Faith Heart Magazine: What makes Roz A. Gee a Force to
be reckoned with as an entrepreneur?
Roz A. Gee: The seed of entrepreneurship was always
embedded in my DNA. As a young child reared in rural
Burgaw, North Carolina, I recall around age 10 going to pick
and pack blueberries in the summer months to make
money. This was the only available option to buy new
school clothes for the upcoming fall. Of course, unlike my
older sister, my “saved money” never made it past July 4th!
One day I was packing blueberries, with the utmost care not
to smash the berries on the sides of the carton, but to no
avail. About 2 hours before the work day ended, I was
called to the office (i.e., the other side of the farm) and was
told, “Today is your last day, I’m sorry we have to let you
go.” My feelings were completely crushed, esteem stricken
and was utterly embarrassed to return home to tell my
Mother that I’d been fired from my first job ever. I received
my final weekly wages, probably less than $10-$15 and told
the production supervisor that “when I grow up, I’m coming
back and owning all of these blueberry fields!” It was at that
precise moment when I instinctively knew I would be my
OWN boss one day. This was primarily because I didn’t like
ANYONE having that kind of power to hire or fire me at free
will. So, the force that I move in today is the power to frame
my own future and dominate my own destiny.
Faith Heart Magazine: How has The Rated Gee Agency
flipped the script for positioning women in the marketplace
in terms of brand development, public relations, and
strategic communications?
Roz A. Gee: Wow! For the past 3 years, TRGA has been a
catalyst for women, particularly minority women, to show
up strong, positive and on purpose in the media by
showcasing their expertise, brilliance and unique calling
and gifting on various media platforms. Traditionally, there
has been an overwhelming disparity in media
representation among minorities being featured and
viewed in a value-driven and positive light. TRGA strives to
be a “media voice” for women and men, which is why we
choose to work with the brightest, best-in-industry experts,
making sure they are “brand ready” to be placed in strategic
outlets that cause them to shine and audiences to be
educated, enabled and empowered.
Faith Heart Magazine: Tell FHM
readers how your faith created room
for you to globally build an innovative
media relations’ agency?
Roz A. Gee: Everything that I put my
hands to do, I do by Faith. When I say
Faith, I’m not just talking having “faith
in faith.” Rather, I’m referring to
having an authentic Faith in God
exclusively. I’m talking about being
fully persuaded by the promises that
He has made to me personally
through His Word. One of favorite
passages of scripture is found in
Romans 4:20 “Abraham never
wavered in believing God’s promise.
In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in
this he brought glory to God.”
Ironically, I don’t have the pedigree or
formal education to run a leading
media and brand agency. My
undergraduate degree is in Computer
Science with a minor in Mathematics!
However, the encouragement,
prophetic accuracy and influence of
my spiritual father, Bishop Wesley T.
Cherry, Sr., motivated me to start out
as a volunteer in my church.
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