PozCast is a podcast from TMJ4 News and Positively Milwaukee, hosted by Shannon Sims.
PozCast focuses on everyday individuals creating opportunity, overcoming adversity and improving lives. They're not seeking the spotlight. They're seeking change that's Positively Milwaukee.
Episode 21: Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson's vision for My Path
Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson brings two decades of disability services experience to her new role as CEO of My Path Companies, celebrating 40 years of service. In the latest Positively Milwaukee PozCast with Shannon Sims, Wilson shared her inspiring leadership journey and vision for the future.
My Path serves approximately 2,000 individuals with significant disabilities and mental health challenges across multiple states through specialized education, residential care, and community support services.
"We don't believe that people have disabilities," Wilson explained. "We believe that there's some level of ability in everyone.”
Wilson's path to leadership began early. Her HBCU education at Benedict College and Clark Atlanta University built confidence to compete "with the very best." After 20 years with organizations like Goodwill, she joined My Path's board before becoming CEO.
Her book "You Can Lead" encourages others to recognize their leadership potential, inspired by young people who told her they'd never seen leaders who looked like them.
Learn more about the services MyPath provides here.
Listen to our candid conversation in the video player below:
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Listen to previous episodes of the PozCast:
Episode 1: Advocate, author, and survivor Nancy Yarbrough
Episode 2: Ed Zamora and Johnny Wade, Pride Rides Wisconsin
Episode 3: Katina Shaw, Milwaukee Brewers VP of Community Relations
Episode 4: Dionne Grayson, children's book author
Episode 5: Natalie Anderson, Founder and Executive Director of Fostering Community
Episode 6: Rochelle Gamauf, Founder and Executive Director of Friends with Food
Episode 7: Gregory Wesley, CEO of Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Episode 8: Giles Patterson, MPS apprenticeship program administrator
Episode 9: Ashley Thomas, CEO of Hope Street Ministries
Episode 10: Caleb Niedfeldt, Fishing for the Heart
Episode 11: Nicole Goins, Pretty Girls Are Educated
Episode 12: J.T. Backes, First Stage
Episode 13: Analena Peterson, Inspiring Youth award winner
Episode 14: Gregory Leon, Amilinda Executive Chef and Owner
Episode 15: Bob Burmeister, founder of Mr. Bob’s Under the Bridge
Episode 16: Dr. Anna Gaddy, Medical College of Wisconsin
Episode 17: Nkenge Adams, the visionary founder of Nkenge's Gallery
Episode 18: Mark Shapiro, Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center
Episode 19: Lynda K. Welsh, President and CEO of SHARP Literacy
Episode 20: Ben Jarvis's courageous journey as a veteran struggling with mental health
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