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ELYSIAN Magazine sits down with Barbara Melvin, President and CEO of South Carolina Ports, as she talks about her life, struggles, and journey to achieve her goals in life.

Phyllis Newhouse is the first African American woman CEO to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange and win Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award.

Marva Smalls is one of the most powerful executives in American business. She was Executive VP of Viacom, Inc. and has been the Executive VP and Global Head Inclusion for ViacoCBS Inc. since 2019.

Chief Executive Officer & Firm Council Chairperson of LHP Capital   As a young person, you played basketball…You were a little starlet, I am told. I was the MVP, but…

Jennifer Justice is one of the most highly respected attorneys in the music business—including representing Jay-Z for almost two decades.

For more than 18 years, Lou Kennedy has worked for Nephron Pharmaceuticals. In 2007, Lou assumed the lead position as the company’s CEO.

Under Gloria’s leadership, Hargray would grow to become the 26th largest independent telecommunications company in the U.S.

Lifelong horsewoman and media maven, Misdee Wrigley Miller is not only an award-winning broadcast journalist but also one of the few women in the world to compete with a team of horses in the sport of combined driving.

After retiring from the military in 1999, Phyllis started her successful entrepreneurial career as founder and CEO of Xtreme Solutions, Inc.

Raegan Moya-Jones, founder of aden + anais and Australian native, turned a special swaddling blanket into a thriving, multi-million dollar business.

Amel Derragui, social entrepreneur and native of Algeria, founded Tandem Nomads as a way to inspire others to launch their portable business ideas.

President and owner of The Sherbert Group, adevelopment firm in Charlotte, NC, Tara Sherbert dons a hard hat whenever she oversees renovations of her current projects.