Desmond Bertrand-Pitts

Desmond Bertrand-Pitts, MBA, M.ED is the CEO of The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum (BSNM), Center for African American Military History. He oversees all operations, programming, and finances for the museum, which now generates over $2 million in annual revenue. Desmond has improved the overall museum experience by adopting policies and procedures that make it more operable, integrating technology, expanding educational programming, enhancing exhibitions, broadening donor reach, and creating an “in the now” approach to history. He launched The Path Forward $5 million dollar campaign in 2020 that is now rebranded as the Ready and Forward Campaign with a $13 million goal, to date we have raised $5 million. The campaign was launched to ehance the armory, elevate archival capabilities, expand educational reach, establish sustainability and create an endowment.