Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFirst-Gen Leader, First-Gen Mission: Building Organizations That Meet People Where They Are
Season 1 Episode 339
Meaghan Arena, VP of Enrollment Management at the University of Southern Maine, shares how she grew enrollment year-over-year while institutions nati…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Mental Health at Scale: Serving 12 Sites Without Losing Your Clinical Soul | Pete Vernig, RCA
Season 1 Episode 338
Pete Vernig, VP of Mental Health Services at Recovery Centers of America,
breaks down how his team maintains a unified clinical culture across 12
inp…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Why Purpose-Driven Leaders Outlast Everyone Else | David Barron, UT Tyler
Season 1 Episode 337
David Barron, VP of Enrollment Management at the University of Texas at Tyler, has spent 26 years doing what every mission-driven leader is trying to…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Why 70% Graduation Rates Are Failing Higher Ed | Dean Kahler
Season 1 Episode 336
Is your institution — or organization — measuring the wrong definition of success?
Dean Kahler, enrollment leader at the University of Idaho, has spen…
1 month ago
From First-Gen to VP: The Mentorship Model That Retains Mission-Driven Staff | Javier Flores
Season 1 Episode 335
What if the key to retaining your best people wasn't a better benefits package — but whether they feel truly seen? Javier Flores has spent 30+ years …
1 month ago
Growing from 1 Clinic to 20: What No One Tells You About Healthcare Leadership | David Harris
Season 1 Episode 334
David Harris, CEO of Pro-PT Physical Therapy, built a 20-clinic healthcare organization across California's Central Valley — and he'll tell you the g…
1 month, 1 week ago
He Built a Marketing Team Inside a Nonprofit That Banned the Word "Marketing" | Christopher Lloyd
Season 1 Episode 333
VP of Marketing at a nonprofit that didn't believe in marketing — here's what he built.
Christopher Lloyd is the Vice President of Marketing and Commu…
1 month, 1 week ago
"You Are Never Ever Alone": A Message for Every First Responder | Dennis Carradin
Season 1 Episode 332
Dennis Carradin has been on the ground at 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, Sandy Hook, and post-Columbine for 30 years — as a trauma therapist specializing i…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
60 Years of Community Health: What Aspire Indiana Built and Why It Works | Dianna Huddleston
Season 1 Episode 331
Dianna Huddleston, VP of Community Partnerships at Aspire Indiana Health, breaks down how their organization serves 40,000 clients across 8 clinics—o…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
No Money, No Mission: The Mindset Shift That Saved VOA Florida | Stephanie Vranich
Season 1 Episode 330
Stephanie Vranich, VP of Outreach & Development at Volunteers of America Florida, breaks down how a $30M nonprofit serving 5,000+ Floridians each yea…
1 month, 3 weeks ago