Positive Vibes Ronjanae Smith Inc.
Ronald Smith
Co-founder/Executive Director
Ronald R. Smith is a respected community leader, business owner, mentor, trained Violence Interrupter, and credible messenger from North Charleston, South Carolina. After overcoming his own past and now celebrating more than 14 years of freedom, Ronald has dedicated his life to showing others that their mistakes do not have to determine their future.
After losing his 14-year-old daughter, Ronjanae Smith, to gun violence, Ronald turned his pain into purpose. He is the founder of Positive Vibes Ronjanae Smith Inc. and the Positive Vibes Pathway Program, organizations committed to preventing violence, mentoring at-risk youth, supporting grieving families, helping returning citizens, and connecting people with resources and opportunities.
Ronald has completed specialized training in violence interruption, conflict mediation, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma response, anger management, and working with high-risk individuals. His training includes the Roca Impact Institute’s Rewire CBT Training, which provides tools to help people identify their triggers, control their emotions, change harmful thinking patterns, and make better decisions. Through his experience and training, Ronald is now equipped to train others to become Violence Interrupters and credible messengers in their own communities.
His work includes mentoring, conflict mediation, street outreach, job opportunities, community cleanups, feeding families, grief support, court assistance, GED preparation, reentry support, home visits, and helping families access important resources. He works closely with schools, DJJ, DSS, community organizations, elected officials, and other leaders to address the root causes of violence.
Ronald’s message is simple but powerful: life is about choices, five minutes can cost you twenty years, and everyone deserves a real second chance.
Along with serving his community, Ronald is the owner of Smith’s Paint Body Shop LLC and Smith’s Lawn & Landscape. Through his businesses, he provides quality services while creating opportunities and teaching young people the importance of hard work, discipline, and responsibility.
Ronald is a devoted father, family man, man of faith, and strong advocate for unity. His life is proof that pain can become purpose, mistakes can become lessons, and a changed person can return to the same streets—not to destroy them, but to help rebuild them.
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Katrina Sinclair
Co-founder
Katrina Sinclair was born September 29, 1981. She spent her childhood in the Deas Hill
Community in North Charleston, SC. She was the only girl with three brothers.
Growing up, she saw her own mother always willing to help anyone in need. Her passion for helping people lead her to become a certified nursing assistant. She has a natural sense of style and is always fashionable from head to toe. She has 5 children, Gvonne, Gnyia, Gzire, Ronald, Ronjanae and 2 grandchildren. Ms. Trina embodies the true spirit of a mother. It is impossible to not feel love and kindness in Ms. Trina’s presence. She is selfless and strong.
Ms. Trina lost her oldest son, Gvonne in 2018 and her youngest daughter in 2021. Her extraordinary strength in the wake of these tragedies is admirable. She is co-founder of the Positive Vibes Ronjanae Smith Foundation. Positive Vibes was founded in 2021 after the passing of her youngest daughter. The foundation works tirelessly to provide support for the North Charleston community. The foundation offers mentor groups, feedings for the homeless, community giveaways, and is a safe haven for all in need of love and guidance. Ms. Trina is a pillar of her community and her generosity continues to change the lives of everyone who has the privilege to meet her.
Calvin Brown
Co-Executive Director
Calvin Allen is an author, entrepreneur, professional photographer, mentor, and community advocate from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. He is the founder and CEO of Nfinity International, LLC, and has more than 20 years of experience serving individuals, families, businesses, and community organizations through photography.
Calvin is the author of Rise Inspired: Real Talk. Real Faith. Real Life. and From My Lips to God’s Ear: Honest Conversations That Change Your Life. He also serves as Co-Executive Director of Positive Vibes Ronjanae Smith, Inc. and as a board member for the Jeremiah Henry Kendrick Foundation and Greg Mathis Charter High School.
Through his writing, leadership, mentoring, and community service, Calvin remains committed to encouraging others, strengthening families, supporting young people, and helping individuals discover their purpose.
