Corporate Responsibility

Hunter Gilstrap didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming a professional athlete. As a kid in a small town in South Carolina, he was more interested in comic books and drawing than organized sports. Soccer was something his parents signed him up for at the local YMCA in 1990.

Welcome to Advancing with Purpose, a new AMD video series featuring the people behind our corporate responsibility efforts.

I’ve been with GoDaddy for the past five years, and it’s been an incredibly rewarding journey. I started as a WordPress Expert, working directly with customers and gaining firsthand insight into the impact of excellent customer experience.

No matter the time zone, mentorship and the confidence to lead are universal factors in professional growth and advancement at Tapestry. That’s why the work of EmpowHER, the company’s first global Employee Business Resource Group, is so important.

A dedication to diligence and hard work goes a long way toward a successful career. For Jeff Towns, that dedication has led to nearly four decades at Covia’s Blue Mountain plant in Ontario, Canada.

Life is full of unexpected moments, and unique choices and conventional milestones, like getting married or starting a new job, can be bypassed or reached at different times by different people.

My journey at GoDaddy began almost seven years ago when I joined as a WordPress Expert. Looking back, I can honestly say I didn’t have nearly as much knowledge or confidence as I do today, but what I did have was curiosity, determination, and an incredible team around me.

In the modern professional landscape, the traditional office is no longer a static environment. As organizations embrace flexibility, the foundational safety protocols that once seemed robust are now revealing dangerous cracks.

GoDaddy stood out to me because of the scale and impact of its platforms. Supporting products that millions of customers rely on every day makes reliability more than a technical goal - it becomes a responsibility.

For Everpure's Pure Good Foundation and Rewriting the Code, it looked like more than just funding; it looked like showing up.