Donell Lewis, is an educator, having worked and taught at colleges and universities for more than two decades. He has appeared as a guest lecturer at national conferences, at universities and civic organizations. He is an entrepreneur technologist, having held positions as chief technology officer for colleges and universities; as well as for a successful dot com company. He has been a soldier, a husband, a father, a lover, a friend and a mentor. A man whose understanding of other's feelings guide his every decision, he is a gentleman in the American purist sense.