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Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer
Strategic Urban Development Alliance, LLC
Executive Producer
Strategic Media Alliance, LLC
Owner
Alan Dones Company
Contractor License # 500826 (California)
Alan E. Dones
is a licensed contractor,
a long-time entrepreneur, an outspoken advocate of equal
opportunity in employment and contracting, and an accomplished
musician/producer.
Dones is principal of
ADCo, LLC
and
managing partner and co-founder of
SUDA, LLC,
a firm specializing in large-scale, innovative, public agency
projects and mixed-use development. SUDA has completed several
landmark projects in Oakland, CA and is currently pioneering
international development projects in Africa.
In 1988, Alan Dones co-founded and served as CEO of Rondeau Bay
Construction, Inc. (RBC), an engineering and construction firm based
in Oakland, CA. Under his leadership, RBC grew to include offices in
five major US cities and completed over $70 million of construction
projects.
Alan is active in a number of local and national organizations. He
has worked with agencies throughout the United States to revise and
enhance their small business and W/MBE policies. Currently, he is a
member of the City of Oakland’s Workforce Investment Board; member
of the Alameda County Health Care Foundation; and member the East
Bay Conversion and Reinvestment Commission. Formerly, Dones served
as president of the Northern California Chapter of the National
Association of Minority Contractors; vice-chairman of the Oakland
City Charter Review Committee;
board member of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce; delegate to the
White House Conference on Small Business; and member of the
Legislative Committee for the Engineering and Utility Contractor’s
Association.
As a member of the Military Conversion and Reinvestment Commission,
Mr. Dones was instrumental in promoting legislation and drafting
revisions to the language of the Federal Acquisition Regulations
(FAR) that enhanced the ability of Women and Minority owned firms to
compete for DOD and conversion related contracts.
Mr. Dones has authored several articles on minority business issues
in local and National publications. He has co-authored a measure on
the 1996 ballot in Oakland, California to amend Oakland’s City
Charter mandating Affirmative Action programs, combating disparities
in City employment and contracting. This initiative had national
significance in that it is one of the first voter responses to
counter the impact of the controversial anti-affirmative action
California Civil Right Initiative (CCRI).
Alan Dones is executive producer and co-founder of
Strategic
Media Alliance, LLC (SMI) ― an international production
company based in Oakland, CA.
His musical credits are many. Alan co-authored the 1981 hit single,
“Be Yourself” with world-renowned bassist, Nathan East. The song
appeared on singer Debra Laws’ first solo album, “Very Special” and
rose to the top-ten mark on Billboard’s R&B charts [listen].
In 1981, Dones co-authored, “Go For It”, performed by Bill Summers &
Summers’ Heat and featured on their classic Jam the Box album.
Alan has produced, written and performed with many of the Bay
Area’s top artists, including Rodney Franklin, Ray Obeido, Larry
Batiste, Jennifer Johns, Hannibal Means, Patricia Banks, Harvey
Scales, David Daniel, and The Nemonics. He performed for more than a
year in the award-winning and highly acclaimed San Francisco musical
review, “Soul, Style & Sass.” |
