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T H E J A C Q U E LY N S O C I A L E X C H A N G E P O D C A S T
D R . D AW N T É E A R LY
B O B B I N M U LV A N E Y
Dr. Dawnté Early, CEO of United Way California
Capital Region, leads with a “fail forward” mindset,
treating setbacks as data, not defeat, while inspiring
transformative change across the Sacramento region.
Bobbin Mulvaney is the Proprietor and Marketing
Director of Mulvaney’s B&L, a cornerstone of
Sacramento’s culinary scene and community. A cofounder of “I Got Your Back”, a mental health support
initiative for restaurant workers, and a multi-board
member, Bobbin pours herself into the community fully
and without reservation.
Also serving as the 昀椀rst African American elected
to the West Sacramento City Council, Dawnté is a
champion of pouring hope into vulnerable communities,
at a time when others are attempting to silence
their voices. She’s candid about how this chapter has
reshaped her work, and her heart, acknowledging
plainly, “It’s hard,” while trusting that growth lives inside
the di昀케culty.
Strength isn’t about sidestepping hardship — it’s
about walking into it, learning from it, and leading
through it. Through it all, she returns to joy as fuel,
de昀椀ance, and proof that giving to others has a way
of giving back.
A four-time cancer warrior, not survivor (her words),
Bobbin doesn’t slow down. When asked if she ever
imagined being this busy at 66, her answer was: “I
didn’t think I’d be alive at 66, but this is my best age.”
It’s that spirit that de昀椀nes how she moves through the
world.
Bobbin describes herself as “chronically resilient,”
someone who has learned to 昀椀nd unlimited ways to
support her sympathetic nervous system and carve
out space for creative energy, even in the chaos.
She embraces discomfort as a necessary part of
growth, saying sometimes, you just have to do it.
DONNA LUCAS
Donna Lucas leads with presence and the quiet
con昀椀dence of someone who’s been in rooms where the
volume doesn’t determine the value.
As Founder and CEO of Lucas Public A昀昀airs, a
women-led Sacramento 昀椀rm she launched in 2006,
she has worked alongside governors and 昀椀rst ladies,
was named a 2018 Sacramento Business Woman of
the Year, and is still, by all accounts, more interested in
listening than being heard.
“If you’re the smartest person in the room, you
need to 昀椀nd another room,” she says, and she means
it, actively learning from younger generations and
resisting the gravitational pull of “we’ve always done it
this way.”
T U N E I N N OW
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Donna speaks openly about the challenges of coming
up as a woman in politics during a time when it was
far less common, and brings that hard-won perspective
to how she leads today. She views spiritual, mental,
and physical well-being not as rewards you earn
after the next deadline, but as the foundation that
makes the next deadline survivable.
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