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Portrait of Dawn Malotane Lindsey

Honor Society® member

Dawn Malotane Lindsey

President & CEO at Next Generation Fuel, LLC

  • Union Institute And University
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Class of 2016
  • Middletown, Ohio

Member since March 2016

About

Dawn Lindsey, a South African native, followed her husband who was from Middletown Ohio, to the USA. At the time she was an out-of-work executive, who gave up a senior position with the German Government, and could not land a job in the USA because of the lack of completing her education, due to apartheid.
After discovering there were not many African Americans females in energy, she set her sights on the market. She is the first Black female M/WBE in the fuel distribution industry. After a mentorship under a long time MBE well established in the fuel industry, Ms. Lindsey found NextGen Fuel. NextGen was named the “Minority Business of the Year” by the Dayton Business Journal in 2015, acknowledged by the Ohio State Governor. NextGen was also recognized by the South African Ambassador.
Ms. Lindsey holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and is currently completing a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership. Ms. Lindsey was also recently accepted to complete her PhD in Public Policy and Social Change.
DAWN IS PASSIONATE ABOUT EMPOWERING WOMEN, MINORITIES AND COMMUNITIES BOTH IN THE USA AND SOUTH AFRICA.

Education

  • Union Institute & University

    Masters: Organizational Leadership

    2015 – 2016

  • Union Institute & University

    BS: Business Management

    2013 – 2015

Honors and awards

  • Woman in Housing Award - South Africa 1998

    First Black Woman in Construction in South Africa

  • Dayton Business Journal - Minority Business of the Year 2015

    First Black Woman in Fuel - fastest growing business (from $50 000 to $10MM in six months)

Goals and interests

Career goal

Business Owner/ Entrepreneur

Graduate school interests

Accepted into PhD program with Union Institute & University - Public Policy & Social Change

Experience

  • President & CEO

    Next Generation Fuel, LLC

    Oct 2013 – Present

Volunteering

  • Board Member

    YMCA Middletown

    Jan 2013 – Jan 2016

Languages

  • Afrikaans Advanced
  • English (UK) Advanced
  • English (US) Advanced
  • Dutch Fluent
  • Arabic Beginner
  • French (France) Beginner
  • German Beginner