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Christmas Season Flashback
View this post on Instagram!Christmas Season flashbackIn the spirit of the season, I had a goal to get this up before the year ended!! đđœ which is important bc Late summer (last year (2022)), Clint, EJ and Evan were sitting at a card table - in what WAS a...

Putting Love First
Itâs wild to have the realization, as a team, that two whole months of 2023 have come and gone. Weâre physically already into March, but for clients weâre already planning and developing work for May. So itâs no wonder that weâre just now having the chance to think...

Gifted and Grateful: Our 2022 Gratitude Celebration!
Last holiday season was filled with reasons to be thankful, and here at duGard Communications, we are keen on celebrating that fact. On November 12th, we celebrated our 9th anniversary by throwing a Gratitude Celebration to champion and thank the people who have...
Clinton C. Boyd, Jr.
Clint was ambitious, focused and methodical. Already a success in the pharma sales world, he took a bet on four guys starting a consulting firm and hopped over to the entrepreneurial space becoming the VP of Subrogation at Innovative Recovery Services, Inc. (IRSI).
Cheryl Read Sullivan
Cheryl Read is one of those force of nature women you donât realize you need in your life until you have experienced her power, reach, influence and understanding. Sheâs extremely opinionated and generally right. She has an instinct and intuition that surpasses most â understanding issues and getting to the bottom-line of a conversation, reading the room, being prepared, developing thud-factor reports to be ultra prepared for a corner office meeting and dressing to the nines.
Reginald D. Holt
Reggie made it ok to be smart, he fostered it and held extremely challenging, higher standards and held interesting and thoughtful conversations with meâŠhe was ridiculously smart and I think he was impressed (maybe proud) of the fact that I could keep up.
Velma Woods
Ms. Woods is petite, kind and about her businessâŠin high school, it would always tickle me to see her move into her âprofessional sista-girlâ when you were not doing what you were supposed to be doing. As a guidance counselor at an inner-city high school, she saw the lives of her students from all walks of life, but she always treated us like we were her own. She saw the good in each one of usâŠand wouldnât let us forget it.
Margaret Alexandria Rose Campbelle
Grandmother Campbelle was a formidable woman. Living to be 108, she saw and lived through a lotâŠincluding the opportunity to attend her 80th class reunion at Clark Atlanta University. She knew the power of the press, pen, and amplification before any of those phrases were a big deal, and she was a publicist before her time.
Washington âWashâ Rose
Wash Rose, a former slave, left South Carolina and moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1866 after buying his freedom. In Yazoo, he started a blacksmith shop in a two-story brick building around 1870 and was regarded as a very successful, respected and regarded businessman with an intense level of attention to detail.
Francis S. Guess
Francis was âUncle Francisâ for years. I learned so many pearls of knowledge from him like, âlisten intently and talk less, youâll learn where the bodies (projects/details/info) are buriedâ and that it was always better to âbeat âem up in the back room Perri, but be their friend and protect them in public.â