Purpose · Leadership · Possibility

Purpose has no expiration date.

I am still building, still leading, and still becoming—because a meaningful life is not something we postpone.

Carole Peaks Cheatam seated in a bright executive office

Experience is not an ending. It is material for what comes next.

01 · My story

The journey continues

A life shaped by learning, service, and the courage to begin again.

Carole Peaks Cheatam is a financial educator, strategist, entrepreneur, and community leader whose work is grounded in one enduring belief: purpose has no expiration date.

Her professional journey spans law, real estate, business consulting, and financial services. Today, as Founder and CEO of Wealth Meridian Financial, Carole helps individuals and families strengthen their financial knowledge, prepare for the future, and build legacies that can extend across generations.

“Don’t stop until you’re finished.”

— Carole Peaks Cheatam

02 · Leadership & service

Knowledge in service of others

Teaching what matters. Creating what lasts.

Education and service have remained central throughout Carole’s life. She brings financial knowledge into communities where it can create confidence, choices, and generational impact.

Carole Peaks Cheatam at a leadership conference podium — Leadership grounded in service, education, and community.

Financial literacy

Teaching residents of Covenant House practical foundations for financial well-being.

Investing in young women

Educating middle- and high-school young women through the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, DeKalb County Chapter.

Community leadership

Serving as President of the Atlanta Chapter of Women of Global Change.

Carole Peaks Cheatam wearing purple in her office

An encore career

A new chapter can begin at any stage of life.

Carole’s work in financial services is an encore career—and proof that experience can become the foundation for something entirely new. At 81, she is not winding down. She continues to build, lead, learn, and serve.

Her encouragement to women is simple and unwavering: keep pursuing what matters to you, keep using your gifts, and do not stop until you are finished.

03 · More of the story

Leadership & service

Knowledge put to work

From teaching financial literacy at Covenant House and with 100 Black Women of DeKalb County to leading the Atlanta Chapter of Women of Global Change, Carole has consistently turned knowledge into service—helping people see possibilities, make confident choices, and move forward.

A full life

Still becoming

Family, faith, curiosity, and service continue to shape Carole’s life. A mother, grandmother, accomplished cook, enthusiastic connector, and lifelong reader, she believes we are never too old to learn, answer a new calling, or become more fully ourselves. Her encore career is proof that we should never stop until we are finished.

The work continues