Leadership
Janice Harrison Drake
Founder, President & CEO, Hope 360° Inc.
Janice has over 30+ years of corporate and entrepreneur leadership and managerial experience. Prior to beginning her first venture Visions + Solutions, she served as Vice – President of Human Resources for several divisions of The General Electric Company including (GE Aerospace, GE Appliances, GE Capital, and GE Financial Assurance (Now Genworth Financial) as well as senior positions with Western Electric/Lucent Technologies.
In addition to her corporate success as longtime corporate executive and entrepr eneur, she is a MotivationalSpeaker,an accomplished Author, Executive Coach and holds a Black Belt in “Six Sigma’ quality. Her book “Visioning for Success” A Career and Leadership Development Guide has been used at various universities, companies, and non - profit organizations throughout the US and abroad. Another published work, “The Balancing Act, How to Get a Life, When You Got a Career” is now headed for its second edition is a marvelous series of stories that provide the readers with great advice on h ow to balance an ambitious career and busy family life. Other books include "Raised by an Angel" and "His Voice."
Lawrence "Larry" M Drake II, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Principal Consultant HOPE 360° Inc.
Larry is a seasoned executive with over four decades experience as a corporate leader, university president, entrepreneur, academic scholar, author, and executive coach. He has served in a variety of senior level positions including Managing Director, President/ CEO of the Nigeria and Equatorial Africa Division of Coca - Cola Africa, a division of The Coca - Cola Company, Senior VP/GM Cablevision Systems Corporation, VP/GM, KFC Restaurant Division, and Kraft Foods, Inc. He also co-managed two entrepreneurial firms, Dolman Technologies Inc, and Haven Media Group, LLC. He is a two-time University President and Business School Dean and currently serves as the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of LEADing for Life Enterprise, a non-profit organization focused on developing learning access models for learners on their journey from high school to college to career.
Our Partners of Coaches & Consultants
We partner with a team of highly experienced leaders, retired CEO's and corporate executives, entrepreneurs, psychologists , and executive coaches from all over the world who join us in our partnerships with Clients by helping them excel at effectively balancing the challenges of delivering high performance during life's frequent personal and professional transitions.
