Frank Avery is a Project Manager for Sagacious Partners. He handles strategic marketing, communications, and event planning for the firm's projects, along with close work in project management. His major projects are focused in the promotion and development of the knowledge economy, regional cluster industries, and entrepreneurship endeavors.

Frank's work experience focuses heavily on non-profit management, economic and community development, and talent retention. As such, he has refined skills and specialized interest in the arenas of writing, marketing and communications, event planning, project management, and strategic planning. Before joining Sagacious Partners, Frank worked with a number of prominent non-profit and advocacy initiatives in Columbia to create tangible change in the community and region.

Frank graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.A. in Political Science & Religious Studies. An interdisciplinary student, his studies focused primarily on environmental thought, international relations of the Arab, African, and Islamic worlds, and the role of secularism in religion and religious societies. He also studied at the University of Valladolid in northern Spain where he received his certificate in Spanish Proficiency. A McKissick and Capstone Scholar, he was a scholarship recipient for both academic achievement and music performance and was recognized by a number of honor societies for his contributions to his community and university.