Faith and Resilience: Lost a high-level executive job due to injury but found a more fulfilling opportunity.
Strawberry Letter
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🗓️ 3 September 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Kelenda Annette Baird.
- Title: Miss Corporate America
- Roles: Chief Revenue Officer of Reed’s Hideaway & Founder of Limitless
- Location: Based in Chelan, WA; works in Monticello, MS
🏆 Achievements & Recognition
- Won Miss Corporate America after being recruited for her achievements in business and community impact.
- Personally mentored and endorsed by legendary speaker Les Brown.
- Overcame a traumatic car accident just before starting a dream job and still pursued her speaking career.
💼 Professional Journey
- Reed’s Hideaway: A 250-acre multi-venue estate in Mississippi for weddings, retreats, and events.
- Limitless: A social purpose corporation focused on helping at-risk youth and survivors of trafficking, inspired by her global humanitarian work.
💪 Themes of Resilience & Faith
- Survived domestic abuse and a near-fatal car accident.
- Lost a high-level executive job due to injury but found a more fulfilling opportunity.
- Emphasizes faith, adaptability, and purpose-driven work.
💡 Motivational Insights
- Encourages others to pursue meaningful work and not fear change.
- Believes in combining purpose and profit.
- Advocates for mentorship and lifelong learning (e.g., Stanford online courses).
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.3 | Hi, I'm Roshan McDonald. |
| 0:05.9 | I host this weekly Money Making Conversation Masterclass show. |
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| 0:35.9 | My guest currently serves as chief revenue officer of Reed's |
| 0:40.3 | Highway and founder of Limitless. It's a 250-acre multi-venue estate with six premier venues |
| 0:48.0 | overseeing marketing, that's what she does, revenue, that's what she does. And large-scale growth. She is the reigning |
| 0:56.0 | Miss Corporate America and winner of Les Brown International Legendary Speaker Champion. That's what she is. |
| 1:03.4 | Personally, mentored and endorsed by the one and only Les Brown. Please welcome the Moneymaking |
| 1:08.8 | Conversation Masterclass, Kalinda Annette Baird. How you doing |
| 1:12.7 | my friend? I'm doing very well. Thanks for asking and thank you for having me. It's such an honor. |
| 1:18.0 | So where are you based at my friend? I'm based out of Shalan, Washington, but I'm also on a work project |
| 1:25.5 | here and there in Montazzissel, Mississippi. |
| 1:28.9 | Okay, cool. |
| 1:29.4 | So you from Washington, work project in Mississippi, and you were honored recently by |
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