Leadership &
Board of Directors
Advanced Wealth Education Corporation is led by experienced professionals committed to equipping underserved entrepreneurs with the knowledge and tools to acquire businesses and build community wealth.
Advanced Wealth Education Corporation equips underserved entrepreneurs to acquire businesses, sustain the jobs that strengthen their communities, and become institutionally bankable.
AWEC is the only nonprofit in Dallas-Fort Worth — and one of very few nationally — teaching LMI and underserved entrepreneurs to acquire existing businesses using institutional acquisition financing. No other nonprofit in the region teaches how to identify acquisition targets, structure deals, negotiate seller notes, access institutional capital, and sustain jobs in an acquired business.
Dorian L. Carter, CCIM
Dorian L. Carter, CCIM is the founder and CEO of Advanced Wealth Education Corporation (AWEC), a 501(c)(3) community development corporation that equips underserved entrepreneurs to acquire existing businesses, sustain jobs, and become institutionally bankable.
A U.S. Air Force veteran, Dorian spent 25 years in commercial real estate as a CEO, developer, investor, broker, and consultant — leading over four million square feet of transactions across mixed-use, retail, industrial, multifamily, affordable housing, and land development projects. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Real Estate, a Master's in Supply Chain Management, and the prestigious CCIM designation in commercial investment real estate.
Dorian founded AWEC on a simple conviction: the fastest path to economic independence is not starting a business from scratch — it is acquiring one that already works. Under his leadership, AWEC became the only nonprofit in the Dallas-Fort Worth region teaching LMI entrepreneurs the complete business acquisition process, from financial foundation through institutional financing. His goal is to educate 10,000 individuals on investing, wealth-building strategies, and community redevelopment — one business acquisition at a time.
Board of Directors
Dr. Tammara C. Williams
Board Chair
Educator & Community Leader
Jennifer Brown
Board Member
Business & Finance Professional
Raeneice Taltoan-Reed
Board Member
Community Development Advocate
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