“They said they were looking for a leader to take them to the next level and, being the ambitious person that I am, I wanted to take this on. “I learned so much at the United Way, and I felt like this was an opportunity to make a huge difference with a smaller organization,” she says. Harris jumped at the opportunity to lead Dress for Success when founder Vicki Bowen Hewes decided to step down. “I learned the importance of multiple organizations coming together to achieve a goal, because no organization can do it all for a person in this community,” she says. This led to a tech-based job at the United Way of Central Ohio, where Harris eventually was named chief development officer and senior vice president. She landed a job at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus, where she designed a database for a fundraising campaign. While attending college-she holds a bachelor’s degree in information systems, an MBA and a doctorate from Franklin University-Harris became a single mother at the age of 20. “Even then, I guess I thought big.” Read about all of our CEO of the Year 2020 award winners. “I wanted to be the managing partner of a Big Six accounting firm,” she says. While attending East High School, Harris planned on becoming an accountant. “And now, I want to give our women what I had-people telling me I could do it.
“I’d come home with straight A’s and she’d say, ‘Of course you did, we believe in you,’ ” Harris says. She has become a maternal figure to scores of women, following in the footsteps of her mother, Mary, who told her daughter she could accomplish anything and everything.
ANGEL LEARNING COLUMBUS TECH PROFESSIONAL
Skip ahead a couple of decades and Harris, 45, is devoting her professional life to helping and serving others, first at the United Way of Central Ohio, and since 2018 as the executive director of Dress for Success Columbus. “Our house was where people came to hang out, and that’s where the spirit of helping and serving others was born in me.” “My father had a catering business and was a great cook,” Harris says. For a look back at the event in Atlanta, just click here: SkillsUSA Georgia Photo Gallery. To learn more about the SkillsUSA program and how it helps students through hands-on education and training, visit their website.The home where Angel Harris grew up on the east side of Columbus was where people gathered to talk, tell stories, laugh and chow down some tasty food. Rishi Jain, Skyler Oller and Tyler VoorheesĬongratulations to all students who competed and thanks to their faculty advisors. Columbus Tech SkillsUSA competitors Program/Field of Competition Those students will go on to compete at the national level at the Skills competition in Louisville, Kentucky June 19-23. This included four gold medals for first place finishes. The competitors brought home 13 medals during the event held at the International Convention Center in late March. Students representing 15 different program areas at Columbus Technical College did their home school proud at the recent Georgia SkillsUSA competition in Atlanta.
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