Dr. Tavara Johnson interviews Dori LaMarra. Dori is the founder of Elite Leaders, LLC. She has been a business entrepreneur since 1977. Owning and operating dance studios, building industry, and leadership. Embracing leaders to grow more leaders to achieve success is indicative of her desire to inspire others. She has devoted her life to assisting people in achieving their dreams and in growing into leadership positions. Incorporating the importance of Brain Health for her clients has set her apart. Her forty plus years of experience is comprised of serving on local Chambers of Commerce boards and coaching business owners to gain confidence with resources to build a positive culture of success, advising the Miss America Organization at the local and state level, she has produced and directed various entertainment events, celebrations, and seminars, and provides guidance for students pursuing entertainment careers. Dori is a Maxwell Leadership Certified Speaker, Coach, Trainer, and Leader and is active in the Global Youth Initiative. She is a Certified DISC Behavioral Analysis Consultant in the Maxwell Method, as well as Parenting and Familycoaching. Dori also enjoys being a part of the President’s Advisory Council with Maxwell Leadership. She is proud to be a certified Brain Health Trainer with the Amen Clinics and NeuroEncoding with JM3. Dori provides inclusive workshops, keynote or motivational speaking, and personal and business coaching, and is a Corporate Facilitator for leadership growth.

Dr. Tavara Johnson interviews Jessie Terry. Jessie is the author and illustrator of nineteen children’s books. She is the reigning National American Miss Arkansas. She’s certified as a Maxwell Leadership speaker and coach. Jessie is a certified women’s self defense instructor and has traveled overseas to teach. Jessie recently created a fifty week leadership curriculum for elementary school age children. Her mission in life is to knock out boredom and bring back the power of imagination. One day she plans to have an international playground company that installs playgrounds for kids in lower income situations and situations beyond their control.

Dr. Tavara Johnson interviews Jeff Williamson. Jeff Williamson serves as the VP Consumer Finance Director and Leadership Coach at Anderson Brother’s Bank. A dynamic leader with over 23 years of experience, he has worked across multiple states and two countries, focusing on finance education and coaching. He is also in the process of writing his first book, which will share his life experiences and lessons in a parable format. Jeff holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Marketing from the University of Michigan and has earned additional certifications from AFSA Leadership at the UNC Chapel Hill Business School, Harvard Business School and South Carolina Banker’s Association Banker’s School. Jeff also has recently been certified as a speaker, coach and trainer through Maxwell Leadership. Throughout his life, he has consistently held leadership roles in his career, philanthropically and church. Coaching has always been his true passion, enabling others to achieve their own dreams and goals through relationship building. Jeff is dedicated to helping people become the best version of themselves.

Dr. Tavara Johnson interviews interview Denise Miller. While others her age are retiring, Denise recently began her 4th career at age 67. As the owner of dlm strategies, ltd, and a Maxwell Leadership Team Certified Speaker, Trainer and Coach, and Maxwell Method of DISC Trainer, she specializes in working with women in career transition, non-profit organizational leadership teams and young minority professionals to develop Leadership and Communications skills and to outline and implement Personal Growth strategies. Denise’s career journey started more than 45 years ago in the Energy industry when she was hired right out of college to be trained as a future corporate leader as a “Management Trainee Cadet” with The Brooklyn Union Gas Company. After 22 years she stepped away from that corporate “safe space” into entrepreneurship.

Denise pursued training as a Personal Image Consultant. Once trained, she joined and was certified by the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI). In that career, Denise worked with individual clients on makeup and wardrobe selection and coordination and she was a Personal Shopper (independently and at Nordstrom – Roosevelt Field, NY), she also to audiences about personal image and professional presentation and, business and social etiquette. She also authored a Personal Image Workbook entitled “True Beauty for Women of Discretion”. In 2003, Denise began to teach Public Speaking in the Professional Studies (adult, continuing education) Program at Queens College of the City University of New York. In 2005, she was invited to join the Business Faculty of the college where she taught Oral and Written Business Communications, Introduction to Business, Leadership, Peer Mentoring and Professional Development for 15 years.

Dr. Tavara Johnson interviews Lashelle Bain. Lashelle is a Bahamian entrepreneur whose passion for beauty and cosmetics was inherited from her mother who was also a lover of everything beauty and fashion. Lashelle’s love for beauty started at the tender age of 5 which was further encouraged and nurtured by both her mother and her grandmother. With the passing of her beloved grandmother, Joyce Antoinette Farrington in spring of 2014, Lashelle had a burning desire to cherish and honor her grandmother’s legacy. Therefore, she launched her second company, J. Antoinette 1927.With a degree in biology and medical laboratory technology, Lashelle realized that she was positioned to use her scientific experience to create her new line of all natural personal and hair care products, thereby forever cherishing the memories of her grandmother Joyce Antoinette Farrington.

Dr. Tavara Johnson interviews Sheba Wilson. Mrs. Wilson is the Bestselling Author of the book, Get Up & LEAD - Live Everyday Above Defeat. She is also the CEO of Sheba Wilson Consultancy LLC and Sheba Wilson Training Ltd, providing human resources solutions, consultancy, leadership development, executive coaching and corporate training services. She is also founder of She LEAD HR Solutions, providing a streamlined and automated application tracking software for recruitment and onboarding employees.

Sheba is a Certified Trainer, Speaker and Coach and an Executive Director of the Maxwell Leadership Team, a DISC trainer and consultant and certified in creating Leadership Development Programs from the Association of Talent Development. Mrs. Wilson has extensive leadership experience in People Development and Human Resources and is an alumnus of the Prestigious Cornell University. She is an Executive Committee member of Grace Bay Resorts in the Turks and Caicos Islands. She has worked with the luxury brand the past 12 years and currently serves as Group Director of Human Resources. She is passionate about people development and is intentional in her efforts to create leaders and help people reach their truest potential.

Sheba is founder and host of SheWil LEAD, a podcast turned sponsored radio show, which speaks to the heart and soul of women in leadership, the unique challenges they face and how they can be empowered to overcome them. This platform is a medium by which women are inspired, encouraged and empowered to live above their circumstances.

As widow and mother of 4 children; 3 daughters, Arianna, Gabriella and Alyssa and one son, Kayden, her most important role is parenting. While it has been challenging, God has been faithful. Experiencing loss has been a time of transformation and growth spiritually, personally and professionally. Sheba believes that nothing we experience is for us; it is meant to be shared with others to inspire, empower and encourage them. As such, she uses every opportunity to impart wisdom through her life experiences and speaks extensively locally and internationally on overcoming adversity, self-care and finding balance. A thought leader, she has also co-authored Voices for Leadership along with 39 other leaders throughout the globe.

Dr. Tavara Johnson interviews Dr. Maurine Kwende. Dr. Kwende is the CEO and Founder of EMK Learning Solutions LLC, a company which provides training, instructional design, coaching, leadership and professional development services to individuals, organizations, state and government agencies. Maurine’s purpose is to empower others to dream big, take action and reach their full potential through her company, her DBBA academy for aspiring and emerging leaders, her non-profit for women and girls, her books, research, Youtube channel and empowerment minutes podcast. As an entrepreneur, Maurine has worked with many clients in various sectors including higher education, non-profit organizations, corporations, state and government agencies. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, she has over 20 years of work experience in the field of learning and development. She has her PhD in Learning Technologies Design Research from George Mason University with research interests in decision-making, artificial intelligence, workplace learning and emerging technologies. Maurine wears many hats and believes you can be anything you want to be in life if you take action.

Dr. Tavara Johnson interviews Pastor Lawanda Moore. Pastor Moore is the proud mother of three beautiful children. She was born and raised in Miami, Florida. She was ordained as a Pastor in 2013 under the leadership of Apostle B. Scott. At the early age of 8 years old, Lawanda knew that she had been called and chosen by God “For such A Time as This”. God has gifted her with the courage and compassion to minister to the lost, the least and the left out. She prophesies pray, and preach as the Lord leads her to do so. Lawanda works for American Airlines, and is a former Miami Dade County School Board employee. She is pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Christian Leadership and Management at Liberty University and is currently the owner and CEO of Styles by Lawanda LLC (salon). She also graduated from Aveda Institute as a Master Cosmetologist and is well known in the industry for over 30 years.She’s, also an author of the prayer book called Prayer Move Mountains, Co- author of Rake the Mask Off and has been approved by The Federal Prison to minister twice a month to those that are incarcerated.Lawanda has been featured in K.I.S.H Magazine, A Chosen Covergirl and has been mentioned in Shoutout Magazine organization.