Episode 33 Suyi Georgewill - ”Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home”

Suyi Georgewill, General Manager of Cintas Corporation, sits down with Jeffrey Goodman, Director of Marketing and Development for the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana, to answer the following questions:

 

0:51 1. Suyi, let’s start here today. I believe you are originally from Nigeria then lived in Toronto and came to the south on an athletic scholarship to the University of Southern Mississippi.

 

How did you first come to live in Shreveport-Bossier?

 

2:57 2. I am always interested in how athletics prepare people for successful careers as adults. Can you talk a little about how and why your athletic background has helped you thrive as a business professional?

 

6:54 3. You are a General Manager of Cintas Corporation. I know at the Y we use and love Cintas.

 

For those out there who don’t really know what Cintas does, can you tell them a little about the company and your services?

 

13:20 4. You are greatly involved in our community. I’m going to try to name a few of the things that you do. You were chosen as 40 under 40 and were a member of the 2021 Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class. You are on the Executive Committee of the Independence Bowl, the United Way Board of Directors, the Strategic Action Council Board of Directors, a member of the Louisiana Economic Development Corporation and a member of the Committee of 100.

 

Clearly giving back to the community is important to you. Why is that and who taught you the importance of service?

 

17:54 5. I am always interested in hearing how people who did not grow up here view our community. What did you notice when you first arrived here? And how would you describe Shreveport-Bossier to your friends who had never been here?

 

21:18 6. What concerns you the most as you look at our community?

 

23:44 7. What makes you hopeful about our future?