Meet

Genma Holmes

She helped spearhead the club's annual Veteran’s Day Program and helped secure notable speakers who made the Veteran's Day program one of the club’s most attended events through 2019. In 2020, she became the publisher and founder of the award-winning Rotary's District 6760 Magazine.

In 2021, she received Rotarian of the Year for her communications implemented during COVID. In 2022, she received Excellence and Merit awards from IABC for her work in communications that included her work with Rotary International, The Ohio State University, Black Ownership Matters, and Cerese D Magazine in Atlanta. She was the Inaugural Hall of Fame Inductee for IABC Nashville.

Also in 2022, she received the Inaugural Woman of Impact Award from the National Pest Management Association for helping shatter glass ceilings in the male dominated pest control industry. One of her major contributions to the industry was being the founder of Minorities in Pest Management (MPM) in 2006. MPM helped open doors for minorities who work in the pest control field.


In the Nashville market, she can be heard each weekend on the engaging program Living Your Best Life Radio on 790 The Gospel and 104.9. Genma has been featured in numerous publications like The New York Times, Pest Control Technology, Pest Management Magazine, Nashville Business Journal, The Tennessean, Style Blueprint, Essence, Black Enterprise, The Network Journal, Speakers Magazine, Family Business Magazine, Worthwhile Magazine, First Woman, and Huffington Post.

Genma is a contributing writer to newspapers and publications throughout the U.S. In 2025- 206, she will debut several books, Mrs. Claus in Photographs, Where are the Black Santas, and African Americans Entrepreneurs Who Made Nashville the 'It City.' 

During the height of the pandemic, she became a board member for Black Ownership Matters (BOM), a mentoring organization for pest control operators and individuals interested in pest management professionals. She advises Black owned companies on how to navigate contracts and access resources to help diversify their companies to keep their family owned businesses in the family.

In 2024, she was elected by the members as a Board of Director of a professional Santa and Mrs.Claus organization. Genma made history by becoming the first African American to run for an officer’s position and win.

For ten years, Genma was heard in December on the Tom Joyner Morning Show where she talked passionately about serving nonprofits locally, nationally, and internationally as Ms. Santa, a role she has loved portraying for over 20 years. She has been featured on News Channel 5's Urban Outlook with the April Eaton annual holiday segment for ten seasons.

Book Ms. Santa for your holiday photo sessions, private family parties, schools, civic organizations, and veteran/military events.