About me
Mansfield Pete Key III, leading growth development strategist and international motivational speaker. He is a life coach, mentor, consultant, speechwriter, and certified HIV/AIDS Instructor. He holds multiple certifications in grief counseling, and 21st Century Leadership. He is certified in Relationship Smarts, Fatherhood Initiative, Together We Can, and Basic Training for Relationships from the Human Development Department at Auburn University. He has provided technical assistance to the Federal Government’s Health and Human Service for all 50 states. He has worked directly with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Key has consulted for the Departments of Education and Public Health in several states. He has provided presentations for the Juvenile Justice System; Foster Care System; the Dream Development Center in Johannesburg, South Africa; and Liverpool, England’s Hope Organization.
Pete is the founder and creator of the Lunch with The Keys Program, teaching character education to kindergarten through twelfth grade students in Lauderdale County. The program is also in the Thomasville School District. The outstanding youth services program, Lunch with The Keys, won the School of Distinction recognition for Florence High School, which went on to be awarded 2019 CLAS Banner School for Alabama School District 7. Pete’s Fatherhood program also won the Community Action Head Start Fatherhood Program of the year for the state of Alabama. He was also named Humanitarian of the Year for the Quad Cities from the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He is a member of the 2016-2017 Class of Leadership Alabama and the 2020 President of the Florence Rotary Club.
Key’s speaking engagements include: the Ryan White National Conference; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSA); National Alliance of State Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD); Alabama Education Association; Alabama Associate of School Boards; and the School Superintendents of Alabama. He has authored three books and released multiple DVDs, CDs, and curriculums.
Other than his relationship with God, Key is most proud of his family; his devoted wife, Sharlene, and two beautiful daughters, Erin Ruth and Joi Da’Nae. Key passion to share his story, purposeful strategies has impacted millions of people through presentations, programs, and products. Key believes everyone has something special, but sometimes people need others to help them discover it.
