Employee Profile: Jami Peoples
Director, Business & Operations
Community College Workforce Alliance
I was born and raised in Florida. I spent the summers with my dad in a very rural town in Florida; around lots of cousins and my sisters.
If you didn’t grow up in Richmond, what brought you here, and to CCWA?
The military brought me to Fort Lee, about 11 years ago. A new job opportunity brought me to Reynolds.
What were you doing before coming to CCWA?
I was in local government before joining Reynolds. Worked as a Finance Manager for Chesterfield County and an Accounting Supervisor for Prince George County.
How did you get involved in business and operations?
I majored in Accounting in college, with a minor in Business and Finance. The business aspect is just a natural progression from college. The operations piece is fairly new.
Tell us what your job involves.
All things finance for CCWA. Budgets, monthly revenue and expenditures, projections, reconciliation of revenue, oversee billing and purchasing, grants management and inventory.
What is your favorite movie, book, or TV series and why?
Favorite TV Series – A Million Little Things, I like how they deal with hard topics
Favorite Book – Cracked, Not Broken, Kevin Hines
Do you have a favorite local restaurant or event, what is it and why do you like it?
Not necessarily a favorite local restaurant. But if a restaurant sells a good eggs benedict for breakfast, you will probably find me there.
What do you like to do when you aren’t working?
Spending time with my husband, who just recently came home after being stationed in Germany for three years, and traveling.
If you won $100 million in the lottery, what would you do with the money?
Buy each of my kids a house, and setup trust accounts for their children. Buy my mom and sisters a house, and pay off their debt. Donations to several charities. And, then travel the world.
