My 2 Cents
Welcome to the gallery of uncut "My 2 Cents" interviews!
"My 2 Cents" is a series from Memphis Downtowner magazine where well-known and not-so-well-known folks share lessons they've learned in life, their observations, opinions, insights, advice, memories, and their best and worst, as it pertains to their individual, unique life journey.
These "from the heart" interviews are their abridged life story that mix the serious, fun, thought-provoking, and humorous milestones and experiences that helped shape the person into who they eventually became.
Myron Lowery
Memphis City Council Chairman
Bill Cockroft
86-Year-Old 2009 National Senior Olympics Qualifier
Linn Sitler
Memphis and Shelby County Film Commissioner
Greg Barton
Double Olympic Gold Medal Kayaker
Frances Hooks
The Rock of Benjamin Hooks
Knox Phillips
Music Publisher, producer, and Memphis promoter
My Harrison
FBI Special Agent in Charge, Memphis Field Office
Kallen Esperian
Operatic Soprano
William Novick, M.D.
Founder and Medical Director of the International Children’s Heart Foundation & Professor of Surgery and International Child Health at the University of Tennessee
Debb Taylor
Cofounder and Director of Midsouth Therapy Dogs and Friends, and Coowner of BarkNBray Ranch — GoldenzRule Golden Retrievers
Rev. Birgitte “Pastor Bee” French
Executive Director of FirstWorks and Pastor of Union Avenue United Methodist Church
Marilou Awiakta
Internationally Acclaimed Native American Poet, Storyteller, Essayist
A C Wharton Jr.
Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee
Josh Pastner
Head Coach, University of Memphis Tigers Basketball
Rarecas Bonds
Founder, Beale Street Flippers
Pat Kerr Tigrett
Memphis Philanthropist and Chairmain/CEO/Designer, Pat Kerr Inc
Larry A. Godwin
Director of Police Services for the City of Memphis
Di Anne Price
Storytelling Piano Player
Janice M. Holder
Chief Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court
George Hunt
Visual Artist
Denise Burnett
O.R. Nurses Inc. Co-Founder
Michael V. Warr
Porter-Leath Children’s Center
Santa Claus (Jim Kyle)
North Pole helper Jim Kyle
Dr. Louis G. Britt
Performed the First Kidney Transplant in Memphis
Pat Halloran
President and CEO, The Orpheum Theatre
Deborah Hester Harrison
President and CEO, Girls Inc. of Memphis
Gaston Davis
Manager of Blue Suede Brigade
Cynthia Ham
archer>malmo Principal/Chief Public Relations Officer
Ken Hudson
Downtown Neighborhood Association President 2011 LEEDAccredited Architect, Architecture Inc.
Marvell Thomas
STAX Records Pioneer, Memphis Sound Musician
Greg Coy
Anchor, WHBQ FOX 13 “Good Morning Memphis”
Dorothy Gunther Pugh
Founding Artistic Director, Ballet Memphis
Stephen C. Reynolds
President and Chief Executive Officer, Baptist Memorial Health Care
Johnnie B. Watson
President, LeMoyne-Owen College
Onie Johns
Founder, The Caritas Village
Mark H. Luttrell Jr.
Mayor, Shelby County, Tennessee
Willy Bearden
Memphis Author and Filmmaker
Darrell Cobbins
Founder, Universal Commercial Real Estate LLC
Tad Pierson
Founder, American Dream Safari
Jim Holt
President and CEO, Memphis in May
Kris Kourdouvelis
Party Host of The Warehouse
Freeworld
Oldest Consistently Performing Local Rock Band
Art Gilliam
CEO, WLOK-AM 1340, Memphis’s First BlackOwned Radio Station
Jackie Nichols
Founder/Executive Producer Circuit Playhouse Inc.
Meri Armour
President/CEO Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
Jack Kenner
Photographer & Filmmaker
Joe Birch
WMC-TV Action News 5 CoAnchor
D’Army Bailey
Civil Rights Activist, Attorney, and Public Servant
Geoff Calkins
Sports Columnist & Filmmaker
Kay Spalding Robilio
Tennessee Circuit Court Div. 5 Judge
Jimmie Tucker
Managing Principal, Self + Tucker Architects
Pat Mitchell Worley
Memphis Music and Arts Activist
Ekundayo Bandele
Founder, Executive Director of Hattiloo Theatre
Jake Schorr III
Downtown Memphis Entrepreneur
Rev. G. Scott Morris, M.D.
Founder and Executive Director of Church Health Center
Mei-Ann Chen
Music Director, Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Sally Jones Heinz
Executive Director, MIFA
Jay Sieleman
President/CEO, The Blues Foundation
John Doyle
Executive Director, Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum and Memphis Music Hall of Fame
Jackson Baker
Political Analyst and Columnist
TRENYCE
American Idol Finalist, Singer, Performer
Robert E. Loeb
Developer
Loeb Properties
Cato Johnson
Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs
Methodist Healthcare
Dr. Lewis Reich
President
Southern College of Optometry
Fred-Davis
Owner
Fred L. Davis Insurance Agency
