Stephanie Bailes is the executive director of the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, the sponsor of Radio Cade.  In 2017, Stephanie was drawn to the Cade's mission of "inspiring and equipping visionaries, inventors and entrepreneurs."  A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Stephanie knew of Robert Cade and his invention of Gatorade, but didn't realize how transformative it had been.  As a girl, Stephanie considered becoming a pediatrician, but ended up with a degree in social work instead.   After seeing terrible cases of abuse, she "realized my heart was too soft to be on the front line."   But at age 22, she decided she could learn the skills "to make a difference" by running a non-profit.   Along the way she worked in the telecom industry in Atlanta and Washington D.C. before returning to Gainesville in 2010 with her family.