David Castain

Drake, LeBron James and other celebrities.^[6] In 2012 David was hired by Grey Goose where he served as their Director of Social Marketing.^[7][8] Following his seventh year of leaving a life of crime, he founded a nonprofit organization, the David Castain Foundation.^[9] In May 2013 David graduated from Howard University with a Bachelors in Speech and Applied Communication and a minor in sociology. He was the commencement speaker at his graduation ceremony^{[citation needed]} Upon graduating, he founded a marketing firm dubbed David Castain & Associates. The company obtained clients in various disciplines from Chipotle and Uber to a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, Cort Furniture.^[10][11] In 2014 he graduated from Georgetown University, where he was the recipient of the Golden Bulldog Award for being the 'Most Creative' student in the program,^[12] with a Master's in public relations and corporate communications.^[13] Castain returned to his alma mater, Howard University in August of that same year to pursue his Ph.D. in sociology, with a concentration in medical sociology and social inequality.^[14][15] Castain is a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Greek fraternal organization.^[16] In 2021, Forbes named him to their Next 1000 list.^[17][3]