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About Us

Who We Are

Rising Star Resource Development Corporation (Rising Star) is a private non-profit incorporated 501(c)3, Community Rehabilitation Program (CRP).  We are a supportive employer providing rehabilitation services to persons with barriers to employment due to their disabilities, life circum-stances  and our veterans through municipal, state,  federal government service contract programs.  

This is done through the assistance of two programs: WorkQuest (formerly known as TIBH Industries Inc.) for State Use contracts and Source America’s AbilityOne Program for Federal contracts.  As such, we have operations capabilities throughout Texas and the continental United States. 

We seek to train, develop and transition our team members into productive choice career roles.  Our program is veteran led and therefore strongly supportive of our veterans, their training and  esprit de corps to maximize our potential, foster an inclusive workforce and enhance the level of services provided.

Our Mission

Provide training and skill development to the disabled and veterans, through supportive employment and job placement opportunities, so career aspirations and stability can be achieved.

Our Vision

Enable the disabled, and those on social programs, to be fully producing individuals and gain independence, with training, mentoring, and integrative programs and contracts, that achieve sustainable employment.

History

Our Founding History

Rising Star was founded in 2003 and began contract service delivery in 2010.  From the very beginning, Rising Star was not founded upon traditional nonprofits models depending on grant funding and donations to accomplish its mission; it was created as a self-funding operation leveraging its status as a nonprofit where necessary to complete its mission and service to its team of dedicated staff and employees.  We are also not restricted geographically and are thereby able to perform services throughout the State of Texas and the United States.

Social Enterprise

A social enterprise is an organization that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being—this may include maximizing social impact alongside profits for external shareholders. The Social Enterprise Alliance defines a social enterprise organization as one that addresses a basic unmet need or solves a social problem through a market-driven approach. 

Our Founder

The foundation of our contract service experience resides with its Founder and its Board of Directors. Mr. Dennis D. Edwards Sr. possess over twenty five years of Project Management and Construction experience with the majority in fortune 20 companies.  These homogenized experiences in operational efficiency, program management, sales and marketing and capitalistic management has now found a home to the benefits of the agency.  Each and every day these attributes are applied to improve our communities, the well-being of our family members and society in general to bring hope to those that felt under served.

Our Approach

Our general approach to new contract services opportunities is there is nothing outside of our capabilities spectrum given proper time and requirement definition that our team and our partnering fellow agencies and for-profit 8a entities are not able to scale to in order to deliver a service requirement model.

Thanks to Members & Supporters

We extended our sincere appreciation to our numerous mentors and supporters in the creation of Rising Star.  As you see us grow, please know you have had a hand in its creation and we acknowledge you here.  We also thank our current customer base and trust we have more than meet your expectations.  In turn, we welcome you as a potential customer seeing the value in partnering with Rising Star to accomplish your contract service missions.

Our Team

Dennis D. Edwards Sr.

Founder & Executive Director
Our strategic vision of a social enterprise is accomplished when the mission is self-sustainable. The organizational model is employment through entrepreneurial development of lines of businesses. T...

Humberto Valencia

Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Valencia is an immigrant from Colombia, South America. He is responsible for our financial stability, risk management, compliance reporting and accounting standards. Additionally, he manages our ...

Marsha Jones

Human Resource Manager
Maintains and enhances the organization's human resources by planning, implementing, and evaluating employee relations and human resources policies, programs, and practices. Marsha brings over 25 year...

Neal Fluhrer

Project Consultant
Retired US Marine
Neal Fluhrer is a retired US Marine Loadmaster with a heart for the disabled and his fellow veterans. With a mission to establish relationships with companies that are disabled...

Heather Mills

Operations Manager - Facility Support
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Robert Blocker

Corporate Counsel / Legal Recruiting Manager
In-House Corporate Counsel and Legal Recruiting Manager Mr. Blocker is an attorney who practiced personal injury law for 22 years. As an attorney representing people with injuries, he acquired a u...

Sergio Gomez

Quality Assurance and RSRDC Safety Officer
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Donald Carter

Project Consultant
Mr. Carter and the Cartgroup Consultants International provide consultative services leading the implementation of our Applicant Tracking System and recruitment procedures. Mr. Carter works as an int...

Mike Shea

Project & Infrastructure Support
Michael Shea is a part-time corporate resource for Rising Star. His business career dates to 1974 and his industry experience includes banking, manufacturing and technology where he’s held execut...

Willie Merritt

Project Consultant
A proven Facility Management Administrator with over 44 Years of facility management experience with an emphasis on healthcare environmental services, government, research facilities, museums, multi-s...

Summarlyn Carter

Administrative Clerical
Summarlyn is a full time Nursing college student. She provides administrative and clerical support to ensure the efficient operation of the headquarters office....

Kenneth J. Meeks, CSM

Environmental Specialist
Ken Meeks has over five years’ accumulated experience in workplace safety, sanitation compliance, sustainable technologies and chemical analysis. As a Territory Representative for Ecolab’s Global...

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Address:
4308 Bryan St.
Dallas, TX 75204

Phone:
(972) 698-4143
(877) 557-7732 (Toll Free)

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