Resides in Tennessee

Veranda Quarles is a Senior Accountant for Cummins Sales and Services, North America. She has been a part of the Cummins Inc. family for over 16 years in various roles; beginning as an Accounts Payable Analyst and Treasury Analyst with most of her time on the Payroll and Benefits Accounting team where she served as the Benefits Accounting team lead for 7 years. Prior to Cummins, Veranda worked for American Standard as an Accounts Payable Coordinator. She has a Bachelor of Business Administration, Economics and Finance degree, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Tennessee State University Veranda resides in Tennessee where she enjoys the rich music history, good movies, and best of all brunch. Veranda has a heart for people; relationship building is her strength and passion. She strives to personify joy and spread that joy among as many people as possible.

Resides in Mississippi

Multi-talented singer, songwriter, inspirational artist, wife, mother, banking specialist, and mental health advocate are all words that describe Laurie Walker Hall. Laurie has a strong passion for helping others. Particularly through songwriting, she seeks to inspire, uplift, and empower listeners across the globe through the power of music. She also enjoys helping others through banking, having worked in the banking industry for seventeen years in various roles including financial services representative, head teller, call center agent, and trainer. She currently works as an agent and trainer.

Having a lived experience with mental illness, Laurie also has a passion for mental health advocacy and has shared her story through word and song for various audiences. She is a member and certified presenter for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) with hopes of helping to destigmatize and decriminalize mental illness. In her free time, she loves running long distances, going to live concerts, traveling, and spending quality time with her family.

Ebony D. James is a devoted wife and mompreneur. She is married to her best friend, number one supporter and prayer warrior, Darius Ellis James. She is a mother of two handsome boys, Legend and Conquer. Ebony has drawn on principles and concepts from the Bible, her life as a wife, mother, and educator, her experience in the social work field, and the field of Applied Behavior Analysis to help women of all ages.

Ebony is also the Founder and CEO of The Empire Effect Agency. This virtual assistant company gives Powerhouse CEOs the strategic support they need to scale their businesses so that they can finally operate more in their zone of genius and less in their day-to-day operations. Self-care for her includes bowling, watching movies and cooking with hubby, singing, spending time with family, a good, competitive game night with family or friends, online shopping, and creating systems and processes to make life more simple.