Demitri Conte Kornegay Kornegay (Demitri Conte Kornegay Demitri Conte Kornegay)

Coolidge High School

Class of 1974

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First Name	Demitri Conte Kornegay
Last Name	Kornegay
Maiden Name	Demitri Conte Kornegay
Graduation Year	Class of 1974
Gender	Male
Current Location	Bowie, Maryland
Hometown	Washington, D.C.
Relationship Status	Married
About Me	Dr. Demitri C. Kornegay, retired as a Lieutenant after serving 31 years with the Montgomery County Police Department in Montgomery County, Maryland in 2014. During his career, he has worked with Special Assignment Teams, the Special Investigations Division, School Security, the Traffic Division, Applicant Background Investigations, Internal Affairs and the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit of the Emergency Response Team. He has been a police-community relations specialist for WHUR-FM. Dr. Kornegay attended the University of Richmond, Virginia, on an athletic scholarship and graduated in 1979 with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Speech Communications and Theater Arts. He minored in Sociology. He graduated from Bowie State University in 2010 after earning his Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. He earned his Doctorate degree in Education from Argosy University in 2016. His major was Counseling Education and Supervision. He currently teaches Counseling Psychology at Bowie State University to graduate students and he has taught Diversity & Social Justice at Johns Hopkins University in their Master’s program. In the 1970’s, this “Outstanding Young Man of America” nominee tutored juvenile offenders at the Virginia Penitentiary in the city of Richmond, Virginia. In the 1980’s, this member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., volunteered his time and services to the Washington Urban League as an elementary school tutor in their "Operation Rescue" program in Washington, D.C. In the 1990’s this two time winner of the J. Franklin Bourne Association's prestigious, "Award for Community Service," was ordained a Deacon at the Galilee Baptist Church and developed and still runs a free 12-week, Rites of Passage program for young men called, "Men Under Construction." In this, the new century, this “Legacy of Excellence” award winner from agoodblackman.com and the “Religious Leader of the Year” recipient from the Gamma Pi (graduate chapter) of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., helped coach the Gwynn Park High School football team from “worst to first” when they went undefeated in 2005 and won the Maryland Public School Athletic Association’s State Football Championship. There he was known as “Coach Deacon.” He also mentored elementary school children in Montgomery County, Maryland. Dr. Kornegay has authored two books; "Dear Rhonda-Life Lessons From A Father to His Daughter,” and “Man Up! – No Excuses – Do The Work!”. Both were written with the goal of “leveling the playing field,” for the thousands of young men and women who either didn’t know or barely knew their fathers. These books were so well received he has appeared on such television broadcasts as "Good Morning America, The View, Black Men Revealed and Fox Mornings to discuss them. His private work in the community has been featured in the NAACP’s “CRISIS” magazine and “Black Enterprise magazine.” Dr. Kornegay has conducted workshops and forums at the Prince George's County, Maryland, Fatherhood Conference, the African American Male Empowerment Summit, African American Women On Tour, Blacks In Government (BIG) and for youth in local corrections facilities. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Hampton University, in Hampton Va., Clark Atlanta University, in Atlanta, Ga. and Washington College in Chestertown, Md. Demitri C. Kornegay, Ed.D., NCC, is a nationally certified licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) in the state of Maryland. He continues to provide positive motivation through psychological counseling at the Bridges Wellness Group as well as the Prince George’s County Fire Department. In addition to serving as Internship Coordinator for Bowie State University’s federal grant team that studied the effects of Peer Recovery Specialist Support on the growth rate of Opioid abuse in the State of Maryland, he is an Adjunct P...(read more)
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