Joy Sloan Jinks is a native Georgian who is widely known through-out the South for her leadership skills and her speaking ability. Her main avenue of leadership has been in three arenas as a community organizer, a consultant and an entrepreneur.
 

She received the Governor’s Award in the Humanities for her contribution as founder of Swamp Gravy, Georgia’s Folk Life play. She served on the Advisory board of Georgia Council for the Arts as appointed by three Governors of the State of Georgia. She is a national consultant for community development through the Arts and Culture and has spoken and given workshops in states ranging from New Hampshire to Louisiana. She is also recognized as an entrepreneur, founder and president of a gourmet condiment manufacturing company. In recognition of her entrepreneurial activities she was a national finalist in the Avon Women of Enterprise competition and received the Georgia Industrial Developers Award.
 

She was the founder of four not for profit organizations and served as Chair and Board member. She received the Colquitt/Miller county Chamber of Commerce “Life Time Achievement Award” for her contributions to her community.
 

Her mission has been to be of service which has been fueled by her love of life-long learning, not only for personal growth but to share with others and to inspire new approaches to current problems. She has traveled to every continent except Antarctica and spoken in Kenya, Canada and Scotland. She has studied under renowned teachers such as Jean Houston. She has trained with the Institute of Cultural Affairs to volunteer in Peru, Brazil, India, Kenya and Jamaica. Every experience had added to her skill base and been used to develop programs and organizations which empower local people and enable creative social change.
 

This is evident in her first book Dynamic Aging. After a long and interesting life, she has enlarged her interest and sphere of influence to speak to those who are retiring and to challenge them to change the cultural paradigm about the years following retirement. She has the experience, knowledge and skill to be a leader in the movement that will impact all social and psychological barriers to enjoyment of a dynamic life at any age.
 

Joy and her husband live in Colquitt, GA. have three children, eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.