Life Happens for You, Not to You (Ayanna Lott Pollard)

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Ayanna Lott Pollard is the executive director of Resilient Coders, an organization that provides transformational tech training to people from underserved and underprivileged communities.

“I’m not merely surviving, but I’m thriving, and I’m excited about the day.”— Ayanna Lott Pollard

Ayanna Lott Pollard is the executive director of Resilient Coders, an organization that provides transformational tech training to people from underserved and underprivileged communities. Prior to this, she worked as an operations consultant at Virtua Health System for eight years, where she opened and managed the 54,000-square-foot health and wellness center and led 130 members of staff across operations, programs, human resources, client service, sales, and facility management. She is an intrapreneur with more than 20 years of experience developing and executing strategic initiatives, fostering high performing teams, and cultivating key partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. Her results have benefited organizations such as the Salvation Army, American Cancer Society, and the White House.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:

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Ayanna’s LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/ayanna-lp

Ayanna’s website: ResilientCoders.org

Credits:

Co-producers: Geoff Govertsen and Cassandra Topperwien
Supervising Producer: Cynthia Lamb
Audio Editor: Marvin del Rosario
Executive Producer: Danny Iny

Music Soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely

Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

Music credits:

Track Title: The Sunniest Kids

Artist Name: Rhythm Scott

Writer Name: Scott Roush

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Sweet Loving Waltz

Artist Name: Sounds Like Sander

Writer Name: S.L.J. Kalmeijer

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Veil of Secrets

Artist Name: Wicked Cinema

Writer Name: Matthew Wigton

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: A Kind Word

Artist Name: Moments

Writer Name: Adrian Dominic Walther

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Special effects credits:
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