MEET THE
2022 Fellows
Andréa L Maddan
Maddan Law LLC
Andréa is an attorney and the founder of Maddan Law. Maddan Law is a boutique law firm committed to supporting legacy building through the creation and protection of businesses, assets, and wealth. The New Jersey based firm provides services in the areas of business law and estate planning, including wills and trusts. Andréa’s passion for education and advocacy allows her to develop trusted partnerships with the individuals, families, and businesses she serves.
Prior to launching Maddan Law, Andréa worked as a financial advisor, served as an Editor-in-Chief for the Rutgers Race and the Law Review, clerked for the Honorable Philip J. Maenza in the family and civil divisions of the New Jersey Superior Court, and gained diversified litigation and wealth preservation experience in other roles. Consistent with the mission of her practice, Andréa is an American Bar Association GPSolo Diversity Fellow for the 2022-2023 bar year.
Above all, Andréa is inspired and supported by her faith in God, her wonderfully supportive husband, her three phenomenal daughters, and an amazing and undeniable village.
Bria hamlet
JustBriFree Yoga & Wellness
Bria (Bri) Hamlet, MPH, CHES, CYT-500 (she/her), is a Certified Health Educator and Yoga Instructor. As a member of both the Black and LGBTQ communities, she is invested in holding space for underserved and underrepresented identities on the mat. In 2019 Bri established JustBriFree Yoga & Wellness and launched her signature offering, Soul Flow Sundays, to encourage Black folks to try yoga. She’s since led hundreds of yoga classes, well-being workshops, and meditation experiences. Her work has been highlighted by Voyage LA, POPSUGAR, YogaJournal, The UnderBelly, GLAMOUR, and more.
She completed a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training program at Pilgrimage of the Heart Yoga in June 2018. Bri completed a 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Pier to Point Wellness Center in April 2022. She is currently based in San Diego, CA.
Candice Jones
Everything She Is Co.
Candice Jones, born and raised in South Florida, is a multi-faceted businesswomen who is passionate about helping young women find their voice while navigating their journey to womanhood. Jones owns a Millennial and Gen Z lifestyle platform - Everything She Is Co. - designed to help young girls and women feel seen, heard, and accepted in the health and wellness space. With 180,000 subscribers and counting, Jones’ YouTube channel, by: Candice Jones, is a safe space for women to be authentic and supported without judgement. Jones attended the University of Central Florida where she completed a degree in Biomedical Science and has since written The Self-Love Workbook, a transformative series of exercises created to help women along their journey of healing trauma, releasing self-doubt, and rediscovering their true selves.
Chris & Fay Breedlove
TERMINAL B
Terminal B was founded in 2021 by Chris & Fay Breedlove, a Husband and Wife team based out of Long Beach, California. Their story is one of fairytale beginnings, and their personal experiences are the DNA of Terminal B.
Both Chris and Fay grew up in Long Beach, California. Despite attending rival high schools, and sharing mutual acquaintances, they would have to travel 3000 miles across the country to meet each other in Washington, DC. While falling in love with each other as students at Howard University, Chris and Fay simultaneously fell in love with travel. Through their relationship they’ve traveled to over 44 cities, 14 countries, 5 continents with layovers at airports from Taipei to Abu Dhabi.
When the world shut down in 2020, Chris and Fay discovered how scent had the power to invoke memories of travel and feed their wanderlust. Soon after, the idea of TERMINAL B was birthed with the intent to share their love for worldwide travel. After months of carefully curated product development, the brand was released in July 2021.
The Breedlove's take pride and carefully curate TERMINAL B's scents to tell stories highlighting their experience in each location from Los Angeles to Cape Town. It is their hope that TERMINAL B touches their customers, triggers positive memories of past adventures, and inspires wanderlust to future destinations…
Christen Greenwood
Fit by Chrisy G, LLC
Christen Greenwood is the founder of The Village PT & Wellness and her personal brand, Fit by Chrisy G. Christen is also an NPC Bikini Competitor, fitness model, and a NASM Certified Personal Trainer with a specialization in Women’s Fitness. To help combat depression and anxiety, Christen recently earned a certification to play Crystal Singing Bowls. Singing bowls are instruments used in meditation to promote relaxation, stimulate the immune system, and balance your energy. With these skills combined Christen is able to provide both intense physical training and mindfulness training with her sound bowl meditation. Her ultimate goal is to assist her community in becoming the most physically, mentally, and spiritually fit as possible.
Since 2015, Christen has trained hundreds of men and women between the ages of 14-70, athletes and non athletes, millennials, professionals, and retirees. She is known for her spirit, affirmation techniques, and HIIT style workouts. Christen truly believes that anything is possible with faith, time, and commitment. She is dedicated not only to helping people become more active but to also be healthy holistically.
Courtney Johnson
A Lemon Club
Courtney Johnson is the Founder and CEO of Lemon Club. What began as a desire to share her packed multifaceted activity schedule with friends is now a growing community of Lemon heads seeking a safe place of connection, adventure and joy. Most days, she can be found laughing somewhere and eating lemons.
Jamel Randall
The Trap Yoga and Massage Studio
Jamel Randall born and raised in Detroit,Mi uses a fun vibrant approach while introducing the message of mindfulness and self liberation. In 2007, on the heels of the death of both parents from cancer Jamel would soon gain full guardianship of his disabled sister. His life had changed drastically at just 21 yrs old. The mental blow of losing parents was combated by the physical blow of a back injury. This led him to seek overall relief from a life that was breaking him down. It was during a visit with a friend where yoga was suggested.
The first day led to many days until eventually Jamel dove in completely. Studying,practicing and being trained all over the world in the healing modalities of yoga,massage therapy and the philosophies of eastern medicine.
With over 18years of experience he realized that more people in the communities needed this. Unfortunately the world of yoga hasn’t always been inviting to those minorities and those that don’t match the profile of a “yogi”. This need led Jamel to enter yoga teacher training with the hope to inspire others to begin. Jamel’s dedication and passion shined so much that midway through training Jamel’s teacher pulled him aside.
“Jamel I feel like you can be a vessel to a community that I simply cannot reach. Take this practice that you’ve learned and deliver it to others seeking peace just as you were.”
This sparked Jamel to begin teaching his Trap Yoga classes where he incorporates music,dance and yoga as a way to introduce the practice in a fun yet informative way.
Since then Jamel has taught and spoke on the benefits to thousands in his hometown of Detroit,Mi and across the country. His teachings have been requested at corporations,groups,schools and Frito Lay,Brefix,The Boys and Girls Clubs,Illinois State University,Alma College and many more seeking to introduce wellness to their team.
In 2016 he founded The Trap Yoga and Massage Studio. A company with a mission to introduce, teach and encourage health and wellness as a lifestyle.
Jamel believes that the way towards a life free from restriction is by embracing the uncomfortable parts of your life story and inspiring others to do the same as a result of your actions. Jamel developed the T.R.A.P method. A four part system that teaches busy teams/individuals to create a lifestyle that pours into themselves first before spreading to others.
JAsmine Johnson & Janelle Ross
Sol & Sound
Sol & Sound was founded by best friends and business partners, Janelle Ross and Jasmine Amirah. Jasmine and Janelle are both Los Angeles natives born and raised in Inglewood, CA. They met at City Honors High School during their freshman year and have been friends ever since.
During their college years, Janelle studied Economics and Computer Science at Dartmouth College while Jasmine attended UC Berkeley to study Media Studies. Upon graduating from college, Jasmine went on to author her first book, The Daily Spiritual Practice and Janelle built a career in women's health assisting women with fertility issues. Together the dynamic duo combined their passions for multi-dimensional wellness, music, and community impact to create Sol & Sound.
Sol & Sound originated in 2020 amidst the global disharmony spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and the collective pain felt during the racial protests led by the Black Lives Matter movement. In response to these unprecedented times, Janelle and Jasmine created an outdoor space for sound healing that nurtured generational wounds; improved mental, spiritual and physical health; and stimulated BIPOC businesses. Since the first Sol & Sound event in August 2020, the experience has evolved to include elements of dance, music, and transformative meditation practices encompassed in a spirit of joy and celebration--simply put, it's a vibe.
Kandee Lewis
Positive Results Center
Kandee Rochelle Lewis, is the Executive Director of Positive Results Center (PRC), Founder of Black Women Leaders of Los Angeles, a Civil Rights Commissioner for the City of Los Angeles, Civil and Human Rights Commission, and she was recently appointed to serve on Kaiser Permanente’s Bernard J. Tyson, Community Engagement Stakeholder Committee.
Kandee is also a certified domestic violence, sexual assault, and suicide awareness prevention advocate, addressing trauma from a cultural and age perspective. Through training for youth and parents, facilitated events, and the creation of youth-peer advocacy programs, Lewis provides tools and strategies to form and maintain healthy, productive relationships.
Through partnerships with K-12 schools, colleges, health care, law enforcement, judicial, government, community & faith-based organizations, training them to recognize and deal effectively with trauma BIPOC youth and young adult experience, developing a culture of inclusion, social justice, and equity.
Lewis's work is well recognized, the LA County Board of Supervisors named Kandee its 2017 Women of the Year and Vanguard recognized her as a Most Influential African American in Los Angeles in 2018. Additional Honors and Awards include but not limited to the 2022 California Black Women’s Collective Trailblazer Hall of Fame Award, 2021 Phenomenal Women Awards, 2019 Champion of Peace & Non-Violence Award, the Trailblazers Award, and the Community Plus Award, 2014, the Johnnie L. Cochran Award for Youth Violence Prevention and the 2015 Woman of the Year.
Kandee trained with the National Association of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault, the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and the Women of Color Network. She served on the L.A. City Council's Domestic Violence Roundtable and Mayor Eric Garcetti's Human Trafficking Portal, and the Harbor Area Planning Commissioner for the City of Los Angeles from 2011 – 2015 under Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Born & raised in Los Angeles and married for 40 years, Kandee and her husband Carl have three adult children, and a Pit Bull/Boxer!
Kia-Shun Voltz
ShampooTime
Kia-Shun Voltz, from Dallas, Texas, is the owner/founder of ShampooTime. After obtaining a biology degree at University of Houston and Masters from Texas Southern University, she went to work at the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington. After a few years at Boeing, Kia-Shun moved back to Texas to work for Lockheed Martin, but soon realized her career was on a different path. Her daughter, Karter was the inspiration for ShampooTime. It’s no secret that mothers like Kia-Shun have been struggling with shampooing their child’s hair for decades. ShampooTime is the solution to stressful wash days with its patented high-quality shampoo mat. It reduces wash-day time and eliminate fear, stress, and pain while promoting a positive bonding experience. Since starting ShampooTime, Kia-Shun has managed being a full-time single mom, employee, and entrepreneur.
Kristian Edwards
BLK + GRN
Dr. Kristian Edwards is a Public Health professor, graduate of Yale and Johns-Hopkins University, a yogi, and the founder of BLK + GRN - an incubator for Black women entrepreneurs who create all-natural products.
Since 2018, BLK + GRN has elevated 123 Black-owned brands and shipped over 18,500 orders of non-toxic products placed on our marketplace. In our marketplace products are curated and sold in categories like skin care, home, and bath and body to meet the needs of wellness seekers who want to buy Black and live green.
Kristian’s entrepreneurial endeavor is the culmination of her belief in #BlackGirlMagic and her experiences in the public health industry. She is an unshakable optimist who is passionate about helping women cultivate a lifestyle that’s free of artificial ingredients, toxins, and harmful chemicals. She believes that doing so is the only way to foster true happiness.
The fundamental hope in buying Black and living green as a non-compromising choice is what connects her journey to a community that also wants to craft and consume products consciously.
BLK + GRN has been featured in Essence, Forbes, Blavity, USA Today, and The New York Times - to name a few.
Kristian holds a Bachelor’s degree from Yale University, a Master’s degree from the Yale School of Public Health, and a Doctorate degree from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Lisa Walker
Quilted Rose Clinical Services
Dr. Walker, a native Detroiter, created Quilted Rose Clinical Services out of a need for highly skilled Black clinicians expressly trained in social justice and trauma-focused treatment modalities to work with Black people. Dr. Walker works with all Black (BIPOC) people; with a special emphasis on adults who work in the health and nonprofit sectors. She works collaboratively to facilitate growth in individuals struggling with intergenerational trauma, complex trauma, acute stress, depression, anxiety and stopping the cycle of unhealthy relationships all while maintaining within a society which thrives on systemic oppression.
With almost 20 years of clinical experience working with individuals and groups. Dr. Walker has worked as a clinician and in leadership positions in private child welfare settings, hospitals, residential, outpatient and criminal justice settings. Dr Walker is a trauma and recovery specialist (trained in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, BrainSpotting and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)), a trained LLPC supervisor and a consultant to organizations providing trauma-informed care and cultural responsibility training.
Dr Walker understands the pervasive effects of racism. And how we, as Black professionals, can best grow and fight against its effects via healthy boundaries and coping strategies as opposed to learning to accept racism as part of the American culture.
Moreover, Dr. Walker works to facilitate change in individuals struggling with intergenerational trauma, complex trauma, acute stress, depression, anxiety and stopping the cycle of unhealthy relationships; all while being forced to live within the oppressive confines of systemic patriarchy.