Motivation & Inspiration
Kenneth Braswell
With over 22 years of community development experience, Braswell serves as the Executive Director of Fathers incorporated (FI) (www.fathersincorporated.com). Since 2004, the agency’s main focus has been on the development of support and services for fathers. FI is a not-for-profit organization and serves as the leader in the promotion of Responsible Fatherhood and Mentoring. Currently, Braswell is the Director... Continue »
Deanna Burrell
Deanna Kimberly Burrell is a successful businesswoman, marketing maven, published author, and popular speaker. Her first book, Voted “Most Creative”- Perspectives on Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness, is a collection of poems and essays that inspire creativity, growth, and self-expression. Chicago plays a major role in a new book “Single Girl Summer.” Author Deanna Burrell tells us... Continue »
Michael Vick
Michael Dwayne Vick was born in Newport News, Virginia, on June 26, 1980, to Brenda Vick and Michael Boddie. Michael showed early talent and drew NFL attention while playing for Virginia Tech. As a freshman, Michael placed third in the 1999 Heisman Trophy balloting and the following year placed sixth. He left Virginia Tech after his sophomore year to... Continue »
David Kim
David Kim is the former CEO of Baja Fresh, La Salsa, Sweet Factory, and several other companies, as well as the author of Ignite!: The 12 Values that Fuel Billionaire Success. A serial entrepreneur by nature, David’s equity market investment group specializes in acquiring distressed companies and turning them into high-powered profit centers in record time. Kim’s love of... Continue »
Lisa Haisha
Life coach, personal counselor to some of the most powerful and successful people in the world. Author, TV Personality, Philanthropist, Originator of “Soul Blazing”, a powerful counseling technique. Lisa Haisha is the personal counselor and life coach to some of America’s biggest Hollywood stars and executives, as well as some of the business world’s most successful executives. She is... Continue »
Tia Norfleet
What makes Tia’s story so fascinating is that she is the first and only African- American female professional racecar driver to be licensed by NASCAR. Norfleet anticipates winning both on and off the tracks. Besides competing as a NASCAR driver, Tia’s goal is to teach young people, especially females, that it can be done, and it is not solely... Continue »
Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory was on the frontline in the sixties during the Civil Rights Era; today he continues to be a “drum major for justice and equality.” Gregory, Richard Claxton ‘Dick’ (Born, October 12, 1932, St. Louis, Mo.), African American comedian and civil rights activist whose social satire changed the way white Americans perceived African American comedians since he first... Continue »
Daymond John
A young entrepreneur, industry pioneer, highly regarded marketing expert and a man who has surpassed new heights of commercial and financial success are just a few ways people have described Daymond John. Over the last 20 years, Daymond John (The Shark) has evolved from one of the most successful fashion icons of his generation to a highly sought after... Continue »
