Eady Associates
Management Team

Kermit Eady
President and Founder

Kermit Eady is President and Founder of Eady Associates.  Realizing the great need for Black and minority communities to engage in business pursuits specifically, and economic development in general, Mr. Eady founded Eady Associates.  As Founder and former President and CEO of the Black United Fund of New York, Mr. Eady started BUFNY with a meager $8,000 and grew the organization to over$100 million in assets.  BUFNY was founded in 1979 as a mechanism to organize the human and financial resources of Black and minority people, to participate in their growth, development, and empowerment by utilizing the operational principles of self-help, mutual aid, volunteerism, and venture philanthropy.  Under Mr. Eady’s leadership, the Fund developed over 400 units of affordable housing and, in addition, became the first Black not-for-profit to purchase a radio station in the state of New York.  Mr. Eady led BUFNY to become the first organization, other than United Way, to manage the Combined Federal Campaign and set record-breaking results by raising over $6 million for over 1500 charities.  Prior to developing the Black United Fund of New York, Mr. Eady worked for 15 years in the fields of Social Work and Education, holding such positions as Assistant Professor at Medgar Evers College, Director of Admissions and Recruitment at the Norfolk State University Graduate School of Social Work, and Manager with the City of New York.  Millions of people all over the country now benefit and have greater freedom of choice, due to Mr. Eady's pioneering efforts through the thousands of charitable organizations that followed his lead into payroll deduction marketplaces.

Jason Byrd
Vice President of Communications & Information

As Eady Associates' Vice President of Communications and Information, Jason Byrd manages computer technology, web-design and technology training.  Mr. Byrd has held managerial positions at such corporations as Greater Living Foods, Norvergence, S&D Marketing Inc. and the Harvest Information and Technical Center.  While working for S&D Marketing Inc., Mr. Byrd participated in direct sales events around the country, and was dispatched to the company's Chicago office to manage, organize and train over forty staff members in the most efficient way to sell broadband Internet service to prospective customers.  Mr. Byrd is an experienced sales manager and has managerial experience in managing over 30 employees.  He is an excellent motivational speaker and is well versed in communications.  He is an authentic leader with great interpersonal skills.  He graduated from Thomas Edison State College, specializing in Communications.