Centurions - Philip Hickman

Philip Hickman

Genesis School
Class of 2013
Steering Committee
Entrepreneurship Task Force

What does your company do, and what is your role there? My company or school transform the lives of children. We provide a world class education to an underserved population. I am the principal/assistant superintendent

Other organizations you volunteer or serve with: Urban Summit (education co-chair), National Children’s Defense Fund, Kansas City Freedom Schools (Board member and Fundraiser Chair), National Black Child Development Institute, Urban Summit Young Professionals, National Association of School Administrators, Missouri Charter School Association, Democratic Caucus, University Of Missouri Football Alumni Association.

First job ever: Ball boy for the Kansas City Royals!

If you had to do without one of your five senses, which would it be? Taste.

Have you ever milked a cow? Yes, several times.

Do you use Twitter? I just started.

What’s the best thing since sliced bread? iPhone 4 and iPad 2.

What was your favorite activity (organized or otherwise) as a child? Tom Watson youth golf training, Coach Bud Lathrop open gym, and enrichment summer school learning DOS on computer.

What is the easiest way you’ve found to “go green”? Recycling.

What was the first long trip you ever took? Colorado Springs after my dad saved a boy’s life and North Carolina Young Life Windy Gap trip.

Do you have a hidden talent? I can read minds.

Philip Hickman

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