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Contents Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Kuanita E. Murphy, PhD Rural Leader Magazine, LLC is a digital publication that highlights every day people doing extraordinary things nationally and abroad. www.RuralLeaderMag.com www.GetRuralLeaderMag.com 5 Twenty Seventeen Forty under Forty Top Four 6  Geneva West 8  Clifton Bush 11 Melissa O. Edwards 13 David Mixon 14  Forty under Forty Features 19 Making A Difference Spotlight: Madya N. Knighton 12 Five secrets of suc- cess: Traits to help you live without fear and reach your full potential 33 Sponsors Contact Us Rural Leader Magazine, LLC 400 West Peachtree Street Suite #4-529 Atlanta, Georgia 30308 [email protected] 1-866-293-1162 Reproduction in any manner, in whole or in part, in English, or other languages, is prohibited without written consent. Send editorial ideas to Kuanita Murphy, PhD, Editor-in-Chief [email protected] 2 RuralLeaderMag.com | SEPTEMBER 2017 Join Today! Visit GSAACC.org   Tell us what you think about our publications, if you have a great idea for a story, or to just share. We may print your comments in Rural Leader Magazine. By sending us your comments, you’re giving permission to call you for an interview. Please be sure to include your name, address, email address, and phone number so we can reach you. Write to us at info@ RuralLeaderMagazine.com—