About Our Leaders
Deborah J. Tinsley
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), 7 Vision Companies Inc.
A Life Prepared Before She Knew It
Long before incarceration touched her own household, Deborah J. Tinsley was already walking into prisons.
For more than three decades, Deborah and members of her family faithfully served incarcerated women — visiting correctional facilities, praying with inmates, offering encouragement, providing commissary support, and standing beside individuals who believed their lives were beyond redemption.
She did this before she was a mother navigating incarceration.
She did this before she understood how personal the journey would become.
She did it because she had a heart to serve.
What she did not realize at the time was that her years of ministry were preparation.
When her own son later faced addiction and incarceration, Deborah was not entering unfamiliar territory. She understood the system. She knew how to communicate with inmates. She knew what families should and should not do. She understood how to provide strength without enabling destructive behavior.
Her ministry became lived experience.
Through her personal journey, Deborah developed a rare ability to guide mothers and families walking through incarceration. She now mentors women on:
• How to support their children without rescuing them
• How to practice tough love rooted in faith
• How to navigate divorce and emotional pain
• How to remain strong during public hardship
• How not to give up on their sons or daughters
She also speaks directly to incarcerated individuals, helping them understand the emotional toll their choices place on parents, spouses, and children.
Deborah has become an expert not through theory, but through service and personal trial.
Her leadership is steady. Her compassion is firm. Her faith is unwavering.
She believes deeply that no person is beyond redemption and no family is beyond healing — but she also believes transformation requires accountability.
Her life’s work continues to bridge families, offenders, and restoration — ensuring that hope is never separated from responsibility.
Todd Tinsley
Founder & Executive Director, 7 Vision Companies Inc.
Vision Forged Through Experience, Refined Through Discipline
Todd Tinsley’s journey is one marked by both extraordinary achievement and humbling refinement. From an early age, he demonstrated entrepreneurial instinct — launching ventures, building teams, and creating opportunities that generated real economic impact. Over the years, his experience expanded across logistics, automotive leadership, marketing enterprises, publishing, and nonprofit initiatives.
Yet his story is not one of uninterrupted success.
Todd’s life also includes seasons of incarceration, addiction struggles, and difficult lessons that reshaped his understanding of leadership, accountability, and purpose. Instead of allowing those seasons to define him, he chose to analyze them. He studied what failed. He examined what was missing.
What he discovered was structure.
Talent without structure collapses.
Motivation without discipline fades.
Opportunity without accountability disappears.
That realization became the foundation for 7 Vision Companies Inc.
Todd built 7 Vision not as a motivational movement, but as a structured ecosystem — one that connects clinical partnerships, daily accountability, reentry support, trade pathways, entrepreneurship education, and long-term economic independence.
His lived experience allows him to speak with credibility to:
• Justice-involved individuals
• Government leaders and commissioners
• Business partners and investors
• Families navigating crisis
• Emerging entrepreneurs
Todd understands both the consequences of poor structure and the power of disciplined execution.
Today, his leadership is intentional. Strategic. Measured.
He operates with the conviction that second chances must be paired with systems — and that transformation must produce measurable outcomes.
His journey is not about failure.
It is about refinement.
It is about building something stronger than the version of himself that once fell.
Olon & Cereda Smith
Board Members | Relationship & Financial Wellness Coaches, Legacy Minded Leaders LLC
The Architects of Sovereignty
Guided by Faith. Driven by Service. Dedicated to Your Success.
Olon and Cereda Smith are a dynamic husband-and-wife team committed to helping individuals and families build strong relationships, restore financial stability, and create generational wealth. As board members and trusted partners within our organization, they bring both professional expertise and real-life experience to the mission of restoring lives and strengthening families.
As founders of Legacy Minded Leaders LLC, Olon and Cereda believe every person carries God-given potential and deserves the opportunity to achieve financial sovereignty and personal growth. Their work combines relationship coaching, credit restoration, financial literacy, and wealth-building strategies to help people rebuild their lives with integrity and purpose.
A Journey Forged Through Real Life
Their perspective is rooted in lived experience. Together, they have navigated:
• Military service
• Health challenges and personal trials
• The pressures of traditional career paths
• The realities many families face when trying to rebuild and move forward
These experiences shaped their calling to serve others who are seeking transformation, stability, and freedom.
Relationship & Financial Restoration Experts
Olon and Cereda specialize in helping individuals and families strengthen the two areas that most impact long-term success:
Relationships
• Marriage and partnership coaching
• Communication and conflict resolution
• Family rebuilding and trust restoration
Financial Wellness
• Credit repair and rebuilding
• Financial literacy and budgeting
• Wealth-building and legacy planning
• Entrepreneurial mindset development
They believe that strong families and strong finances create strong communities.
A Commitment to Integrity and Service
Their work is guided by Christian values and a deep commitment to integrity, accountability, and service. They approach every client relationship with compassion, transparency, and the belief that success should be shared.
Olon and Cereda proudly support organizations such as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Fisher House Foundation, reflecting their dedication to serving the broader human family.
Leadership Within Our Mission
As board members, Olon and Cereda play an important role in supporting:
• Family restoration initiatives
• Financial literacy education
• Reentry and second-chance programs
• Community empowerment and leadership development
Their ability to connect faith, relationships, and financial education makes them an invaluable part of our leadership team and a trusted resource for the communities we serve.
Their message is simple:
If you are ready to lead with integrity, rebuild with purpose, and create a legacy that lasts — there is a seat at the table for you.
