOs and executive directors can guide our participants on their leadership journey regarding real and perceived barriers to leadership opportunities. The relationship also builds social capital for the participant, which is critically important for achieving leadership roles.”
Harold holds an MBA from Pfeiffer University and is a graduate of Wake Forest’s Business Essentials for Not-for-Profit Management
program and the American Leadership Forum’s Leadership Development Program. He is a contributing member of a host of steering committees, not-for-profit boards and mentorship programs for underserved youth.
Chrystal R. Joy
Program Manager, Black Social Capital Initiative (BSCI)
Chrystal Joy joined The Lee Institute in June 2013 as Director and was promoted to her current role as Managing Director in October 2019. Prior to joining the Lee team, Chrystal spent nine years leading a number of enterprise-wide organizational development initiatives at Time Warner Cable including management of the VP women’s leadership development program, the executive coaching process, and the performance management process. She also provided consulting to enterprise leaders on team building, leader integration, assessments and training, and aided in the inception of the inaugural Time Warner Cable Diversity Council in 2005.
At the Lee Institute, Chrystal is responsible for guiding the strategic direction of the organization. In her current (and previous) role, Chrystal leads efforts that focus on strategic planning, board and leader development and community capacity building. Chrystal has led the strategic planning processes for several local nonprofits in support of the mission to build community by strengthening leaders and organizations. She also co-facilitates the American Leadership Forum (ALF) Charlotte Region Chapter program, The Lee Institute’s flagship leadership program, which is dedicated to building stronger communities by joining and strengthening leaders to serve the common good.
Chrystal is a board member with the Black Social Capital Initiative and acts as program manager/facilitator for the Black Leadership Social Capital Initiative program, the eight (8) month program for BSCI. A native of Anderson, South Carolina, Chrystal moved to Charlotte after earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Winthrop University. She later also earned a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management from Keller University of DeVry. In addition, Chrystal is an American Leadership Forum (ALF) Senior Fellow of Class XIV.
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Don Thomas
Year Up
Senior Director of Growth Strategy -
Raquel Lynch
Chief Program Officer with Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont
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Nikki Keith
Vice President of Partnerships and Development for Road to Hire
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Christopher Capel
Thought Leader