Marie Davis, Path To Shine, Inc. (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 600)
Marie Davis, Executive Director for Path To Shine, joined host John Ray in the studio on this 600th episode of North Fulton Business Radio. Marie described the children they serve, the mentorship model and the meaningful results they see in the program, how to become a mentor, stories that illustrate their impact, how individuals and businesses can help, and much more.
North Fulton Business Radio is produced and broadcast by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.
Path To Shine, Inc.
Path To Shine®, Inc. is a mentoring and tutoring program for elementary school children in North and Middle Georgia.
Its purpose is to provide academic and social support to encourage children to thrive in school and build self-confidence to achieve their dreams.
PTS’s success stems from its principles to maintain a ratio of no more than one Mentor to two students, to have a flexible structure that adapts to each local community, and to consistently seek collaboration with other organizations.
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Marie Davis, Executive Director, Path To Shine, Inc.
Marie Davis is an Atlanta, Georgia native. After obtaining a Social Work degree at The University of Georgia, she served as a foster care coordinator for the State of Georgia, certifying foster parents and working with foster care children.
After obtaining Series 7 and 63 financial licenses, she worked with a private financial firm as Assistant to the President. While raising her two children, Marie worked for a local developer, forming relationships with County and State officials. Moving to Florida for ten years, Marie served as a Targeted Case Manager with Children’s Home Society of Florida and a certified tutor for autistic children.
Marie also served as the Director of Mentoring for Center Point, a non-profit in Hall County Georgia. She recruited and trained mentors for several school systems. She is also a Technical Assistant for www.mentoring.org, the National MENTOR program; through that program, she works with mentor programs across the country to help them with direction and development. Program innovation and designing ways to serve all children through mentorship is what she loves best about her job.
Marie also serves on the Georgia Mentor Provider Council. Currently, Marie is the Program Manager for Georgia Center for Employee Ownership, directing the opening of the Georgia program.
Questions and Topics in this Interview
- Tell us about Path To Shine, Inc.
- What attracted you to the program?
- Your work as a Technical Assistant for MENTOR National…tell us about that and what that means for Path To Shine, Inc.
- Now that you have been in the role for a full year, how have you changed things?
- How can people help other than mentor?
North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.
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