Meet Anthony

Birthplace
  • St. Louis, MO
Current Residence
  • Dallas, TX

Current Position
Bermuda Triangle Challenge
Reggae Marathon & Half Marathon
Marathon Bahamas
Run Barbados Marathon Weekend
Cayman Islands Marathon

Professional Experience
  • Over 25 years of global project management and executive-level experience.
  • Responsible for managing the human resources, facilities, information technology, accounting, and payroll functions.
  • Managed and delivered multi-million dollar, international projects to be on time, to specifications, and under budget.

Professional Certifications
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • Supply Chain Management (UT-Dallas)
  • Certified Distance Running Coach (RRCA)
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Previous Employers and Consulting Clients
  • Texas Instruments
  • Frito Lay/Pepisco
  • Ernst & Young
  • Accor North America
  • Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport
  • Superconducting Super Collider Project
  • Siemens/Efficient Networks
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • Lomas & Nettleton
  • Regional Justice Information Service
  • City of St. Louis
  • Monsanto

Board Positions
  • Dallas (formerly White Rock) Marathon (since 2009).
  • Caribbean Endurance Sports Corporation (since 2019)
  • Jubilee Theatre Board (2007 thru 2009).
  • Oracle Applications Users’ Group (2003 thru 2007).
  • Running USA (2015 thru 2019)

Education
  • MS, Accounting, University of Texas at Dallas (TX)
  • MBA, Management, Abilene Christian University
  • BA, Management, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
  • BA, Mathematics, Webster University, St. Louis, MO

Collegiate Classes Taught
  • Project Management
  • Business Organization & Management
  • Accounting
  • Information Technology, including database design
Running Accomplishments
  • Completed 132 marathons (26.2-miles/42.2K), including winning ten age and weight division trophies between 1983 and 2018.
  • Made history after running a marathon on all seven continents. Fewer than 250 people in the world had completed this feat. Historic artifacts are with the Smithsonian Institute. A three-hour, video recording of an interview about his life story is in the US Library of Congress.
  • One of about 40 people in world who completed the marathon "hat trick." This consists of finishing (1) 100 marathons in (2) all 50 States and (3) seven continents. He may be the only person in the world to have completed the "hat trick" plus finished 50 marathons in one State (TX).
  • Completed the Texas Marathon Challenge (five marathons in four months).
  • Ran a marathon a month while 50 years old, including a 50K (31.1 miles) ultra-marathon.
  • Inducted into the National Black Distance Running Hall of Fame (2017) and National Distance Running Hall of Fame (2022).
  • Produced, directed, and wrote the award-winning documentary Breaking Three Hours: Trailblazing African American Women Marathoners.

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Other Sports
  • Won five trophies for placing in biathlons (running/bicycling).
  • Competed in bicycle races from 50 to 100 miles.
  • Competed on the 1983 Pepsico/Frito-Lay National Corporate Cup Track Team (quarter & half mile).
  • Shotokan karate - brown belt.
  • Swimming.
  • Triathlete.
2007
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2009


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2013
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Continents
International Marathons
Location
North America
Cowtown Marathon
Ft. Worth, TX
Europe
Tailwinds Marathon
Copenhagen,Denmark
Australia
Gold Coast Airport Marathon
Gold Coast, Australia
Asia
Great Wall Marathon
Huangyaguan, China
Antarctica
Antarctica Marathon
King George Is., Antarctica
South America
Fin Del Mundo Marathon
Ushuaia, Argentina
Africa
Lewa SafriCom Marathon
Lewa, Kenya
Europe
French Riviera Marathon
Nice, France
Africa
Mt. Kilimanjaro Marathon
Moshi, Tanzania
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Anthony accepts award for placing in the 2015 Mt. Kilimanjaro Marathon.


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