Kenny Hansmire currently serves as the Executive Director of the National Child Identification Program (NCIDP). Currently the program is working with the AFL-CIO and unions across America to provide child id kits to their member’s children. When finished, it will be the largest child safety initiative ever completed.

Hue Jackson is known as a Coach, Businessman & Philanthropist. He is founder of the Hue Jackson Foundation , an organization committed to empowering children, teens, and adults through awareness, education and prevention of Human Trafficking while assisting survivors and their families in their journey through recovery and survivorship.

Kimberly Diemert has served as the Executive Director of the Hue Jackson Foundation since July of 2018, overseeing every phase of the foundation from program development and community education and awareness to assisting with recovery and long-term survivorship of those who have been victimized. She is also a licensed Private Investigator and has spent 17 years working in the legal profession.

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An introduction to James JC Cooley. James' co-hosts Michelle Cooley and Joshua Goldsmith will interview the man behind It's Your Life Radio and the JC Foundation.

Michelle is a native of New York City, NY and currently resides in Fort Worth, Texas. She has been married to James (JC) Cooley for 12 years. She has lived in Atlanta, Fort Worth, TX, and Temecula, CA over the years. She spends her time with her family, friends, and her dog Bella. Her hobbies include walking, running and basically working out at the gym. Michelle has a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing Management, and a Masters Degree in Marketing from Concordia University Nebraska. She has been part of the JC Cooley Foundation since its inception.

Joshua grew up in Michigan where a handshake or a man’s word was as good as gold. A family’s namesake rested upon integrity, pride of workmanship and being responsible and trustworthy. Carrying forward with those principles, Joshua is privileged to establish Goldsmith Financial as the founder, owner, and president.

Guests on the show include Paula Shaw,  Life Transitions Therapist and Grief Specialist, Charles “Chuck” Trinone, Fundraising Consultant, Campaign Specialist, Coach, Connector, Leader, Speaker and Writer; and Charles Golden Executive Vice President of the JC Cooley Options & Opportunities / The Choice Program (JC Cooley Foundation).

Paula is a Life Transitions Therapist and Grief Specialist. She is also a Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker and Talk Show Host on her own show, Change It Up with Paula Shaw on The Answer AM 1170 and FM 96.1. For more than 25 years, Paula has been dedicated to helping people navigate the stress of Change and Challenge. She uses mind/body tools and techniques to help people ease and eliminate stress, depression, anxiety and the conditions they exacerbate like weight gain, relationship distress, career challenges, lack of energy and self-destructive, addictive behavior.

Chuck brings more than 25 years of experience as a nonprofit fundraising professional and consultant in the education, faith-based, and healthcare sectors. As a consultant, he led more than 110 campaigns, raising over $235 million to assist clients in accomplishing their goals.

Charles was born in and raised in Detroit, Michigan, where he attended Thomas M Cooley High School, after completing high school in 1979, at the age of 18 he left and relocated in Springfield Massachusetts where he enrolled in the SCATE program, upon graduating the Electronic Bench Assembly Program was hired by Digital Equipment Corporation, After Completing several years, Charles enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he continued his career and training in the computer industry.

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Our guests this week are Certified Retirement Counselor/Social Security Advisor Stacy E. Sponseller and Financial Advisor Joshua Goldsmith. Stacy has 14 years’ experience in the financial services field. In addition to holding an insurance and securities license, she also holds a designation as a Certified Retirement Counselor and is one of 3 National Social Security advisors in San Diego county. Her areas of expertise include retirement income planning as well as key decisions regarding Social Security benefits. She has worked with over 600 financial advisors and their clients.
Joshua is Goldsmith Financial, a private wealth management company founded to provide clients with comprehensive financial planning services and independent investment advice.

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Joy has over 17 years of experience in consulting with the military, corporate sector, and nonprofits. Dr. Wright  Co-founded Launch Team Consulting and provides consulting to the military and many corporate organizations designing and providing leadership and management training programs, diversity and inclusion training, facing adversity training, and high-risk behavior prevention.
Jordan currently works as an Assistive Technology Specialist within the Disability Services and Programs at USC. In this position, he provides assistive technology solutions to disability-related learning challenges while also maintaining a caseload of 200+ students he counsels as a Disability Specialist. It’s his goal is to increase individuality, efficacy, and connection within minority communities and throughout the people of the world.
Lizette is a dedicated Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She is an active member of the California Association for Marriage and Family Therapist and is listed in Psychology Today with specialization in trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression she sees clients of all ages and various diagnoses. Lizette is co-founder of the USC Spanish Workshop Series which is helping to train current MFT students in Spanish clinical skills.

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Ralph Tresvant began his music career as a member of the Boston-based boy band, New Edition. He recorded a slew of crowd-pleasers with the band, including “Candy Girl,” Count Me Out,” and “Can You Stand the Rain?”. In between recording and performing with New Edition, Tresvant dropped three solo projects. On his new single, “All Mine”, Ralph is joined by fellow New Edition alum Johnny Gill. Ralph currently hosts “Inside the Ride,” a radio show in his native Boston that combines R&B, hip hop, and soul, genres.

Heart, soul and passion; these three words vividly describe what singer/songwriter and Atlanta native, Jande' Pierce puts into everything she does. She continues to perform throughout the Atlanta metropolitan area, where she also works as a songwriter and vocal arranger for up and coming artists as well as established producers and artists, throughout the United States, and looks forward to dropping her 1st album.

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