Ralph Burgess is the President and CEO of Burgess Publishing and Trading LLC. His publications have been showcased on the NBC Today Show, UP9 with Brenda Blackmon, Comcast’s Up Close with Steve Adubato, PBS and C-Span. He has presented at such conferences and conventions as the NJEA Convention, American School Counselors Conference, NABSE Convention, International Reading Convention, Harlem Book Fair, National Black Child Development Institute https://papertyper.net/, National After School Conference and the National Juvenile Justice Gang Symposium, just to name a few. A certified retailer for the NJEA, Burgess Publishing and Trading is currently contracted with the NYC DOE, Austin Independent Schools and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District just to name a few. In 2014 he founded Girl Talk Publishing and Productions which boasts one of the most popular anti-bully books in the country, She Thinks She’s Sooo Cute. Mr. Burgess conducts anti-bully and anti-gang workshops nationwide and is available for booking.