Renowned Speaker. Award-Winning Author. Nationally-Acclaimed Educator & Entrepreneur.
Over the past decade, Brandon P. Fleming has emerged as one of the most awarded and sought-after educators, entrepreneurs, authors, and speakers worldwide. Fleming’s miraculous story of transformation, detailed in his book Miseducated, has become such a national hit that it is currently being optioned for television and film, and it is in the process of becoming a major theater production.
An at-risk youth and college dropout turned award-winning educator, Fleming is a former debate coach at Harvard University and Founder & CEO of the The Veritas Schools, a network of schools headquartered in Atlanta, GA with campuses expanding to Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles.
In 2017, Fleming was recruited to become Harvard University’s assistant debate coach at the age of 26. Fleming soon made history at Harvard by founding the first pipeline program called the Harvard Debate Council Diversity Project, aimed at increase Black and brown enrollment at Harvard’s residential debate program where hundreds of talented young scholars from over 25 different countries study and compete in an international academic debate competition.
Over seven years, Fleming has raised millions of dollars to enroll more than 250 students of color into Harvard’s summer debate residency on full scholarship. However, Fleming faced a significant challenge: How could he prepare Black and brown youth from predominantly under-resourced schools in Atlanta, who had never been exposed to the rigors of academic debate, to compete in just one year against some of the most elite debaters from across the globe? Fleming developed a transformative curriculum designed to level the playing field for underserved students. And it worked. For seven consecutive years, since the program’s inception in 2017, every cohort trained by Fleming has won the international competition as seven-time consecutive champions. News of the achievement has gone viral and broke national headlines, being featured on CNN, Good Morning America, the Steve Harvey Show and more. Fleming’s vision has attracted support from Fortune 100 companies such as The Coca-Cola Company, UPS, Chick-fil-A, and more.
Beyond the classroom, Fleming’s humanitarian impact stretches across the globe. Fleming has earned awards for his global leadership. Fleming has facilitated and led peacebuilding missions for over 200 global leaders to Israel, Poland, and the United Arab Emirates. His school also emphasizes international education, taking students on learning expeditions to countries like Italy, Japan, South Africa, and more.
As a renowned speaker, Fleming has delivered keynote addresses on world stages such as the United Nations. Fleming has spoken at the nation’s most prestigious colleges, universities, and K-12 conferences. Fleming has also keynoted conventions for corporate executives at the nation’s largest corporations such as AirBnB, Walmart, Bank of America, McDonald’s, and many more.
At the age of 29, Forbes Magazine named Fleming to the Forbes 30 under 30 list. In 2020, The Root Magazine named Fleming one of the top 100 most influential African Americans in the United States. And in May 2021, North Carolina Wesleyan College bestowed upon Fleming the honorary Doctor of Humanities degree.
