Dr. Luc El-Art Severe

Luc El-Art Severe, J.D. has been an agent of change throughout his careers and community where he has been responsible for collaborating with the organization’s leadership to help quality and effective delivery of vital services while engaging the community.

Over the past decade, Luc has held several government and non-profit leadership positions where he has advised and developed recommendations for improving business processes and development, project management, performance practice, and resource management based on analytical findings. He is a process and performance improvement engineer certified in Lean and Six Sigma Green Belt.

Luc is an Assistant Professor and non-profit executive who serves on the National Advisory Committee to the Directorate of the U.S. Census Bureau and the K B S LTD Foundation of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. He has been recognized in both the Network Journal's and the National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 for his service, recipient of the Community Service Award by the Long Island Branch of the National Association of University Women (NAUW) and awarded an official Citation by the Brooklyn Borough President and the NYC Commission on Human Rights.

Luc has participated in several relief efforts notably serving as Senior Advisor and Stakeholder Engagement Lead for the Virgin Islands of the United States Governor’s Hurricane Recovery Taskforce immediately following Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, and translator for a delegation of physicians from Morehouse School of Medicine who responded to post-earthquake medical needs for Haiti in 2010.

Luc is a graduate of Morehouse College and earned his Doctorate of Juris Prudence from Thomas M. Cooley Law School.