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Spark Thomasville Mission

Educate.

Train.

Encourage.

Support.

Confident Entrepreneurs Who Make Their Dream a Reality

Our Vision

Minority business owner Jasmine Calhaun poses in front of a display of her products.

Spark Thomasville stands to serve our community by igniting the Spark Passion of potential entrepreneurs, not only to educate and train them, but also to provide leverage and encouragement for them to create legacies for their generation and generations to come.  

 

Spark will endeavor to create the necessary support system to undergird these entrepreneurs, so they will have the ability to create jobs and build their community one business at a time.

Jasmine Calhoun 
Current Spark Thomasville Cohort Participant 
And Owner of the Diverse Pour

Spark Values & Guiding Principles

  • Support “Underestimated” Entrepreneurs

  • Collaboration and Community Engagement

  • Education 

  • Coaching and Guidance

  • Access to Resources and Affordable Capital 

  • Empowerment and Accountability

  • Love our Neighbors

  • Economic Viability

  • Job Creation

  • Legacy and Wealth Building

SparkTank winner Sybol Rembort poses with SparkThomasville board members.

Congratulations to our  2022 Spark Award Winners (pictured left to right Spark Board Member Douglas Shierling,Rickela Reynolds, D.J.Cole and Spark President Nathaniel Abrams)

DeShay Williams, Director

DeShay Williams

Executive Director

Spark Staff

WHO WE ARE

Meet the Spark Board of Directors

Nathaniel H. Abrams, Jr. Board Chair

Owner, Abrams Mobile Document Destruction Services Inc. 

Founding Member and President, Spark Thomasville 

NATHANIEL H. ABRAMS, JR.

Owner, BFT Accounting and Tax Services / Registered Agent, Spark Thomasville 

BRIANA D. BUTLER

Briana D. Butler

Executive Director of Community Outreach Training Center/Founding Member, Spark Thomasville

SHARON D. EDWARDS

Sharon D. Edwards

CEO Disciples of Jesus Ministries 

DENNY BLAKE

Pastor Denny Blake

Licensed Professional Counselor, Marria's Counseling, Coaching, and Consulting, Services 

District Governor at Rotary International 

ANDRE H. MARRIA

Andre H. Marria

CRA Officer, TNB Bank 

MELVIN HUGANS

Melvin Huggins

Vice President, Mondelez International, Retired Head Coach Consultant, Spark Thomasville 

DOUG SHIERLING

Doug Shierling

LEE WAGNER

Chief Professional Officer, MNW Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Georgia 

Lee Wagner

HARRY T. JONES

Business coach, entrepreneur, Owner Cultivating Impact

Harry T. Jones

Business coach, entrepreneur, Owner Cultivating Impact

HARRY T. JONES

Southern Regional Technical College Director of Innovation

Willie Allen

Research Economist, USDA, Retired

Karen S. Hamrick

PRESS

Spark in the News

Logo for WTXL television station.
Logo for Cultivating Impact, Harry T. Jones
Logo for Rotary Club of Dunwoody
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