Charisse D. Stokes is president of Tidal IT Solutions, LLC, an information technology consulting company in Montgomery, Alabama, a position she has held since 2017.  In this role, she supports government and commercial industry clients providing tech, innovation and business development consulting services.  Charisse currently leads TechMGM, supporting tech and innovation initiatives in Montgomery, Alabama as well as The Alabama Collective, a nonprofit organization focused on elevating minority tech talent and entrepreneurs across the state of Alabama. She holds a bachelor of science degree in Ceramic Engineering from Clemson University and a master of business administration in Finance from Auburn University Montgomery. She previously served in a variety of leadership roles in the United States Air Force and for small business information technology firms managing multiple, large scale IT projects worldwide.  She currently serves on the board of Alabama Power Company; in addition to roles on the Business Council of Alabama,  Alabama STEM Advisory Council, Computer Science Task Force, and the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association (AFCEA) International, AUM College of Business, Trenholm State Community College Computer Information Systems and Saint James School Boards. As the past Director of the Education Foundation for the Montgomery AFCEA Chapter which provided STEM initiatives to the local community, she founded EduWerx, a nonprofit organization exposing minorities and young women to STEM. Charisse has one son, Dylan, a student at Louisiana State University.