Empowering LGBTQ+ individuals and their families, with Karen Graci, former director of PFLAG
Karen Graci is the former executive director of PFLAG Charlotte, an organization supporting parents, families and friends of LGBTQ+ individuals. In this episode of The Charlotte Ledger Podcast, Graci ...
9 Feb 202426min
Navigating courtrooms and motherhood, with attorney Heather Call Fuller
Heather Call Fuller is an attorney with Lincoln Derr law firm in Charlotte. She started her law career working with the Department of Justice in Washington D.C., defending the United States in medical...
3 Feb 202424min
Laughing all the way, with Brian Heffron of The Comedy Zone
Brian “Heff” Heffron is the owner of The Comedy Zone, a comedy club inside the AvidXchange Music Factory that has hosted seasoned comedians like Wanda Sykes, Ben Schwartz, Janelle James, Pete Davidson...
27 Jan 202424min
Improving Charlotte's economic mobility, with Tonya Jameson of Leading on Opportunity
Tonya Jameson serves as the director of civic advancement for Leading on Opportunity, a part of Foundation for the Carolinas, working to improve economic mobility in the Charlotte area.In addition to ...
19 Jan 202425min
Strengthening Charlotte's nonprofit sector, with Josh Jacobson of Next Stage
Josh Jacobson is the founder and CEO of Next Stage, a Charlotte based social impact consulting firm that works with nonprofits. Next Stage operates The UnFundable Project, an initiative that raises aw...
12 Jan 202427min
Charlotte as a banking center, with Dee O'Dell of U.S. Bank
Banking, leadership and philanthropy have always been intertwined in Charlotte, and we explore that history and those connections in a conversation with Dee O’Dell, head of business banking sales at U...
5 Jan 202425min
Building the Southern Lion marketplace, with owner Sonja Nichols
Sonja Nichols is the owner and president of the Southern Lion, a multi-vendor shopping venue that opened in September in a former Sears building in the Carolina Place Mall in Pineville.The Southern Li...
15 Dec 202332min
🎧 Future of Work: Inside the reporters' notebooks
What will tomorrow’s workplaces will look like? And what can employers and workers do to prepare? The Charlotte Ledger published a 4-part special series called “The Future of Work” examining the force...
10 Dec 202322min
