Season 1

Aug. 10, 2021

Unique Leaders: Marcus Ellis

Marcus Ellis was born in Pensacola, Florida at the beginning of the funky 1970s. He never lost the groove and flow of that period and has remained funky to this day. From the moment he came into this world, Marcus has had a …
Aug. 3, 2021

Unique Leaders: Zondra Evans

Zondra grew up in East Texas near Texarkana. Her grandfather and a part of her family lived in Arizona and graduated high school from Arizona. Later she went and worked at Intel in California. She spent about 30 in Californi…
July 27, 2021

Unique Leaders: Michael David

Michael grew up in a small town in Lancaster, Ohio. He grew up in a home with an alcoholic father and a religious mother. There were many memories that he blocked out of his mind. At the age of eleven he was born again and d…
July 20, 2021

Unique Leaders: Christy Jensen

Christie group up in Washington state. She was always a very bubbly child and very outgoing. She was always a team player and wanted people to win. She wanted other kids to feel special and important. She was the youngest of…
July 6, 2021

Unique Leaders: Sandra Dee Robinson

Sandra Dee is from Pennsylvania. She started on camera at a young age. She went to New York and booked her first of many soap opera rolls. She was in New York for 6 years. She then moved to California and lived and worked th…
June 29, 2021

Unique Leaders: Carla New

Carla was born in Columbus, Ohio. She has a twin sister and an older sister. Her parents are from Appalachia Virginia and inner-city Kentucky and they moved to Ohio after they got married. Her farther is one of 10 children. …
June 22, 2021

Unique Leaders: Dr. Shawn Shapiro

Dr. Shawn Shapiro graduated from college in 1998 with a degree I communications. He wasn’t sure what he wanted to do. He went into retail and learned many things about to help people through this, but the corporate way was s…
June 15, 2021

Unique Leaders: Lokesh Jain

Lokesh was born in Agra, India. Known for the 7th wonder of the world, the Taj Mahal. He had a very small family and at a young age he was interested in cosmetics. He would look into the ingredients and later in life start t…
June 8, 2021

Unique Leaders: Megan Live in Colorado

In this special episode, Megan speaks about how her story molded not only her future success, but her daughters as well. Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and thin…
June 1, 2021

Unique Leaders: Kearn Cherry

Kearn Cherry was born in Mississippi and lives there to this day. Her husband was in the military and they lived in many different countries and states. One of the countries they stayed for 5 years was in Germany. Kearn was …
May 25, 2021

Unique Leaders: James Smith

James was born in Fort Worth, Texas and grew up in a small-town west of Fort Worth. It was mostly a ranching town. His father worked in making parts for airplanes for a company called General Dynamics. His father was a worki…
May 18, 2021

Unique Leaders: Sloan Reid

Sloan grew up in El Paso Texas. Her family is from the area and they created a powerful community with their businesses. From a very young age she was always pushed to be well rounded and experience as much as she can. She w…
May 11, 2021

Unique Leaders: Tim Gillette

Tim was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and his parents grew up there as well. Later oin life Tim moved to the Dallas, TX area. As a child, Tim was a tall, skinny kid and was bullied throughout school years. He watched his fa…
May 4, 2021

Unique Leaders: Denise Fuller

Denise was born in Dallas, TX. She was adopted by a wonderful couple. She has met her biological mother and she was in the beauty industry. Her adopted father was in the medical, field and that was good for her to grow up in…
April 27, 2021

Unique Leaders: Charles Smith

Charles was born in Jackson, Mississippi in the country. As a child he didn’t have much but that didn’t matter to him and his siblings. He mom made it work and they had many opportunities to learn responsibility. Looking bac…
April 20, 2021

Unique Leaders: Carey Conley

Carey had been a very extroverted child but she became more introspective as she got older. She grew up in Colorado and followed her husband to Oklahoma. After they got marriedthey moved back to Colorado where they raised th…
April 13, 2021

Unique Leaders: Karla Runner

For this episode of Unique Leaders Podcast, I have my guest and heart sister Karla K Runner. We told our story of how we met, many years ago. It’s a supernatural story only God could orchestrate. It is also the 1st anniversa…
April 6, 2021

Unique Leaders: Rene Banglesdorf

Rene grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and moved to Ohio when she was 10. She learned early on to move quickly. She found a passion for journalism her senior year in high school. She met her husband in college and soon after th…
March 23, 2021

Unique Leaders: Charlynda Scales

After graduating she went into the service. She thought she would be working with planes with the Air Force. But she actually was sent to an office building where regular civilians worked. She realized that her job was to wo…
March 16, 2021

Unique Leaders: Ryan Hartley

Ryan grew up in England in a broken home, which led to him striving for attention from others. He grew up with a feeling a responsibility to take care of his mom throughout his young life. He had quite a bit of abandonment d…
March 9, 2021

Unique Leaders: Melissa Burrow

Melissa Burrow is an Amazon Best Selling Author and Executive Coach with a passion for Accountability and living life with Intention. Her book Chasing Bentleys; The Power of Accountability InAchieving Your Goals hit number o…
Feb. 23, 2021

Unique Leader: Angela Totman

Angela Totman is an accountability expert and results coach. She has worked for and with world class entrepreneurs and notable brands such as Rich Dad, Sharon Lechter, Think and Grow Rich for Women, Best from the Nest and Sl…
Feb. 16, 2021

Unique Leader: Cherie Mathews

From being born in Canada to being moved to Florida as a child with her father on a boat to getting a job with IBM and moving o Vermont, Cherie has been a true pioneer.She learned early on to turn her fear into excitement. D…
Feb. 9, 2021

Unique Leader: Rick Austin

Rick Austin is a solider, entrepreneur, husband, father and a man of God. His story is a perfect example of perseverance and hard work. Even though he had been through many difficult times and challenges, he accepted those e…