How do you view The Arts?  
Arts represent self-exploration, self-expression, and personal creativity.  

Tell us about LEAD YOUniversity.
My motto is simple. Don't just live your life; lead your life.  Each of us is the sum of our decisions.  LEAD YOUniveristy is about helping people take ownership of those decisions by becoming leaders in and of their lives.        

What inspired you to become an entrepreneur?
I don't consider myself an entrepreneur. I'm a Servant Leader.  My goal is to help people and businesses get from where they are to where they want to be.   

What inspired you to become an entrepreneur?
I’ve been an entrepreneur my whole life.  Whether as a kid, washing cars or mowing lawns in my neighborhood, or as an adult helping to grow small businesses, I’ve always hustled.  Even in the corporate world, working in sales and achieving high levels of success means you must have entrepreneurial spirit to thrive, and I’ve been very successful in my sales career.  With acting, I am the product.  I am the business.  I double-downed on me.  It’s nothing new.  I’m comfortable being me and believe highly in my abilities to succeed as an actor.  The key to entrepreneurship is having something of value that people want.  I feel l I have a lot to offer the world.
 
At what point did you realize that you had that special gift, your voice to pursue a career?
I’ve honestly known for years that my voice is special.  That my voice is one of my strongest, unique, characteristics.  For years, people have asked me if I worked in the voiceover industry, and sadly, I was always like, no, but one day I will…. Until I decided that the one day, was now!  Why wait?!  In 2018, I began my voiceover journey and I’m proud of my progress so far and I’m super excited for the future.

How has the Arts impacted your life?
The arts started becoming a way of life really.  Seeing art as something completely subjective changed my perspective and the way I look at everything.  It’s helped me refrain from judgment and open up in ways I wouldn’t have imagined before; ie. Becoming more vulnerable.  It’s an interesting place because as an actor it allows you to further understand and inhabit many different walks of life.

What inspired you to become an actor?
I am a pretty big comic book nerd. With that being said, one of the very first things that inspired me to become an actor were super heroes.  Having always looked up to the different Marvel and DC superheroes I thought to myself, “I’m going to become one of them.”

We sat down with Greg Kerns, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Fulton-Mecklenburg to pick his brain and learned a lot in the process.

How important are the Arts to society?
The Arts are very important to society. As human beings, we need art, music, dance and drama to help us better understand ourselves in ways science, technology, engineering and math can’t teach us. Through the Arts, we experience stories about our culture; past, present and future. In fact, a lot of schools are converting their STEM programs to STEAM. Educators are learning that the A (for Arts) is essential in developing well rounded individuals. On a personal note, I was a drama major in college. I entered the ad world after a career of writing for theater and television. I’ve earned a decent living as a New York playwright and as Hollywood TV writer. Recently a few college friends questioned my career shift. My response was, “Both advertising and entertainment are driven by the need to tell compelling stories to audiences.”