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Jonathan Holmes, Mighty 8th Media

July 22, 2024 by John Ray

Good2Give Podcast

Jonathan Holmes, Mighty 8th Media

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Jonathan Holmes, Mighty 8th Media, (Good2Give Podcast, Episode 11)

In this episode of the Good2Give Podcast, hosted by Maria Walden and DePriest Waddy from the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia, the focus is on the intersection of philanthropy, the creative economy, and community development. Special guest Jonathan Holmes from Mighty 8th Media, a creative marketing agency, shares insights about his company’s role in driving economic growth through creative industries such as marketing, video production, and branding. The episode highlights the upcoming Good2Give gala on August 16, 2024, which will showcase various nonprofit organizations in the arts, emphasizing the importance of the arts in community and economic development. Additionally, the conversation delves into initiatives like food insecurity and the role of the arts in fostering community engagement and human worth.

The Good2Give Podcast is presented by the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia. The show is produced by John Ray and the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link.

Jonathan Holmes, Managing Partner, Mighty 8th Media LLC

Jonathan Holmes is co-founder and Managing Partner and CFO of Mighty 8th Media, a full-service marketing and creative agency. The agency was founded in 2005 and has grown to be an Inc 5000 -ranked top 50 Marketing Agencies in Atlanta, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle 2017 & 2018. His agency has been awarded Best Places to Work in Atlanta, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2019 and Best Places to Work in Georgia in 2010 and 2016.

Jonathan is a highly trained professional in accounting, non-profit operations, marketing, web and strategic planning with over 35 years of hands-on experience in revenue growth, organizational development, brand repositioning and entrepreneurial start-ups.

He is a native South Carolinian and graduate from the University of South Carolina. A 2018 Graduate of Leadership Gwinnett and 2022 LG Alumni Chair, having lived in Gwinnett for 21 years, Gwinnett is his “hometown.” He is an avid supporter, helping to make Gwinnett Great as a growing county to lead the Atlanta Metro Region supporting a diverse population. He currently serves as Board Chair of Artworks Gwinnett. Most recently, through his leadership efforts, Artworks has undertaken a Master Plan for Gwinnett’s Creative Economy – growing the Arts, Entertainment and Technology sector as an economic engine for Gwinnett.

He is a board member of the Gwinnett Chamber, a board member of the Gwinnett Parks Foundation, an advisor and investor in Partnership Gwinnett, and a Chairman’s Club member of the Gwinnett Chamber. He also serves on the Board of Visitors of Georgia Gwinnett College and the Georgia Gwinnett College Foundation Development Committee. Most recently, he was appointed as a board member of Pinnacle Bank, based in Elberton, GA.

Mighty 8th Media LLC

Headquartered in the heart of historic Buford, GA, Mighty 8th is an award-winning, nationally recognized marketing and creative agency. Founded in 2005 by industry veterans Jonathan Holmes and Bradley Sherwood, Mighty 8th has become synonymous with producing powerful campaigns that drive business and make a lasting impact. The agency provides everything from strategy and creative development to website design and broadcast production for local, national and international clients across a variety of industries, including Alta Refrigeration, ClearStar, Consolidated Banking Services, Emory University, Gwinnett County Public Schools, Hyster Company, MegaSlab, Pinnacle Bank, Porter Steel, Primus Builders and Reeves Young, and State Road Tollway Authority (Peach Pass).

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00:00 Introduction to the Good2Give Podcast
00:38 Meet Jonathan Holmes from Mighty 8th Media
02:12 The Creative Economy and Community Initiatives
02:56 Upcoming Good2Give Event Details
05:05 Exploring the Creative Economy
10:32 The Role of Arts in Economic Development
13:37 The Impact of Arts on Community and Youth
17:56 The Art of Giving and Food Insecurity
27:20 Mighty 8th Media’s Marketing Expertise
33:18 Closing Remarks and Contact Information

The Good2Give Podcast celebrates the work of donors, nonprofits, and the causes they care about. DePriest Waddy and Maria Walden-Sullivan are the show’s hosts, and the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia is the presenting sponsor.

The Good2Give Podcast is produced by John Ray and the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. You can also find the show on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and many others.

At the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia, everything they do centers around one purpose: improving the world through the power of philanthropy.

On a fundamental level, they do that through managing funds held in trust, donated by individuals, organizations, and businesses. Most funds are donor-advised funds, similar to savings accounts. These funds are pooled for investment purposes, and their income is used to make grants for a wide variety of charitable purposes.

But the Foundation’s goals extend far beyond managing funds. They desire to strengthen the communities they serve in Gwinnett, Northeast Georgia, and beyond by providing leadership, addressing community needs, and assisting individuals and organizations with their charitable giving.

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Kyle Waide, Atlanta Community Food Bank

September 2, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Kyle Waide, Atlanta Community Food Bank

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North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 511)

Kyle Waide, President and CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, joined host John Ray on this edition of North Fulton Business Radio to discuss ACFB and its work across 29 Georgia counties. Kyle shared his background and the passion he developed at an early age for fighting food insecurity, the widespread support ACFB receives from corporate, small business, and individual donors, news of a $200,000 grant from Kroger to improve the organization’s technology capabilities, and much more.

North Fulton Business Radio is produced and broadcast by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Atlanta Community Food Bank

Atlanta Community Food Bank works with more than 700 nonprofit partners—including food pantries, community kitchens, childcare centers, shelters, and senior centers—to distribute over 67 million meals to more than 1 million people estimated to be food insecure due to COVID-19 in 29 counties across metro Atlanta and north Georgia.

They are a member of Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity.

Atlanta Community Food Bank partners with food pantries, community kitchens, childcare centers, night shelters, and senior centers that receive food and goods from us. In turn, these partners provide food and other critical resources for the more than 1 million people estimated to be food insecure due to COVID-19 in their service area who suffer from hunger and food insecurity.

Atlanta Community Food Bank’s mission is to fight hunger by engaging, educating, and empowering its community. While their core work is food distribution, their efforts extend far beyond that. Their mission is lived out every day by engaging, educating, and empowering both people in need and those who want to help. From volunteering to assisting people in finding economic security, the Atlanta Community Food Bank covers a wide range of opportunities for people to learn and get involved.

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Kyle Waide, President and CEO, Atlanta Community Food Bank

As President and CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, Kyle Waide oversees the distribution of nearly 75 million pounds of food and grocery products each year through a network of 700 local and regional partner non-profit organizations that feed those in need across 29 Georgia counties.

Prior to being named CEO in June of 2015, Kyle served for three years as the Food Bank’s Vice President of Partner Operations, leading the organization to record-breaking years of food distribution to the hungry. Prior to joining the Food Bank, Kyle held several management roles at The Home Depot Inc. in disaster relief, corporate responsibility, community affairs and store operations. He also previously served as part of the management team that created and launched Charity Navigator, the nation’s premier charity evaluation service. Kyle is a graduate of Harvard University.

He currently serves as the Chair of the Southeast Regional Cooperative and the Vice Chair of the Georgia Food Bank Association. Kyle also is a member of the National Affiliate Council and the Policy, Education and Advocacy Committee for Feeding America, for which he also chairs the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee. He serves on the boards of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and Goodwill of North Georgia. He is a member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2015, the Rotary Club of Atlanta, the Community Advisory Board for The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc., the Super Bowl LIII Host Committee Advisory Board, and the Committee For A Better Atlanta.

Kyle resides in Atlanta, GA with his wife, Christina, and their three children.

Questions and Topics in the Interview:

Who ACFB serves
The demand on the Food Bank as need increases
Kyle’s journey to ACFB
How the Food Bank and regional organizations intersect
Kroger’s involvement and their recent contribution
Georgia Accounting Food Fight

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.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Special thanks to A&S Culinary Concepts for their support of this edition of North Fulton Business Radio. A&S Culinary Concepts, based in Johns Creek, is an award-winning culinary studio, celebrated for corporate catering, corporate team building, Big Green Egg Boot Camps, and private group events. They also provide oven-ready, cooked-from-scratch meals to go they call “Let Us Cook for You.” To see their menus and events, go to their website or call 678-336-9196.

Food Insecurity in Gwinnett County

September 9, 2021 by Mike

Giving Back To Gwinnett

Food Insecurity in Gwinnett County

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Heather Loveridge, Muriam Nafees, Ryan Jones and Fay Josephs

Muriam Nafees/Project Coordinator, Volunteer Gwinnett

Volunteer Gwinnett is a county-wide volunteer program designed to involve residents in volunteer activities. Gwinnett County depends on volunteers to help provide residents with the best services and programs possible. Their volunteers directly contribute to the excellent quality of life residents enjoy in the community.

Ryan Jones/Director of Community Development, Neighborhood Co-operative Ministries

Neighborhood Cooperative Ministries (NCM) is a faith-based, non-profit, ecumenical ministry dedicated to providing emergency assistance to families in Norcross, Peachtree Corners, Doraville and Tucker, Georgia of Gwinnett County. NCM is supported by twenty three local churches and numerous businesses, civic and social organizations, foundations, and individuals.

Fay Josephs/Founder and Executive Director, Mending the Gap

Mending the Gap provides seniors with one-on-one supportive services that will meet their basic needs and alleviate isolation while creating healthy and fulfilling relationships. Their mission is keeping seniors healthy, independent, and connected.

Host: Heather Loveridge/Magnolia Media Group

At the heart of marketing is great storytelling – and that’s what they do at Magnolia Media Group. Whether it’s through social media, e-newsletters, websites, brochures or complete marketing services, they help organizations tell their story.

Giving Back to Gwinnett is presented by:

Lisa Scarpinato with Kitchen on the Street and Dr Steve Chakmakian with UnitedHealthcare E18

May 2, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Lisa Scarpinato with Kitchen on the Street and Dr Steve Chakmakian with UnitedHealthcare E18

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Lisa Scarpinato with Kitchen on the Street and Dr Steve Chakmakian with UnitedHealthcare E18

Kitchen on the Street is a locally founded nonprofit organization that comes alongside children in need at the intersection of nutrition and academic excellence. For more information please visit www.KitchenOnTheStreet.org

Lisa Scarpinato is the Chief Executive Office and co-founder of Kitchen on the Street. Her community involvement includes volunteer work at homeless shelters and food banks like Phoenix Rescue Mission, as well as churches and outreach programs locally and abroad.

Attending grade school and high school in the Valley, she feels a great sense of urgency to improve the lives of impoverished children in Arizona.

Lisa is a recipient of the POINTS OF LIGHT AWARD in recognition of her community service and involvement in co-founding Kitchen on the Street. In 2010 she received the Women Doing Good Award presented by Self Magazine and L’Oreal and appeared on the Today Show.

She is a member of the President’s Circle, an Advisory Committee of Paradise Valley Community College and is a Class 34 Graduate of the Valley Leadership Institute and most recently was awarded the Leader with Distinction Award from ONE.

Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn and follow Kitchen on the Street on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Steve Chakmakian, D.O. joined UnitedHealthcare in January, 2011 as Chief Medical Officer for UHC Community Plan in Arizona. UHCCP currently serves approximately 450,000 Arizonans who qualify for Medicaid, or Medicare and Medicaid, as Dual Special Needs members. The individuals are served through four health plans, including plan types for individuals with developmental disabilities, long-term care services and supports, as well as persons with complex congenital and chronic conditions.

Dr. Chakmakian is a Family Practice Physician with over 14 years managed care experience in Arizona. He completed his residency training at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ and practiced medicine in Phoenix prior to becoming a full-time Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Managed Care Organization Medical Director.

Dr. Chakmakian attended Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine after graduating from the University of San Diego. Steve grew up in Tucson, AZ. He currently resides in Paradise Valley with his wife Kristin of 16 years, who is a practicing Pediatrician.

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About 3C Amplified

3C Amplified is a space to highlight businesses, nonprofit organizations and individuals collaborating to amplify their impact in the community. We share real world examples for how partnerships allow for growth both within our businesses and our communities. Listen in as we share how others are connecting, creating and collaborating and how you can be part of something greater.

About Jacqueline Destremps

Jacqueline Destremps is a creative marketing strategist and founded Another Hand Advantage, LLC in 2014 to help community minded small business owners and nonprofit professionals move forward more confidently with their marketing strategy. After graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in Psychology, she has spent her professional career working in both the nonprofit and for-profit sector.

She now enjoys being self-employed and the flexibility it provides to allow more time to volunteer, serve on nonprofit boards, choose pro-bono projects, run 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun (which she co-founded in 2014) and travel the world. Jacqueline believes in creating connections between businesses and nonprofits in the community to stimulate growth and collaboration.

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