John Abraham is a story teller. He has been called a maverick and speaks from his collected experiences as a boy growing up in an ethnic neighborhood, an academician, a governmental official, a local elected official, and as a parent. The common story theme focuses on his youth baseball coaching career experiences with an application to solving problems in the big kid world. For fifteen years he coached his sons’ little league teams. The lessons learned from observing the little kids playing a game enabled him to successfully interact with the big kids that he supervised at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

He is the author of a book “From Ballpark to Boardroom: Lessons for CEOs from a Little League Coach.” Via his speaking engagements, John melds his two worlds in an insightful look at the common problems many executives face. His talks include humorous, inspiring, thought provoking and no-nonsense methods of developing and retaining talent and breaking down the corporate bridges to nowhere. John has personally gone from the ballpark, to the boardroom, to becoming one the most sought after speakers and corporate consultants on eliminating roadblocks to performance.

Dr. John E. Abraham retired from the United States Public Service in 2004. He earned his PhD in environmental health from the University of Iowa. In addition, John has a BA from the University of Denver, a MA from University of Hartford, a MPH from Tulane University as well as a MBA from Georgia State University . He holds, or has held, adjunct faculty appointments at Tulane, Georgia Tech, Emory, and the University of Texas San Antonio Medical School, Harlingen Campus.

Currently Dr. Abraham is Chairman of the Cobb County School Board, which has oversight over 107,000 students, 14,000 employees, and a billion dollar budget. Back to homepage

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