About the Hosts
Alfred A. Edmond Jr.
Alfred Edmond Jr., The Successpert, is an unabashed, vocal evangelist of the habits and behaviors that produce four things: financial fitness, physical fitness, mental fitness and relationship fitness. He is best known as an award-winning business journalist, editor and media executive with Black Enterprise. Edmond is a widely recognized expert on personal finance, entrepreneurship, mentorship, leadership development and the practical application of faith in daily living. He is also known for his A Grown Man KnowsTM content on the values and behaviors of responsible, life- affirming manhood, which has garnered enthusiastic appreciation on social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook.
A native of Long Branch, NJ, Edmond appears regularly on television and nationally syndicated radio. A graduate of Rutgers University (and a member of its Hall of Distinguished Alumni), Edmond is a highly sought-after public speaker, live-event interviewer and moderator, and is passionate about the impact that relationship choices have on business, career and financial success.
Together with his wife and business partner, personal growth expert and individuality advocate Zara D. Green, Edmond leads A2Z Personal Growth Enterprises, the parent company of Grown Zone Relationship Education (GrownZone.com). Edmond and Green are also co-authors of the book Loving In The Grown Zone: A No-Nonsense Guide to Making Healthy Decisions in the Quest for Loving, Romantic Relationships of Honor, Esteem and Respect (Balboa Press, LovingintheGrownZone.com).
Edmond is also the author of Buy Love, Get Trouble. Sell Love, Get Screwed: How Your Decisions In Pursuit of Sex, Love and Relationships Impact Your Business, Career and Financial Success. Complimentary copies of the E-book are available at GrownZone.com/BuyLoveGetTrouble/.
Edmond is passionate about health and fitness, and believes they are foundational to business, financial and life success. A natural bodybuilder, he competes as a member of the Drug Free Athletes Coalition (DFAC) and was a member of Team USA at the 2017 and 2018 DFAC World Finals in the amateur bodybuilder 50-plus Masters class. In 2019, Edmond earned his first bodybuilding pro card as 40+ Masters member of the Organization of Competition Bodies (OCB).
Connect with Alfred Edmond Jr.
E-mail: Alfred@grownzone.com
Twitter: @AlfredEdmondJr
Instagram: @AlfredEdmondJr
Facebook: /AlfredEdmondJr