Cottontales Podcast

Ben Tucker is a retired UC Berkeley Administrator, Track and field phenome and author of his memoir, A Good Run.  A trained cross-country runner who used his training techniques to encourage those students who had been left behind to become winners.

At the core of Dr. Wallace’s mission is financial literacy, which he advances through The New Wealth Wave Podcast and his Seven Stage Generational Model. This model is designed to address financial anxiety and reshape behaviors through the concept of the ‘Financial Genetic Code,’ emphasizing the importance of financial education in achieving well-being and passing on knowledge for lasting wealth.

Rose Jacob-Gibson was determined to maintain the neighborhood she remembered and charished while training those individuals who would become change agents.

Sophie Maxwell, a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, worked for environmental justice, clean energy, and equitable distribution of public resources. 

Dr. Joaquin Wallace is a speaker, trainer, and CEO passionate about empowering you with the understanding and power to achieve black generational wealth.

Vice Mayor Charles “Chappie” Jones represents City Council District 1, the region of West San José that borders the cities of Campbell, Cupertino, Santa Clara and Saratoga. Jones was born in Sacramento and moved to San José in the 1990s. Before he joined the council, Jones worked in the private sector, where he held sales management positions with Apple and AT&T, was an executive manager with Cornerstone Consulting and Technology, and owned a technology service business. 

Dean Tolson, formerly of the Seattle Super Sonics, won fame and fortune while all the while he had a secret that would destroy what had earned through his basketball career.  

Dr. Rouson is a software scientist specializing in upgrading legacy codes to modern standards and practices. Dr. Rouson believes that writing better code leads to better outcomes.  

Dr. Edward Blakely, the recovery czar, environmentalist and author of 22 books.  His latest book, My Storm, lessons on rebuilding New Orleans after hurricane Katrina.