As the executive director of Black Ministerial Alliance, one of Boston’s oldest and most effective faith-based organizations of color, David Wright plays an important role in helping to empower the communities of Greater Boston.  As the executive director, he is committed to the BMA’s Mission of providing spiritual nurture to clergy, advocacy, and program services for the larger Black Community. 

To fulfill this Mission, he continues the BMA’s work of providing training, technical assistance, and financial resources for churches, faith-based organizations, and community-based organizations that serve youth at high-risk throughout Boston.  More than two million lives already have been touched by the work of BMA in the forty years of the organization’s history.

In addition, the BMA will work on building collaborations among churches and community organizations so that together they can effect positive change in the lives of the youth and families of Boston’s neighborhoods.  Not only with this increase the effectiveness of the social ministries and programs, it will give them the sustainability they need to provide these services for the long term. 

Under David’s leadership, the BMA will also continue assisting local faith-based and community-based organizations to build capacity through the Boston Capacity Tank.  Through the Tank, a flagship initiative funded by the federal governments Compassion Capital Fund, BMA and its partners have provided millions of dollars of capacity-building assistance including grants and workshops to faith- and community-based organizations. 

Before becoming executive director of BMA in 2007, David served as the BMA’s Deputy Director.  Prior to that, he served as the executive director of the African American Federation of Greater Boston, Inc.  A graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, his works experience includes clerking for the Honorable David S. Nelson, Justice of the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and 10 years as a trial lawyer in large law-firms.  He has served on many boards of directors of community-based organizations and currently serves as an associate pastor at his church.