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Karen Kendra Holmes works for the Federal Government as a Safety Officer. She is a strong advocate for the Transgender Community speaking around the country from military, police, fire, medical field, university, etc. Karen is volunteering with the Department of Justice / Community Relations Department as a Subject Matter Expert going around the country speaking to Law Enforcement Agencies. She will be trying to build the Bridge between the Transgender Community and Law Enforcement Agencies. Karen in November 2021 was on the cover of “The Platform Magazine '' an international magazine for her service work to the country. She is a International Board Member Transgender Veteran Support Group (TVSG) LGBTQ Resources. Also, with TVSG she is the President for the Washington, DC Chapter, and the Vice President with the Maryland Chapter. In July of 2021 Karen has received the honor of the 14th Annual Prideindex National Esteem Award for Outstanding Service, Transgender for her advocate, award winning Public Servant.

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Darnley Hodge Darnley R. Hodge Jr., is an award winning photojournalist and video editor with more than twenty years of broadcast and production experience. He holds an M.A. in Producing for Film and Video from American University, and a B.S. in Mass Communications from Virginia Commonwealth University. His production work has been featured on every national broadcast television network and many national cable stations. Darnley has served as director of photography, director, or producer on hundreds of projects including news gathering, documentary films, reality television, commercials, music videos, travel shows, and corporate video projects. He is an expert AVID, Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro editor, has Capitol Hill press credentials, and works as a photographer and editor for NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, FOX, and COX national networks. He has also worked at network affiliates in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles as well as behind the scenes on international productions in

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Dana Hutson Dana Hutson is Founder of Cancer Champions, LLC helping individuals and families control the chaos of a cancer diagnosis. She compassionately consults, educates and facilitates for individuals and their loved ones as they navigate a complicated healthcare system empowering them to make life-altering decisions with confidence. Prior to founding Cancer Champions Dana amassed a wealth of oncology expertise over a 25 year career within the BioPharma industry. She combines her knowledge of the healthcare system with her compassion for people experiencing a disruptive diagnosis to provide private medical navigation and educational seminars. Dana is a CampaignZERO, families for patient safety, community educator, immediate Past- President of the National Association of Women Business Owners Greater DC and serves on the boards of Sahasara Deepika Foundation for Education and Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington Dana received her Bachelor’s Degree in Market

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Dennis Pitocco. DENNIS PITOCCO is Founder & CEO & Reimaginator of 360° Nation, encompassing a wide range of multimedia enterprises, including BizCatalyst 360° —an award-winning global media digest; 360° Nation Studios —dedicated to reaching across the world in an effort to capture, produce, and deliver positive, uplifting messages via game-changing productions such as HopeFest 360°, and; GoodWorks 360° —a pro-bono consulting foundation focused entirely on providing mission-critical advisory services to nonprofits worldwide. Everything Dennis does is carried out "for-good" vs. "for-profit", reflecting his belief that it’s time for a renaissance of pure, unbridled wonder. Time to renew in both our hearts and in our souls more joy, more kindness, more compassion, more understanding, and that magical sense of truly belonging to something greater than the status quo. And time to bring the spirit of “humanity at its very best” back to the forefront. Dennis is also a contrib

Shreyaa Venkat is the co-founder and CEO of NEST4US and a sophomore at Georgetown University pursuing Global Health studies. Eighteen-year-old Shreyaa already has 8+ years of volunteer service under her belt and has spent over 2,000 hours giving back to the community. As a Points of Light Youth Network Leader, Giving Tuesday Spark Chapter Head, DoSomething Research Council Representative, Global Peace Delegate, and Good Deeds Day Ambassador, she empowers people globally to actively shape their future and thrive in an ever-changing world. Shreyaa is an academic honor roll student, travel soccer player, 3rd degree black belt, certified soccer referee, Kathak dancer, and assistant instructor at CJR Martial Arts. As a Gen-Z social activist and nonprofit leader, she advances dialogue and inspires others to take action towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals in local, national, and global communities. Shreyaa strives to create a united and just world by fostering a community built upon mut

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Ina Gjikondi Ina Gjikondi, PCC, MPS, MA Founder & Faculty Director, e-Co Leadership Coaching I am a teacher, speaker, mother, alchemist, innovator, poet, modern mystic and co-curator of creative learning experiences that expand consciousness with the goal of One Shared Humanity. I serve as the Director of Executive Education & Coaching and as the Founder & e-Co Leadership Coaching Program Director at the George Washington University’s Center for Excellence in Public Leadership. e-Co Leadership Coaching Certification (e-CLC) is an International Coaching Federation aligned professional foundational program rooted in the cultivation of energetic stability, by expanding, emerging, exchanging and evolving in co-creation, co-connection, co-action and co-movement in service to the greater good. I believe in coaching as a way of being and an invitation to the practice of anchored capacity, where we learn to stay present, practical and poetic, to deepen and expand our contribu

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Juan Carlos Ortiz Giró Juan C. Ortiz-Giró is a State Administrator at Team Rubicon USA, where Juan, trains new members and leads the organization in Puerto Rico, this includes the coordination of programs and submission of projects in the island. Juan is a USCG veteran with a bachelor’s degree in Public Health Science and has contributed and assisted other volunteer organizations, governmental and non-governmental agencies to work on the speedy recovery of Puerto Rico and other states alike. Juan is well known by his almost unending energy in the field. Because of the passion, the believe that the world can be made a better place and the great level of commitment displayed, it can be said that Juan is built to serve. Juan enjoys diving and cycling and is also a humanitarian, nature lover and survivalist from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Please email juan.ortiz.giro@teamrubiconusa.org or go to www.linkedin.com/in/juan-carlos-ortiz-giró-780086186 link to contact Juan. The

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Dr. Foojan Zeine Dr. Foojan Zeine is an International Speaker, Psychotherapist, Life Coach, and the Author of Life Reset – The Awareness Path to Create the life You Want. She has a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She practices in Beverly Hills, Irvine & Woodland Hills, California offices and online via audio/chat or video. Her expertise is in Intimate Relations and Addictive Behaviors. She has extensive experience treating Depression, Anxiety, Traumas, and Domestic Violence. Foojan is the originator and the author for “Awareness Integration” psychotherapeutic model, which is a multi-modality approach and intervention toward minimizing Depression, Anxiety while improving Self Esteem and Self Confidence. This Method has been published with multiple research. Foojan hosts the “Inner Voice” show in the KMET1490AM/ ABC Radio. She is a guest speaker in many universities including Harvard, MIT, UCLA, USC. She has been

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Myron Radio. Myron J. Radio is a five-time author and President of The R Group, a consortium of seasoned professionals who specialize in Leadership and Organizational – Change, Transitions and Transformations. Myron is recognized as an energetic speaker, facilitator, team builder and executive coach with over 5,000 coaching sessions to his credit. His clients represent a broad range of global Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries as well privately held companies and startups. Prior to founding The R Group, Myron was an executive with Mobil Corporation, now ExxonMobil. His latest eBook is LEADERSHIP FIT – Finding the Right Leadership Fit for you. He has also published several articles on organizational “effectiveness” to engage and align the workforce to achieve the strategic imperatives. His first inspirational novel, DREAM MAKERS – Escape from the Shadows of Fear, includes lessons of Leadership, developing High Performing Teams and developing the Next Ge

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Claudia Körbler Claudia Körbler is a Policy Development and Outreach Specialist at the United Nations in Washington, D.C. Claudia’s passion of eradication of hunger, elimination of poverty and creating social impact speaks through her engagements. Before joining the FAO, she worked at the World Bank Group as a Knowledge Management professional with an emphasis on South-South Capacity Building programs in the Latin-American and Africa regions. Her driving force is enunciating change and creating an impact through supporting developing nations. She is a Senior Advisor of the steering committee of the Youth2Youth Community (Y2Y) of the World Bank Group and the co-chair of the Youth Innovation Fund. The Y2Y community enables her innovative talent, efficiency and passion for creating an impact on youth to increase employability, community engagement, and life skills in developing nations. Additionally, as an Adult Third Culture Kid and cross-cultural mediator and trainer,

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Katherine White Katherine White is a feminist trailblazer and a proud Ohio State Buckeye alumna. Since the first Women’s March, Katherine has become an activist in the grassroots movement in Virginia. She is fighting for change by electing democrats to office, especially women and minorities. She co-founded an organization called Network NoVA that serves to connect and network with like-minded individuals to reclaim and protect our democratic values of equality, justice, and human rights. She is Network NoVA’s “brain” behind the programming for the Women’s Summit - an event designed for political engagement on the issues and to take back electoral power. Katherine is dedicated and passionate about empowering women and girls through education, collaboration, and partnership. A believer in volunteering to make a difference. Katherine uses her talent, skills and expertise to effect change. She is a founding member of Women E-Learning in Leadership program at George Maso

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Connie St. John Connie St. John is President of the St. John Consulting Group and CEO of No Weapon Productions (NWP), a company that specializes in family-friendly film and television programming, along with stage plays and other live events that feature no gratuitous sex, profanity or violence. Through both companies, Connie and her teams use entertainment and other innovative techniques to create life change for individuals, strengthen corporations and nonprofits, as well as to address social issues, such as bullying. As the No Weapon’s primary writer and director, Connie has written more than 100 plays, films and television scripts. She wrote and directed the award-winning short film, The Message, and Asunder, both of which screened at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Prior to No Weapon Productions, Connie served as director of public relations and marketing for the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), senior manager of public responsibility for Sara Lee

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Kate Maloney, PhD. Kate Maloney, PhD is the CEO & Executive Producer of WeRiseUP The Movie and Movement. The SC Nebula is a global online (and offline - Washington, DC area) hub where conscious leaders from corporate, spiritual, nonprofit and civic groups can connect, collaborate and create more social impact together. Interested in becoming a SC Nebula Member? info@soarcommunitynetwork.com Nominate a Change Agent for our Interview Series. https://nebula.soarcommunitynetwork.com Full Bio: Kate Maloney, PhD is the CEO & Executive Producer of WeRiseUP The Movie and Movement that features the United Nations and key global leaders including the Dalai Lama, John Mackey (Founder, Whole Foods Market), Amina Mohammad (Secretary Deputy General of the United Nations), Blake Mycoskie (Founder, TOMS Shoes), Tony Hsieh (Founder, Zappos), Luke Nosek, (Co-Founder, PayPal), Casey Sheehan (former President/CEO, Patagonia), Moby (Grammy Artist), Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Phil Kreutzer. Phil Kreutzer is currently traveling the world on a “sanity sabbatical” where he is researching modalities aimed at raising consciousness. He is a certified yoga instructor and training to become a mindfulness meditation coach. You can follow Phil on Instagram: @_philter_ The SC Nebula is a global online (and offline - Washington, DC area) hub where conscious leaders from corporate, spiritual, nonprofit and civic groups can connect, collaborate and create more social impact together. Interested in becoming a SC Nebula Member? info@soarcommunitynetwork.com Nominate a Change Agent for our Interview Series. https://nebula.soarcommunitynetwork.com In an effort to promote global champions of change, we have set an extraordinary goal of interviewing 1000 people this year who are change agents in their communities. Tune in as our interview guests share how they are contributing their gifts, skills, experiences, resources and wisdom to create a better wor

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Darnley Hodge Darnley R. Hodge Jr., is an award winning photojournalist and video editor with more than twenty years of broadcast and production experience. He holds an M.A. in Producing for Film and Video from American University, and a B.S. in Mass Communications from Virginia Commonwealth University. His production work has been featured on every national broadcast television network and many national cable stations. Darnley has served as director of photography, director, or producer on hundreds of projects including news gathering, documentary films, reality television, commercials, music videos, travel shows, and corporate video projects. He is an expert AVID, Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro editor, has Capitol Hill press credentials, and works as a photographer and editor for NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, FOX, and COX national networks. He has also worked at network affiliates in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles as well as behind the scenes on international productions in

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Leo Tucker. Leo Tucker, CLU, Managing Partner - Northwestern Mutual 27 years ago, Leo Tucker began his career with Northwestern Mutual. He’s earned numerous honors including the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table including Top of the Table. Early in his career, he quickly distinguished himself as a leader with a thriving team as Field Director, and Managing Director in Florida and before his tenth year, he accepted a role with the Home Office as the Assistant Regional Director, a position that prepares talented candidates for Managing Partner Assignments. In 2003, Tucker was appointed the Managing Partner in Washington DC and in his time with the firm, it has tripled in both size and production. Leo currently serves on the board of The Tiger Woods Foundation, The American College, and the Washington Area Women’s Foundation. Leo’s fundraising efforts on behalf of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society led him to receive the 2013 Man of the Year honor for the LLS Nation

Beth was thrilled to join the Flaherty Family Foundation (FFF) as the first executive director in September of 2015. The Flaherty Family Foundation provides high school college prep scholarships to high potential students with economic need. Flaherty has expanded and formalized the Scholarship Opportunity from 11 Flaherty Scholars at three high schools in the Twin Cities to 400 Flaherty Scholars at 32 high schools in Minnesota, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, New Jersey and Montana. After student-teaching at Highland Park Senior High School (St. Paul) in the fall of 1999, Flaherty moved to Breckenridge, Colorado and taught ski school to preschoolers. Her first year in the classroom was split between Minnesota Business Academy, a charter high school in St. Paul, and co-teaching third grade at Ascension Catholic School in Minneapolis. She spent the next eight years teaching middle and high school social studies and coaching gymnastics in Summit County, Colorado. While in Summit Country she was a mentor

SCN Change Agent Interview Series - Meet Rev. Sylvia Sumter. Reverend Sylvia E. Sumter is currently the Senior Minister of Unity of Washington, and has served in this position since 1991. DC. Prior to her tenure in Washington, DC, she served as the Chairperson of Communication Studies and Skills Department for the Unity School of Religious Studies, in Unity Village, Missouri. She was licensed as a Minister in 1986 and ordained as a Unity Minister in 1987 as a graduate of the Unity School of Christianity. Reverend Sumter's academic accomplishments include: a Masters of Education, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and an Associate of Arts in Business Administration. She is a natural and gifted spiritual teacher whose work has had an extraordinary effect on so many here in Washington, DC and every place she travels to speak and to teach. She is committed to the transformation and uplifting of humanity through helping individuals raise their consciousness and to take their rightful place as light bearer

Ellen Bryan is a television host and motivational speaker. Every morning, she helps people in Washington, D.C. start their day on WUSA 9’s Wake Up Washington, Get Up DC and Great Day Washington. Ellen also hosts an online series called Minute Motivation, where she and her guests inspire others to find their purpose and passion. A girl from the Midwest, Ellen competed in Miss America 2012 as Miss Ohio. www.ellenbryan.com Causes that Ellen supports: https://www.cff.org/ https://childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/ SOAR Nebula is a global online (and offline - Washington, DC area) hub where transcendent leaders can connect, collaborate and create more social impact together. Interested in becoming a SOAR Nebula Member? info@soarcommunitynetwork.com https://nebula.soarcommunitynetwork.com In an effort to promote global champions of change, we have set an extraordinary goal of interviewing 1000 people who are change agents in their communities. Tune in as our interview guests share how they are contributin

Hetal Jani is a first generation South Asian American and New York City native, which has colored her experience as an educator and her interest in how culture, society, and interpersonal relationships affect an individual’s development. Ms. Jani has over 15 years of experience as an educator and has helped hundreds of students navigate their academic careers, even leading them into their first jobs. To best provide for her students, she pursued 3 Masters degrees in a span of 4 years while working full time with students and families. To serve her most vulnerable and marginalized students, she obtained a Master in Psychology from Queens College of New York and a Master in Education from Harvard University, where she was awarded the distinguished Intellectual Contribution Award, given to the top graduating students in recognition of their accomplishments and role they played in leadership. An MBA from IE Business School in Spain and two years in leadership positions in various academic environments of China ha