• SVDP 31│Metro United Way CEO Adria Johnson on how her childhood experience with poverty shaped her life today, MUW's missional impact, leading on empty, and her son's legacy

  • Nov 15 2024
  • Length: 47 mins
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SVDP 31│Metro United Way CEO Adria Johnson on how her childhood experience with poverty shaped her life today, MUW's missional impact, leading on empty, and her son's legacy

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  • Metro United Way CEO Adria Johnson's upbringing and adulthood hasn't been easy. But her faith has kept her standing stronger than ever.

    In this episode, Adria opens up about her story. Though she experienced poverty and was a product of a divorced home, she believes God used her childhood to shape her life's purpose.

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    Here's what we talked about in this episode:

    • The road Adria traveled to get to where she is today.
    • Metro United Way's mission and hope for the community.
    • Adria's leadership style and how to lead on empty.
    • Adria lost both her parents and son Kenneth Rhodes, II, within a year after becoming CEO at Metro United Way. Kenneth tragically passed away at 29-years-old. She shares about still working through grief and how she continues to honor her son’s legacy.
    • Adria offers advice for women just starting out in their career.

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