Bottle In Front of Me with Patrick Kenney

Michael McMurray is Chief Financial Officer at Owens Corning, the Fortune 500 global company headquartered in Toledo, OH. Owens Corning’s hallmark is innovation, and its commitment to corporate responsibility has just earned the title as America’s Top Corporate Citizen. Much of OC's success is the result of young, dynamic leadership like Michael. A relative newcomer to Toledo, Mike has developed a keen sense of our area’s assets, our emerging millennial workforce… and wine. Learn more at http://bottleinfrontofme.com

Some say our city’s religious heritage was once so rich that it prompted the expression “Holy Toledo.” It also bred a concentration of local churches – and a dynamic clergy … who became the leaders of their time in the fields of education, government, and community life. That was then. What about now? Toledo is showing more vitality and energy than any time in the past two generations. And this includes a religious community that is youthful, diverse, and welcoming. Representing this new era of clergy is Father Alan Zobler – a mathematician, scholar and teacher… who also runs marathons, enjoys bourbon, and dances with the stars. He is just one face of the new era of pastoral leadership. Learn more at http://bottleinfrontofme.com

Toledo has come alive … with vitality and energy downtown, and an exciting, creative, diverse vibe that extends throughout the region. This new sense of place is defined in large part by an up-and-coming professional class – women and men who could live and work anywhere, but choose to make our city their home. People like RaShya Ghee, an honors graduate of the University of Toledo, MBA, and attorney – who practices criminal defense and family law … and is deeply committed to the anti-human trafficking cause. And Molly Luetke, part of the leadership team at Madhouse Creative – who devotes substantial time to political activism, TEDxToledo, and community volunteerism … when she’s not leading branding and design projects for major national corporations and universities. Learn more at http://bottleinfrontofme.com

Bustling metros don’t appear overnight. Exceptional and noteworthy cities require equally extraordinary individuals to raise their families inside them, build businesses, and lend a hand in making things tick. Visionary’s like Harlan Reichle, who is President & CEO of Reichle Klein Group, help lead the charge in making Toledo special.   Where you see blight, Harlan sees potential. Where vacant buildings sit empty, Mr. Reichle sees thriving businesses. That excitement, that energy which permeates while Toledo make a comeback is why his white and orange “for sale” and “for lease” signs quickly fill-up with energized and new owners.     Learn more at http://bottleinfrontofme.com

This young media and technology entrepreneur has a plethora of successes and accomplishments to showcase, and I’m going to attempt to capture just a few of them... TechCrunch, NBC News' The Grio, and Business Insider are a mere handful of national outlets to say his name as a mogul that we all should have our eye on. When Will isn’t ruling the world, he’s busy maintaining his role as Founder & CEO at “A William Lucas Company,” the home of Creadio, a marketing and video production agency and Classana, an internet technology that helps companies organize educational resources.

Host Patrick Kenney presents wine-infused conversations with business, art, sports, and society influencers. Coming soon. Subscribe now. Visit http://bottleinfrontofme.com to learn more.