Resume
1993 - Present
HAJJAH LENNORA JOYCE MUTI’AH PIERROT
B.B.A. | IPPD Ph.D Candidate Tuskegee University | Cultural Heritage, Library & Nonprofit Leader
Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama 36087 • (334) 707-3782 • housefulloflove@gmail.com
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Community-centered executive, advocate, advisor, administrator, librarian, and cultural heritage professional with more than 20 years of leadership experience spanning higher education, Special Collections, nonprofit management, public programming, community development, education, health promotion, agriculture, and coalition building. Experienced in connecting institutions with communities through strategic partnerships, stakeholder engagement, program development, grant support, public speaking, research services, and preservation initiatives. Brings a global perspective shaped by work and engagement across the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom, with a sustained commitment to Macon County, Alabama, African and African diasporic history, and the preservation of living community memory.
LEADERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS
Executive & Nonprofit Leadership
Community Engagement & Partnerships
Special Collections & Archival Management
Cultural Heritage & Public History
Program Development & Administration
Grant Writing & Resource Development
Strategic Outreach & Communications
Education, Training & Public Speaking
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Manager, Special Collections / Library Professional | Tuskegee University Library Systems
Tuskegee, Alabama | January 2019–Present
Support the preservation, interpretation, research use, and public visibility of historically significant collections connected to Tuskegee University and the broader African American experience.
Develop community-facing concepts that connect archives and collections with public history, digital storytelling, education, interdisciplinary research, and cultural engagement.
Provide research assistance, collection interpretation, outreach, presentations, and relationship-building with students, faculty, community members, and external partners.
Advance a Living Legacy approach to preservation that connects institutional memory with contemporary communities and future generations.
Library Supervisor, Architecture & Construction Science (TSACS) | Tuskegee University Library Systems
Tuskegee, Alabama | January 2022–Present
Administer daily library operations and oversee stewardship of the TSACS Archives Room and collection.
Provide research instruction, information literacy support, reference services, and patron assistance.
Collaborate with faculty on instructional resources, LibGuides, student learning, and research initiatives.
Coordinate preservation-related facility needs, including climate-control concerns affecting archival materials.
Founder, CEO & Program Director | Bibs and Blankets International (BABI); Jessup Wagon Drug Prevention Coalition; Jessup Wagon Foundation
Alabama and Georgia | 2010–Present
Lead nonprofit and community-based initiatives focused on youth development, family support, mental health education, prevention, mentorship, cultural engagement, and community resilience.
Develop programs, partnerships, public events, outreach campaigns, workshops, and community initiatives involving educational, civic, nonprofit, public-safety, and community stakeholders.
Support fundraising, grant development, organizational planning, volunteer engagement, communications, and relationship management.
Created and advanced community-centered initiatives that use storytelling, education, history, and intergenerational engagement to strengthen local identity and participation.
Community Associate | Black Belt Community Foundation
Selma / Alabama Black Belt | 2018–Present
Support community engagement and capacity-building efforts within Alabama's Black Belt region.
Participate in professional development and relationship-building focused on locally driven community advancement.
Program Instructor | Verizon Innovative Learning STEM Program, Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, Alabama | July 2018–Present
Support youth learning and engagement through technology, innovation, education, and structured program activities.
Farm Educator & Agricultural Community Advocate | The Blueberry Patch / Community Agricultural Initiatives
Tuskegee, Alabama
Provide technical assistance and guidance to farmers, including support related to USDA programs, loan applications, grants, EQIP, and agricultural expansion strategies.
Promote sustainable agriculture, community food systems, and educational opportunities connecting land, legacy, and economic resilience.
Reserve Deputy Sheriff | Macon County
Alabama | January 2015–Present
Contribute to community engagement and public-safety service while supporting relationship-building between residents, youth, and community institutions.
English Teacher | Manarat Al-Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | February 2011–December 2013
Delivered English-language instruction in an international educational environment and supported cross-cultural learning.
Health & Wellness Consultant / Community Advisor | Independent
United States & Cape Town, South Africa | 2004–Present
Provide community-centered education and guidance related to wellness, family support, resilience, and holistic approaches to individual and community well-being.
Marketing Director / Distribution Manager | Madina Distribution
United Kingdom / United States | January 1993–June 2004
Managed marketing and distribution responsibilities across international and domestic operations, building early career experience in administration, communications, customer relations, and organizational management.
SELECTED PROJECTS & PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT
Creator, Living Legacy Research Project — interdisciplinary work connecting archives, oral history, cultural preservation, digital storytelling, career pathways, and community engagement.
Presenter, 24th Annual CADCA Mid-Year Training Institute, Nashville, Tennessee — 2025.
Speaker, Women Empowering Women Panel — 2025.
Workshop Leader, Mental Health First Aid Trainings — ongoing.
Community and cultural programming focused on Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama's Black Belt, and African diasporic histories.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Degree in Integrative Public Policy and Development (IPPD), Candidate- Tuskegee University -May 2028
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Candidate — Strayer University, Columbus, GA, May 2025
Bachelor of Business Administration — Strayer University, Columbus, GA, October 2019
Associate of Arts, Acquisition and Contract Management — Strayer University, Washington, DC, May 2016
CERTIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Certified to Teach Online (CTO) — 2026
OSHA 30-Hour Training — 2025
Teaching Africa Certification, Boston University African Studies Center — 2024
Professional Development/Training, Black Belt Community Foundation — 2023
Certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor, Youth — 2022
Graduate, Southern University Small Farmer Agricultural Leadership Institute — 2019
Graduate, CADCA National Coalition Academy — 2019
Certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor, Adult/Public Safety — 2018
CADCA Drug Prevention Mid-Year Training — 2017
QCI / OSHA Training — 2016
Certified Doula Trainer — 2006
Certified Life Coach — 2005
CORE COMPETENCIES
Executive Leadership • Living Legacy Framework Development • Integrative Public Policy Research • Nonprofit Management • Cultural Heritage Preservation • Special Collections • Library and Archival Administration • Public History • Oral History and Living Memory • Intergenerational Knowledge Preservation • Cultural Continuity • Healing-Centered Archival Practice • Community Engagement • Community-Based Participatory Research • Stakeholder Relations • Coalition Building • Strategic Partnerships • Policy Analysis and Advocacy • Community Economic Development • Program Development • Grant Writing • Fundraising Support • Educational Programming • African and African Diaspora Studies • Digital Humanities • Digital Storytelling • Public Speaking • Workshop Facilitation • Agricultural Education • Mental Health Education • Maternal and Family Wellness • Youth Development
