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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Shawn Thompson

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading African Americans Shawn Thompson Shawn Thompson is a professional problem solver. With 18 years of industry experience and six years as a business owner, Thompson has grown his idea into a leading company within a competitive $21 billion industry. He helps his faithful customers decide which promotional items will yield the greatest rewards both in brand awareness and in name recognition. Thompson is quite adept at finding solutions to complex issues. For him, problem solving is what entrepreneurship and leadership is all about. “Great leadership is critical to the success of any entrepreneurial effort,” Thompson said. “A successful entrepreneur is one who has the ability to solve [...]

By |February 15th, 2018|African Americans, Biography, Nashville Business, Nashville Leading 100|Comments Off on NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Shawn Thompson
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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Susan Vanderbilt

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading Women Susan Vanderbilt Born and raised in Nashville and currently residing in Murfreesboro, Susan Vanderbilt is native to Middle Tennessee. She studied social science and speech and hearing science at Tennessee State University and proceeded to hone her knowledge and skills as a communication specialist. Passionate about helping people grow and connect, her transition to business development and diversity inclusion was a natural fit. With encouragement from project executives of several local, national, and international construction management firms, Susan started Entrée Savvy in 2013. She has had the pleasure of performing as the diversity inclusion manager on the construction management teams for the Music City Center Project [...]

By |February 14th, 2018|African Americans, Biography, Nashville Business, Nashville Leading 100, Women|Comments Off on NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Susan Vanderbilt
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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Angela Morrow

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading Women Angela Morrow Angela Morrow is an Administrative Assistant and Prayer Partner Coordinator with the Total Christian Television (TCT) Network in Nashville. She intercedes for people from all over the country who call in to the network for prayer. She also recruits, trains, schedules, and supervises volunteer prayer partners. She considers it a privilege and an honor to serve God in this way. The Nashville station receives over 300 prayer calls per month, resulting in many people being saved, healed, encouraged, and set free! Angela grew up in Topeka, KS where she received 11 years of private piano instruction from the late Dolores Collins Studio in Topeka, [...]

By |February 13th, 2018|African Americans, Biography, Gospel, Nashville Business, Nashville Leading 100|Comments Off on NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Angela Morrow
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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Yolanda J. Jackson

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading Women Yolanda J Jackson Yolanda J. Jackson, an educator, uses the landscape of Music City Nashville to create platforms for teachers and professionals from the entertainment industry to share knowledge to engage students to excel in high school and to gain transferable skills for employment. Yolanda is an educator for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. Currently, she holds the position of academy coach for Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School. As an academy coach, she serves as a liaison between the school and the business community supporting the career academy model. The career academy approach is high school reform that attempts to create a more supportive and personalized learning [...]

By |February 12th, 2018|African Americans, Biography, Education, Entertainment, Nashville Business, Nashville Leading 100|Comments Off on NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Yolanda J. Jackson
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WilliamsonBusiness.Com 100 Leading Women 2018: Laura Dahl

Click Here To Listen Williamson Business 100 Leading Women Laura Dahl Laura Dahl, Principal Broker and Owner of Music City Experts, LLC a deliberately different residential real estate firm located in Franklin, TN. Laura is the daughter of a successful Realtor and can remember asking her mother at the dining room table if they could talk about anything other than real estate. Now, her children do the same to her. Laura brings over 20 years of experience selling residential real estate. She has been a broker in VA, SC, and in TN. Laura earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and Criminal Justice from Old Dominion University where she intended to pursue a career [...]

By |February 9th, 2018|Biography, Leading Women, Nashville Business, Nashville Leading 100, Real Estate, Women|Comments Off on WilliamsonBusiness.Com 100 Leading Women 2018: Laura Dahl
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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Sonya Hairston

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading Women Sonya Hairston Sonya Hairston is an experienced senior executive, with several years of success in financial management, production, sales, marketing and negotiations. Her general management background includes reorganizing and integrating new operations, team building, budget creation and management, establishing strategic alliances and joint ventures; while in every situation improving revenue growth and profitability. As a turnaround specialist, Hairston successfully focused on organizations in the entertainment industry – most specifically the Music, Film and Non-Profit Marketplaces. She is also President and CEO of her own companies, Classic Affairs, Inc. and Noteably Nashville, LLC. Classic Affairs’ mission is to provide etiquette and protocol training to business executives traveling [...]

By |February 9th, 2018|African Americans, Biography, Nashville Business, Nashville Leading 100, Women|Comments Off on NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Sonya Hairston
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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Michelle Moore

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading Women Michelle Moore Michelle Moore understands what it takes to produce at a high level. Abandoned as a child by both her parents, Michelle evolved into a powerhouse business woman. Michelle has earned over 40 sales, leadership, and literary awards throughout her career. And most recently, she became the second person ever from Tennessee to originate a national designation for real estate agents. She travels the country as an award-winning author, inspirational and motivational speaker, leadership coach, and sales trainer. Also, Michelle serves at WHTN as an on-air interviewer and talk show host. She enjoys coaching, motivating, and inspiring men and women looking to achieve the highest [...]

By |February 9th, 2018|Biography, Gospel, Nashville Business, Nashville Leading 100, Real Estate, Women|Comments Off on NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Michelle Moore
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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Patrycya King Williams

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading Women Patrycya King Williams Patrycya King Williams, a Nashville native born into an iconic music family, acquired an aptitude for reading music and playing instruments at a young age. However, Patrycya’s expertise transcends the realm of music: Her experience as a Marketing and Public Relations Manager in a Fortune 500 company served not only as a building block to strengthen her own corporate dexterity, but also as a catalyst in constructing her own company, PK Williams Enterprises. As CEO, she is multifaceted and instrumental in creating opportunities for her clients through brand development, planning/execution of tours, securing speaking engagements, and creating extensive marketing proposals. She scouts talented [...]

By |February 8th, 2018|African Americans, Biography, Nashville Business, Nashville Leading 100|Comments Off on NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Patrycya King Williams
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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Cordia Wilkinson Harrington

Cordia Wilkinson Harrington is an entrepreneur who has excelled in manufacturing, transportation, the quick service restaurant segment, and real estate and construction. Harrington is owner & founder of The Bakery Cos., which bakes over 7 million baked goods daily and employs more than 500 people, serving elite customers in the United States, Caribbean and South America. In addition, her businesses include Bakery Express (trucking) and Cold Storage of Nashville (a freezer facility). Harrington’s focus on regulations, sustainability, employee policies and development have led the company to grow organically into a state-of-the-art business, winning Wholesale Bakery of the Year in 2010, McDonald’s Supplier Leadership Award (2012) and Nashville Business Journal’s Best in Business Award (2017) and [...]

By |February 8th, 2018|Biography, Cooking / Food, Nashville Business, Nashville Leading 100, Women|Comments Off on NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Cordia Wilkinson Harrington
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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Deniece Barnes

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading Women Deniece Barnes Deniece Barnes is a radio magazine host, television personality, executive producer, entrepreneur and community advocate for youth empowerment and employment. She is the host of two very successful radio shows. “IN THE KNOW” Radio Magazine Show is the answer to what the radio audience has been craving. Deniece conducts insightful, compelling interviews with highly sought after celebrity guests providing expertise in the areas of fashion, health and wellness, relationships, food & nutrition, and more. The show is a production of Crosswind Media Advertising. Sedgewick Lloyd and Deniece Barnes serve as Executive Producers. “IN THE KNOW” Radio Magazine Show, formerly known as DIFFERENCES Radio Magazine [...]

By |February 7th, 2018|Biography, Leading Women, Nashville Business, Nashville Leading 100, Radio, Women|Comments Off on NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Deniece Barnes
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