To anyone who knows me it’s no secret that I’m extraordinarily passionate about engaging millennials in helping to shape the future of Augusta. It has always been truly ironic to me to have sat through many strategic planning sessions which have centered around engaging this generation where there hasn’t been…

As we survey the national landscape these days it has become more than apparent that there is simply a fundamental lack of trust in government. running rampant throughout our nation. Politics as usual and a breach of the public trust by many elected officials has led to a sense of…

“When I’m on stage, I’m trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don’t go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.” ~ James Brown It was a night unlike any other in Augusta, Georgia as the Godfather of Soul’s hometown…

“The best leaders subsume and keep in check all self-serving ambition in others and themselves in order to accomplish a mission that serves everyone”. — Deke Copenhaver Naked ambition. It can be driven by. greed, lust for attention or a simple want to maintain a power base through doggedly clinging…

In today’s world it seems as though there’s no shortage of examples of leaders being compromised by ethical issues. …

For many year’s now I’ve described the strange, wide-ranging and often very cool and surreal situations I find myself in as basically the real life version of “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride”. Growing up I never expected to end up being friends with the late/great James Brown, to become mayor of…

Having spent nine years serving as mayor of Augusta, Georgia, while at the same time studying the workings of cities both at home and abroad, I’ve become convinced of a simple fact: cities, like any other organization, are either moving forward or moving backward. …

Growing up writing, painting, listening to music and being in creative environments helped teach me the skill of creative problem solving which is a skill I put to good use everyday while spending nine years as a public servant. Where some individuals try to resolve issues with an either/or mentality…

“If no one tries to change things things simply are never going to change.” Throughout my life I’ve always admired changemakers willing to courageously stand up and make a difference in a world where it’s all too easy to remain in the comfort zones our daily lives can often afford…