Andre Lovell Wiley, known as Yusef Wiley is the founder and CEO of Timelist Group, Inc. By the age of 13, he started associating with gang members and getting into trouble around the neighborhood. After serving a juvenile sentence, Mr. Wiley continued his gang involvement with other known gang members earning a reputation as a gang banger in the areas of South-Central LA, which eventually landed him in the Correctional system in the state of California at the age of 21. After being placed in solitary confinement, Mr. Wiley began to discover his spirituality and later converted to Islam. It was his spiritual faith that took him away from the destructive lifestyle of the gangs to a more purposeful and honorable way of living, by 2001 he began his sacred training under Shaykh Rami Nsour via Zaytuna Institute and later under Tayba Foundation where his teacher (as Director) began to dedicate his work towards Islamic education for Muslim inmates. Though Yusef turned away from gang activity, he never went into protective custody or became, what Correctional officials call, “a drop-out.” He served close to 22 years before he was released on May 24, 2012, at the age of 43. Mr. Wiley has now been working for many years to end gang and youth violence through his development and writing intervention and rehabilitation programs.
The Timelist Group (a not-for-profit pre-release/post-release) is a rehabilitation program which also provides housing for parolees and probationers in Los Angeles California and trainings at several CDCR facilities. Yusef Wiley has assisted several reentry start-up organizations in Northern and Southern California, he is a former Commissioner on the Human Relations Commission of the City of Union City. Yusef has also served on Alameda County Reentry Panels and Advisory Boards. He is an author and has gained an AA degree in Small Business Management and Paralegal work. Additionally, Yusef Wiley is a certified trainer and Personal Coach with the John Maxwell Team platform and has several business ventures and related partnerships with both private and public sector institutions.
