Henry is the Managing Principal at Saxon Advisors, LLC. Saxon Advisors LLC is a high-performance strategy and implementation consultancy based in Atlanta, Ga. The practice serves “brave” non-profits who are deeply committed to deepening and scaling their mission impact. Henry’s role is to ensure each client receives consultative services with a holistic approach rooted in experience and expertise. The practice areas include mission alignment, governance optimization, strategic planning, operational effectiveness, talent management, culture development, and strategy implementation.
Before forming Saxon Advisors LLC, Henry retired from a 32-year career at Boys & Girls Clubs in April 2023. He was the Director for Major Metro Services for Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Major Metros are the most prominent Boys & Girls Club corporations that reside in the top 30 DMA markets in the US. His portfolio included $80M in revenues for 11 Boys & Girls Clubs Corporations encompassing 110 Boys & Girls Clubs serving 70K+ members across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern part of the country. He worked in partnership with professional and board leaders delivering professional services that assess, analyze, and provide a customized, solution-driven consultation to enhance organizational capacity around boards, operations, program impact, resource development, average daily attendance, and branding. He joined Boys & Girls Clubs of America as Regional Service Director for Virginia in October 2006.
Before joining Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Henry worked for 16 years with Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta. His last appointment was Regional Vice-President, directing eight clubs serving 4,000 members in 5 metro Atlanta area counties. Henry was explicitly responsible for working with the corporate and regional boards and staff in setting the strategic direction and securing the organization's resource development commitments with a budget of $17M. Henry also has extensive and demonstrated experience in operations, program outcomes, and staff development, all within a large non-profit organizational structure.
His professional reputation was built on my ability to successfully consult my clients with principled mission-centered strategies that have proven effective. Complete candor and straight talk guide his client interactions in delivering result-oriented outcomes. Henry is proud to be a lifelong advocate for non-profit accountability in achieving mission impact, especially those serving underrepresented communities.
His professional skills and impact center around effective board optimization and transformation, channeling and increasing non-profit mission focus, modernizing operational infrastructures, and scaling for organizational growth. He continues to mentor countless non-profit professionals to help foster a new generation of impactful non-profit leaders.
Henry is very active in his local community serving as Board Member on the City of Brookhaven Board of Appeals, Board Member of Our House Atlanta, and the 100 Black Men of North Metro Atlanta. He has also been recognized with numerous awards including the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Herman S. Prescott Award for Leadership, the SE Region Youth Development Professional of the Year, and the Presidents Circle Award for Performance Excellence.