May 02 2024 29 mins
This week, we sit down with glass-ceiling smasher, corporate and nonprofit leader, Atlanta booster, storyteller, mentor, mother and grandmother, community organizer, and woman of the hour Hala Moddelmog. Hala is a fellow Atlantian, spending nearly her entire career in this southeastern metropolis. Shout out for the home team!
Hala is currently the President and CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center in downtown Atlanta. She has spent nearly 30 years in President and CEO roles from Metro Atlanta Chamber to Arby’s Restaurant Group to Susan G. Komen - and more. Needless to say, ain’t no mountain high enough!
In our 30-minute conversation, Hala shares her story of “having it all,” her unwavering commitment to the Atlanta community, her experience with storytelling and art as mechanisms for learning and change, and her incredible take on how to invest in others “doing the work.”
Hala was among the first to join the I AM 111 to support the “making of” the I AM Series. In this episode, we ask Hala why she joined, and she surprised us with the most authentic and powerful answer!
“I saw two women putting everything on the line to do something important, and I thought sign me up! Let me be a little bit a part of this.” We won’t give it all away, but the TL;DR is: If you can show up for others in the “arena,” do.
Hala describes her experience being part of a generation that had to break proverbial glass ceilings, and how she and her fellow “glass shatterers” won’t stop because it’s just not fixed yet! And finally, the pièce de résistance, and our real takeaway from this conversation… The art of shattering that glass isn’t just in its breaking, it’s in turning around and offering a helping hand to those that follow with hammers. Mic drop. 🎤
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