Marilynn Winn, Formerly incarcerated, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Women on the Rise GA, a grassroots organization led by formerly incarcerated women of color to reduce the number of women under correctional control in the state of Georgia. JLUSA 2016 Fellow, Co-Chair of the Reimaging ACDC City of Atlanta Taskforce to close and repurpose the Atlanta City Detention Center, serves on the Board of Directors of First Step Staffing of Atlanta, serves on the Board of SCHR, Served as Co-Chair o...
Sep 03, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Rhonda Watson is a detail oriented, well organized professional with experience in non-profit, multi-family real estate, and family medical practice fields and a proven track record of developing and implementing process improvements. She is a partnered (for 23 years) mother of one daughter, two dogs, and five cats. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Texas at Tyler with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology where she was elected to serve as President of Psi Chi and the Associatio...
Aug 31, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Ashley is a professional coach, management consultant, artist, and general jill of all trades. She is intent on helping create a world full of self-aware leaders who experience deep intimacy in their lives and claim powerful agency with their choices. Ashley has been a leader in a variety of industries, including education, the non-profit world, software development, and business consulting. As a coach, she infuses all of her work with a focus on fulfillment and purpose. As an artist, she harnes...
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Ashley N. Keyes is a Georgia grown chef with a passion for feeding families! Since 2010 Chef Keyes has been assisting the Center Helping Obesity In Children End Successfully (C.H.O.I.C.E.S.) with cooking demonstrations and summer camps. At the same time, she completed her studies and graduated from the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Atlanta, Georgia. In year 2013 she was selected to participate in a 4 month hospitality and culinary internship at Disney Corporation in Florida. Shortly...
Jul 30, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 6
At the age of 15 Stacy felt called to work with teenagers and God has affirmed that ever since. From her time working at the Boys and Girls Club and church youth groups to her current role at Goshen Valley, Stacy has been focused on caring for and ministering to at risk adolescents. After college graduation, Stacy moved to South Africa on a two-year mission working with adolescents, many of whom were orphans, undocumented or extremely impoverished. Her role was to assist in bible studies, commun...
Jul 28, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Mayor Donnie Henriques Donnie Henriques was the first to serve as a City Council Member for Ward 6 upon its creation in 1999. He served as a City Council Member from January 2000 through December 2003. Mayor Henriques was elected in 2005 to serve his first term as Mayor. He will begin his fourth consecutive term as Mayor on January 1, 2018 and serve through December 31, 2021. Public Service Biography His first love is the senior citizen community. He’s been a vital part of the growth of the Will...
Jul 27, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Mattie Small is the chair of Cherokee County African American Caucus and a Silver Life Member of the NAACP. She is a small business owner, free lance writer, author and weight coach. She is a resident of Woodstock, GA. She loves to travel and volunteer as a community activist. Email: caucus@cherokeeaac.com Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/cherokeeaac
Jul 24, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Reverend Dr. Joseph Nathaniel Cousin, Sr., (D.Min.) was born on June 21, 1973, the fifth son of Bishop Philip and Mrs. Margaret Joan Cousin. Reverend Cousin has four brothers, Philip Jr., Steven, David, and Michael all of which are pastors in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Reverend Cousin is married to the former Carisalyn Nicole Williams and they have one beautiful daughter Miriam Joy and one son Joseph Nathaniel, Jr. Reverend Cousin graduated from Hampton University in 1995 with a Bac...
Jul 15, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Bill Grant is President and Chief Creative Officer of Grant Design Collaborative in Canton, GA. His firm’s cross-discipline work includes communication design, brand strategy, advertising, product development, branded interiors and experience design. He was named an AIGA Fellow in 2005 and was the first designer from the South to serve as National President of AIGA, Professional Association for Design, from 2005-07. In recent years, Graphic Design USA named Bill One of the 50 Most Influential De...
Jul 08, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Leading Georgia: A Podcast About Communities in Action, will focus on community leaders. Interviews will focus on the person, their organization, and what we can do to chip in, right here at home.
Jun 28, 2020•1 min
