Our Founder

"I am a firm believer that despite our personal shortcomings and differences, everyone should make it their life's ambition to somehow be involved in "Making A Difference Everyday"

Ferrel “FC” Bonner’s career spans well over 30 years of military, political, and grassroots advocacy experience.

His professional career also includes: Emergency Management, Certified Cyber Security Practitioner, Facility Information Security Officer, Intelligence, Security, USDOJ Contractor, Volunteer for Texas Division of Emergency Management Disaster Reservist, and supporting the Secretary & Under Secretary of The Department of Veterans Affairs.

Ferrel is a Gulf War Veteran whose career began in the U.S. Army where he specialized in the following areas:

• Military Intelligence (MI)

• Security Management

• Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

• Special Operations Support (USSOCOM)

• PATRIOT Missile Defense (Air Defense Artillery - ADA)

• Tactical Communications

• Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, Radiation (CBNR)

• Personnel Management

• Logistics Management

• Executing quality control programs

While still serving, his commitment to community included:

• U.S. Congressional Internship

• Appointee Trustee, Employee Benefits Trust Board

• 2nd VP Greater Huachuca Area NAACP

• Vice Chair Mountain View Colored Officers Club Restoration Project

• Adviser, National Trust Historic Preservation Initiative

• Member of Southwest Association of Buffalo Soldiers (SWABS)

• Liaison for Arizona African American Legislative Days at the Capitol

• Blacks in Government

• Chamber of Commerce

After military retirement and returning back to Houston, he continued his commitment to community through:

• Appointee Commissioner Fort Bend County Historical Commission (FBCHC)

• Candidate FBISD Board of Trustees

• Graduate FBISD Board Leadership Academy (BLA) 

• Member Advisory and Subcommittee Sugar Land 95 (SL95)

• FBISD Facilities Steering Committee

• Graduate United Way’s Project Blueprint, Class XXV

• Houston Area Urban League (HAUL)

• NAACP

• Houston’s Freedmens Town Preservation 

• Asst. Chair Precinct 1114, Fort Bend County 

• Ross Sterling High School Alumni Association

• POD Coordinator for Hurricane Ike Victims

• Volunteer MENtor, Houston’s Real Men Read 

• Vice Chair, Fort Bend Citizens for Action and Awareness

• Youth Coach for Missouri City’s Girls Softball Team 

• Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

• City of Houston Census Education and Awareness 

• Voter Registration Education 

• Colon Cancer Awareness

• Member of Houston Chapter 100 Black Men 

• Youth Coach for YMCA Basketball

• Life Member of Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity Inc.

Ultimately, the community service activities and experiences Ferrel acquired are the impetus for M.A.D.E.

Highlights:

• Annual Veterans Thanksgiving Luncheon 2019

• Veterans Cookout & Picnic

• Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

• Hurricane Preparedness and Awareness

• Bethel Park Project

• Mountain View Colored Officers Club Project

• Port Au Prince Haiti, where after the earthquake in Haiti he assisted in relief efforts by sponsoring 100 school children of the City of Croix des Bouquets, Haiti's Ecole Shalom des Frere.