Got InSpiration Podcast

My dear friend and mentor Jeff Nathanson is the Executive Director of the Museum of Sonoma County. Our paths crossed when he hired me to work at the International Sculpture Center as the Dir. of Advertising for Sculpture Magazine. You will be inspired by his story and dedication to the visual arts. His career journey will truly inspire you.

Rev. C. Jessel Strong was one of the first spiritual leaders that my husband Leon and I had when we were a young married couple in Southern California. Listen to his story of how he got into the ministry, how he grew to be a Presiding Elder in the A.M.E. Church and his favorite Bible Verse Proverbs 3:4-5. You will hear a lot of wisdom here today and how appropriate as it's Christmas Day.

Mrs. Glynis Albright "The Waffle Queen" is the CEO of Glynis' Products. She and I met while I was living in Moorpark, CA. Even though she has always loved to cook, Glynis discusses how being diagnosed with a rare form of Leukemia changed her life from studying to become a surgeon to creating food that she and other suffering from cancer and other types of chronic diseases could eat. She speaks about entrepreneurship and being a giving person. She is truly a blessing. People from John Legend, Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, the late Former President Ronald Reagan, and Former President Bill Clinton are just a few of the people that love her desserts and food. Learn more and purchase her delicious products at www.glyniskitchen.com

Dr. Ann Wead Kimbrough is an educator, biz journalist, and environmental leader. Our paths crossed as she was one of my favorite professor's when I was a student at Clark Atlanta University. In this episode, she discusses why she loves being an educator, and an award winning financial journalist. She also speaks about how she got selected to be a member of the Olympic Committee for the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 and lastly her current role as Dir. of Stormwater Management in Rockdale County, GA. Get ready to hear some wonderful stories that will inspire and impact you for your life.

Terrie Ajile Axam is the Founder/Artistic Director of Total Dance/Dancical Productions located in Atlanta, GA. She is my mentor and she gave me my first dance teaching job at age nineteen while I was a college student at Clark Atlanta University. In this episode she discusses her early days at Barnard College and Princeton University as well as her Graduate work at Rutgers University and how those times influenced what was to become Total Dance and Women Hold Up Half the Sky. She communicates about her dance technique "MOJAH" and about the impact COVID-19 has had on her organization. Get ready to be inspired!!!

Mr. Leon Smith II is my AMAZING husband of twenty four years. As we are still in the people who have impacted my life when I lived in Atlanta, of course Leon is in this conversation. We met just days after both becoming members of our sorority and fraternity. Leon has a work ethic like no person I know and in this episode, he reveals where he gets his inspiration growing up in Albany, Georgia. He touches on the impact attending Clark Atlanta University for Undergrad and Tennessee State University for Graduate School. In the science field where he is often the only African American or one of a few, he speaks about the responsibility he takes on with making a difference in drug discovery. Lastly, he discusses why growing and leading in his fraternity Omega Psi Phi is so important and what our business, InSpira truly means to him. Get ready to be inspired.

Rev. Mark Tyler is the 52nd Pastor of Mother Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia, PA. Born and raised in Oakland, CA, Rev. Tyler speaks about his life and time in the 80's as a former drug dealer and how he turned his life around to attend Clark Atlanta University, transitioned into ministry and the amazing story of how he became the Pastor of the Oldest AME Church. You will truly be inspired.

Wanda Holland Greene is the 11th Head of School for the Hamlin School and notably the first African American to lead the prestigious K-8 school located in San Francisco, CA. She is nationally recognized and respected as an experienced leader in education with a passionate voice and powerful presence that inspires communities to achieve equity and excellence for all children. In this episode she will touch on her love of shaping girls as leaders, utilizing education to help change the world and her innovative projects at Hamlin. She is truly an inspiration. Find out more about the Hamlin School at www.hamlin.org