The Steward Chair

Dee Ann is a 33-year veteran of Chick-fil-A, Inc. Prior to retirement in 2018, she was Vice President, Talent and Vice President, Sustainability for Chick-fil-A, Inc. Selected as the company’s first female officer in 2001, she was instrumental in building and growing Chick-fil-A’s well-known culture and talent systems. During her long career, she worked closely with Chick-fil-A’s...

As President and CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, Kyle Waide oversees the distribution of nearly 70 million pounds of food and grocery products each year through a network of 600 local and regional partner non-profit organizations that feed those in need across 29 Georgia counties. Before being named CEO in June 2015, Kyle served three years as the Food Bank’s Vice President of Partne...

In today’s episode, Jeff Bond chats with Bill Treasurer, Chief Encouragement Officer at Giant Leap Consulting (GLC), a courage-building company that exists to help people and organizations be more courageous to drive superior performance. Bill talks to Jeff about the significance of courage as a core leadership characteristic, how leaders can identify what they need to start building courage, and...

In today’s episode, Jeff Bond chats with Tanya Coventry-Strader, Interim Executive Director at Mothers & Others for Clean Air, an organization working to protect children’s health by reducing the impacts of air pollution and climate change throughout the Southeast.  Tanya Coventry-Strader is a purpose-driven social impact and communications leader. After a corporate career that included execut...

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 every African country since 1988 with an annual fiscal impact exceeding $30 million. Pat talks to Jeff about the challenges of running a logistic busine...

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 indisputably an international city, and how journalism can have a global, local, and individual impact. More about Trevor Williams A versatile digital j...

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 extensive international experience working with government agencies, influencers and companies large and small. Claire talks to Jeff about how PR can be used...

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 in contact with and creating a positive social impact. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Vector employs approximately 145 employees and has addition...

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 partners with business leaders who want objective senior counsel without adding the complexity and agenda of a full-time CCO or major agency.. Patty talks...

On today’s episode, Jeff Bond chats with Cathryn Peirce, Founder and CEO of Carbon Zero Financial, a fintech company working to make carbon neutral living as simple as swiping a credit card. Carbon Zero provides white label climate technology for the automatic measurement, monitoring, and offsetting of cardholders’ carbon footprints as they spend. Cathryn talks to Jeff about putting dignity back i...

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, and open strategy. This conversation was hosted at the TAG FinTech South 2022 Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center. Ken Bellou talks with Je...

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 people’s financial freedom. This conversation was hosted at the TAG FinTech South 2022 Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center. Farrukh and As...

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 THIS EPISODE Email Commissioner Echols at techols@psc.state.ga.us   Follow on Twitter https://twitter.com/timechols   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Servicing Fle...

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 conversation as hosted at the TAG FinTech South 2022 Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center. You’ll learn more about the state of FinTech, c...

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. TAG is Georgia’s largest technology association with over 20 professional societies, 150+ events, and 30,000 members all committed to building a more in...

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, and their latest research with Georgia CEO that outlines the critical issues surrounding mental health and flexibility. More About Megan McCamey Megan M...

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 it’s the harder path, the literal differentiation and lasting relationships this creates for your business will set it up for a bright...

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 Brown, and impacting our future generations by helping them fall in love with acts of kindness and literacy. More About S...

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 insights that will help you better understand organizational psychology as a leader who wants to give their team the very best support to keep th...

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 successful business, defining company values,, building a strong company culture centered around calling and purpose, how the need for hospice car...

In this episode, Jeff chats with Jack Griffin, Founder/CEO of 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-insecure families find and get help from their closest food pantries. Over the last 9 years and throughout high school and college, Jack grew FoodFi...

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 sales leader, and what he’s learned along the journey about the requirements of a servant leader. In the end, this has helped him realize the impor...

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. Guest Bio As Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Louis Negrón is committed to supporting the young scholars who will become the leaders of tomorrow. ...

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 ingrained in their communities, and why he’s so passionate about Conscious Capitalism. Through Nigel’s leadership, Jabian has grown into one of...

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 Clancy is on to his next adventure: sharing his life experiences and wisdom as an author, speaker, and coach to help others attain fulfillment. Clancy...