Dr. McKinney is also a partner with the economic consulting firm
of BJM Solutions, LLC. BJM Solutions is an economic consulting company
specializing in financial and housing market analysis.
Dr. McKinney earned his Ph.D. from Yale University in economics in
1983 and is the first African American male to receive a Ph.D. in economics
from Yale University.
Dr. McKinney earned his B.A. degree in economics from the
University of California at Los Angeles in 1976. Dr. McKinney served on the Council of Economic Advisors in
1977-1978 during the Carter Administration. Dr. McKinney taught full-time at
Brandeis University, Florence Heller School for Advanced Studies in Social
Policy Analysis (1983-1987). From 1987-1999, Dr. McKinney was a full-time
faculty member at the University of Connecticut School of Business.
In 2004, Dr. McKinney was appointed by Governor M. Jodi Rell to
serve on the Task Force for Procurement Reform for the State of Connecticut.
Dr. McKinney has served on many boards of directors, and is the
former Chairman of the Board of the Gateway Community College Foundation. He
was a director at Connecticut Motor Club (AAA) (2004-2007). He was a director
at the Fairfield County Community Foundation where he served as co-chair of the
distribution committee (2004-2009). He was also a member of the Greater New
Haven Regional Leadership Council (2005-2009). Dr. McKinney also served as a
member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Community Advisory Committee
(2007-2009). Dr. McKinney currently serves as a director at The Community’s
Bank of Bridgeport and the Partnership for Strong Communities. In 2010 Dr.
McKinney was appointed by the Connecticut State Board of Education to the Ad
Hoc Committee on the Funding of Public Education.
Dr. McKinney is a prolific writer who has several published
academic articles to his credit and he writes the weekly GNEMSDC e-newsletter
that has over 4,000 subscribers. Dr. McKinney is an avid runner and health
fanatic who has run four marathons and hundreds of other races.
About
Blog...
This a blog about all things having to do with supplier diversity,
the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council, economic issues,
diversity, corporate supply chain management and life from the perspective of
someone who has never quite grown up. In addition, I chime in on my roles as a
director at the Community’s Bank in Bridgeport, CT and at the Partnership for
Strong Communities. I hope you enjoy and contribute to this community of
diverse ideas and points of view - and please keep it clean!
