Nathaniel X. Ross

Nathaniel X. Ross was born in 1961 and grew up in poverty. His parents’ earnings were in the lower 5% of the American population. Moving from one foster home to another made life extremely challenging. However in spite of, Nate persevered. Nate worked his way through the public school system and found that school was not preparing him for college or life. Nathaniel believed that he needed to redirect his focus in preparation for his future successful endeavors.

With Nathaniel’s strong belief in making a difference in his community, he immersed himself in politics and became the first high school aged Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of the Baltimore City Council. Among his many accomplishments, in this role, was the creation of the Baltimore City Council for Youth. The Baltimore City Council passed a resolution recognizing the organization as the official “voice of young people.” This organization was the only non-government organization to ever have full access and use of the Baltimore City Council Chambers. Nathaniel has developed life-long professional and personal relationships with elected officials on the local, state and federal levels.

After receiving his bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication and Public Relations with a minor in Television and Radio Broadcasting from the University of Maryland at Towson, Nathaniel began his professional career as Assistant Director of Residential/Conference Services at Oberlin College. Within six months Nathaniel was promoted to Director and was subsequently promoted four times within 8 years of service.

Driven to do more and to succeed on his own, Nathaniel left higher education to become an entrepreneur. He successfully owned and operated three of four independent businesses. While one was a monetary failure, the lessons learned were invaluable. While pursuing these ventures, Nathaniel joined the staff of Jones Lang LaSalle , one of the world’s leading commercial real estate firms. He served clients such as Ameritech, ACE, General Motors, HSBC and CIGNA. As Vice President within the Corporate Property Services division, Nathaniel achieved outstanding success and numerous management excellence awards. He managed and saved millions of dollars for his clients.

As a skilled businessman and team leader Nathaniel often assembled cohesive and motivated management team and effortlessly established positive, solid working relationship with his clients. The clients’ strategic and financial goals were not only met, they were constantly exceeded.

Nathaniel is now a successful real estate investor and business owner in his own right. After growing up in the lower 5% of the economic structure, his earnings are now in the top 5% of the American population. Nathaniel currently serves as Training Manager for Jones Lang LaSalle Integrated Facilities Management and is active in numerous community activities.