2023 LOCAL
LEADERSHIP PANEL
Greg McAfee, Jeanne Porter, Dr. Tokunbo Adelekan, Kim Anthony, & Tiffany Thompson
Greg McAfee
Founder and President/ MCAFEE HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING CO. An award-winning entrepreneur, Greg McAfee has a passion for helping business owners take their businesses to new heights. In 1990, Greg started McAfee Heating and Air Conditioning Co., his only capital was a meager $274 and a well-used truck. Today, Greg runs one of the most successful HVAC companies in the Midwest and is called upon to share his expertise with other business owners all over the nation.
In his new book, “Build and Grow Your HVAC Business”, Greg shares nine elements that will guide you in growing your business. He loves to inspire others to chase their dreams at full |
force, just as he has in his own life and business. Greg is still the working President of his company and puts the same systems and ideas in to place at his own laboratory, McAfee Heating and Air Conditioning Company, in Dayton, Ohio.
Greg resides in Beavercreek, Ohio. Several years ago Greg sent articles to national trade magazines and many were published, which led to coaching, which led to business boot camps/revivals, and now The Greg McAfee Show. All these services help HVAC business owners think different and help grow their companies.
Greg resides in Beavercreek, Ohio. Several years ago Greg sent articles to national trade magazines and many were published, which led to coaching, which led to business boot camps/revivals, and now The Greg McAfee Show. All these services help HVAC business owners think different and help grow their companies.
Jeanne Porter
Founder / WOMEN IN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP Jeanne Porter is the Founder of both Women in Business Networking, now a program of the Dayton Better Business Bureau, and Women in Christian Leadership. Jeanne applies her creative energy and natural tendency to create meaningful relationships to develop and grow these two unique organizations. She has a twenty-year track record as a proponent for women and children. Her dedication began in creating a place for advocacy for children who are abused, neglected and/or abandoned through the Court Appointed Special Advocate program in Greene and Warren Counties. In 2008, Jeanne developed
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Women in Business Networking to support women in their careers and businesses. Offering educational, networking and recognition opportunities for women in their communities.
Presently she serves as Founder and Executive Director of Women in Christian Leadership, a nonprofit faith-based organization/ministry. In 2021, Jeanne acknowledged a call to create a culture of sisterhood through encouragement, education, and elevation for those who have a heart to walk alongside women to encourage, inspire, comfort, help, and bring hope through the power of God's Word; women coming from all ages and stages of life─single women, married women, joyful women, hurting women, and everything in between. Her mission is to broaden the opportunities for women to lead in all realms.
She is the lead author of the book SUCCESS Powered by Relationships. She orchestrated 20 co-authors that contributed a chapter to the book and its success.
Jeanne received the YWCA Woman of Influence in 2011, the BBB Eclipse Integrity Award, Distinguished Leadership by Western Ohio Girl Scouts in 2013, the Women in Business Champion of the Year by the Small Business Administration in 2016 and the Fairborn, Ohio City Schools Alumni Hall of Honor in 2019.
Jeanne grew up in the greater Dayton area and she and her husband Mike are the parents of five adult children, nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. When not working, she is involved in community and church events and loves to travel.
Presently she serves as Founder and Executive Director of Women in Christian Leadership, a nonprofit faith-based organization/ministry. In 2021, Jeanne acknowledged a call to create a culture of sisterhood through encouragement, education, and elevation for those who have a heart to walk alongside women to encourage, inspire, comfort, help, and bring hope through the power of God's Word; women coming from all ages and stages of life─single women, married women, joyful women, hurting women, and everything in between. Her mission is to broaden the opportunities for women to lead in all realms.
She is the lead author of the book SUCCESS Powered by Relationships. She orchestrated 20 co-authors that contributed a chapter to the book and its success.
Jeanne received the YWCA Woman of Influence in 2011, the BBB Eclipse Integrity Award, Distinguished Leadership by Western Ohio Girl Scouts in 2013, the Women in Business Champion of the Year by the Small Business Administration in 2016 and the Fairborn, Ohio City Schools Alumni Hall of Honor in 2019.
Jeanne grew up in the greater Dayton area and she and her husband Mike are the parents of five adult children, nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. When not working, she is involved in community and church events and loves to travel.
Rev. Tokunbo Adelekan, Phd.
Pastor, Teacher, & Author / RISE COMMUNITY CHURCH Reverend Tokunbo A. Adelekan, Ph.D. (Pastor-Teacher) is the senior pastor of The RISE Community Church in Dayton, Ohio and an associate professor of Theology and Ethics at Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University.
A prolific writer, Dr. Adelekan has written a play entitled Glad Surrender in addition to numerous essays, papers, and articles. In 1998, he was elected to give the Annual Lecture for the Princeton Theological Seminary Graduate Forum. His reviews have appeared in the Koinonia (Fellowship) Forum, The Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, and the Dictionary |
of Mission Theology. Dr. Adelekan’s first book, African Wisdom, was released in 2004 by Judson Press. Two of his works--A Charge to Keep (October 2014) and The Arts of Joseph: An Essay on the Art of Leadership (May 2018)—published by the PNBC and MMGI Books—remain widely recognized as a major primer on the central role of the local church in urban renewal during the presidency of President Barack Obama. Dr. Adelekan’s most recent publication--8:46-Trumpet of Compassion: George Floyd’s Last Breath and the Remaking of America—was released in January 2023. Dr. Adelekan is currently working on another publication--A Leaven in the Loaf—an analysis of the social reconstructionist projects of John Locke and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Adelekan and his wife, the gracious and lovely, Tahira Adelekan, M.D., are the proud parents of three wonderful children.
Dr. Adelekan and his wife, the gracious and lovely, Tahira Adelekan, M.D., are the proud parents of three wonderful children.
Kim Anthony
Speaker & Author / BRILLIANCEMODE Kim Anthony is an author, speaker, and host of the Resilience to Brilliance Podcast. With a passion to see others walking in the fullness of who they were designed to be, she enjoys assisting leaders in developing the integrity, character and resilience they need to have more fulfilling and effective personal and professional lives. She travels the country sharing her inspirational messages of hope, forgiveness, and purpose to audiences ranging from inner-city youth to corporate executives.
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Anthony is also having a notable influence through her book, Unfavorable Odds: The Story of an Unlikely Champion. Here, she shares how she was able to overcome the difficulties of growing up amidst drugs, violence, and financial hardships and still achieve her dreams of becoming a world-class gymnast. She went on to become the first African-American female to be recruited by and compete for UCLA Gymnastics and the first to win an NCAA National Title. Anthony is a 6-time All-American, 4-time National Champion, and UCLA and Virginia Sports Halls of Fame inductee. To learn more about Kim Anthony, visit www.InBrillianceMode.com.
Book Title: Unfavorable Odds: Story of an Unlikely Champion
Social Media:
Instagram and Twitter: @RealKimAnthony
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-anthony/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimHamiltonAnthony
Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/jRzvwKWu
Book Title: Unfavorable Odds: Story of an Unlikely Champion
Social Media:
Instagram and Twitter: @RealKimAnthony
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-anthony/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimHamiltonAnthony
Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/jRzvwKWu
Tiffany Thompson
Co-Founder & Administrative Director, DNP, RN/ VALENS SOLUTIONS Dr. Thompson co-founded a nonprofit organization, Valens Solutions, with her husband, Tom, in 2019. Valens Solutions offers comprehensive case management services for impoverished and marginalized populations focused on connecting them to quality-of-life resources such as safe, housing, employment, education, quality health care, food, and legal assistance.
After serving as an administrator in a local healthcare system for nearly 10 years, and going through an aggressive treatment regimen for breast cancer, Dr. Thompson stepped |
away from her role in Nursing Administration with the Kettering Health Network. She now leads the administrative operations of Valens Solutions. Valens Solutions offers comprehensive case management services addressing Social Determinants of Health for impoverished and marginalized populations. Dr. Thompson also works as a healthcare consultant, working with hospital leadership teams across the nation in the areas of quality of care delivery, regulatory compliance, and workplace violence prevention and response. She is an adjunct professor of nursing at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Thompson is also a certified professional coach and public speaker with the Maxwell Leadership Team.
Doctorally prepared in population health leadership, she is passionate about chronic illness management, and equitable, quality healthcare and access for impoverished and underserved populations. Additionally, one area of focus within her nonprofit work is diversification of the nursing workforce through financial and academic support for minority men and women entering the nursing field.
Tiffany obtained her initial nursing degree at Kettering College, a Master of Nursing in Leadership at Western Governors University and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in population health leadership from Xavier University. Tiffany leads the Health & Wellness Ministry at Chosen Church in Clayton, Ohio, and is a member of the Health and Human Services Committee of Welcome Dayton.
She has been married to Tom for 34 years. They have three children, three "children in-love" and eight precious grandchildren who are the loves of her life.
Doctorally prepared in population health leadership, she is passionate about chronic illness management, and equitable, quality healthcare and access for impoverished and underserved populations. Additionally, one area of focus within her nonprofit work is diversification of the nursing workforce through financial and academic support for minority men and women entering the nursing field.
Tiffany obtained her initial nursing degree at Kettering College, a Master of Nursing in Leadership at Western Governors University and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in population health leadership from Xavier University. Tiffany leads the Health & Wellness Ministry at Chosen Church in Clayton, Ohio, and is a member of the Health and Human Services Committee of Welcome Dayton.
She has been married to Tom for 34 years. They have three children, three "children in-love" and eight precious grandchildren who are the loves of her life.