The Citizen Experience

Description: In this thought-provoking episode, Michael Butcher joins us to explore the growing influence of artificial intelligence in our daily lives—from the workplace to the therapist’s office. We unpack the ethical challenges, societal fears, and the responsibility we all share in shaping AI's future. Whether you're a tech optimist or a cautious observer, this episode will challenge your ...

Guest: Donta' Bell, CEO and Co-Founder of VReel Host: Keith Scott, CEO of KLSA Episode Overview: In this enlightening episode of the Citizen Experience Podcast, host Keith Scott engages with Donta' Bell to delve into the transformative power of visual storytelling in community development. They discuss the inception of VReel, its mission to build generational wealth, and the launch of the inno...

👥 Guest: Krystal Robinson – Manager at KLSA, Health and Human Services 🎧 Episode Overview: In this episode of The Citizen Experience, host Keith Scott sits down with Krystal Robinson to dive into one of the most overlooked challenges impacting workforce participation: access to childcare. As employers continue to report staffing shortages, Krystal sheds light on the critical role childcare pl...

In this episode, we sit down with Adrian Atkinson to dive into the inspiring story behind KLSA—how it all started, the lessons learned along the way, and his role as the firm’s “People Leader.” We discuss the importance of establishing an empathetic culture, fostering strong leadership, and creating an environment where people truly thrive. But that’s not all—Adrian also shares how KLSA Gives ...

In this episode, we’re joined by Cornell P. Wright, a leading voice in health equity and community engagement. With a wealth of experience as a consultant, advisor, and presenter, Cornell has dedicated his career to addressing health disparities and promoting justice, diversity, and inclusion, particularly for historically marginalized populations. Currently, Cornell serves as the Health Equit...

Dr. Marlene Orozco is a Senior Associate with KLSA.  Dr. Orozco is an experienced social science practitioner with over eight years of professional experience. She is primarily focusing on research, data collection and analysis, and data visualization in support of government policy insights and outcomes. With extensive experience in conducting applied research focused on barrier and trend surv...

The Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) program in the United States is designed to provide economic benefits to both disadvantaged communities and small businesses. While the primary goal of the program is to promote job creation and economic development in historically neglected or underutilized areas, we discuss several economic benefits to social equity that the HUBZone prog...

Today’s guest is Dr.Lugo Santiago- a multi-talented individual: CEO of Lugo Santiago enterprises, Co-founder & Chief Futurist for the Institute of Leadership and Strategic Foresight, Veteran & Author shares his lessons learned in scaling organizations futures while applying his incredible life lessons along the way. Get in touch with Dr. Lugo Santiago at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/...

Economic equity extends beyond demographics, it is also by zip code.  Today’s guest is Deb Page, President of The Institute of Performance Improvement, LLC and Willing Learner, Inc.  In this episode, we discuss education equity in rural communities. Get in touch with Deb at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deb-page-cpt-cpif-a5403737/ The Institute of Performance Improvement, LLC: http://...

Dr. Danika Tynes is a Social Impact Entrepreneur and Founder of the Sustainable Access Foundation, which is a non-profit organization that provides funding and scaling strategies to communities in developing countries.  The mission of the Sustainable Access Foundation (SAF) is to support global community development efforts to increase equity in health and well-being by providing not just the r...

Today I talk with, Chris Steadley, Principal of Steadley Advisory LLC, who is a strategic advisor and thought leader with a proven record of leveraging DEI, culture and engagement, customer experience, innovation, and organizational transformation expertise to drive growth for industry leaders (Gartner, PwC, Deloitte, Oracle, and Ingersoll-Rand). He is also a global and collaborative leader kno...

Today we learn more on how Amanda & AchieveIt assist in evaluating your plans and show you how to improve performance, break down silos, and work cross-functionally across teams and plans; also helping to display publicly facing dashboards for a more transparent government.

Today we speak with Jeryl Williams, CEO of Honnete, LLC.  We discuss the impact of attending and graduating from an HBCU and how it influenced establishing his own business. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Youtube! Link to Listen: https://linktr.ee/CxPodcast Liked what you heard or have a question you want answered? Message us on https://www.linkedin.com/company/klsassociates/ Em...

Listen to the Citizen Experience, where we discuss topics such as Social Equity, Government Transformation, Technology, and Business! In this episode of the Citizen Experience Podcast, we interview Brentley Wright. Brentley is a certified Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion business practitioner working to achieve workplace excellence in multicultural business arenas with The Diversity Movement (...