ABOUT THE
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Dr. Spencer has served the community in varied positions, including temporary labor services, environmental analyst, community educator, health program facilitator, and mentor for primary school students. This journey has included stints as an Associate Director of the Urban Health & Wellness Center at the University of Michigan – Flint campus, as an adjunct professor in the Health Professions and Studies Department, as a grant program manager, and as a board chair for the anesthesiology student review board on the same campus.
Stops at the National Kidney Foundation as a strategic planner, program coordinator, and wellness instructor, and Prevention Project Coordinator and Program Facilitator with Odyssey House Residential Treatment in Flint, Michigan, also comprise this trek. Various community board assignments were added, along with honors, including serving as a judge for the Blue Cross Angel Awards, the student-nominated Apple Award for teaching excellence, and various academic and scholarship awards, including the Maize and Blue distinguished scholarship award, Mott Scholar, Golden Key International Honor Society, and Psi Chi International Honor Society.
Bryan L. Spencer PhD, MHSA, MPhil, CPS
Founder & President, Consultant, Author
Dr. Spencer is currently a consultant for a Community Ethics Review Board in Flint, a mentor within the Men’s Community Action Resource organization working with primary school students, also in Flint, a member of the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC), a member of American Psychological Association (APA), and the Founder and President of My Exceptionality.
Dr. Spencer states that the last 25 years have provided a referendum on personal development and community impact, inspiring and influencing the lives of diverse community members at both personal and professional levels. The sharing of “my varied gifts and talents through personal contact, training, instruction, professional collegiality, and modeling has left a positive and indelible stamp and continues to unfold in new and innovative ways.”