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Leading Georgia: A Podcast About Communities in Action9. Marilynn Winn, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Women on the RiseMarilynn 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 of Board of Directors of 9to5 Atlanta Working Women, received 1st Lilly Ledbetter Award, Initiated history making Ban the Box C...2020-09-0357 min
Leading Georgia: A Podcast About Communities in Action8. Rhonda Watson, President, PFLAG WoodstockRhonda 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 Association of Psychology Students her senior year. She was also named Outstanding Undergraduate Psychology Student by faculty and peers.
2020-08-3157 min
Leading Georgia: A Podcast About Communities in Action7. Ashley Silfra, Leadership Coach and Management ConsultantAshley 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 harnesses her own and others' creativity to unleash what is deeply true and useful and beautiful. As a person...2020-08-051h 08
Leading Georgia: A Podcast About Communities in Action6. Executive Chef, Ashley Keys, C.H.O.I.C.E.S.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 thereafter, Chef Keyes became the Operations Manager for The Atlanta Bread Company kiosk operated by CAMM...2020-07-3052 min
Leading Georgia: A Podcast About Communities in Action5. Stacy Cooper, Executive Director, Goshen Valley Boys RanchAt 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, community organization and life skills instruction. Upon her return to Georgia, she married he...2020-07-2858 min
Leading Georgia: A Podcast About Communities in Action4. Donnie Henriques, Mayor of WoodstockMayor 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 William G. Long Senior Center by offering his time, compassion, and expertise.
2020-07-2750 min
Leading Georgia: A Podcast About Communities in Action3. Mattie Small, Chair, Cherokee African American CaucusMattie 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/cherokeeaac2020-07-2448 min
Leading Georgia: A Podcast About Communities in Action2. Reverend Dr. Joseph Cousin, Sr.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 Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. In 1998, he graduated from The Boston University School of Theology with a Maste...2020-07-151h 06
Leading Georgia: A Podcast About Communities in Action1. Bill Grant, Mayor of CantonBill 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 Designers Working Today.
Bill Grant was born and raised in Dalton, GA and was the first person in his family to attend college. He...2020-07-0855 min
Leading Georgia: A Podcast About Communities in ActionLeading Georgia TeaserLeading 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. 2020-06-2801 min