Execumama Online

Author. Freelance Writer. Entrepreneur

Akilah S. Richards is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University where she studied Speech Communications. As a full-time freelance writer, author, mom blogger, and business owner, her energies are devoted to nurturing her family and her brand, fittingly monikered, Execumama. The brand consists of her first book, Execumama: A Pocket Guide for the Twenty-something Mommy on the Move (Wheatmark, 2007), her Web site, www.execumama.com, and her popular mom blog, Execumama Online. Execumama.com intends to launch a series of workshops and forums through which mothers ages 21 to 35 can find resources, networking opportunities, and comradery amidst society’s assertion that women –minorities in particular– cannot be successful businesswomen and committed mothers. Her goal through Execumama, is to help young mothers embrace the credo: Define, Design, and Live your fullest version of Woman. As a freelance writer and co-owner of Voz Visual Designs, a graphic design boutique, she has helped launch campaigns, revise copy, and write articles for a variety of print and Web-based entities. Her client list includes, among others, Mommy Too! Magazine, MySalonScoop.com, Odyssey Couleur Magazine, IONA Magazine, MamaUsedToSay.com, e-biz Jamaica, and CaribLifeCentral.com.

Originally from St. Andrew, Jamaica, Akilah remains an active part of the Caribbean community through her role as Board member, Education committe Chair, and alternate secretary for United for Jamaica, an Atlanta-based non profit that provides awareness, resources, and manpower to assist with various projects in Jamaica, and the Caribbean diaspora. Despite her ambitious endeavours, Akilah’s most important roles remain as wife and mother. She lives in metro Atlanta with her two daughters, her husband, and her trusty laptop, Zion.