{"id":25,"date":"2025-11-27T01:45:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPress\/816455\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-11-27T01:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:45:34","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPress\/816455\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"181\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPress\/816455\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/author.bmp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kelly Irons <\/strong>is a speaker, author, and founder of developUs Worldwide. developUs provides solutions for organizations to build better leaders and stronger teams. She&#8217;s spent the past twenty years working with diverse groups around the world, from at-risk youth to the C-Suite. Those who know her appreciate her grounded authenticity, ability to connect with people, and unwavering focus &#8211; helping others become the best version of themselves. Kelly currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with her two children, who represent her favorite leadership job of all time.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kelly can be reached at info@developus.com and linkedin.com\/in\/kellyirons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Irons is a speaker, author, and founder of developUs Worldwide. developUs provides solutions for organizations to build better leaders and stronger teams. She&#8217;s spent the past twenty years working with diverse groups around the world, from at-risk youth to the C-Suite. Those who know her appreciate her grounded authenticity, ability to connect with people,<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPress\/816455\/about-the-author\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About the Author&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPress\/816455\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPress\/816455\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPress\/816455\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPress\/816455\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPress\/816455\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPress\/816455\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPress\/816455\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPress\/816455\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}