The recipient of a bachelor of science in business from Wagner College in Staten Island, New York, Bryant Dowdell joined the Police Athletic League as assistant director in 1997. He spent seven years in this role, during which time he supervised educators and youth staff members for an after-school mentoring program at a Staten Island middle school. In addition to scheduling, payroll, and other managerial functions, Bryant Dowdell oversaw computer, music, and art classes in addition to basketball and flag football leagues. Bryant Dowdell has worked as a correction officer with the NYC Department of Correction in 2004. Currently stationed on Rikers Island in the Special Operations Division, he is responsible for retrieving inmates and escorting them out of the correctional facility for outside work detail. This involves supervising inmates performing tasks such as trash collection, landscaping, painting, and snow removal. He transports inmates via passenger bus and has additional experience operating a range of commercial vehicles, including dump trucks and street sweepers. Beyond his professional endeavors, Mr. Dowdell is passionate about astronomy and enjoys following new astrophysics and space travel developments. He closely follows Mars missions and other in-development unmanned space missions.