The
key to the success of Atlanta marketing maven Yolanda Reynolds lies
in an intricate and precise network of connections – fostering
vital relationships that ultimately net results for everyone involved.
For more than fifteen years, Reynolds has put the right people together
with the right ideas to generate revenue and to create brand awareness
for their business. As Who’s Who Publishing Company’s
Atlanta associate publisher, Reynolds continues to bridge relationships
with business, non-profit, government and community-based organizations
in the metropolitan area.
Since 2002 Reynolds has served as Associate Publisher
of Who's Who In Black Atlanta®:
Atlanta's Premier Networking Guide. The 2005 edition
was the most comprehensive, spanning the past, present and future,
and celebrating the great legacy of contributions by Atlanta’s
black community.
Founded in 1991, Reynolds is president of Reynolds
ADsociates, a community/ public relations, event planning and
sponsorship sales firm. Non-profit businesses, organizations and
individuals such as the Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.,
East Point Business Association, City of East Point, Mayor Patsy
Jo Hilliard, Gate City Bar Association, American Red Cross, and
Hosea’s House, among others, have come to rely on her expert
guidance in raising funds, planning promotional events and developing
publications that enhance the bottom line.
Energetic and charismatic, Reynolds brings her expertise
and influence to the Who’s Who family of publishers, the
Advisory Board for the American Red Cross Minority Recruitment
Program, and as a board member for the South Fulton Chamber of
Commerce. She is also a member of the Atlanta Association of Black
Journalists, Atlanta Business League and East Point Business Association.
Most recently, Reynolds received the Who’s
Who Publishing Company Leadership Award in December 2004. She
has been recognized by Cingular Wireless as “Minority Entrepreneur
of the Year,” and has been on the Atlanta Business League’s
List of 100 Most Influential Women for the past four years. Reynolds
was also selected by Women Looking Ahead as one of Georgia's
Most Powerful and Influential Women in Business. Reynolds received
the 2003 Home Based Business Achievement Award from the East Point
Business Association, and the 2003 "For Sisters Only"
Community Service Award from V-103 radio station.