Welcome to today’s episode of Magnolia Musings podcast! A podcast focusing on the influences that shape everyday decisions in our journey through life, business and careers. Today, we are joined by John D. Stephens, Founder of John D. Stephens, Inc.
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Welcome to today’s episode of Magnolia Musings podcast! A podcast focusing on the influences that shape everyday decisions in our journey through life, business and careers. Today, we are joined by Pastor Will Sheals, Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church.
Teacher, preacher and evangelist, Dr. William L. Sheals has been the Senior Pastor of Hopewell Baptist Church in Norcross, Georgia since 1980. He received a business degree from New York University and holds theological degrees from Florida Memorial Seminary and International Bible College.
Sheals’ experience in the business world includes acting as the former Vice President of the Mortgage Department of Carver Federal Savings and Loan Association in Harlem, New York. Subsequently, he managed the branch office of Beneficial Financial Company in the Bronx and worked as a disc jockey, a concert promoter and an actor and director off-Broadway. In Florida, he served as the Assistant Director of the Lakeland Housing Authority while pursuing his advanced studies there. He moved to Atlanta in 1979 to work as the Assistant Director of the Atlanta Housing Authority, but left the position after ten years to devote himself entirely to the rapidly-growing Hopewell Baptist Church, which was founded by former slaves after the Civil War.
Under Sheals’ direction since 1980, Hopewell has grown from a two-acre, one-building facility with 200 members to a thirty-acre campus called “The City of Hope,” with a membership of nearly 17,000, including over 60 ministries and auxiliaries. The City of Hope includes a senior citizens facility, a 500-member youth church, a child development center, a Christian Academy that teachers pre-school through eighth grade and a Bible College.
You can watch the video of the podcast here: https://youtu.be/x4VLCPKaTDI
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Welcome to today’s episode of Magnolia Musings podcast! A podcast focusing on the influences that shape everyday decisions in our journey through life, business and careers. Today, we are joined by Dr. Alex Estrella, Superintendent of Gwinnett County Public Schools.
Dr. Alexandra Estrella is an accomplished educational leader with more than 25 years of experience and a strong record of leading system-level change in large, complex urban school systems. She most recently served as Superintendent of Norwalk Public Schools in Connecticut, where she strengthened academic achievement, expanded student opportunities, and built a shared vision for success.
Prior to that, Dr. Estrella held leadership roles in New York City Public Schools, one of the nation’s largest and most complex school systems, serving more than 1 million students. In that role, she worked closely with the Chancellor and the senior leadership team to develop and implement strategies to better support multilingual learners and students receiving special education services across hundreds of schools.
You can watch the video of the podcast here: https://youtu.be/e70Y0ENu8Y8
For further information about Explore Gwinnett and upcoming events, visit ExploreGwinnett.org
Welcome to today’s episode of Magnolia Musings podcast! A podcast focusing on the influences that shape everyday decisions in our journey through life, business and careers. Today, we are joined by Bill Russell, founder of Russell Landscape Group, Inc. Not only a successful businessman but a person who helped shaped Gwinnett County.
In 1987, William “Bill” E. Russell started Russell Landscape Group, Inc. as a family-managed commercial landscape contract business. Headquartered in Sugar Hill, GA., the firm has grown to over 1,000 employees across 16 branches throughout the South under the guidance of owner and CEO Teddy Russell and founder Bill Russell.
Russell Landscape is the largest family-run Georgia-based commercial landscape firm.
You can watch the video of the podcast here: https://youtu.be/W_ALCfyiKxg
For further information about Explore Gwinnett and upcoming events, visit ExploreGwinnett.org
