Desmond Bertrand-Pitts

Chief Executive Officer at Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

Desmond Bertrand-Pitts, MBA, M.Ed., serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Buffalo Soldiers National Museum since November 2017 and is the Founder and Board Chair of M.E.N. (Mentoring, Educating & Nurturing) Incorporated since January 2011. Previous experience includes holding the position of Director of Business Operations at Buffalo Soldiers National Museum from October 2015 to June 2016 and working as an Adjunct Professor at Lone Star College from August 2014 to January 2015. Desmond Bertrand-Pitts holds a Master's Degree in Education from Lamar University, along with multiple Master's Degrees in Business Administration focusing on Business, Human Resources, and Healthcare Administration from American Intercontinental University. Academic credentials also include a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Lamar University and a diploma from the High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice.

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Houston, United States

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Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

To preserve, promote and perpetuate the history, tradition and outstanding contributions of the Buffalo Soldiers toward the development and defense of the United States of America.In its first year of operation, the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum had over 20,000 visitors. In recognition of the museum's contributions to its surrounding community and all of Houston, Houston Mayor Lee P. Brown proclaimed November 30, 2001 as Buffalo Soldiers Day. The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum has conducted and preserved interviews with the last Buffalo Soldiers, from World War II, Troopers Galvan, Joseph, Brown and Powell. The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum is a participant in the Veteran's Registry Initiative with Texas Southern University and the Library of Congress. The Buffalo Soldiers Museum has commissioned a play, "Ain't Nobody Going to Turn Me 'Round'​"​. It has been produced for Houston-area social, civic and religious organizations. The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum conducts a Fellowship Program with Prairie View A&M University. On March 2, 2001 the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum was issued a Certificate of Congressional Recognition from U.S. Congresswoman Ms. Sheila Jackson Lee.


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