Theophilus R. Nix Jr., Esq. - Senior Legal and Non-Profit Advisor

Theophilus R. Nix, Jr., has a multitude of professional experience from the private, corporate, not-for-profit and government sectors. Theo is currently the Founder, CEO, and President of Drone Workforce Solutions, LLC, a national education, training, and employment company. He is a big proponent of Workforce Development and the need to retrain and employ Americans at all levels for a new global world. For the past 15 years, Theo has been in-house counsel for DuPont, a $35 billion, 218-year-old global Fortune 100 science, chemical, agricultural, and biotechnology company with offices in 90 countries. His role includes providing legal/business and complex negotiations for DuPont in the “Operations, Materials and Services,” a $3.4 billion annual spend department. The department covers environmental, EPC, EPCM, CCMS, FS&RE, construction management, engineering, architectural, and equipment/purchasing projects, and working with professional consultants as part of a $17 billion overall purchasing department.

Prior to this role, Theo served as Manager of Contracts and Procurement/Counsel for O’Neill Properties Group, LLC, a billion-dollar, national commercial and residential real estate development company respected developers in the country. In addition, over his career, he has held executive management positions with 1) La Comunidad Hispana, Inc, a 35-year nonprofit agency dedicated to assisting Latinos and migrant farmworkers in health, education, housing and social services, 2) Bechtel Corporation, one of the most extensive international construction management and engineering private companies, where he negotiated large, complex governmental and private sector multi-million dollar design, environmental and construction contracts, and 3) Boston Housing Authority, the 4th largest housing authority in the United States, with an annual construction budget of $250 million.

Theo has also held elective office on the Town of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts Finance Committee, which oversaw and crafted financial budgets for 32 town departments. Executive Director of Dukes County Housing Authority, Edgartown, Massachusetts. He also worked as an intern in Congress for the late William V. Roth, USS Delaware and as an intern at the National Labor Relations Board for Member Howard Jenkins, Washington, DC. Theo is a graduate of Ithaca College and Howard University School of Law. Theo has served and continues to serve on multiple boards and committees.