Debra McClendon-Boddie on leadership: Collaborate with others, seek their advice, then act Updated Apr 05, 2021; Posted Feb 16, 2021 Debra McClendon-Boddie, founder and president of PGR Foundation Inc., prepares a girl to go down a runway holding a picture of an inspiring ancestor or role model. The annual “Ancestral Storytelling Fashion Show” helps girls learn to leave a legacy like the woman in the picture they chose. Facebook Share Debra McClendon-Boddie went to a “You Can’t Fail” conference organized by Gwen Webber-McLeod and remembers one of the speakers challenging the audience this way: “She asked us to raise our right hand, and she said: Will you pledge to do what you can for who you can when you can?”