David Montanari, Ph.D. currently serves in leadership and advisory roles in various sectors, including intellectual property, investment ventures, businesses, philanthropy and nonprofit organizations. Mr. Montanari earned his B.S. in Biology from the Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Medical University of South Carolina. 

As a professional Patent Examiner and one of the co-founders of AASuccess, a non-profit organization dedicated to youth development, he mentors and helps secure business and career opportunities for many AASuccess students. As the current President of BCLC Global Inc., he is pursuing a mission of guiding the first-generation immigrant youth to obtain not only success in their professional lives, but also prosperity in their personal lives. Besides serving as a Board Member of AASuccess, Mr. Montanari also is in the Board of Directors of a non-profit Christian organization called Little Lights Urban Ministries since 2009.