Episodios

  • Ronna-Renee Jackson - Founder & CEO of Launchpoint Leadership

    Ronna-Renee Jackson - Founder & CEO of Launchpoint Leadership
    Jun 12 2024
    Ronna-Renee joins Mike Howard to discuss Launchpoint Leadership's beginnings in Tennessee, hoe she discovered her leadership style, and more.
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    33 m
  • Mike Carl - Co-Owner of Bridge Tavern Bar & Grill

    Mike Carl - Co-Owner of Bridge Tavern Bar & Grill
    Feb 14 2024
    Mike Carl discusses everything that went into revitalizing the Bridge Tavern, his ther business ventures, and more in this latest episode.
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    29 m
  • Joelle Moray - Founder & CEO of Joelle Moray Coaching

    Joelle Moray - Founder & CEO of Joelle Moray Coaching
    Jan 18 2024
    Joelle is deeply passionate about learning. Joelle believes there is a better way to live than what we're taught. And she is on this planet to bring people together, to get curious about the body and mind, and to explore a better way to live. Joelle is a writer and speaker with 15 years experience of bringing people to their highest potential. And currently working on her first book. Joelle comes alive when leading people to their highest potential. And she's ready to lead your team to theirs. Joelle is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and she is certified in Integrated Somatic Trauma Therapy, trauma-informed mindfulness, trauma-informed yoga, and psychological first aid.
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    32 m
  • Craig Siegler - Chairman & CEO of Liquid Oxygen

    Craig Siegler - Chairman & CEO of Liquid Oxygen
    Jan 17 2024
    Over the last 30 plus years Mr. Siegler has successfully financed, operated, founded, sold and taken public numerous companies in all areas of manufacturing, distribution and technology. Mr. Siegler has and continues to serve as a board member and advisor to various corporate, educational, and charitable organizations. Mr. Siegler is a founding board member of the Simon Wiesenthal Center as well as a member of Steven Spielberg’s Survivors of the Shoah Foundation. As such, Mr. Siegler interviews holocaust survivors that are filmed, documented, and distributed to educational centers around the world. Mr. Siegler is a coach of the U 18 United States Boys Maccabi Soccer team, which competes internationally. Mr. Siegler served in the United States Naval Reserves as an Air Traffic Controller while also receiving his pilot’s license.
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    23 m
  • Sonja Thoms - Executive Director, Wheeling Symphony Orchestra

    Sonja Thoms - Executive Director, Wheeling Symphony Orchestra
    Dec 27 2023
    Sonja Thoms played oboe in the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, and earned a bachelor’s degree at Eastman School of Music and a master’s degree in oboe performance at Rice University. She performed as an oboist with the Lucerne Academy Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, New World Symphony, and the Alarm Will Sound new music ensemble. Thoms moved into orchestra operations through an internship with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. In 2006, she started working in operations for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and in 2015 Thoms moved to the Nashville Symphony to lead the operations department. Some of her projects at the Nashville Symphony include the annual Summer Community Concert Series, the Violins of Hope Project, hosting the League of American Orchestras’ 2019 National Conference, and supporting the orchestra’s return to the stage after pandemic shutdowns. In 2019, Thoms created OrchestraCareer.com, an online mentoring service that provides a bridge for young people from college to careers at orchestras. She has been instrumental in creating the first-ever student content at League Conferences.
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    39 m
  • Michael Hund - CEO of EB Research Partnership

    Michael Hund - CEO of EB Research Partnership
    Nov 29 2023
    Michael Hund is the CEO of EB Research Partnership (EBRP), a trailblazing medical research organization focused on curing Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a life-threatening genetic skin disease. Under his leadership EBRP has accelerated the landscape from 2 to over 40 clinical trials and via their award winning venture philanthropy methodology funded the first FDA approved treatment for EB in 2023, the first ever topical gene therapy. In Michael’s tenure, EBRP’s innovative business model has garnered recognition from Harvard Business School, Yale University, MIT, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Rolling Stone, and Forbes. With a background at the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Fund, he has dedicated his career to transforming healthcare. Michael received his Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from Yale University, CORE credential from Harvard Business School, and an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the University of Kansas. He is the recipient of the MIT Solve Horizon Innovation Award, Social Innovations Journal Leadership Award, Top 100 Magazine Innovators, and Authority Magazine’s Social Innovators. He lives in Connecticut with his wife Sarah and four daughters.
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    24 m
  • Jeff Jackson - CEO of WesBanco

    Jeff Jackson - CEO of WesBanco
    Nov 21 2023
    JEFFREY H. JACKSON, age 51, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and the Bank. Mr. Jackson joined the Corporation on August 15, 2022 as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation and President and Chief Operating Officer of the Bank. Mr. Jackson came to the Corporation following a successful 14-year tenure with First Horizon Bank where his previous roles included Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Regional Banking based in Memphis, TN, Regional President for the State of Florida and Market President for Southeast Tennessee and Atlanta. Prior to his career in banking, he spent 15 years with IBM in a variety of positions. Mr. Jackson is a graduate of Auburn University and received a Certificate of Corporate strategy from Columbia University.
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    29 m
  • Denise Woodard - Founder & CEO of Partake Foods

    Denise Woodard - Founder & CEO of Partake Foods
    Nov 10 2023
    Denise Woodard is the Founder and CEO of Partake Foods, the allergy-friendly company that was inspired by her daughter’s experience with food allergies. Key moments this year include that Partake Foods announced it became a Certified B Corporation, and launched a collab with Ben & Jerry’s! Created in 2016, Denise started the business by self-distributing (selling cookies out of her car around NYC) and self-funding (depleting her 401K and selling her engagement ring). To date, the company has raised more than $20M from investors including HER, Rihanna, Circle Up Growth Partners, FF2032 and Marcy Venture Partners (Jay-Z’s venture capital firm). Partake was named #45 on the Inc 5000 list in 2022. Denise was the first Black woman to raise more than $1 Million publicly for a CPG food startup. As a Black woman, Denise is passionate about raising awareness of Black and female entrepreneurship and increasing opportunities for underrepresented people seeking careers in the food and beverage industry. In 2020, Denise founded Black Futures in Food & Beverage, an annual fellowship program that mentors HBCU students and helps them secure internships and jobs at the program’s end. Prior to launching Partake, Denise spent a decade in consumer-packaged goods at various Fortune 100 companies. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Jeremy, and daughter, Vivienne. She graduated with her BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from Arizona State University.
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    17 m