TrailBlazers Impact

Mildred Morgan Ball takes us through her incredible journey filled with many instances where she found herself as the "first and only.” Starting with her high school experience in the late 1940s, and continuing through an illustrious career of advocating for gender and racial equity in athletics and the performing arts. At the age of four, she experienced the formidable passing of her mother and witnessed her father became a widower with eight children to raise. 

A “salt of the earth” steel mill worker, this "Superman," as she describes him, instilled in his children the important values of education (seven of the eight children went on to earn one or more college degrees), their duty to family and a deep commitment to the community. Armed with these values, Mildred is actively engaged with multiple community-based nonprofits while enjoying her time as a grandmother. Proud to be deemed a role model for women who "retire in order to re-fire,” she has recently embarked on a new career as a successful TV commercial actress at 84, as well as a “grandma” to many in her community. Nothing slows down this trailblazer!

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In a world that seems to be growing increasingly more dangerous by the day, Lisa Preston, a former hostage negotiator, provides important tools for parents about how to guard against potential child abusers and gives valuable advice about how to speak to your children about safety. Drawing from her background in the police department where she worked in vice, and crimes against children, she talks about the biggest cases she worked, and what she learned from them in regards to the most effective ways parents can keep their kids safe in today’s society. Now retired from the force, Lisa is now a popular author and discusses how she reinvented herself in this new career and gives tips for new authors on how to craft effective stories for today’s market. 

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One life changing moment changed the way she looks at human rights. She believes every woman should give birth the way she feels most comfortable and there is no wrong way or one more spiritual than the other. She believe without the roadblocks she wouldn’t have grown. Three years after her divorce, while raising 4 children, she decided to further her education. One thing that was key for her was to be there for her children.

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Working within a male-dominated industry, she discusses how she dealt with the challenge of fitting in. She talks about knowing your history so you know how to move forward in life and the importance of women knowing who they are and their purpose. She also gives advice on the key insurance coverages for businesses, especially business succession planning.

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Anita talks about her personal battles to overcome recurring attacks of self-doubt fighting back the absence of self confidence born of her introverted personality but all the while recognizing her abilities to achieve each goal she established. Her career was fueled by mentors and personal cheerleaders helping her to elevate from nurse to hospital president to entrepreneur as she entered retirement.

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Janice established the distinction between purpose and mission and what she wanted personally in childhood. She talks about how to wend your way through the corporate environment to survive. She shares her thoughts on dealing with attitudes and gives advice to young women today. 

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Part 1: Beth Cole’s history of activism and social change dates back to the presidential campaigns of Bobby Kennedy and George McGovern. This demonstrated commitment caught the attention of McGovern’s campaign coordinator, Frank Mankiewicz, such that when he assumed the position of president, National Public Radio, the federally financed radio network of news, public affairs and cultural programming for much of America, he brought Beth on with him. Beth eventually became a Vice-President of NPR.

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Penny shares the story of her globe-trotting life from England and Germany to Japan and back to America. She describes making the challenges associated with the transition between a variety of countries cultures.  She shares with us the experience of working with Professor W. Edwards Demming; the guru credited with the beginning of quality, productivity, and competitiveness.

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Described as a serial entrepreneur who has created and sold several businesses, Penny talks about how to deal with the work-life balance when you have aging parents with health issues, a business that needs a new home, and a still-young marriage to keep alive.

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As a daughter of a Belizean immigrant, Diana Vellos-Coker decided to become an immigration lawyer to bring about a change she saw needed in the immigration system. She had to convince her father that being an attorney was appropriate for her as he was of the belief that there were certain occupations that were appropriate for women like being a nurse and there were other occupations that were less honorable like her choice of profession. Diana Vellos-Coker also shares some of the fears experienced by the immigrants and the benefits of a fully functional immigration systems. She further describes her journey as a female immigration lawyer, the obstacles with the immigration systems and the changes she now see in this field.

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