“Food, Faith, and Feelings” Podcast Episode from April 16, 2017
THE DR. DIONNE SHOW: Women and Finance After Death & Divorce
This episode of “The Dr. Dionne Show” features an informative and enlightening discussion about the financial steps and decisions women should make after losing a spouse, either through divorce or death. Three experts representing divorce law and financial planning share their personal and professional lessons. Their discussion includes themes such as the importance of increasing financial awareness, always knowing one’s household financial status, and lifting the burden of female socialization requiring women to always “put others first”.
Jerri Hewett Miller/Wealth Horizon
Wealth Horizon was founded in 1998 as a comprehensive financial planning and investment advisory firm that acts as a fiduciary for their clients. They are advocates for their clients’ financial future. Their tag line is “the confidence to move forward”. They specialize in helping people through life’s transitions. They believe that money is a tool that can exponentially expand their sense of well-being when it is being put to use in line with your personal values, leaving you time to focus on the relationships that are most important to you.
Eileen and Mona Shuman/Shuman & Shuman Family Law
With more than 40 years of combined experience, attorneys Mona S. Shuman and Eileen J. Shuman of Shuman & Shuman Family Law have the compassion, tenacity, and expertise required to successfully resolve family-related legal situations in Atlanta and the surrounding area. A mother-daughter attorney team, Mona and Eileen understand the intricate relationships among family members and work with unmatched passion to achieve their clients’ goals for mediation, negotiation, or in the courtroom. Together, they achieve success for their clients in matters including divorce, custody, child support, alimony, division of property, domestic violence, prenuptial agreements, post-divorce modification, and several other family legal matters.
HOST: Dr. Dionne Wright Poulton
Dionne Wright Poulton, Ph.D., is an HR and Leadership Consultant, Educator, Author, Speaker, and Owner of Poulton Consulting Group, LLC, an HR and leadership consulting business specializing in diversity and inclusion, equity, bias, intercultural communication, adult learning, adult behavior, and conflict mediation. Since its inception in 2004, Poulton Consulting Group has worked with a wide range of diverse clients in the U.S. and Canada including many in the San Francisco tech and digital marketing industry; K-12 schools and higher education; and many corporate and service industries. Poulton Consulting Group is also a government-approved business for local, state and federal level contracts.
Dr. Wright Poulton is author of the acclaimed book “It’s Not Always Racist…but Sometimes It Is” which is an extension of her PhD dissertation at the University of Georgia where she researched the racial biases and assumptions of teachers. She is also a certified K-12 teacher whose work is inspired by her 16 years of cumulative experiences as a high school teacher and university instructor in public and private institutions in Canada and the United States. Additionally, Dr. Wright Poulton has earned professional degrees from San Francisco State University (M.A.), the University of Toronto/OISE (B.Ed.), and from Rice University (B.A.) in Houston, TX where she was a former NCAA Division I track and field scholarship athlete.
In 2014, Profiles In Diversity Journal identified Dr. Wright Poulton as “a woman to watch.” She has presented social commentary in print media in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, as well as on numerous radio shows including CBS Radio stations in Atlanta, GA and on Tavis Smiley’s Radio Show. “The Dr Dionne Show” debuted in 2016 on Business RadioX with a focus on smart dialogue about diversity, leadership, and behavior in the workplace and beyond.
Dr. Wright Poulton is originally from Toronto, Canada and is a former member of Canada’s National Track and Field Team. She currently lives with her husband and two daughters in Snellville, GA.
To book Dr. Dionne Poulton as a speaker for your next event, or to facilitate one of her innovative professional development workshops based on her PhD research, you can reach her through:
Email: dionne@poultonconsultinggroup.com
Phone: 404-323-3842 or 1-877-263-2227 (internationally)
Facebook: The Dr. Dionne Show
LinkedIn: @Dr Dionne (Wright) Poulton
Twitter: @DrDionnePoulton
For more information, visit Dr. Poulton’s business website: www.poultonconsultinggroup.com
TIFFANY KRUMINS SHOW: Cindy Quinlan with Gwinnett County School System and Emma Hearn with These Moments Captured
Tiffany and Steven are broadcasting this week’s show from the PGA Champions Tour Mitsubishi Electric Classic at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, GA.
Cindy Quinlan/Gwinnett County School System
The Brookwood Entrepreneurship Program offers students an opportunity to earn their Language Arts and Career and Technical course credit in a non-traditional format while learning to launch their very own business. This co-curricular classroom includes a unique approach to language arts instruction. Students will develop all the skills of a standard language arts class in a non-traditional project-based, technology-rich learning environment. Critical thinking and reading skills, communicative arts, and research techniques relevant to all entrepreneurs in the business world will be employed in the development of the small business plan.
Emma Hearn/These Moments Captured
Emma Hearn with These Moments Captured is a local photographer and artist in the metro Atlanta area, attending Brookwood High School in Snellville, GA. She is a strong believer in loving others deeply for who they are not just what happened to them in the past.
“I love people. I love days where I can sit and talk to someone for hours and hear them pour their hearts out when telling me their story. I believe that everyone is unique and everyone deserves to feel like they are a masterpiece. There are a million things I want to do with this sweet life of mine but most of all I just want people to know they aren’t alone and they are always enough.”
Douglas Erdman with The Flying Locksmiths and Louise Dillard with The Dillard House
Douglas Erdman/The Flying Locksmiths
The Flying Locksmiths is an all-inclusive security provider. They are the first and only nationwide commercial locksmithing company. Their services range from antique locks and keys, all the way to card access systems, video surveillance, full door replacements, panic devices, door closers, and fully integrated master key systems. They pride themselves in their ability to provide incredibly fast service, while maintaining a friendly family-like atmosphere. They consider their company to be a blend of old school ideals, and new age technology, resulting in a mix that offers the latest and best tech with a friendly neighborly smile. If it’s on your door, they will service it. They are family owned and operated since 1946. The founder William McMenimon was both a pilot and a locksmith, so his friends started calling him The Flying Locksmith. Hence, the name. Over the years, they have stayed true to the values that have kept them in business all this time. Choose The Flying Locksmiths for your security needs and you will not be disappointed!
Louise Dillard/The Dillard House
Nestled on a plateau in the picturesque Little Tennessee River Valley of north Georgia, The Dillard House boasts a breathtaking view of the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains. Known as the oldest mountains in North America, Blue Ridge gets its name from the enchanting blue-gray fog that wisps through the hills, sometimes obscuring the sun. Guests of The Dillard House can enjoy this natural spectacle from the front porch and, depending on the season and available light, will witness colors of blue, gray, purple or silver. No matter the time of year, it truly is a memorable vision. Beauty abounds at The Dillard House. Their newly renovated guestrooms, charming suites and cottages, and secluded mountainside chalets are surrounded with nature’s splendor and fragrance throughout the year. No matter the season, nature provides a backdrop of brilliant color.
MASTERMIND YOUR LAUNCH: Al Meyers and Amyn Sadruddin with TiE Atlanta
Al Meyers/TiE Atlanta
Al Meyers, the Executive Director of TiE Atlanta, is an entrepreneur and media executive with more than 25 years of experience across Fortune 500 companies, for-profit and nonprofit startups. Meyers has launched two award-winning, sustainable, Atlanta-based nonprofit organizations: TEDxPeachtree and the Atlanta Music Project. Both are successful community assets that have made a significant social impact in Metro Atlanta. TEDxPeachtree has become the premier TEDx event in Georgia and one of the leading TEDx events in the world, with several talks garnering millions of views. The Atlanta Music Project is the first music program in the state of Georgia inspired by the globally acclaimed Venezuelan youth music program, El Sistema. AMP is an intensive music program for at-risk youth right in their neighborhood and now serves hundreds of at-risk youth across several locations in Metro Atlanta who are now on a path to college and career.
Previously, Meyers ran his own boutique consulting practice, Saisei Consulting, a provider of strategy and corporate development advisory services to early-stage, growth-stage and mature digital media companies around the world. Al has advised several startups in the areas of digital media, 3D technology, online games and games for K-12 education. Al has spoken to external audiences on such topics as disruptive innovation in education, and the role of online games outside of the “purely entertainment” arena.
Meyers accumulated more than two decades of experience in the media and entertainment industry with several Fortune 100 companies. He served as Vice President of Strategic Planning at Turner where he was a founding member of GameTap, and facilitated the sale of GameTap to a French company in 2008. Meyers spent nearly 13 years at the company (1995-2008) and spent considerable time on M&A transactions and strategy development for Turner (and across Time Warner) and its portfolio of businesses, with an emphasis on Cartoon Network.
Al received his Bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and his Masters in Business Administration from the Leonard Stern School of Business at New York University.
Amyn Sadruddin/ TiE Atlanta
With a “how can I help you?” mentality, Amyn serves the entrepreneurial community by bringing together over 80 educational programming annually and connecting movers & shakers to the TiE Atlanta ecosystem of mentorship. Amyn has years of experience in helping early stage startups and aspiring entrepreneurs to get connected in Atlanta and utilize its rich resources. His passion to help people grown which can be seen and felt, when you meet him at TiE Atlanta and around the community.
Stefanie Diaz/Mastermind Your Launch
Stefanie Diaz has always had a keen ability for developing marketing strategies for entrepreneurs, but it’s her ability to position startups for accelerated momentum through personal branding and content marketing that has become the cornerstone to her professional success. Her background includes being a strategic adviser to CEO’s spanning startup phase to over $100 million in annual revenue. She has led strategic partnerships with global retailers and Fortune 500 companies, as well as facilitated multi-million dollar government contracts. There is something magnetic about the energy of startup founders that draws Stefanie in. They’re hungry, driven, and committed to making positive change for themselves and the greater community. Learn more at MastermindYourLaunch.com.
Philip Wahl with Kale Me Crazy
Philip Wahl/Kale Me Crazy
Kale Me Crazy is a new, fast growing health food restaurant. They are all about promoting healthy living through fresh organic and natural foods, providing a fast and convenient alternative to traditional fast food restaurants. Kale me Crazy serves wraps, salads, acai bowls, cold pressed juices, delicious smoothies, energy shots and soups, all made from scratch, all made from fresh fruits and vegetables delivered daily. They even make their own almond milk! They also feature cleansing packages that are the perfect support system to your healthy lifestyle. Visit their restaurant and catch the healthy vibe. They also offer catering for your next meeting, special event or sports outing. Their motto says it all: “Healthy habits start here”.
Jack Berube with Zenergyst Technologies, Dr. Jyotir Jani with Piedmont Physicians at Johns Creek, and Chris LaMorte with Web Chimpy
Jack Berube/Zenergyst Technologies
Zenergyst is THE operating system for real estate agents – a single cloud platform with all of the necessary applications to run a real estate business entirely from the cloud. Agents can acquire and manage customers using Zenergyst’s lead capture, drip marketing and CRM, and can empower their business process with work flow checklists, integrated electronic signatures and shareable document storage. Also a “one of a kind” consumer dashboard introduces never before seen transparency for consumers into the real estate transaction. Zenergyst is a portfolio company of the National Association of REALTORS.
Dr. Jyotir Jani/Piedmont Physicians at John’s Creek
A private, not-for-profit organization serving nearly 2 million patients across Georgia, Piedmont is transforming healthcare, creating a destination for the best clinicians and a one-of-a-kind experience that always puts patients first. Today, more than 110 years since it was founded, Piedmont is known as a leading health system in cancer care, treatment of heart disease and organ transplantation with 7 hospitals, 19 urgent care centers, 94 physician practice locations – including Piedmont Physicians at Johns Creek – and 1615 Piedmont Clinic members. Their 16,500 employees dedicate themselves to making a positive difference in every life they touch and their commitment doesn’t stop there. In 2016, Piedmont provided more than $142 million in uncompensated care and invested an additional $9.6 million in community benefit programming.
Chris LaMorte/Web Chimpy
Web Chimpy is an innovative marketing company that builds websites for small businesses and helps market them online. They use a proprietary software that helps speed up their processes so they can get great results at an affordable price.
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Mike Maloney & Geoff Gilliand with TPC Sugarloaf and Lisa Ezzard with Tiger Mountain Vineyards
Geoff Gilliand & Mike Maloney/TPC Sugarloaf
Owned and operated by the PGA TOUR, TPC Sugarloaf offers 27 holes of magnificent golf designed by Greg Norman, and an array of amenities with the personalized service and privileges that have become synonymous with the PGA TOUR’s acclaimed TPC Network of premier clubs. They are very excited about the possibility of hosting your event. From their tournament-tested golf course to well-appointed clubhouse to exceptional dining experiences, TPC Sugarloaf has consistently upheld the PGA TOUR’s highest standards. For more than three decades, their refusal to compromise when it comes to quality has been recognized with countless honors and accolades.
Lisa Ezzard/Tiger Mountain Vineyards
Tiger Mountain Vineyards, a boutique north Georgia winery, cultivates all of its grapes and produces all of its handcrafted wines in the mountains of Rabun County. The winery, along with its historic Red Barn Cafe, is jointly owned by four native Georgians: John and Martha Ezzard and John and Marilyn McMullan.
Tiger Mountain Vineyards is proud of the old-world methods used in creating their handcrafted wines. They produce traditional dry wines in the European style from each of their grape varieties, three red blends, and an award-winning semi-dry Rose as well as a late-harvest dessert wine. Their red wines are fermented in small-batch open tanks. Each tank is meticulously monitored and tended by hand. White wines are fermented in French oak barrels and bottled precisely when the desired crispness is achieved. They barrel age their reds for two years in American oak. All of Tiger Mountain wines are delicately pressed using water pressure. While continuing to focus on traditional methods, Tiger Mountain Vineyards has recently invested in expert consultation so that they may continue improving each new vintage of their top-quality wines.
