On today’s episode, Jeff Bond chats with Patrick Plonski, Executive Director of Books For Africa, the world’s largest shipper of donated text and library books to the African continent. Books For Africa has shipped over 54 million books and served...
In today’s episode, Jeff Bond chats with Trevor Williams, Managing Director at Global Atlanta, an online news service covering Atlanta’s intersection with the global economy.Trevor talks to Jeff about getting started in journalism, why Atlanta is...
Katherine “Kat” Shayne is the Co-Founder and CEO/CIO of CIRT. Before starting CIRT, Kat worked as a researcher focused on global materials management and marine litter for the Jambeck Research Group and UGA New Materials Institute, as well as an...
In today’s episode, Jeff Bond chats with Claire Angelle, Founder and CEO of Angelle Consulting, a mission-driven public relations, and consultancy firm. Founded in 2018, Angelle Consulting’s motto is to fuel positive change and the company has...
In today’s episode, Jeff Bond chats with Enrique Alvarez, Managing Director of Vector Global Logistics. Vector provides world-class logistics services to make their partners and clients more successful while bettering the lives of everyone they come...
Tia Robinson is the CEO & Founder of Vertical Activewear, a vertically integrated brand that sustainably manufactures apparel on demand in metro Atlanta. Tia launched Vertical Activewear in 2020 to help take the waste out of fashion, not only by...
In today’s episode, Jeff Bond chats with Patty Tucker, Founder and Senior Strategist of Treehouse Counsel, an Atlanta-based communications consultancy helping intentional leaders turn stakeholders into believers and advocates. Treehouse Counsel...
Looking for a path to empathy and being a more purpose-driven leader who is using their business as a force for good? Listen to this conversation with Jared Simmons, guided by Nathan Stuck. 0 RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS EPISODE Follow Jared on...
In today’s episode, Jeff Bond chats with Cathryn Peirce, Founder, and CEO of Carbon Zero Financial, a fintech company working to make a carbon-neutral living as simple as swiping a credit card. Carbon Zero provides white-label climate technology for...
In today’s episode, Jeff Bond and William Smith host a conversation with Ken Ballou, Director, US Banking and Financial Services at Sensedia, an emerging technology company delivering API solutions for companies adopting a more digital, connected...
Bernie Burgener is the executive director of the Greenhouse Accelerator, where he helps to create sustainable local jobs by advising and financially supporting startup entrepreneurs with cleantech companies. Bernie grew up in Switzerland and then...
In today’s episode, Jeff Bond hosts a conversation with Farrukh Siddiqui, Founder & CEO of Defynance, and Ashvini Nirbhavne, Marketing Analyst at Defynance. Defynance refinances existing student loans through income share agreements to empower...
Mecca Moore Tartt is the Executive Director of Startup Runway Foundation, a 501c3 with a mission to connect top underrepresented founders with first investors. Backers include Presenting Sponsor Cox Enterprises, and Founding Partners Truist, Georgia...
Jeff Bond and William Smith hosted this conversation with Commissioner Tim Echols, Vice-Chairman at the State of Georgia Public Service Commission at the TAG FinTech South 2022 Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center. RESOURCES RELATED TO...
In today’s episode, Jeff Bond and William Smith host a conversation with Sean Banks, Partner at TTV Capital, a venture capital firm with more than $350 million under management focused on early-stage companies in the financial technology space. This...
In today’s episode, Jeff Bond and William Smith host a conversation with Larry Williams, President and CEO of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) at the FinTech South 2022 conference at the Georgia World Congress Center, presented by TAG...
In today’s episode, Jeff chats with the Founding President of goBeyondProfit, Megan McCamey, about her leadership in the state of Georgia in partnership with Jackson Healthcare, the increasingly essential role of generosity in business resilience...
In today’s episode, Nathan Stuck chats with Mark Johnson, co-owner and COO at Ambactus Group, about serving emerging brand leaders who care deeply about using business as a force for good, Mark’s personal story of overcoming significant health...
In this episode, Jeff chats with Scott McMichael, Managing Director of Improving’s South Region about the direct impact on the business success he’s experienced by prioritizing all stakeholders in their business when making decisions. Even though...
Lavonya Jones is the newly appointed Director of The Georgia Social Impact Collaborative (GSIC) and Founder of Consciously Funded, a social justice media company. Nathan sits down with Lavonya to talk about how her worldviews were influenced by the...
Jeff sits down with Stan Tucker, Founder of Leap for Literacy, Author of “Stan The Man”, and Host of the YouTube children’s program “The Very Airy Library” to talk about his entrepreneurial journey, persisting through obstacles, big breaks with Zac...
In today’s episode, Nathan Stuck sits down for a deep conversation with Jamal Lewis, Economic Opportunity Manager for Georgia’s Partnership for Inclusive Innovation (“The Partnership”), about the far-reaching economic and societal impact when you’re...
In today’s episode, Jeff chats with Fred Jewell to explore the dynamics of employee engagement and the six categories of engagement drivers that he identified in his research article published here in the Jabian Journal. Fred shares some fantastic...
In this episode, Jeff sits down with Hugh Henderson, Founder & Owner of Capstone Hospice in Atlanta, GA which exists as a values-based company focused on exceptional people delivering exceptional care. They unpack Hugh’s story of building this...
Ally Hellenga serves as the Community Manager at Creature Comforts Brewing Co. in Athens, Georgia. In her role at Creature, she helps steward the company’s community give-back programs. She is also the company’s self-proclaimed ‘B...
In this episode, Jeff chats with Jack Griffin, Founder, and CEO/FoodFinder who was recently awarded the 30 Under 30 by Forbes in the category of Social Impact in 2022. FoodFinder is a national nonprofit organization whose website and app help food...
In this episode, Jeff chats with Joe Yi, EVP at Apogee Financial Partners, about how important it is to build leadership character in our youth, his lessons learned at West Point and active military service, his transition into civilian life as a...
Nathan chats with Tyler Thompson, the Founder of The Environmental Solutions Store (TESS) and Event Organizer of Atlanta Green Market. Tyler is a practitioner of grassroots consumer activism focused on advancing market-based solutions to...
In this episode, Jeff chats with Louis Enrique Negrón, Sr. about his story of self-discovery, spiritual healing, service to the community, and development as an executive business leader. As Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the 100...
In this episode, Jeff chats with Nigel Zelcer, the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Jabian Consulting about his story, why he founded their firm around a unique no-travel consulting model, the impact of empowering their employees to become...
Following his chance adoption of Arlo, a Border Collie, in college, Clancy Clark embarked on an unconventional life journey, from training award-winning sheepdogs to a three-decade career as a highly successful and recognized sales professional. Now...
In 2013, Chris Chancey and his wife Sarah moved to the fringe of a refugee resettlement community in the Atlanta metro area. After a year of learning from their refugee neighbors, they believed there were an ample amount of refugees looking for good...
Sarah Marske founded Saramar Group with a vision to positively impact the world by doing business with a higher purpose, creating social impact along with profit. She is passionate about partnering with people, brands, and organizations to bring...
This month’s community call is a great opportunity to learn more about the benefits and challenges of podcasting as a marketing platform. Join us and our guest Jeff Bond, CEO of Chat With Leaders Media, and bring your podcasting questions...
Future Successors in Atlanta, GA was born in 2012 by Niki Watson as the founder of the nonprofit. The organization encourages underrepresented youth to find their passion to live out their purpose by equipping them with entrepreneurship and...
Michele Pearson Tucker is a special ally to B Local Georgia who has committed her life to leading community initiatives, working collaboratively with local organizations, and providing financial empowerment. Michele is a proud business owner of an...
In 2006, Beth Armknecht Miller founded Executive Velocity as an outlet for her trademark enthusiasm and energy for assisting clients with their most valuable asset – their people. Through her proven approaches, she provides expert advice on...
Anita Ward is an Applied Cultural Anthropologist whose Ph.D. and career have been dedicated to culture, purpose, and the growth and transformation of organizations. Considered a corporate shaman, Anita has led organizations that include JPM...
Scott Sadler, CFA is the Founder and President of Boardwalk Capital Management in Atlanta, GA. Scott is a 30+year veteran of the investment industry. He leads all investment research and management for Boardwalk. His experience includes wealth...
James Carbary is the Author of Content-Based Networking, Founder of Sweet Fish Media (an Inc. 5000 B2B podcasting agency), Young Married Christian (a media company on a mission to end the foster care crisis), and Showcase (a SaaS platform that helps...
Kevin Rogers is the founder of SHWAXX Laboratories and an admired leader in the B Corp and social impact community around Metro Atlanta. After serving 30 yrs. as a licensed Master Barber and Licensed Barber instructor, opening, and selling a couple...
In this episode, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Brandon Hatton, the Author of Conscious Wealth: Money, Investing, and a Financial Awaking for the Person Who Has it All. Brandon draws on the wisdom he’s gained through his own experiences in...
Rachelle Kuramoto is an award-winning writer and brand strategist who balances creative and business acumen with deep empathy. As the vice president of brand and content for Dragon Army, she guides organizations to articulate what makes them...
“We” do not exist as isolated individuals. We, as individuals, are inhabitants of networks; we are relationships. That is how we prosper and thrive. Brandon Pelissero inhabits relationships and networks locally, nationally, and globally within B2B...
Presenting a sneak peek of the newest show in Chat With Leaders Media Network, Future Health NOW hosted by Shavonne Reed. Every day, there are public health crises threatening the livelihoods of our families and communities. While the novel...
Dalia Racine is the Douglas County, Georgia District Attorney and today’s featured guest. Dalia brings almost 15 years of prosecutorial experience to serve our community with specializations in homicides, crimes against women and children, and...
Ashley Rutland and Tiffany Pearson-Kilgore are the Co-CEOs of Planned to A.T., a nonprofit organization that curates interactive game-style workshops to teach financial literacy and life skills to students and student-athletes from diverse...
Chris Sizemore is CEO of Creative Mischief, an Atlanta-based marketing, and branding agency, founded in 2008. As CEO, Chris leads the strategic mission to bring brands to life through a human-centered marketing approach that drives and inspires...
Matt Stevens joined Creature Comforts Brewing Co. in September 2017 as its first Director of Strategic Impact, his role was to ensure the business was making meaningful investments in both their employees and their city. His team now leads their two...
We welcome back the incredible Vicki Flier Hudson, CEO of Highroad Global Services, to chat with Jeff Bond about how leaders can better engage in depolarizing dialogues to resolve conflict in the workplace and in their everyday lives. Spoiler alert:...