Get Inspired by: Leaders in the Community

Five Questions for Leaders in the Community

Spotlighting NIRMV Community Service Drive Advisor/Consultant Leona Phillips


Leona is Systems Treasury Analyst at DURA Automotive Systems, a global automotive supplier specializing in the design, engineering and manufacturing of solutions driving the evolution of mobility.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is your major accomplishment/achievement as a community leader? My major accomplishment as a community leader is working with several community groups creating a food drive benefiting Hope Clinic (Ypsilanti, MI) collecting over 3,700 nonperishable items.

What are your goals for 2022? To continue to be the best person I can be and effect change by working in my communities.

Last good book I’ve read? Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference by David Shimer.

What do you like to do for fun? Sail, travel, movies, concerts, and community service.

Who is your favorite inspirational role model? Harriet Tubman
 


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In photo from left to right: NIRMV Community Service Drive Advisor/Consultant Leona Phillips, NIRMV Founder/President Darlene House, Jacqueline Butts and NIRMV Treasurer/NIRMM Chair Cynthia Hines.

1) What is your major achievement/accomplishment as a community leader?

Seeing the smiles on the faces of the individuals that I have been able to serve.

2) What major goal have you set for yourself this year?

Be able to introduce “My Life is in a Bag” and provide these services to others.

3) What was the last good book you read?

The Bible.

4) What do you like to do for fun?

Go see a sports game, compete against my husband, play table games and make people laugh.

5) Who is your favorite inspirational role model?

My mom is and was my favorite. Even when little, she taught me to be grateful in all things.