I am a multi-talented individual focused on improving communities through active engagement. I've acquired many skills throughout the years from bookkeeping in a consultant firm to managing day-to-day operations in construction and many more roles in-between. Throughout this time of growth I've always had a focus on making a lasting impact in communities who need it the most through applying my diverse skill set. Currently, I'm working with Community Sustainability Enterprises as the manager of logistics and technology as we partner with Private and Public sectors to bring self-efficacy and sustainability to communities in the South East!

With over 36 years of community development and banking experience, Deirdra Cox, Founder and President of Community Sustainability Enterprise, (CSE) leads the Georgia based 501c3 in their impactful regional community development work. CSE’s mission is the socioeconomic transformation of of low-income/high potential communities one generation at a time, through strategic cross collaborative programming, in partnership with School Based Public Private Partnerships and Affordable Housing communities, that leads to next level self-sufficiency, and wealth building. Deirdra has dedicated the past 14 years of her career focused on cross-collaborative partnerships and evidence-based programming that drives positive socioeconomic outcomes in underserved communities.

Deirdra’s uncanny knack to forge impactful collaborative partnerships to drive local community and economic development efforts, has resulted in School Based Public Private Partnerships in Georgia, that produced 2 in-school full service financial branches, that are run by high school students. CSE’s Workforce Development programs boasts a 92% hire and retention rate among our program graduates, and 100% completion rate of all CSE “success service” pillars among the thousands of youth and adults we educate, coach and empower.

Deirdra is an accomplished public speaker, author, blogger and mother of two adult children. She can be found at the beach during times of rejuvenation, preparing for her next people and policy shifting community and economic development journey. Deirdra believes that what you’ve been through, doesn’t define your destiny, but it gives you strength, courage and wisdom to fulfill your destiny.

Author of Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice, Dennis Kimbro was born December 29, 1950, in Jersey City, New Jersey. In 1972, he received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Oklahoma. He later earned his PhD in political science at Northwestern University, researching wealth and poverty in underdeveloped countries.

Kimbro wrote Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice as an updating and extension of the work of Napoleon Hill, who wrote the 1937 bestseller Think and Grow Rich after researching the practices of highly successful persons, and who left at his death an unfinished manuscript directed towards African Americans. Kimbro was commissioned by the Napoleon Hill Foundation to complete the manuscript. Published in 1991, Kimbro and Hill's book became a number-one bestseller.

Clients of Kimbro’s lectures have included General Motors, Walt Disney, Frito-Lay and Wells Fargo. He has appeared on television shows including Today and CNN’s Larry King Live, and in publications including Success, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and USA Today. He is listed in Who’s Who in Black America; a recipient of the Dale Carnegie Achievement Award; and a past Director of the Center of Entrepreneurship at Clark Atlanta University. In addition, in 1996, he served as one of eight national judges for the prestigious Ernst & Young USA Today Entrepreneur of the Year, held in Palm Springs, California.

In 2005, Kimbro’s second edition of What Keeps Me Standing: A Black Grandmother’s Guide to Peace, Hope & Inspiration was released. He is married, lives in Atlanta and is the father of three daughters.