Occupation: Director of Gender and Women’s Studies and Faculty Development; English Professor.
Early bird or night owl? Early bird.
My secret ambition: To join The Peace Corps.
My passion right now: Tiger Lilies.
I can’t live without: Conviction.
My guilty pleasure: Eating the cream layer off the top of whole milk yogurt.
My favorite feminist: Hillary Clinton.

Occupation: Owner + Principle Wedding Planner at Ashley Baber Weddings, LLC {www.ashleybaberweddings.com}

I live in: Atlanta

My work: designing, planning and coordinating weddings of all styles and sizes in Atlanta, Virginia, throughout the Southeast + beyond.

Occupations: belly dancer/dance instructor/soap crafter/seamstress/waitress/restaurant manager.

The oddest job I’ve ever had: balancing a sword on my head while dancing... is that odd?

Words I live by: A good percentage of the Merriam Webster Dictionary, including expletives.

My muse: Erato, the Greek muse of naughty poetry.

My favorite feminist: Emma Goldman.

My passion right now: gardening.

My work: real estate and business litigation


My passion: philanthropy. I serve as current board chair of Savannah Chatham County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children).



My favorite possession: my J. Crew flip-flops


My best bargain find: My 12-year-old shepherd/chow/retriever mix, Buster! He was a rescue I found in New Orleans while in law school.

My hometown: Virginia Beach 
I’m thinking about: the new CASA web site.


Words I live by: “Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.” ~Mary Kay Ash

I am most proud of: my parents. Last major purchase: a new hybrid car


The food I could eat every day: spinach


The most important thing I ever lost: my grandparents


I still can’t get the hang of: skiing.


The world would be a better place, if only: everyone volunteered for a nonprofit charity.


I’d like to learn to: be a better gardener.

My work: Turning ideas into images and bringing something a little different to the local art community.

My passion: My darling daughter.

I love: To make things by hand.

My favorite possession: The lounge chair on my patio. It's my escape.

I am most proud of: Being like my mother.

I’m thinking about: Where do I go from here?

What keeps me awake at night: Zombie movies. They give me the worst nightmares.

One thing I never want to do again: Quit something for no good reason.

If I could be totally wild, I would: Learn sword swallowing and take my act on the road.

If I could do it all over again: I'd elope to Vegas and Elvis would perform the ceremony.

I wish I’d known: It gets harder, but more rewarding.

Words I live by: The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. -J. M. Barrie

My hometown: Atlanta, GA

I am guilty of: Over-thinking everything.

My work: Moving Savannah into the 21st century and improving life for ALL who live here.

My passion: Self-sufficiency.

I love: Dark sunglasses...the best way to be incognito.

My favorite possession: My home...it feels good to own something of real value.

My best bargain find: IKEA.

My hometown: Savannah.

I’m thinking about: What’s next for the future?

Words I live by: "A smart man doesn't always know the answers, but he knows where to find them."

I can’t live without: Cute shoes!

I am most proud of: Being able to take care of my sister.

I’m inspired by: Visiting new places.

What keeps me awake at night: My long to-do list.

One thing I never want to do again: Work 50 hours a week at a job that makes me completely unhappy.

If I could be totally wild, I would: Move to New York and work as a makeup artist.

I am guilty of: Being judgmental.

Right now I’m reading: “The Art of War” by Sun-Tzu.

My work: Is downtown, inside Drayton Tower.

My passion: My kids and my new granddaughter.

I love: When people come into the bakery and are blown away by what we do.

My favorite possession: Old pictures, old love letters, any keepsakes.

My best bargain find:  Bargain-hunting is one of my hobbies, I have found some great stuff.

My hometown: Richmond, VA.

I’m thinking about: Constantly thinking about our business.

Words I live by: “If you put everything off till you’re sure of it, you’ll get nothing done.”- Norman Vincent Peale

I’m inspired by: God’s beauty – every day.

One thing I never want to do again: Marry Sam again. We tried that twice – now we just work together!

My work: Helping the people of the world empower each other to grow their own food.

My passion: Spending half the year living in a tent on an exotic beach and the other half in a treehouse in South Carolina. Minimalism, self sustainability, portability, being outside.

I love: Dancing, singing, painting, the ocean.

My favorite possession: My hula hoop.

My best bargain find: Figuring out how to use Skype.

My hometown: Atlanta.

I’m thinking about: Curing the psoriasis on my elbows by changing my thought patterns.

Words I live by: The power is in the present moment.

I can’t live without: Being outside.

I am most proud of: Getting to the finals in the National “Idea to Product Competition” for my invention the “Free Online Sustainable Garden Planning Calculator.”

My work: Marketing Director at Paragon Design Group.

My passion: Making ideas and dreams happen.

I’m thinking about: Being out in the sun on this beautiful day.

Words I live by: When you're walking in your purpose, the universe will conspire for your success.

I can’t live without: My six year old daughter, Gabrielle.

If I could be totally wild, I would: Join a hip hop group and do shows every night.

I am guilty of: Seeing the good in everything and everybody.

The one item that has changed my life: Flax seed oil.

My family: A wonderful group of exciting personalities and random nonsense-makers.

My work: Is becoming a little feeble in an age of 24-hour news cycles and cult-personality reporting. I hear people say, “I love Anderson Cooper, but who are Woodward and Bernstein?”

My passion: Raising a confident, self-loved, smart, genuine, uncommon, patient and good little girl while mastering these things myself.

My work: At "The Memory Tree Video," we take oral histories of people to turn their memories into heirlooms.

My passion: Travelling and being with my family.

My favorite possession: My wedding ring set that belonged to my great aunt, and of course, all my photos and videos.

I’m thinking about: Applying production techniques I learned in NYC to a travel and nature video.

Words I live by: Try to be humble and kind, and help whenever you can without fanfare.

My family: My son Delton, his wife Cathryn Jackson and theirs sons Joshua and Elliot who live in York, England; Stephen and Georgia Jackson Bovenizer, sons Devin and Simon, daughter Amanda, County Limerick, Ireland; Forrest Jackson and Laura McLeod, Seattle, WA; Clay and Susanne Jackson and sons, Ian, Jordan, Alex, and Nathan, Pembroke, GA.

My work: I’ve authored and currently promote three books, Waking Up Men, Then They All GotNaked and ODAAT-Adventures.

My passion: Natural science and hot, perfumed, bubble baths set to music and lit by candles.

My favorite possession: Gifts of art from family and friends.

My hometown: Wherever I am at the time.

My family: Husband Mike and daughters Maya, 9 and Dorothy, 5.

My work: I teach art history at SCAD.

My family: Is Polish and fabulous!

My work: Is pretty much the best - I help build future female leaders during the day and bring 'em "Today's Best Music" at night!

My passion: Traveling, the music industry, making a difference, being fashionably unfashionable.

My favorite possession: My snowboard…though I don't get to use it much here.