Malik Ahmed is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Better Family Life, Inc., a holistic cultural and community development corporation he founded in February 1983. In this position, he has pioneered the concept of synthesizing and blending the imperatives of African American culture with the complexities of community and economic development. Under his leadership, Better Family Life, Inc. is in a capital campaign to build a $10 million dollar institution, the Better Family Life Cultural, Educational, and Business Center, and operates four community programs including Project RESPECT (Job Training), Neighbor-to-Neighbor Housing Counseling & Asset Building, Youth Passport to the Future and Cultural Arts. Mr. Ahmed holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and a Master's degree in Public Administration/Policy Analysis.

Prior to his involvement with BFL, Mr. Ahmed was a registered representative with the prestigious financial planning firm, The Moneta Group. He specialized in estate, insurance and financial investment planning. An avid collector of fine art and literature, he is President of B4 Positive Products and Marketing, a business he founded in 1989 to network market and distribute books and African artifacts.

Mr. Ahmed has traveled extensively throughout the United States and abroad. He speaks fluent French. As a Peace Corps volunteer, he worked for three years as an Urban Planner in the West African country of Mali, where he successfully developed a cost-effective sanitation program for the capital city of Bamako.

He is the recipient of many community service awards and serves on various boards. Mr. Ahmed is married to DeBorah and they have one son, Shabazz.