About Our Executive Director

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Oscar Veneszee Jr., is an entrepreneur and 23-year military Veteran. He previously served as Strategic Diversity Partnership Manager at Facebook where he was responsible for building and maintaining global workforce development programs that focused

on hiring highly qualified military Veterans and creating innovative pipelines for diverse

candidates.

Oscar has also served at the Federal Communications Commission as Communications Operations Specialist assigned to the Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau.

In addition, Oscar served in the U.S. Navy (1992-2016), retiring as Chief of the Boat on USS JOHN WARNER (SSN 785). While on the WARNER, and according to the Navy’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Oscar was one of only seven black Chiefs of the Boat in the history of the Navy.

A native of Quincy, Florida, in 2020, Oscar founded PROTECT ME., a non-profit that provides resources and assistance to those who are among vulnerable populations that often find themselves displaced, neglected, abused or forgotten. PROTECT ME. serves youth in the Tallahassee & Big Bend Region, South Carolina, and Virginia areas. Together his efforts have served over 900 youth and their families.