Advisory Board

Xavier Walker

Originally from Dallas, Xavier Walker is a true Texan. In his high school years, Xavier and his family relocated to Phoenix, Arizona, and he fell in love with the state!

Xavier bleeds red and blue and is a proud Wildcat for life! During his time at the University of Arizona, he turned his passion for helping less fortunate kids into a full-time gig, beginning his career at the YMCA of Southern Arizona. While t the Y, he established the Today’s Youth, Tomorrow’s Leaders youth leadership program which is still operational around the country to this day. For nearly a decade, Xavier worked in executive management at Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH), which cares for over 8,000 orphaned and disadvantaged children across Latin America and the Caribbean. Xavier oversaw a team of staff and developed a strategy to raise $9,000,000 annually. NPH’s largest service area is Haiti. Xavier has extensive experience raising millions of dollars for marginalized children and patients being treated at the St. Damien Pediatric Hospital in Haiti.

Xavier is the proud Founder and President of X Marks the Spot Consulting (XMSC). XMSC works every day to ensure its clients achieve their strategic, organizational, and financial goals. This concierge consulting firm is truly world-class and offers services through the lens of professionalism, excellence, and efficiency.

Xavier lives to give and has served on the boards of numerous nonprofit organizations as a board member or programmatic volunteer. These organizations include, but are not limited to: American Cancer Society (youngest Board Member in History), Diaper Bank of Arizona, Educational Enrichment Foundation, Helping Hands for Single Moms, St. Vincent DePaul, Susan G. Komen Arizona, Tucson Urban League, and Tucson Unified School District
District- Legacy of Excellence.

Xavier is pleased to be the Executive Director of the Walker Family Fund. This named fund distributes charitable contributions to non-profit organizations that improve the quality of life for children and other marginalized populations across the United States and around the World.

Xavier is one of 150 worldwide graduates of the NAACP Fellowship program and is active in his local branch. Additionally, Xavier currently serves on the following boards: Arizona Anti-Trafficking Network, Arizona Community Foundation - Black Philanthropy Initiative, Community Foundation of Southern Arizona - African American Legacy Fund, and Coalition of Blacks Against Cancer.

Xavier is a guest lecturer at the University of California, Polytechnic Campus, and loves spending time with future leaders. Both professionally and in a volunteer capacity, Xavier has raised over $80,000,000 for worthy nonprofits both internationally and right here in our community.

Some of his proudest achievements include: founding and chairing the Annual St. Vincent de Paul Juneteenth Celebration; being a member of the Tucson MLK street naming project; Volunteering with the African American Museum of Southern Arizona to bring Ruby Bridges to Arizona, and sharing a stage with her; & co-chairing the 2023 Tucson Unified School District Bond committee, prop 496, which provided $480 Million dollars to the district- the largest Bond in Arizona State History.