Baba Reggie Singleton is a Public Health Strategist with the North Carolina Department of Public Health in Charlotte, NC. He is the Founder and Executive Director of the award-winning The Males Place Inc., a 501c3 nonprofit that focuses on Mentorship, the Development of Black boys, Agriculture and Social Justice. Reggie is a highly regarded authority on issues that include mentoring, fatherhood, parenting education, manhood and youth development. He has positively impacted and mentored thousands of Black boys in Charlotte and surrounding communities on their arduous journey to manhood. He is also a farmer and master gardener and utilizes growing and farming to solve serious problem regarding food access, employability, and self-sufficiency. Reggie is a native of The Sea Islands in Charleston S.C and a graduate of The University of South Carolina in Public Health.