SOAR (SCN) Podcast

Karen Kendra Holmes works for the Federal Government as a Safety Officer. She is a strong advocate for the Transgender Community speaking around the country from military, police, fire, medical field, university, etc. Karen is volunteering with the Department of Justice / Community Relations Department as a Subject Matter Expert going around the country speaking to Law Enforcement Agencies. She will be trying to build the Bridge between the Transgender Community and Law Enforcement Agencies. Karen in November 2021 was on the cover of “The Platform Magazine '' an international magazine for her service work to the country. She is a International Board Member Transgender Veteran Support Group (TVSG) LGBTQ Resources. Also, with TVSG she is the President for the Washington, DC Chapter, and the Vice President with the Maryland Chapter. In July of 2021 Karen has received the honor of the 14th Annual Prideindex National Esteem Award for Outstanding Service, Transgender for her advocate, award winning Public Servant.

Karen on October 2020 received the AARP Maryland Andrus Award for Community Service, in recognition of exceptional service to my community. She also received the Engendered Spirit Award from Capital Pride in June of 2018. She also was a TEDx Speaker with TEDx Asbury Park, NJ on May 19, 2018. In April 2017 she received the “2017 Monica Roberts Advocacy Award”. She was selected in January 2017 by LGBTQ Nation as one of the “Top 50 Successful Transgender Americans You Need to Know”. In May of 2015, she was honored in a special edition among 31 other women from around the world in The Platform Magazine, for up and inspiring females who have made a difference with their platform and inspired others with their positive values towards others. In October 2013 she received “Soldier of the Year”, out of the country, by the State Guard Association of the United States out of 24 states and 23 thousand soldiers. In December 2012 she received “Non-Commissioned Officer Soldier of the Year” by the Maryland State Guard Association and The Maryland Defense Force.

Karen has her own side business called SafetyFirst DMV and is certified as an instructor through the National Safety Council. She is always saying: “My Life Inspiration is not to have more, but to be more. Making a Difference is my mission! Karen believes wholeheartedly in the importance of Giving Back to her Community.

SOAR Nebula is a global online (and offline - Washington, DC area) hub where transcendent leaders can connect, collaborate and create more social impact together.

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In an effort to promote global champions of change, we have set an extraordinary goal of interviewing 1000 people who are change agents in their communities.

Tune in as our interview guests share how they are contributing their gifts, skills, experiences, resources and wisdom to create a compassionate, cohesive and collaborate (C3) world.

Join us. Let's not just stand for something ... let's do something!

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Darnley Hodge

Darnley R. Hodge Jr., is an award winning photojournalist and video editor with more than twenty years of broadcast and production experience. He holds an M.A. in Producing for Film and Video from American University, and a B.S. in Mass Communications from Virginia Commonwealth University. His production work has been featured on every national broadcast television network and many national cable stations.

Darnley has served as director of photography, director, or producer on hundreds of projects including news gathering, documentary films, reality television, commercials, music videos, travel shows, and corporate video projects. He is an expert AVID, Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro editor, has Capitol Hill press credentials, and works as a photographer and editor for NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, FOX, and COX national networks. He has also worked at network affiliates in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles as well as behind the scenes on international productions in Egypt, Cote D'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Brazil, El Salvador, The United Kingdom, Anguilla, and St. Martin.

Darnley has been a repeat guest lecturer for media production programs at George Washington University, Howard University, The University of Maryland, American University, and Prince George's Community College. He is highly conversant in Spanish and speaks a little Portuguese too. He currently resides in Oxon Hill, Maryland with his wife and two children.

http://imaginationmediallc.com/

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In an effort to promote global champions of change, we have set an extraordinary goal of interviewing 1000 people this year who are change agents in their communities.

Tune in as our interview guests share how they are contributing their gifts, skills, experiences, resources and wisdom to create a better world. Learn about the different causes and initiatives they care about. If theses causes resonate with you, reach out to our interviewees and offer up your superpowers.

Join us. Let's not just stand for something ... let's do something!

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Dana Hutson

Dana Hutson is Founder of Cancer Champions, LLC helping individuals and families control the chaos of a cancer diagnosis. She compassionately consults, educates and facilitates for individuals and their loved ones as they navigate a complicated healthcare system empowering them to make life-altering decisions with confidence. Prior to founding Cancer Champions Dana amassed a wealth of oncology expertise over a 25 year career within the BioPharma industry.

She combines her knowledge of the healthcare system with her compassion for people experiencing a disruptive diagnosis to provide private medical navigation and educational seminars.

Dana is a CampaignZERO, families for patient safety, community educator, immediate Past- President of the National Association of Women Business Owners Greater DC and serves on the boards of Sahasara Deepika Foundation for Education and Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington

Dana received her Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from the University of Alabama.

She lives with her husband and teenage children in Mason Neck, VA and is passionate about serving the underserved, increasing healthcare literacy and spending time with family, riding horses and Jesus.

The SC Nebula is a global online (and offline - Washington, DC area) hub where conscious leaders from corporate, spiritual, nonprofit and civic groups can connect, collaborate and create more social impact together.

Interested in becoming a SC Nebula Member?

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In an effort to promote global champions of change, we have set an extraordinary goal of interviewing 1000 people this year who are change agents in their communities.

Tune in as our interview guests share how they are contributing their gifts, skills, experiences, resources and wisdom to create a better world. Learn about the different causes and initiatives they care about. If theses causes resonate with you, reach out to our interviewees and offer up your superpowers.

Join us. Let's not just stand for something ... let's do something!

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Dennis Pitocco.

DENNIS PITOCCO is Founder & CEO & Reimaginator of 360° Nation, encompassing a wide range of multimedia enterprises, including BizCatalyst 360° —an award-winning global media digest; 360° Nation Studios —dedicated to reaching across the world in an effort to capture, produce, and deliver positive, uplifting messages via game-changing productions such as HopeFest 360°, and; GoodWorks 360° —a pro-bono consulting foundation focused entirely on providing mission-critical advisory services to nonprofits worldwide. Everything Dennis does is carried out "for-good" vs. "for-profit", reflecting his belief that it’s time for a renaissance of pure, unbridled wonder. Time to renew in both our hearts and in our souls more joy, more kindness, more compassion, more understanding, and that magical sense of truly belonging to something greater than the status quo. And time to bring the spirit of “humanity at its very best” back to the forefront. Dennis is also a contributing author to the Best-Selling Book Chaos to Clarity: Sacred Stories of Transformational Change.

https://www.bizcatalyst360.com

SOAR Nebula is a global online (and offline - Washington, DC area) hub where transcendent leaders can connect, collaborate and create more social impact together.

Interested in becoming a SOAR Nebula Member?

https://nebula.soarcommunitynetwork.com

In an effort to promote global champions of change, we have set an extraordinary goal of interviewing 1000 people who are change agents in their communities.

Tune in as our interview guests share how they are contributing their gifts, skills, experiences, resources and wisdom to create a compassionate, cohesive and collaborate (C3) world.

Join us. Let's not just stand for something ... let's do something!

Shreyaa Venkat is the co-founder and CEO of NEST4US and a sophomore at Georgetown University pursuing Global Health studies. Eighteen-year-old Shreyaa already has 8+ years of volunteer service under her belt and has spent over 2,000 hours giving back to the community. As a Points of Light Youth Network Leader, Giving Tuesday Spark Chapter Head, DoSomething Research Council Representative, Global Peace Delegate, and Good Deeds Day Ambassador, she empowers people globally to actively shape their future and thrive in an ever-changing world.

Shreyaa is an academic honor roll student, travel soccer player, 3rd degree black belt, certified soccer referee, Kathak dancer, and assistant instructor at CJR Martial Arts. As a Gen-Z social activist and nonprofit leader, she advances dialogue and inspires others to take action towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals in local, national, and global communities. Shreyaa strives to create a united and just world by fostering a community built upon mutual respect, inclusivity, and understanding and positively impacting communities worldwide through passionate service.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joinnest/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nest4us/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/joinnest4

YouTube: NEST4US

Shreyaa Venkat LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/shreyaavenkat/ Website: www.nest4us.org

SOAR Nebula is a global online (and offline - Washington, DC area) hub where transcendent leaders can connect, collaborate and create more social impact together.

Interested in becoming a SOAR Nebula Member?

https://nebula.soarcommunitynetwork.com

In an effort to promote global champions of change, we have set an extraordinary goal of interviewing 1000 people who are change agents in their communities.

Tune in as our interview guests share how they are contributing their gifts, skills, experiences, resources and wisdom to create a compassionate, cohesive and collaborate (C3) world.

Join us. Let's not just stand for something ... let's do something!

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Ina Gjikondi

Ina Gjikondi, PCC, MPS, MA

Founder & Faculty Director, e-Co Leadership Coaching

I am a teacher, speaker, mother, alchemist, innovator, poet, modern mystic and co-curator of creative learning experiences that expand consciousness with the goal of One Shared Humanity.

I serve as the Director of Executive Education & Coaching and as the Founder & e-Co Leadership Coaching Program Director at the George Washington University’s Center for Excellence in Public Leadership.

e-Co Leadership Coaching Certification (e-CLC) is an International Coaching Federation aligned professional foundational program rooted in the cultivation of energetic stability, by expanding, emerging, exchanging and evolving in co-creation, co-connection, co-action and co-movement in service to the greater good.

I believe in coaching as a way of being and an invitation to the practice of anchored capacity, where we learn to stay present, practical and poetic, to deepen and expand our contribution in the world.

We must cultivate capacities that will support people and organizations to think from a whole person and whole systems perspective in a way that gets us deeply in touch with our own humanity and helps us heal our connection within systems, from the cellular level of our being to the cellular level of our humanity and yes, change starts with us. Nations don’t transform, people do and we can start there.

The vision I am committed to:

May all nations in the world today, plant a seed of e-Co Leadership Coaching in service to the One Humanity and the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda by 2030.

https://leadershipcoaching.cepl.gwu.edu/our-team/program-faculty/ina-gjikondi/

https://www.hadrianseries.com/

The SC Nebula is a global online (and offline - Washington, DC area) hub where conscious leaders from corporate, spiritual, nonprofit and civic groups can connect, collaborate and create more social impact together.

Interested in becoming a SC Nebula Member?

Nominate a Change Agent for our Interview Series.

https://nebula.soarcommunitynetwork.com

In an effort to promote global champions of change, we have set an extraordinary goal of interviewing 1000 people this year who are change agents in their communities.

Tune in as our interview guests share how they are contributing their gifts, skills, experiences, resources and wisdom to create a better world. Learn about the different causes and initiatives they care about. If theses causes resonate with you, reach out to our interviewees and offer up your superpowers.

Join us. Let's not just stand for something ... let's do something!

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Juan Carlos Ortiz Giró

Juan C. Ortiz-Giró is a State Administrator at Team Rubicon USA, where Juan, trains new members and leads the organization in Puerto Rico, this includes the coordination of programs and submission of projects in the island.

Juan is a USCG veteran with a bachelor’s degree in Public Health Science and has contributed and assisted other volunteer organizations, governmental and non-governmental agencies to work on the speedy recovery of Puerto Rico and other states alike. Juan is well known by his almost unending energy in the field. Because of the passion, the believe that the world can be made a better place and the great level of commitment displayed, it can be said that Juan is built to serve.

Juan enjoys diving and cycling and is also a humanitarian, nature lover and survivalist from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Please email [email protected] or go to www.linkedin.com/in/juan-carlos-ortiz-giró-780086186 link to contact Juan.

The SC Nebula is a global online (and offline - Washington, DC area) hub where conscious leaders from corporate, spiritual, nonprofit and civic groups can connect, collaborate and create more social impact together.

Interested in becoming a SC Nebula Member?

Nominate a Change Agent for our Interview Series.

https://nebula.soarcommunitynetwork.com

In an effort to promote global champions of change, we have set an extraordinary goal of interviewing 1000 people this year who are change agents in their communities.

Tune in as our interview guests share how they are contributing their gifts, skills, experiences, resources and wisdom to create a better world. Learn about the different causes and initiatives they care about. If theses causes resonate with you, reach out to our interviewees and offer up your superpowers.

Join us. Let's not just stand for something ... let's do something!

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Dr. Foojan Zeine

Dr. Foojan Zeine is an International Speaker, Psychotherapist, Life Coach, and the Author of Life Reset – The Awareness Path to Create the life You Want. She has a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She practices in Beverly Hills, Irvine & Woodland Hills, California offices and online via audio/chat or video. Her expertise is in Intimate Relations and Addictive Behaviors. She has extensive experience treating Depression, Anxiety, Traumas, and Domestic Violence.

Foojan is the originator and the author for “Awareness Integration” psychotherapeutic model, which is a multi-modality approach and intervention toward minimizing Depression, Anxiety while improving Self Esteem and Self Confidence. This Method has been published with multiple research.

Foojan hosts the “Inner Voice” show in the KMET1490AM/ ABC Radio. She is a guest speaker in many universities including Harvard, MIT, UCLA, USC. She has been a guest in the Dr. Phil show in CBS, Fox, Voice of America Television Programs; KPFK 90.7, KIRN 670AM.

www.Foojan.com

Causes that Dr. Foojan Zeine supports:

www.IAWFoundation.org

www.Radan.org

www.PARS.org

The SC Nebula is a global online (and offline - Washington, DC area) hub where conscious leaders from corporate, spiritual, nonprofit and civic groups can connect, collaborate and create more social impact together.

Interested in becoming a SC Nebula Member?

Nominate a Change Agent for our Interview Series.

https://nebula.soarcommunitynetwork.com

In an effort to promote global champions of change, we have set an extraordinary goal of interviewing 1000 people this year who are change agents in their communities.

Tune in as our interview guests share how they are contributing their gifts, skills, experiences, resources and wisdom to create a better world. Learn about the different causes and initiatives they care about. If theses causes resonate with you, reach out to our interviewees and offer up your superpowers.

Join us. Let's not just stand for something ... let's do something!

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Myron Radio.

Myron J. Radio is a five-time author and President of The R Group, a consortium of seasoned professionals who specialize in Leadership and Organizational – Change, Transitions and Transformations.

Myron is recognized as an energetic speaker, facilitator, team builder and executive coach with over 5,000 coaching sessions to his credit. His clients represent a broad range of global Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries as well privately held companies and startups. Prior to founding The R Group, Myron was an executive with Mobil Corporation, now ExxonMobil.

His latest eBook is LEADERSHIP FIT – Finding the Right Leadership Fit for you. He has also published several articles on organizational “effectiveness” to engage and align the workforce to achieve the strategic imperatives. His first inspirational novel, DREAM MAKERS – Escape from the Shadows of Fear, includes lessons of Leadership, developing High Performing Teams and developing the Next Generation of Leaders.

The SC Nebula is a global online (and offline - Washington, DC area) hub where conscious leaders from corporate, spiritual, nonprofit and civic groups can connect, collaborate and create more social impact together.

Interested in becoming a SC Nebula Member?

Nominate a Change Agent for our Interview Series.

https://nebula.soarcommunitynetwork.com

In an effort to promote global champions of change, we have set an extraordinary goal of interviewing 1000 people this year who are change agents in their communities.

Tune in as our interview guests share how they are contributing their gifts, skills, experiences, resources and wisdom to create a better world. Learn about the different causes and initiatives they care about. If theses causes resonate with you, reach out to our interviewees and offer up your superpowers.

Join us. Let's not just stand for something ... let's do something!

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Claudia Körbler

Claudia Körbler is a Policy Development and Outreach Specialist at the United Nations in Washington, D.C. Claudia’s passion of eradication of hunger, elimination of poverty and creating social impact speaks through her engagements. Before joining the FAO, she worked at the World Bank Group as a Knowledge Management professional with an emphasis on South-South Capacity Building programs in the Latin-American and Africa regions. Her driving force is enunciating change and creating an impact through supporting developing nations. She is a Senior Advisor of the steering committee of the Youth2Youth Community (Y2Y) of the World Bank Group and the co-chair of the Youth Innovation Fund. The Y2Y community enables her innovative talent, efficiency and passion for creating an impact on youth to increase employability, community engagement, and life skills in developing nations. Additionally, as an Adult Third Culture Kid and cross-cultural mediator and trainer, she serves as the membership chair of an NGO called Families in Global Transition (FIGT) to promote and engage in the storytelling of the global nomad. As an Austrian-born global citizen and has lived and worked in the U.S., Spain, UK, and Italy and speaks five languages including German, English, and Spanish. Claudia has refined her skills in cross-cultural communication and continues to enjoy the beauty, challenges, and difficulties of living and working in different cultures. Her professional career in the US is based in the diplomatic service. She has served her native Embassy of the Republic of Austria and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington, D.C. in different capacities. At the Embassy of the Republic of Austria, Claudia acted in an advisory role for the Cabinet of the Austrian Minister of Finance on trans-cultural communication and investment opportunities for Small and Medium Enterprises in the United States and globally.

https://claudiakoerbler.com/

The SC Nebula is a global online (and offline - Washington, DC area) hub where conscious leaders from corporate, spiritual, nonprofit and civic groups can connect, collaborate and create more social impact together.

Interested in becoming a SC Nebula Member?

Nominate a Change Agent for our Interview Series.

https://nebula.soarcommunitynetwork.com

In an effort to promote global champions of change, we have set an extraordinary goal of interviewing 1000 people this year who are change agents in their communities.

Tune in as our interview guests share how they are contributing their gifts, skills, experiences, resources and wisdom to create a better world. Learn about the different causes and initiatives they care about. If theses causes resonate with you, reach out to our interviewees and offer up your superpowers.

Join us. Let's not just stand for something ... let's do something!