has assisted, consulted and headed several commercial projects ranging from franchising to film production and publishing. In 2007 Chavis headed H3 Enterprises and the HipHopSodaShop, the first hip-hop corporation that soon opened two shops in Tampa and Miami, Florida. Due to pre-existing conditions, H3 closed the shops, and Dr. Chavis retired. One year later, H3 Enterprises sued Chavis for mismanagement, however an amicable settlement was reached in this case after the routine countersuit of Dr. Chavis. Chavis was the president of Education Online Services in Fort Lauderdale, until he retired to accept other opportunities for professional advancement. He serves as the senior strategic advisor to the Diamond Empowerment Fund in New York. In June, 2014, the National Newspaper Publishers Association elected Chavis to the office of president of their two hundred member association. A popular public speaker, Chavis frequently addresses academic, commercial and non-profit organizations and is a prominent spokesman in the national and international media. Other memberships CEO and founder of the National African American Leadership Summit Chairman of the Prophetic Justice Unit of the NCC Co-Chair of the Southern Organizing Committee for Economic/Social Justice President of the Angolan Foundation Co-Founder of the National Black Independent Political Party President of the Board of the Washington Office on Africa Member of the Clinton/Gore Transition Team for the National Resources Center Co-Founder of the UNC-Charlotte Black Student Union Personal life Chavis was married to the late Martha Rivera Chavis and is the father of eight children, three of whom are by his first wife, the late Jackie Bullock Chavis. He is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. Chavis has told an interviewer he reads books on chemistry, for pleasure. In popular culture Dr. Chavis appeared as the "Minister" in Hype Williams' 1998 movie "Belly". Dr. Chavis appeared in skits on Jim Jones' debut album "On My Way to Church", as well as the track "Concrete Jungle" on Jones' third studio album, "Hustler's P.O.M.E." Dr. Chavis has been mistakenly listed as being the voice during the chorus on "Ringing Bells", a track from Masta Killa's album Made In Brooklyn. It is actually Minister Louis Farrakhan's voice used on the track. Dr. Chavis also appeared on a track called "The Message" on Cassidy's I'm a Hustla. Dr. Chavis appeared in Spike Lee's film about the Million Man March, Get on the Bus. Dr. Chavis is featured as the protagonist in the critically