Local Leaders

Marla Wilson has spent her entire career in rehab hospitals, learning from great leaders who knew how to run a proper program.

Mike “Coop” Cooper has always loved the band Journey. As a kid in Dallas, he would sit on the floor with a pair of headphones on and one of their albums playing and do his best to work through the various chords of a song.

As one of the only female spine surgeons in North Texas, Dr. Jessica Shellock stands out in all the pictures with her 19 male surgeon colleagues.

Jennifer Scott has spent her working life perfecting her hiring skills.

Stephanie Jeffrey knows it isn't uncommon for Capital One associates to have children pop in while video chatting online. Jeffrey's 10-year-old child has been known to do so from time to time.

For 12 years, Jay Veal, also known as the Stylish Tutor, has been an educator. Pivoting from IT into the field of education, Veal has worked at every level in the education system.

Small businesses are struggling to survive in the midst of a global pandemic, but Black-owned businesses are being hit the hardest.

Ralph Harper was a young boy when he watched a childhood friend get beaten with an extension cord. His friend's mother wielded it. She had ordered her son to lie down on a table and proceeded to beat him with it.

When Psyche Terry founded UI Global Brands, she had a very clear mission in mind. “I wanted to be able to provide everyone with personal care products that would be clean, but also will be affordable and accessible.

Adrienne Trimble started her career working as a receptionist in the HR department of a Cincinnati hospital. Even then, she was keenly interested in people and the ways they related to one another and interacted in the workplace.