LaMarque’ D. Ward, Sr.

LaMarque’ D. Ward, Sr. founded Deam Builders University in 2015 to educate young men and women about leadership skills. Since then, DBU has been a leader in providing professional development services for schools.

LaMarqué is an internationally acclaimed educator, speaker, author, trainer, and coach. He utilizes a profound insight gained by years of struggle, gain, and achievement to engage each audience with an uncanny ability to reach collective common ground. He shares his life in the form of practical wisdom and has expertise in connecting with the needs of others and breaking down barriers that ordinarily hinder success.

As president of DBU, he has led successful intervention efforts for at-risk youth in Cincinnati and around the country by providing expert-level leadership development and coaching for staff. He has also created several student interventions that focus on social-emotional learning (SEL) for students.

LaMarqué’s first book, Competing as a Lifestyle: You vs. You, A Student’s Guide to Greatness, was well received by diverse readers. And his sophomore

volume, Dream Building for Parents, along with his anti-bullying book series, Malik’s Big Dream and Malik The Difference Maker, have achieved an even broader impact.

Complementing his work at DBU, LaMarqué is COO of Charthouse Learning. Additionally, he serves as Vice President of the Collective Empowerment Group Metro Cincinnati Chapter. He is the immediate past Board Chair of the Local School Decision Making Committee (LSDMC) at Ethel M. Taylor Academy in Cincinnati and currently serves on the Executive Board of Rising Leaders, Executive Board of Forever Kings. And since 2014, LaMarqué has served as Pastor of Cincinnati Urban Ministry Outreach (CUMO).

He holds a Master of Education from the University of Phoenix, a Bachelor of Arts degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University, a Bachelor of Science degree in Christian Ministries from Faith Theological Seminary, and an Associate of Arts degree from South Plains College. He is a John Maxwell Team Certified coach, trainer, and speaker; a Paradigm 360 certified coach; and he holds a Disruptive Strategy Certificate from Harvard Business School Online.