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Today, Jacqueline Corbelli, Technology Emmy Award winner, entrepreneur, founder of Brightline and SustainChain, and author of Changemaker, joins A Black Executive Perspective Podcast for a powerful audio conversation about sustainability, poverty, ethical AI, and what real change requires.
Tony Tidbit and Jackie unpack why impact cannot stop at branding, donations, or good intentions. They discuss the Millennium Villages Project, wasted philanthropy, systems thinking, the danger of concentrated AI power, and the urgent need for responsible representation in technology and leadership.
This conversation challenges leaders, changemakers, Black executives, allies, advocates, and Corporate America navigators to rethink what it means to create impact that actually reaches people.
What You Will Learn
- Why sustainable change requires structure, funding, and accountability
- How early hardship shaped Jackie Corbelli’s leadership and purpose
- Why philanthropy can fail when it ignores real communities on the ground
- How ethical AI can either expand opportunity or reinforce existing power
▶︎ In This Episode
00:00 Opening Preview, Sustainable Change and the Missing Money
01:00 Welcome to A Black Executive Perspective
02:00 Meet Jacqueline Corbelli
05:20 Why Jackie Wanted This Conversation
06:00 Born Into Small, Wanting Something Bigger
11:00 The First Changemaker Moment
17:20 Humility, Perspective, and Privilege
19:30 The Book That Led Jackie to Africa
25:30 What Poverty Looks Like Up Close
30:00 Why Philanthropy Fails Without Systems
35:00 Building Sustainability Like a Business
43:30 AI, Power, and the Ethics of Control
50:00 How AI Can Help Everyday People Create Change
56:00 Bias, Representation, and Who Gets Left Out
1:00:00 What Is a Changemaker?
1:16:18 Closing Reflection
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