Haworth College of Business Emerging Leader Alumni Award

Alvin Hills IV, B.B.A.’11

Business Developer, City of Grand Rapids

Co-founder, Endless Opportunities

Co-founder, The Midwest Tech Project

Founder, Alvin J. Hills IV and Associates

 

Alvin Hills IV is in the people business. He works for the City of Grand Rapids by day with the mission of connecting local and minority businesses to government spending opportunities. By night, Hills is the co-founder of both Endless Opportunities, a nonprofit empowering his community through mentoring experiences for youth, and The Midwest Tech Project, the only Diversity in Tech organization in West Michigan, focusing on exposing people of color to career pathways in tech.

With his community experiences and expertise, he formed his own firm, Alvin J. Hills IV and Associates, to assist businesses, nonprofits and educational institutions with youth empowerment strategies to increase success and retention.

Since returning home to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2015, Hills has been awarded with the Linc Up 2015 Community Spirit Award, Grand Rapids 2015 Emerging Leader Award, Grand Rapids Business Journal 2015 Forty Under 40 Award, Corp Magazine’s 2016 Most Valuable Millennial Award, Grand Rapids Area Black Business Young, Black & Gifted Award, the Grand Rapids NAACP’s 2017 Role Model Education Award and most recently the 2018 Male Trailblazer of the Year.