Brian Keith McCollum was born the youngest of three children to Clarence and
Gloria McCollum in Forestville, MD. He is an ordained Teaching Elder/Pastor in the
Presbyterian Church, USA. Brian was a Senior Teaching Fellow at the Presbyterian Pan
American School where he taught an Old Testament course as well as Models of
Leadership & Ethics course. Over the years, Brian has served in churches in West
Africa, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey. Brian also serves as
the Chair of the Board for SOLE Defined Dance Company.

After graduating from Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, DC, Brian
followed in his brother’s footsteps and attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA.
Brian earned his bachelor degree in business administration and accepted a position as
a Senior Pharmaceutical Sales Consultant with GlaxoSmithKline in Rockville, MD. After
experiencing much success in sales, Brian wanted to make a tangible difference in his
community, so he left the pharmaceutical position and joined a non-profit dance
company called Step Afrika. While at Step Afrika, Brian served as the chaplain,
performer, and Director of Arts and Education. Brian has performed fraternity and
sorority step dance and South African Gumboot Dance in over 50 countries around the
world. He has also performed on BET’s 106 and Park, the NBA Finals, and March
Madness commercials.

During his time at Step Afrika, Brian accepted his call into ministry and became a
seminarian at Princeton Theological Seminary. While at Princeton, Brian served as
president of the Association of Black Seminarians, chaplain at Trenton Psych Hospital,
and youth pastor at Victory Presbyterian Church in Accra, Ghana. He has preached
around the world in places like Liberia, Ghana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. After
graduating from Princeton with a master degree in divinity, Brian served in a duel role in
ministry at both Sargent Memorial Presbyterian and The Taiwanese Presbyterian
Church in Washington DC.

Later, Princeton Theological Seminary offered Brian a position to work in higher
education as the Director of Recruitment in the office of Admissions and Financial Aid.
Brian accepted the offer and was very successful. As a reward, Brian was promoted to
the Director of Alumni Relations position in the Office of Advancement where he helped
raise $11.2 million in one academic year for the school. While working at Princeton,
Brian earned a second master degree in strategic communication from Columbia
University in New York City. Brian is finishing his first book entitled “The LOVE Principle:
How to Build Community Through Love.” Finally, Brian is expected to complete his PhD
program focusing on Educational Management in Higher Education at Hampton
University in May 2024.

Brian is a “people” person and loves engaging with others. He lives by
Philippians 1:6, “Be confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it
to completion until the day of Jesus Christ!”