Svitlana Muzychenko, founder of UA Brokers Without Borders, works with Ukrainian grassroots organizations to address emerging humanitarian needs that stem from the ongoing war with Russia. Well discuss Svitlanas early life in Ukraine, how she moved to B

Mia Henley is the executive director of Creative Aging, a nonprofit that makes music and arts programming more accessible to older adults in Memphis. Everyone needs community to live a healthy, fulfilled life, but family and work connections often fall aw

McKrell Baier is the director of the BridgeUp, GiddyUp nonprofit program. Through her unique and compassionate approach to horseback riding and Equestrian sports, McKrell and her team work with children ages 11 to 18 to help them become more confident, re

Tina Sullivan, executive director of the Overton Park Conservancy, played a pivotal role in resolving the decade-long fight over the Memphis Zoo parking cars on the park's Greensward. Today's hard-fought wins are built on the activism of Overton Park's pa

Media consolidation in the 1990s forced John Michael off the 96X airwaves in Memphis and on to a successful career in radio that included a stint at the vaunted KROQ in Los Angeles. John found that his varied experiences taught him a lot about what worked

After cutting his teeth as a musician and producer in New York City, James Dukes (IMAKEMADBEATS) returned home to Memphis in 2011 to find a music scene that at first seemed stuck in the past. As he began to work with local artists, he discovered an eclect

Nick Oyler is the Bikeway & Pedestrian Program Manager for the City of Memphis. When the push for bike lanes in Memphis resulted in early victories for the bike/ped movement and then gave way to the city’s initial buildout, Nick was away at college, g

Roshun Austin and Quincy Jones of the Works Inc., are working to rebuild, restore and renew families and where they live by focusing on housing, economic development and social services. With the recent merger with Neighborhood Preservation Inc., the Work

Eric Barnes is the CEO and publisher of the Daily Memphian, an online daily news outlet launched in 2018. The global decline of the daily print newspaper meant the decline of the Commercial Appeal, Memphis' legacy paper. The Daily Memphian was a response

In 2000, Christopher Reyes founded Live From Memphis, a website that showcased the city's burgeoning music, film, and art scenes. The site gave artists new tools and ways to connect that bigger social media platforms had not yet built. It galvanized colla