Overview
Louis Celli is an expert business strategist who has represented businesses engaged in federal relationships at the Administration and Congressional levels. He is a lifelong public servant, having served 22 years of active military service in the United States Army and, upon retirement, founded a nonprofit organization that served veteran entrepreneurs for over a decade in Boston. Lou then moved to Washington D.C. to lead the Nation’s largest Veterans Service organization on Capitol Hill and the White House as Executive Director of the American Legion in Washington D.C. Today Mr. Celli is the Vice President of the Envision Dallas metroplex in Farmers Branch, Texas, a sprawling manufacturing facility serving federal and commercial clients with a variety of manufacturing needs ranging from military uniforms to dry erase markers, call center operation, and print products. Envision Dallas’ market differentiator is that their workforce is made up of employees who are blind.
Mr. Celli has testified regularly before congress and assisted with legislative language on hundreds of bills, as well as several important pieces of legislation that have been signed into law. He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, and is frequently quoted in print and online media, and meets regularly with senior White House officials to discuss military, veteran, and national policy issues.
Following his 22 year career in the United States Army, Master Sergeant Celli spent 10 years training veterans to start and grow their own businesses. As CEO of a Boston-based nonprofit organization, Mr. Celli trained thousands of veterans and helped countless veteran-owned businesses as they worked to navigate the federal procurement process.
Louis is a graduate of Harvard University, a native of Boston Massachusetts, attended the Northeast Regional Police Institute and was a Sergeant in the Middlesex County Reserve Deputy Sheriff’s office before moving to Washington D.C. Together with his wife Elise they have 6 children and one grandson who continue to prove that the future generation is our greatest achievement.