Slade Qualifications

L’Tryce M. Slade, MRP, JD

1500 First Avenue North, Unit 54, Birmingham, AL 35203 205-413-4685(t)

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 19

• Owner of Slade Land Use, Environmental, and Transportation Planning, owner six years
• Gentle, Pickens, and Turner law firm, Associate one and a half years
• Arcadis, Environmental Planner one year
• North Carolina Department of Transportation, Community Planner one year
• US EPA Fellow and Summer Legal Clerk
• Federal Highway Administration Summer Legal Clerk

EDUCATION

• Morehouse Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center Small Business Certification Construction Cohort 2024
• GMSDC Centers of Excellence Certificate Program-Rutgers School of Business and Covenant Business Concepts 2024
• National Minority Supplier Development Council Centers of Excellence Certificate Program 2023
• Kellogg Executive Management 2021
• 2020 Goldman Sachs Small Business Graduate
• 2020 WBENC We Thrive in partnership with IBM Graduate
• 2020 Coca Cola TCCC Supplier Development Institute Graduate
• 2019 Delta Supplier Development Academy
• 2017 Inaugural Class of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) Energy Executive Program
• 2011 Dartmouth Tuck Executive Education Program for the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council
• 2004 Juris Doctorate Degree, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 2001 Masters in Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Environmental and Land Use Planning)
• 1998 Bachelors of Arts, Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 1998 Bachelor of Arts, Communication Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2024

• Morehouse Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center Small Business Executive Program – Construction Cohort (November-May 2024)
• Morehouse Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center Small Business Executive Program -Concessions Cohort (May 2024-July 2024)

2023

• Women Business Enterprise National Council Chemical Industry Accelerator
• NMSDC COECP FTB Cohort Rutgers Leveraging Supplier Diversity Efforts & Managing your Operations

2022

• Interise Supplier Scale
• IGINITE DBIA

2021

• Kellogg Executive Education
• GMEN Women’s Entrepreneurship Program Class 2 – April 27, 2021
• WBENC IBM We Thrive
• World of Real Estate and Construction Forum Top 100 Real Estate and Construction Professionals

2019

• Turner Construction Management Program
• Georgia Mentor Protégé Connection Alumni Program

2018

• 2018 Birmingham Black Business Directory Feature Story
• 2018 ALDOT Soil Mechanics Laboratory Workshop Student of the Week
• 2018 Women Breaking Barriers in Birmingham- Birmingham Business Journal

2017

• Summit Media Creator Award Nominee

2016

• 2016 20 for the next 20 BHM Biz
  20 emerging leaders who have already made major contributions to Birmingham business and who are expected have an even greater impact over the next two decades. Slade is featured in the BHM BIZ Metro Birmingham Business Magazine

2015

• B-Metro Magazine Faces of Construction
• Visionary 40 I Am Woman Network
• Women of Vision, I am Woman Network
• National Association of Women in Construction Legislative Pulicy Chair
• National Association of Women in Construction Strategic Planning Chair

2014

• Groundbreaker for Birmingham Magazine as a Woman in Construction
• 2014 Ladies of Royalty Business Leader of the Year

2013

• 2013 President Obama’s Vulunteer Service Award
• 2013 Birmingham Business Alliance Small Business of the Year (1-50 Employees)
• Alabama State University DBE Mentoring Program for the Alabama Department of Transportation.
• 2013 Alabama Black Achievers Gala Entrepreneur of the Year
• 2013 Best in Minority Business Award from 98.7 Kiss FM, Wells Fargo, and Birmingham Magazine
• 2013 Nominated for Rookie of the Year from the Greater Birmingham National Association of Women in Construction

2012

• Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA) Dr. A.G. Gaston Minority or Woman Owned Emerging Business of the Year
• Southeast Small Business Magazine Birmingham Top Women of Influence
• City of Birmingham Shadow an Executive Program Participant
• Alabama State University DBE Program for the Alabama Department of Transportation

2011

• Birmingham Business Journal (BBJ) Top 40 under 40.
• Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth Women’s Business Enterprise National Council Executive Program.
• Associated Builders and Contractors Mentoring Program.
• Alabama Power’s 2011-2012 Supplier Diversity Mentoring Program
• Co-Chair of the Executive Women’s Roundtable 2010-2011.
• Leadership Birmingham Class 2010-2011.
• City of Birmingham Young Professionals United

2010

• One of Birmingham Venture Club’s 14 Entrepreneurs for 2010-2011.
• Green Award Finalist.
• Elected the first African American woman to chair the BBA African American Business Council.
• BBA Small Business Person of the Year Finalist.
• Minority Business Award Honoree.
• UAB Minority Health Board for Young Professionals 2009-2010
• BBA Chair of the African American Business Council
• Leadership UAB Class

2009

• BBA Chair of the African American Business Council
• Multiple Sclerosis Leadership Class.
• Who’s Who in Black Birmingham as an Entrepreneur 2009-2010.
• MS Leadership Class
• UAB Minority Health Board for Young Professionals 2009-2010
• Catalyst Advisory Board

2008

• Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist
• BBJ selected L’Tryce Slade as one of eight people to watch in for Birmingham, AL.

2007

• Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Project Corporate Leadership Class of 2007-2008.
• 2007, 2008, and 2009 Rising Star Finalist for the BBJ Minority Business Awards.

LEADERSHIP

• 2020 Beck Envision Partnership Program is an active mentorship program for construction companies.
• 2019 Mentor Protégé Connect Accelerate Alumni Inaugural Class
• 2018-2019 Delta Supplier Development Academy
• 2018 Georgia Mentor Protégé Connection
• 2018 City of Atlanta Watershed and Aviation Small Business Development Program
• 2016 20 for the next 20 BHM Biz 20 emerging leaders who have already made major contributions to Birmingham business
• 2016 Construction Business Management Institute Hartsfield Jackson Airport
• 2016 SBA Emerging Leaders Program
• 2016 SBA and Alabama Power Grow Smart
• 2012-2017 National Association of Women in Construction Mentoring Program
• 2015 Inner City Capital Connections Participant
• 2015 UAB Collat School of Business Academic Small Business Alliance
• 2015-JE Dunn Construction Diversity Program
• 2015-SBA Emerging Leaders
• 2014-2015 Emerging Leader Alabama Builders and Contractors Huntsville
• 2014 Emerging Contractors for Alabama Builders and Contractors
• 2013 Emerging Leader Alabama Builders and Contractors Birmingham
• 2013 Alabama Power Supplier Diversity
• 2012-2013 Junior League Leadership Institute
• 2011 Leadership Birmingham Class
• 2010 UAB Leadership Class
• 2009 Multiple Sclerosis Leadership Class
• 2007-2008 Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, Project Corporate Leadership Class

SKILLS

• A vision for the future in general contracting, land use, environmental, and transportation industry.
• Knowledge of environmental engineering (energy efficiency, conserve energy, water conservation, sustainability, remediation, clean up)
• Analytical ability through the legal education experience; (appropriate buy sell agreements, contractual agreements, understanding transactions, logistics, supply chain management, international supply management)
• Expertise in Lean Management (Lean principles are used to transform projects by identifying and eliminating all forms of waste. The comprehensive, holistic approach enables creating value through the practical application of Lean techniques. It makes the system work more efficiently)
• Outstanding ability to organize groups
• Innovative skills for creating efficiency through lean management
• Extensive community involvement through organizing and facilitating community workshops that relate to land use, environmental, and transportation planning
• Exceptional ability for leadership skills such as problem solving, influencing others, communication skills, delegating, cost effectiveness, and budgeting
• Creativity for complex projects that are data intensive

MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS

• National Association of Black Women in Construction
• Atlanta Business League
• Commercial Real Estate Agency (CREW)
• Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council
• Airport Minority Advisory Council
• Airport Council International
• National Minority Supplier Development Council
• Society of American Military Engineers
• National Association of Women in Construction
• Airports Council International
• Greenville Chamber MBA Program 2015-2016
• Birmingham Planning Commission
• Birmingham Business Alliance
• Greenville Chamber
• Alabama Builders and Contractors
• Alabama Builders and Contractors Association-Diversity, and General Contractor Committees
• Alabama General Contractors
• Birmingham Business Alliance Executive Women’s Roundtable, Past Co-Chair, African American Business Council-First Woman Elected Chair, Entrepreneur Roundtable
• Women’s Business Enterprise Council South
• South Region Minority Supplier Development Council
• Birmingham Construction Industry Authority
• The Women’s Network
• Transportation Research Board-independent adviser to the federal government
• Central Alabama Sickle Cell Junior Board- helped raise $500,000
• Boy Scouts Committee Member for the Birmingham District American Values Captain Co-Chairman. Slade is helping to raise $50,000.

PAST MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS

• Catalyst Change Agents Advisory Board
• Regional Planning Commission Central Alabama Rural Action Committee for the State of Alabama
• Regional Planning Commission Board Member
• Vulcan Kiwanis Club
• Shades Valley Rotary
• Alabama Ballet Junior Board
• Advisory Board Member of the Green Resource Center
• Mayor William Bell’s Young Professionals United Program
• Community Food Bank of Central Alabama
• Volunteer member of the Steering Committee for the Pratt Community Regional Urban Design Assistance Team (PC RUDAT) Landscape & Ecology and the Community Outreach Subcommittees after the tornado hit April 27, 2011.
• Boy Scouts Committee Member for the Birmingham District American Values Captain Co-Chairman raising $50,000 (Fundraiser).

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Host Fundraising Committee for Children’s Hospital Believe Event
• Fire House Shelter Board Member 2016
• Central Alabama Sickle Cell Junior Board (Fundraiser)
• Junior League of Birmingham-rape crisis center, Seed2Plate Jones Valley Farm, room maker over for Autistic Adults, and Junior League Magazine Corporate Donations
• Birmingham Links, Inc.