Learning About Your Leaders - Part 1 (Tina and Becky)

Leadership: Learning about your Leaders

2018-2020 - Part I

TINA DANIEL, STATE PRESIDENT & BECKY BOLDEN, JR. DIRECTOR

She is an only child in Meet Tina Daniel
her adoptive family. GFWC Georgia State President
She has four older birth
brothers from her birth She is a single parent. She has one adorable
She has three adult three year old
family. children (Amelia, Will
and Zach) and one 14 granddaughter Vivienne
Her mom is British – still yr. old adopted child Noelle.
has her green card and from China (Ava).
British citizenship. She is She is a Girl Scout
troop leader and has
the caretaker for her been for 12 years.
mom. Her father was in
the military and stationed She was a Girl
Scout in elementary
in England. He has
passed away. school.

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Professionally, Tina is a school counselor and has spent 22 years in education. She enjoys her role now
with her elementary students and has spent the majority of her career as a high school counselor. She
loves to read books to students using bibliotherapy to help children solve their issues. One thing she
does not like about her job: lunch duty. She has four degrees and holds a doctorate in Counseling
Psychology. She is also a licensed professional counselor, has private practice, has taught at the
collegiate level, and continues to contract with DFCS to provide family home assessments to
prospective foster and adoptive families.

She is on a journey of self- As a club woman, she has held many different positions at the club, district, and state level. She
discovery and has a bucket joined the Covington JWC in 1990 and is now a member of Violets JWC and Service Guild of
list she is working on. She Covington. One of her favorite roles was as an advisor to a juniorette club, a role she did for over 10
has checked off two things – years. She loves talking to club members and sharing ideas. Her most audacious goal for GFWC
zip lining and swimming with Georgia is to have every woman in every community join a club – her more realistic goal is to increase
membership by 10%!
dolphins in the past two
months! She is looking forward to the next two years and turning 50 this year!
Her birthdate is December 24 – yes, a Christmas Eve baby.

The difficult part as a child – no birthday parties!

She loves animals (two She loves yoga.
cats and a rescue dog), She walks and has
music, crafts, and been started jogging – she
a book-aholic most of participated in six 5k’s in

her life. 2017.

Meet Becky Bolden
Junior Director

I began my federated journey when I joined the Monroe Junior
Woman’s Club in December 2010. I was searching for a way to give
back to my community and to meet new people. I remember when
I received my invitation in the mail and the excitement I felt when
asked to a meeting. I am so glad that I decided to join. I have made
friends in my community, across the state of Georgia and the US, as
well as participate in 100’s of projects. My encouragement to
members is “Everyone Invite One”. Imagine what a difference we
can make in our organization.

My husband, Steve, has been my rock for over 31 years. He
supports me endlessly, and I am so blessed to have him as my life
partner. We have lived in Monroe for 18 years, and lived in
Lawrenceville prior to that. We have three children, Crystal, Matt
and Miranda. We have one son in law, Jason; one daughter in law,
Ashley; and my second son in law (joining the family in November),
Taylor. I have three grandsons, Andrew, Nathan and Aiden, which
call me Mimi. I was blessed with Godly parents who taught my
sisters and I to love and respect others. Family is extremely
important to me.

My occupation is controller for W.A. Kendall and Company in
Lawrenceville Georgia. I have worked in this position for 16 years
and worked in public accounting prior to this position as a
CPA/Manager. You might say that I love numbers.

Some of my favorite hobbies are photography, working in the yard, camping, traveling “It’s What You Do for
and volunteering (of course). Steve and I traveled to Alaska in 2016 and it was Others That Counts.”
probably one of the best trips that we have ever experienced. The beauty was breath-
taking and our time together was priceless. My dream trip is Switzerland and hope to
make it there in the very near future.

One thing I do each year is walk/jog the Peachtree Road Race. This is a personal goal
for me after I went through a very difficult time with knee surgery. I find inspiration
each year getting that t-shirt regardless of how long it takes me to get to the end.

My favorite season of the year is Christmas. I love celebrating the birth of Christ as
well as the happiness that it brings to children. I have lots of fond memories of
Christmas even though there weren’t always lots of gifts as it is once again about
Family time. When traveling, I always look for the Christmas town or shop.

We all have club projects that touch our hearts. I have several that I look forward to
each year. One is the preparation of personalized Easter baskets for each child in
foster care in Walton County. It is always heartwarming to learn of children who
carried these baskets from home to home as their only personalized item. The Day of
Service was very special to me this year. Our community lost a young lady just a week
before the event as a result of a domestic violence dispute. It was so moving to have a
community come together to help other women in this same situation through the
donation of items and gift cards to our local shelters. As club women, it is important to
realize that each of us can make a difference in someone’s life. It is What you Do for
Others That Counts!

I am truly blessed to be serving as the 2018-2020 GFWC Georgia Director of Junior
Clubs. I know that the Lord has opened this door for me and I will do my best to make
a difference in our organization and in the lives of women. I love to laugh and have