Marc Fomby, Youth Leadership Track

2010 Prevention Summit

October 14-16, 2010


Bio Page for Marc FombyMarc Fomby is a professional trainer & motivational speaker who provides workshops, education, information, seminars, and conducts presentations on numerous topics. Marc has been conducting trainings for over 19 years. Marc brings ten years of law enforcement experience and program development as well as seven years as a Prevention Services Coordinator for a private Non-Profit Organization in Mississippi. He specializes in youth development and trainings that directly affect issues concerning youth today.
Marc provides training in the areas of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and violence prevention. He has conducted and/or developed numerous programs geared for "inner city" youth.
Marc also presents workshops on Gang Awareness, Bullying, the Message in the Music (Understanding Hip Hop), Peer Mediation, Teen Suicide Awareness, Conflict Resolution, Anger Management, and Crisis Management. Marc is a certified HIV/AIDS instructor through American Red Cross and a Prevention Specialist certified through AADAA (IC&RC Exam). He was recently approved by OJJDP as an approved & certified Consultant. In December 2008 Marc was invited to New York to present information on Gangs to Ms. Susan Taylor (former Essence Magazine, Editor in Chief) and Ms. Oprah Winfrey before the kickoff of the National CARES Mentoring Movement.


As a Prevention Services Coordinator, Marc has traveled the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands conducting trainings. One of the most requested trainings that Marc offers is Gang Awareness. He has informed thousands of participants in the Southeast about the latest information on gangs. Marc was also assigned to a High School as a Police Officer (School Resource Officer) in Alabama where he implemented many of his ideas and training programs. Several programs developed by Marc won him statewide recognition by Alabama lawmakers and an invitation to the state capital with several of his students.
Marc has conducted training for a variety of Agencies (Federal Government, State, and Local), social groups, churches, businesses, and the Alabama Bar Association. He was also invited to North Carolina to address the Center for the Prevention of School Violence and their audience of police officers, school administrators, teachers, and other professionals interested in school safety about the program he developed and implemented in Alabama.


Marc will entertain you while informing you with his creative training techniques. Energetic and inspirational, Marc's enthusiasm and dedication is evident in his efforts to educate his participants. He leaves you armed with tools and information that are immediately beneficial. You can expect to be inspired by his passion for sharing information and his obvious desire to increase knowledge in those who participate in his workshops.

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