Deke Copenhaver currently serves as Principal of Copenhaver Consulting, LLC. Deke served as Mayor of Augusta, Georgia from 2009-2014. He has also served as managing consultant for the Augusta Economic Development Authority. Deke has been recognized on multiple occasions by Georgia Trend Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Georgians. He is the author of The Changemaker: The Art of Building Better Leaders. On episode 1 of Life Changers with Cher Best, he talks with Cher about the influences in his life that ultimately led him to believe that most things can be fixed through listening and understanding.