Podcasts about Pacific Southwest

The Ag Net News Hour's Lorre Boyer and Nick Papagni, “The AgMeter” started out the show by discussing the recent tariff announcements by the Trump administration, highlighting the complexities and reactions from various countries. Trump imposed a minimum 10% tariff on at least 60 countries, with specific rates including 34% on China, 24% on Japan, and 20% on the EU. Ford Motor Company is moving four factories back to the U.S., creating 25,000 jobs. The EU is considering a response to steel and aluminum tariffs. Senator Alex Padilla criticized Trump's tariffs, claiming they will harm U.S. families, while Nick argued they support farmers. The conversation also touched on the impact on the dairy industry, particularly with Canada. In the second segment of the Ag Net News Hour, Nick and Lorrie talk about the impact of severe weather in the Midwest and South, including tornadoes and flooding, and its potential effects on agriculture. The USDA announced new agricultural trade promotion programs for 2025, including the Market Access Program (MAP), Foreign Market Development Program (FMD), Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program (TASK), and Emerging Markets Program (EMP). These programs aim to open new markets and promote exports. Brooke Rollins will lead trade missions to Vietnam, Japan, India, Peru, Brazil, and the UK. Additionally, a study by Australian and South Korean researchers found a significant loss of soil moisture between 2020 and 2016, affecting global climate patterns and sea levels. The USDA has designated April as Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month, emphasizing citizen-driven strategies to protect crops from diseases and invasive pests. The campaign highlights three key points: staying informed about local quarantines, inspecting and cleaning outdoor gear, and sourcing domestically. Additionally, the USDA encourages reporting any unusual pest activity. The discussion also touched on the importance of local hardware stores for agricultural advice and the impact of tariffs on markets. The segment concluded with a mention of Josh F.W. Cook's appointment as EPA Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest.

Welcome back to The Atlantic Files, where we're diving headfirst into everything you need to know about the upcoming NBA season. This week, we're all about breaking down the Southwest and Pacific Divisions, giving our thoughts on Joel Embiid's rest strategy, and reacting to the most exciting and eyebrow-raising moments from the preseason. Buckle up as we get you ready for the start of the 2024-25 season with the hottest takes and insider insights! 2024-25 NBA Southwest Division Preview: Can the Mavs Bounce Back? We kick things off with a deep dive into the Southwest Division, where Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks will try to shake off last season's NBA Finals struggles and make a statement. Can they get back to the promised land, or will it be another year of "what ifs"? We also break down the Grizzlies' hopes with everyone healthy again, the Pelicans' potential with a (hopefully) healthy Zion Williamson, the young Spurs' outlook with Victor Wembanyama in the fold, and the Rockets' young core improving. Pacific Division Breakdown: The Land of Big Names and High Expectations Moving on to the Pacific Division, where superstars and drama are always in abundance. Will the Golden State Warriors' "big two" keep defying Father Time, or will the Clippers finally stay healthy and make some noise? And let's not forget about the Lakers, who seem to have found the fountain of youth for LeBron James. We analyze all the teams, including the Suns' championship aspirations with their newly-formed super team and the Kings looking to build on last season's playoff run. Get ready for some bold predictions and potentially hot takes! Joel Embiid to Skip Back-to-Back Games: Smart Move? Joel Embiid recently announced his plan to sit out some back-to-back games this season, raising questions and a few eyebrows. Is it smart load management for a guy with a history of injuries, or does it set a tone that might frustrate fans? We discuss the impact this decision could have on the Sixers' regular-season success, as well as what it means for Embiid's MVP aspirations and the team's overall strategy. Plus, we touch on the broader implications for the NBA's ongoing load management debate. Preseason Reactions: Who's Impressing and Who's Concerning? The preseason may not count, but it sure does matter for evaluating the state of the league. We break down the biggest takeaways, from standout rookie performances to some early-season chemistry issues. Which teams are looking ready to hit the ground running, and which ones might still be finding their rhythm? Spoiler alert: Some big names have been underwhelming, while a few lesser-known players are turning heads. Players and Teams to Watch as the Regular Season Approaches With the regular season just around the corner, we highlight some of the players and teams you should keep an eye on. From dark horse MVP candidates to squads that could surprise—or disappoint—we've got you covered on who's primed to make waves. Whether it's a young star set to break out or a team quietly building momentum, find out who's worth your attention when the games start to count for real. Timecodes: 00:00:00 intro 00:03:20 Joel Embiid not playing back to backs 00:09:24 NBA News and notes 00:21:55 Karl-Anthony Towns trade analysis 00:47:06 2024-25 Pacific Division Preview 01:03:21 2024-25 Southwest Division Preview 01:11:36 Outro

Check our Best Books for Retirement ________________________ Have you considered phased retirement? Most working people dream about that day when they'll ride off into the sunset and into retirement. But a full stop retirement isn't for everyone. It can make the transition to retirement quite challenging. Many people are choosing insread to glide into retirement. Phased retirement is trending as a way to gradually retire, on your own terms. It's essential a flexible work arrangement. Our guest today is Jennifer Barnes, a CEO, who shares her experiences with phased retirement in her company. Jennifer Barnes joins us from San Diego. ________________________ Bio Jennifer Barnes, CEO of Optima Office, graduated with a Finance and Marketing degree from the University of Arizona, earned an MBA from San Diego State University, and completed the Becker CPA coursework. She spent 15 years as a Controller for numerous companies and non-profits throughout San Diego before starting her first company in 2012, which was the 5th fastest-growing company in San Diego in 2016 and made the Inc 5000 in 2017 and 2018. Jennifer has won numerous awards as the CEO of the two companies she founded. Her favorite is the best place to work because having high retention and happy staff is what drives her. Both of her companies have made it into the Inc 5000 and SDBJ's fastest-growing companies list. Between 2021-2023, Jennifer was named Woman of the Year by SDBJ, received the top corporate citizen award, made it in SD's top 500 most influential leaders, and the top 50 Women of Influence in Accounting and Finance for two years in a row. She was also recognized as a finalist for the Entrepreneur of The Year 2024 Pacific Southwest program. Jennifer has sat on many boards in her career and currently sits on the board of The Better Business Bureau, NuFund Venture Group (formerly Tech Coast Angels), Junior Achievement, and a publicly traded company, Presidio Property Trust (SQFT). She volunteers her time at SDSU and the REC at Miramar College by participating in mentor programs and as a judge in various student competitions. She is currently a member of Rotary 33, Vistage International, Entrepreneurs Organization (EO), Young Executives Council, and Social Venture Partners. ______________________ For More on Jennifer Barnes Company Website Fortune Article: I'm a CEO and 12 of my employees are in ‘flextirement.' With boomers opting not to retire, the arrangement will become more common _______________________ Podcast Episodes You May Like  Is Your Company Ready for the Aging Workforce? – Paul Rupert Unretired – Mark S. Walton _______________________ Mentioned in This Episode Poem - The Summer Day by Mary Oliver _______________________ Wise Quotes  On Why Phased Retirement Works  "What's interesting, Joe, is that at Optima, we've always had a flexible work environment and we didn't really think about it as flex retirement because we've always allowed employees to work whatever hours made sense for them. But as we looked at our workforce, we realized that many of our employees are over 50, some over 60 and some are even 70 and over. And what we find with these employees is they have a wealth of knowledge. They are so experienced, they've worked in so many different industries, and they can really add a ton of value to our clients. And so if we can capture these people's attention and get them to work with us on hours that make sense for them, whether it's 16 hours a week or 30 hours a week or somewhere in between, it is incredibly efficient. It is such a huge value add to our clients. The employees themselves really get a chance to work for different companies and not fully retire but still be engaged and many of them say, keeps them young." On Leading a Team with Flexible Retirement "When we're on, we're on. And so when you're billing clients and you're working on an hourly basis to help peop...

BIDEN COMPETANCY TEST? 117 In Las Vegas? 35% Interest Macys? Karel Cast 24-78 Biden is doing an interview with ABC George Stephanaupolis...and it's really more of a competency test...but what are people expecting? And now that the bar is so high for him, can he live up to expectations or have people decided to just cancel him and move on? The 4th of July happened for the 248th time as a nation and I don't know about you but I didn't feel much like celebrating. Also, where are all these broke people getting the $ for fireworks$ ? Sunday it's going to be 117 in Las Vegas as a heat wave hits the Pacific Southwest. What is one to do? Not much. Macy's sent a notice to all card holders: We are going up to 34.9% interest on the card. Is this even legal? And if the answer is yes, then why, why is that legal? Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a history-making #LGBTQ talk show host currently living in Las Vegas with his pup Ember.

On this episode of Ford News, Johnathan and Brian start the show by marking the second anniversary of the Dobbs decision by the Supreme Court, overturning Roe v Wade, which federally protected a woman's right to choose. We talk about the upcoming election and the importance of pro-choice politics in the upcoming November election. In Segment Two Jonathan talks about the TikTok debates he's been diving into in the wee hours of the morning, "educating" the MAGA folks about several issues from the NY Penal Code to inflation to the war in Ukraine and more. Believe it or not, the MAGA folks seem to be under-educated. Segment Three brings us to the "Ford Fact Check." This week, Johnathan lays out a plethora of data about how undocumented workers contribute to the US economy. We talk about President Biden introducing border legislation on his first day in office, and debunk the thought process that liberals just want open borders. LINKS Roe V WadeAcknowledging the Anniversary of the Dobbs Decision | Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, Inc.Florida Reproductive RightsFlorida Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative (2024) - BallotpediaOther states with Reproductive rights on the ballot Abortion Is on the Ballot in These States in November (msn.com)Ford News On TikTokFord Fact CheckHMKP-117-JU00-20210913-SD006.pdf (house.gov)Biden's day one immigration bill, explained - Vox

Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific SouthwestBetter Business Bureau is a non-profit organization that envisions a marketplace where buyers and sellers can trust each other. To achieve that vision, we provide businesses and consumers with the resources needed to operate ethically. Continue reading to learn more about who we are. https://www.bbb.org/https://www.bbb.org/local/1126/about-usAbout UsAt Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest, we've transformed BBB into a partner that proactively supports an ethical community. By providing resources and education by leading experts, we serve diverse business owners and entrepreneurs to help build stronger, more trustworthy relationships with customers. Our path to success includes a self-paced online incubator, access to affordable capital with Kiva loans, and an intensive accelerator program in partnership with GoDaddy. Our Business and Community Center and ignite sparked by BBB coworking spaces provide modern meeting destinations for collaboration and executive events.We are committed to recognizing future leaders with merit-writing high school student scholarships awarded for ethical actions in the community. Additionally, we award grants to non-profit organizations dedicated to their respective ecosystems.  By honoring those leading the way with our prestigious Torch Award for Ethics, we set the bar for how ethical operations can positively affect the community at large. Earning BBB accreditation signifies doing things the right way, and together, we're in the business of good business. As they have for over a century, consumers continue to turn to us for help as a reliable source to find trustworthy businesses. There are more than 32 million businesses in North America alone, and hundreds of thousands of sites around the world where people shop, and BBB is here to help in the decision making process.Vision & MissionVisionAn ethical marketplace where buyers and sellers trust each other.MissionBBB's mission is to be the leader in advancing marketplace trust. We do this by:Setting standards for marketplace trustEncouraging and supporting best practices by engaging with and educating consumers and businessesCelebrating marketplace role modelsCalling out and addressing substandard marketplace behaviorCreating a community of trustworthy businesses and charitiesBBB sees trust as a function of two primary factors – integrity and performance. Integrity includes respect, ethics, intent, and working toward a diverse, inclusive and equitable marketplace. Performance speaks to a business's track record of delivering results in accordance with BBB standards and/or addressing customer concerns in a timely, satisfactory manner.Standards for TrustBBB Accreditation Standards

In this episode, Reb Risty sits down with Matthew Fehling, a champion of good business, President and CEO of the Better Business Bureau serving the Pacific Southwest. They discuss: - how the BBB is evolving to become a valuable resource for businesses in the community - unique initiatives and programs the BBB offers to help businesses grow and succeed - the importance of actively listening and interpreting feedback - the impact of having a strong, dedicated team Tune in to learn more about the innovative ways the BBB is supporting businesses and how you can take advantage of their resources. Special offer from the guests: Get your free pass: https://www.ignitesparkedbybbb.org/sandiego --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rebl-marketing/message

The Pacific Southwest Research Station is part of the Forest Service's research and development organization. R&D employs more than 500 scientists as well as several hundred technical and support personnel located at 67 sites throughout the U.S. In this episode, we focus on three employees to share who they are and what they do at the station.

rWotD Episode 2451: Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710 Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.The random article for Friday, 19 January 2024 is Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710.Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710 was a Boeing 737-200 flight between the California cities of Sacramento and Burbank, with a stop in San Francisco, that was hijacked by two Bulgarian nationals on July 5, 1972, shortly after take-off from Sacramento Airport. The hijackers demanded $800,000, two parachutes and to be taken to the Soviet Union. The plane landed at the San Francisco Airport, then took off after 20 minutes and spent the next hour circling while the hijackers waited for the airline to accept their demands.The hijacking ended on the runway at San Francisco International Airport when four agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation stormed the plane killing both hijackers. Passenger E. H. Stanley Carter, a sixty-six-year-old retired railroad conductor from Montreal, was also killed; passengers Leo R. Gormley, a recently retired railroad conductor of Los Angeles, and actor Victor Sen Yung were wounded and survived. These are the first passengers killed or wounded in a hijacking in the United States. The hijackers were identified as 28-year-old Dimitr Alexiev of Hayward, California, and 28-year-old Michael Dimitrov Azmanoff, of unknown residence.Azmanoff, a 28-year-old Bulgarian refugee who had once served as an Army truck driver, boarded the Boeing 737 in San Francisco with his friend, Dimitr Alexiev. As soon as the seat-belt sign was switched off, the hijackers produced pistols and made their demands: $800,000 in small bills, two parachutes, and the navigation charts necessary to get them to Siberia. The plane returned to San Francisco, where the hijackers agreed to take on a new pilot with international experience. As the pilot approached the idling plane, the hijackers forced him to strip down to his underwear, to make sure he wasn’t armed. The pilot, who was an FBI agent in disguise, did so slowly, so that a team of agents armed with shotguns could sneak up on the aircraft; these agents had evaded detection by approaching in a boat in the surrounding bay. The faux pilot was eventually cleared to board; he was followed by his fellow agents, who wildly opened fire in the cabin. Alexiev, who was standing by the cockpit, was killed instantly, but Azmanoff hunkered down in the rear of the plane and conducted a gun battle with the agents. He was killed in the melee, along with Carter, the retired railroad conductor. Two more passengers were injured, including Victor Sen Yung, the San Francisco - born actor who played the popular cook, Hop Sing, on the long-running Western television series Bonanza and the character Jimmy Chan in the popular Charlie Chan series of films starting in 1938.Azmanoff and Alexiev were revealed to have an elaborate scheme in mind, which involved an accomplice named Lubomir Peichev. The pair had planned to jettison two inflatable dummies from the plane, then land at a rural airstrip in British Columbia. Peichev was supposed to meet them there, in a light plane he would hijack; the trio would then head back south across the border, to enjoy their $800,000. Peichev was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the bizarre plot.Over the weekend of June 16–19, 1972, Peichev, Azmanoff and Alexiev traveled by car to Washington state, allegedly in search of gold. During this trip they also traveled to Vancouver and to Hope and Puntzi, two remote landing sites, both over 100 miles from Vancouver. While on this trip, plans were made for Azmanoff and Alexiev to hijack an airplane and to fly it to a remote airport in Canada. There, a fourth person would be waiting with a car ready to take the skyjackers to an apartment hide-out on the outskirts of Vancouver. Peichev was to rent a private plane and meet them at an auxiliary landing strip in case the hijacked plane was unable to land at the preferred airport. The three men returned to San Francisco and, on July 1, 1972, met at the San Francisco International Airport with Illia Shishkoff who agreed to meet Peichev at noon on July 4, at the Vancouver Airport and to rent an apartment in the outskirts of the city. On July 3, Peichev withdrew $1,700 from his bank account and borrowed a gun under the guise of a need to protect himself while hunting for gold. Later the same day, he met with Alexiev and Azmanoff at the San Francisco International Airport. They gave him a plane ticket to Seattle and told him to take a bus to Vancouver.After meeting Shishkoff in Vancouver, Peichev rented two cars and traveled with Shishkoff to Hope Airport, approximately 100 miles, and returned to Vancouver. The following day, July 5, Peichev rented a private plane and hired a pilot to fly him to Bella Coola and then to Anaheim Lake. While at Anaheim Lake, Peichev learned by radio that the hijack attempt had failed. He proceeded to Puntzi airstrip where he spent the night and then returned to Vancouver. In Vancouver he met Shishkoff and arranged for the return of the rental cars and then returned to San Francisco.On July 5, the same day that Peichev flew to Puntzi airstrip, Azmanoff and Alexiev hijacked the Pacific Southwest Airline flight. After the gunfight, the F. B. I. agents found on the bodies of the hijackers a map of British Columbia, Canada, and a small piece of note paper containing the map coordinates of the Puntzi airstrip.Peichev concedes that he rented a plane and flew to the Puntzi airstrip by prearrangement with Azmanoff and Alexiev, but contends that he was coerced to do so. His statements as reported by the other witnesses belie this contention. Shishkoff testified that when he met Peichev in Vancouver, Peichev was clearly in charge of directing the car rentals, surveying the Hope airport and directing where to hide the cars. Shishkoff also testified that Peichev, after meeting him at the Vancouver Airport following the failure of the hijacking plan, stated: "They are stupid... I'd planned everything so good. They are stupid. They ask for too much money."Peichev argued that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction of aiding and abetting aircraft piracy. Under count one, Peichev was charged with only aiding and abetting aircraft piracy, not additionally with counseling, commanding, inducing or procuring its commission as is also provided in 18 U. S. C. 2. He conceded for the sake of argument that the evidence was sufficient to show a conspiracy, but argued that the government did not show that he aided and abetted in the perpetration of the crime.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:05 UTC on Friday, 19 January 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710 on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Justin Neural.

Jim Lundquist, the Assistant Director, and Jenn Brooker, the Board Secretary (among other things), from the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum (PSRM) in Campo join John to discuss the history of the railway, the museum, and their upcoming events.North Pole Limited Train RidesFridays and Saturdays November 24th to December 16thTo learn more about PSRM,PSRM.orgVolunteer@PSRM.orgTo contact John Olsen,619-855-1151JohnOlsen.comJohn@TheSanteeGuy.comhttps://www.facebook.com/JohnOlsenRealtorhttps://www.facebook.com/santeeupdate

Recent events have compelled nonprofit organizations to change the way they get work done, how they deliver their services, and what they do to achieve a more just and equitable society. So, The Business of Giving has connected with those organizations that are doing this exceptionally well in a segment we call: The Paths Forward. Because there is more than just one way.

Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific SouthwestBetter Business Bureau is a non-profit organization that envisions a marketplace where buyers and sellers can trust each other. To achieve that vision, we provide businesses and consumers with the resources needed to operate ethically. Continue reading to learn more about who we are. https://www.bbb.org/https://www.bbb.org/local/1126/about-usAbout UsAt Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest, we've transformed BBB into a partner that proactively supports an ethical community. By providing resources and education by leading experts, we serve diverse business owners and entrepreneurs to help build stronger, more trustworthy relationships with customers. Our path to success includes a self-paced online incubator, access to affordable capital with Kiva loans, and an intensive accelerator program in partnership with GoDaddy. Our Business and Community Center and ignite sparked by BBB coworking spaces provide modern meeting destinations for collaboration and executive events.We are committed to recognizing future leaders with merit-writing high school student scholarships awarded for ethical actions in the community. Additionally, we award grants to non-profit organizations dedicated to their respective ecosystems.  By honoring those leading the way with our prestigious Torch Award for Ethics, we set the bar for how ethical operations can positively affect the community at large. Earning BBB accreditation signifies doing things the right way, and together, we're in the business of good business. As they have for over a century, consumers continue to turn to us for help as a reliable source to find trustworthy businesses. There are more than 32 million businesses in North America alone, and hundreds of thousands of sites around the world where people shop, and BBB is here to help in the decision making process.Vision & MissionVisionAn ethical marketplace where buyers and sellers trust each other.MissionBBB's mission is to be the leader in advancing marketplace trust. We do this by:Setting standards for marketplace trustEncouraging and supporting best practices by engaging with and educating consumers and businessesCelebrating marketplace role modelsCalling out and addressing substandard marketplace behaviorCreating a community of trustworthy businesses and charitiesBBB sees trust as a function of two primary factors – integrity and performance. Integrity includes respect, ethics, intent, and working toward a diverse, inclusive and equitable marketplace. Performance speaks to a business's track record of delivering results in accordance with BBB standards and/or addressing customer concerns in a timely, satisfactory manner.Standards for TrustBBB Accreditation Standards

Originally from Southern California, Celeste has lived in Las Vegas for the past 4 years. Her father was a general contractor and Celeste spent summers growing up on job sites, learning trades and helping her father in his office. When her father passed away in 2011, she realized she wanted more in her life. After trying several jobs that didn't work out for her, she launched her company Turf Envy in October 2020, in which she designs, manufactures, imports, and distributes artificial turf across the country. What started as a small company with 3 employees quickly grew into multiple locations and a network of distributors across the Pacific Southwest. Celeste feels that her greatest asset is her team and without their contribution Turf Envy would not have experienced the growth it has. She has been featured on podcasts, interviews, and nominated for several awards on behalf of Turf Envy. Celeste has been active in her Las Vegas NAWIC chapter for a year now and is the co-chair of the Ambassador program along with Chair of Best Practice Committee.

In this insightful episode, we sit down with Dr. John Jackson, the dedicated president of Jessup University. Amid the complexities of leading a conservative evangelical institution in California, Dr. Jackson provides a rare glimpse into the pressures and tensions he navigates. He highlights the importance of community engagement, advocacy, and the essential role of grace in conversations. Moreover, he elaborates on the university's active role in community service, emphasizing the value institutions like Jessup bring to their surroundings.Additionally, listeners are treated to an overview of his latest work, "Grace Ambassadors." Dr. Jackson underscores the urgency of living out one's faith authentically every day and the immeasurable power of relationships in leadership. His poignant reflections and practical advice are sure to resonate with our diverse audience, encompassing Christians, atheists, liberals, conservatives, and many more. Dive into this episode for a profound exploration of faith, leadership, and community dynamics.Guest Bio:Dr. John Jackson is the sixth President of William Jessup University. Since becoming President in 2011, John has led the University to triple in size, add Math, Sciences, Arts, Graduate Programs, and Online Programs and become regionally and nationally ranked. John has demonstrated strong communication, strategic and organizational leadership skills in his work with national and global organizations and ministries. Dr. Jackson has also written and co-authored ten books on leadership and spiritual formation and is a sought after speaker and consultant.Prior to joining William Jessup University, John served as the Executive Director of Thriving Churches International and as a Lead Pastor of Bayside Church in Granite Bay, California. He was the founding pastor of LifePoint Church in Minden, Nevada, and previously was the Executive Minister of the American Baptist Churches of the Pacific Southwest (now Transformation Ministries) where he was responsible to serve more than 270 churches in four western states and served on nine corporate boards. John also served as the Senior Pastor and in several staff roles at First Baptist Church of Oxnard and as the Youth Pastor at First Baptist Church of Buena Park. Dr. Jackson earned both his Ph.D. and M.A. in Educational Administration and Organizational Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A. in Theology (Christian Formation and Discipleship) at Fuller Theological Seminary; and a B.A. in Religion (Christian History and Thought) from Chapman University. Dr. Jackson is married to Pamela Harrison Jackson and they make their home in Northern California; they have 5 children, and 5 grandchildren.Support the showTo learn more about the show, contact our hosts, or recommend future guests, click on the links below: Website: https://www.faithfulpoliticspodcast.com/ Faithful Host: Josh@faithfulpoliticspodcast.com Political Host: Will@faithfulpoliticspodcast.com Twitter: @FaithfulPolitik Instagram: faithful_politics Facebook: FaithfulPoliticsPodcast LinkedIn: faithfulpolitics

About Sarah Hassaine:Sarah has a strong-proven track record of delivering and leading evolving D&I programs and initiatives for the last eight years. She currently is leading a team that delivers the strategic design and implementation of a D&I strategy across ResMed, reporting to the CPO and Office of the CEO. She consults, advises, and upskills leaders globally; designs and delivers training in-house on diversity and inclusion values and best practices enterprise-wide; evaluates policies, accessibility, and facilities, and proposes changes that drive inclusion; and effectively manages partnerships to drive advocacy, sourcing, branding, engagement, and professional development opportunities. She has taken ResMed from 4 to 12 global ERGs, increased their Self-ID percentage by 4%, and created a hub full of resources and training. She has additional projects that consist of evolving our journey of diverse sleep and mask trials, branding, accessibility in products and packaging, and inclusive language. She is driven by developing and managing long-lasting initiatives that contribute towards building a culture where employees feel included, appreciated, and develop professionally. Sarah developed her career as a strong project manager in international development, business operations, and web design. She has 20 years of management experience and eight years on the people side of the business. She has spoken at nearly 100+ empowering business, diversity, and tech conferences, and guest writes for the San Diego Union-Tribune. She currently serves on the Boards of Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, the North San Diego Business Chamber, and the Kim Center for Social Balance. She is also a Mentor through Operations Connect for Veterans, DisabilityIN's Emerge Program, and UCSD's Triton Mentorship Program. She is part of the San Diego Diversity Council and recently graduated from the Wharton Business School.Things You'll Learn:ResMed focuses on building an inclusive culture and business, with support from executives, and they emphasize the importance of time, resources, and intentionality in achieving equity.There is ROI in diversity, equity, and inclusion.Where one works determines how one must look at inclusion and diversity.It's important to understand the meaning of D&I in one's business context and approach strategies with a neutral perspective.Leveraging employees and involving everyone in the conversation is crucial for driving an inclusive culture and achieving equity.Resources:Connect with and follow Sarah Hassaine on LinkedIn.Follow ResMed on LinkedIn.Discover the ResMed Website.

It was a remarkable winter in the western United States with phenomenal snow and heavy rain. Now that things have quieted down, UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain joins the meteorologists to discuss what's next. What will happen as all the snow melts? What will this year's wildfire season be like? Will the atmospheric rivers return next winter? It's a deep dive into all things weather and climate across the West on this week's episode. About the Across the Sky podcast The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team: Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. Episode transcript Note: The following transcript was created by Adobe Premiere and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically: Hello, once again, everybody. I'm meteorologist Sean Sublette and welcome to Across the Sky, our National Lee Enterprises weather podcast. Lee Enterprises has print and digital news operations in 77 locations across the country, including in my home base in Richmond, Virginia. I'm joined by my meteorologist colleagues from across the sky, Matt Holiner in Chicago and Joe Martucci at the New Jersey Shore. My colleague Kirsten Lang is taking some well-deserved time off in Tulsa for a couple of weeks. And guys, we've got Daniel West on the podcast today. A lot of people know him as Weather West. Why are you shaking your head at me? Daniel Swain. Okay. Daniel Swain. Daniel Swain. He's Weather West. Yes. You all knew where I was going with you? Of course. Of course. Without a doubt. Without an end. And he's great. I mean, I've done some work with him when I was with the Climate Central. He's just got a wonderful, wonderful grip on what the weather and the climate are in the western part of the country. And it's really, really nice. Yeah, well, you know, Shawn, it's a good follow up from last week's episode where we talked with Donnie down at the Placer County Department of Public Works about all the snow that they plowed. So we have the boots on the ground with your last episode with Donnie. This time we're taking it from the academic perspective and the forecasting and a look back perspective with Daniel Swain. So it's a good one two punch as we really exit out of the cool season, and then we promise we'll talk about warmer and more summery things as we go forward over the next couple of. Yeah, this is a real interesting conversation with Daniel because he's just, you know, really focused in on the West. And I think oftentimes, you know, as meteorologists in the central and Eastern part of the country, because it seems like a lot of the time there's not much going on in the West, so it doesn't get discussed much. But, boy, this winter was truly the exception. There was lots of talk on the National level about what's going on out west. And, you know, it kind of like shifted a tinge. It's like, wait a minute, I thought the you know, nothing happened in the West. It's just constant, never ending drought. And wildfires. Well, this is this year was the proof that you can't forget about what's going on our way because it's not going to be drought all the time. It's not going to just be wildfires all the time. They're still going to get big rains. They're still going to get big snows and look at the impacts that it cause. And of course, Daniel is tuned in with the West all the time and is aware that it's not this drought going on out there. So he was the perfect person to bring on and really dive into. This is a fascinating discussion. Yeah, it really was. We're glad to have him. So let's cue it all up and get our discussion started with Daniel Swain there at UCLA. And our guest this week is Daniel Swain, climate scientist at the Institute of Environment and Sustainability at UCLA and author of the popular Weather West blog and YouTube Channel. He has been featured on numerous digital and legacy broadcast outlets talking about weather and climate in the Western U.S. And we are absolutely delighted to have Daniel on the podcast. It has been so busy, I know for you, Daniel. Thank you so much for joining us on the Across the Sky podcast. Thanks again for having me. Glad to be here. I do want to talk about some of the big picture items down the road, but first, let's talk about immediacy. These next, let's say 1 to 3 weeks there in California, of course, with the phenomenal amount of snow. Everybody kind of gets that. But now it's starting to melt and we've got kind of a hot spell actually developing. So what does this kind of portend or kind of lay the groundwork with regarding flooding there in California in the coming, let's say, one, two or three weeks? Well, I think you've nailed most of the key points there. But it's I think it's worth digging into a couple of them because, you know, California, just to review, you had an exceptionally wet winter in the central part of the state, which includes the southern half of the Sierra Nevada mountain range and really phenomenal amount of snow accumulated tens of feet at the higher elevations in these places. And so currently the water stored in that snowpack in the southern Sierra is on the order of 2 to 3 times the average amounts, a 2 to 300% of average, which in some places in the far southern Sierra is the largest amount ever observed at this point in the season. So there is a huge amount of water up there, the vast majority of which is still yet to melt. And all of that melt is eventually going to end up in rivers and streams that drain, mainly down the western slopes of the mountain range into California's Central Valley and the San Joaquin Valley and Tulare Lake Basins in particular. So all of that water that's up there in the mountains right now, a snowpack is eventually going to make its way to lower elevation areas and probably given this heat wave that's going to ramp up later this week. So a lot of that's going to melt sooner rather than later. Can I get you to talk a little bit about to Larry Lake? I've just become aware of this over the last three or four weeks. I did not know that there was an actual lake there decades and decades ago, but there has been a change. So what is that all about there and about what part of California is that? Yeah. To every lake is or was I guess was and perhaps will be a maybe is the best way of putting it given what's going on right now the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi. This is quite a substantial body of water in the southern San Joaquin Valley of California. It was indeed a century or so ago drained mainly, so it could be used for agricultural purposes. But but also a number of people now live within this historic lake bed, which is sort of maintaining itself in most years from becoming a lake again by having lots of levees and dikes and conduits, artificial interventions to keep the water away, essentially. And in recent years, recent drought years, you know, flood risk has been far afield. People haven't really been thinking about it. But now that we've got got a very wet winter in this part of the state, now that we have this enormous snowpack upstream, a lot of that water is accumulating in this basin and there is no outlet to the ocean and to very lake based and of the flooding gets very severe and it spills over the top of the basin into the San Joaquin River. The water that flows into Tillery Lake Basin, it it stays there, it accumulates. And so all of that we're hearing about all this flooding, that water isn't going to by itself just gradually drain out to the ocean. That water is just going to sit there and continue to get deeper as more and more water flows in. You know, so one challenge in addition to all the water that's flowing in from snowmelt and rain this past winter, is that the ground itself has subsided, literally sunk in the Tillery Lake Basin in recent years due to groundwater pumping during severe drought. So we're actually seeing probably flooding that will be deeper and more prolonged here in this wet spell because of the drought conditions that just ended and the human response to that drought being to pump all this water out of the aquifers, the ground has sunk in some places by ten or more feet. So this is not a barely measurable thing. This is you know, I'm I'm six foot four and the ground has sunk by, you know, considerably more than my height in recent years. That's going to affect the flooding in ways that are, I think, hard to predict from the outset. Yeah. Before I turn this over to Joe, I know you want to go next, but can you give us a little more idea of how big this lake is? I'd say compared to someplace like the Great Salt Lake. Is it about that size? Half of that larger just for some kind of frame of reference? Well, I don't have the numbers off the top of my head, but, you know, it's it's the challenge is it's, you know, this especially this type of lake doesn't have a fixed size. During the great flood of 1862, for example, much of the Central Valley all the way from the southern San Joaquin up to the northern Sacramento, I mean, that's 250, 300 mile stretch that was contiguous, inundated. It actually become one giant freshwater lake, almost 300 miles long, encompassing areas that are now home to millions of people and most of California's agriculture industry. So, you know, if you measured it, then it would have been, you know, a truly enormous body of water. If you measured it last year, there's zero. It didn't exist. So it's you know, we often think about about bodies of water as these dynamic fix things. And that's that's almost never the case. But it's especially wasn't true even in its natural state for 244 to Larry Lake this was something that waxed and waned greatly from year to year before human intervention. It has done so less since we drained it. But in the big years it's going to come back. And this year, you know, to very Lake is making a big time reappearance. Hey, Daniel, it's Joe here. I want to take a step back and get into your initial interest in weather here and maybe extreme weather. I know you went to, I believe, UC Davis for your bachelors and then got a Ph.D. from Stanford. What drove you to be interested in whether there are any getting into the subset of the field that you're in now? Well, I was always a bit of a weather geek, maybe more than a bit of a weather geek, too, if I'm being totally honest. So actually my initial my undergraduate degree is in atmospheric science. So I actually specifically wanted to to pursue, you know, being a degree program that would give you the credentials to become an, you know, an operational meteorologist day to day weather forecasting. And so I do have that degree. But then at some point in this process, I realized, you know, I'm still really interested in weather, but the big societal and scientific problems that are really interesting these days really seem to be sort about this weather climate nexus. So, you know, I'm really fascinated by the day to day variations in weather. I enjoy cloud watching and watching storms and things like that. But also, you know, and that's where the societal impacts come from, right? Like climate change is affecting all of us. It's affecting ecosystems everywhere. But exactly how is it doing? So usually it's doing so by changing the envelope of extreme weather events, you know, shifting the range of what's possible or what's likely from what it used to be. And so it turns out that this is kind of a niche that's underdeveloped or is certainly have been for for decades, where weather scientists, meteorologists and climate scientists were kind of siloed from each other. They're kind of viewed as different disciplines. But it's always struck me as a little bit odd because it's the same atmosphere and it's the same physics and chemistry. There's this different time scales. And so, yes, you often use different assumptions, but I think that that separation has perhaps been too strict and too rigid. So I live a little dangerously and I mixed my my weather and my climate. They are different things, of course, But you know, what is climate? But the the you know, weather in aggregate, that's something I often like to say, because it's not just the average of weather, but it's also the extremes of weather. It's it's the swings in whether it's the variability, too. So for me, that's sort of that that weather climate nexus is what really I think fascinates me. And now that I'm you know, I'm a climate scientist who has a background in meteorology and really thinks about climate change from a weather weather up perspective, if you will. Hey Daniel, it's Matt. And going off of that, I kind of want to take a step back and look at the bigger picture because there's been a lot of buzz lately, of course, about all of these atmospheric river events and the improvement in the drought situation, even the removal of drought, particularly in California. But when you look at the big picture, I think what's getting lost a little bit is people think that the West is now completely drought free and that's definitely not the case. In fact, in some parts of the West, there's still some extreme drought, not in California anymore, but other parts of the West. And so what can you say about, you know, the longer term trend? Yes, we had this really wet winter and there was improvement in drought across the West, but is this going to continue? Are we going to go back to drought? What can you say about the general western U.S. in general and the outlook for drought? There is an important point because this has been, of course, a good water year in California and actually across much of the lower Colorado basin, which is the area in crisis because of the very low levels of flow on the Colorado River and all the big dams you hear about Lake Powell, Lake Mead, and sort of the the growing crisis there with water scarcity. This, of course, helps in the short term in these places where, you know, there's been a good snowpack in the lower Colorado basin, there'll be better inflows into these reservoirs this spring and summer than there have been in recent years, that's for sure. But it certainly, as you say, it doesn't solve the long term problem because this really took decades on the Colorado Basin to develop. So one good year certainly doesn't erase decades of accumulated water scarcity. And in California, I think the situation is a bit different because a lot of California gets its water for more local watersheds. So the northern two thirds of the state sees water mainly for the form of local reservoirs and then also snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada. And here, you know, the drought, I think it's fair to say, has broken. But there's this broader question of what drought means in a warming climate, I think, which is really actually quite an active topic of research and conversation, because it's not entirely obvious. And a lot of what's happened in the West isn't so much because of lack of rain or precipitation, but it's more just that temperatures have been so much warmer in recent decades than they were in the 20th century that the evaporative demand, literally the thirsty ness of the atmosphere, its propensity to act as a giant sponge and extract water out of the landscape as it increased. This is known as the increasing vapor pressure deficit in technical terms. And what it does is it just extracts more and more water out of the landscape more quickly. And unless you're seeing more precipitation than you used to on average, which were not, then there's going to be an accumulated deficit over time. So it's not just a question of the low precipitation years, but it's also a question of the high evaporative demand years, which increasingly have been almost every year, both the wet precipitation years and the dry precipitation years. So what does it mean in a warming climate to have individual episodic wet periods? Do they completely counterbalance the accumulated, increased atmospheric sponginess, if you will, all the rest of the time? The math really doesn't pencil out because you'd need to get a lot of extra precipitation for that to be true. And we're not seeing a lot of extra precipitation now in California in particular. And that is probably true to somewhat lesser extent in most of the West. We don't just expect to see drying in the future. In fact, in California, the hydro climate signature of climate change really appears to be increased variability. We call it increased precipitation or hydro climate whiplash because of how it kind of feels like to just wildly swing from dry to wet and back and forth. And this again comes from that that sort of that that basic thermodynamics of the atmosphere, that increased atmospheric sponginess, as I mentioned, goes both ways. It both increases the atmosphere's ability to extract water out of the landscape. Think of a you know, a larger and larger dry sponge soaking more and more water up off your counter and you still a glass of water or something. But on the other hand, that progressively larger sponge, once you've soaked up that water, you can wring out more water too, in the form of more intense precipitation. So in California, the signature really seems to be more of both, more of the very dry conditions on the one hand and more of the very wet conditions on the other. And I think this is largely going to be true across much of the southwest. So in the long run, of course, if you only take the average, that might pencil out to be similar. But in practical terms, does it actually feel similar? No, not not at all. This is a radically different regime, You know, with with you know, either you're very wet or you're very dry increasingly, but you're really rarely in the middle. And I think we've seen that a lot this decade where parts of California in particular have seen both record dry conditions and record wet conditions, in some cases more than once in the past decade, where we've broken the century long precipitation records and then also broken a century long non precipitation or dryness records in the same decade in the same place. I want to that point about getting so much precipitation at once. There's also been a lot of discussion about about groundwater, especially in California and in the Central Valley in particular since so much of the wintertime. Vegetables certainly are grown there. When we have a situation like we had this past winter, How much does that help with with groundwater? I mean, obviously we're still we're still very dry in the longer term. But would you say that this also helps the groundwater situation or at least buys us a little time? Well, this is a pretty complicated question, and I'm neither a geologist nor a hydrologist, but the situation is complicated, mainly because it's not just a question of pouring a bunch of water on the ground and hoping and it soaks in. Unfortunately, we've done long term damage to the aquifers themselves by so much pumping and fracturing. I was talking about subsidence earlier, literally the ground sinking. The reason why it's sinking is all of that or space where the the essentially the air bubbles, not only bubbles but the spaces in between soil particles and in between rocks has become compressed over time. And so that compression you've lost the the the the space where the water would have gone aquifers generally, you know, some folks think of them as these huge open caverns where water sits. That's really not what they are. They're they're actually it's just the accumulated effect and that effect of huge amounts of small air pockets that can fill up with water if the soil gets saturated, if you compress those air pockets enough, they don't magically reappear when you dump water on top of the ground. Now, the water just kind of likes to sit there on the top of the ground and cause flooding and then runoff into rivers and into the ocean eventually, rather than soaking in nicely. So unfortunately, there's some long term damage we've done. Geography is in some places it makes it harder for them to recharge when we do get wet. Years like this. And the other reality is that in general, even in a you know, even in an ideal, an undisturbed water system, there are only some places where aquifer recharge happens at a good pace. There are some places where naturally the soil is just too full of clay a rock. To really allow rapid recharge, you need to have you need to have, you know, water sitting there for years, not just for one season. And so for these reasons, I think that the groundwater problem is not remotely going to be solved by even one, maybe not, probably not even by two consecutive very wet winters. It certainly helps, but it mainly helps because what it means is that there's less desire to pump water out of the ground. So it helps mainly in an indirect way because it means that there are fewer straws sucking that water out of the aquifer because there's water available elsewhere. There is some recharge going on. There is movement to actively facilitate that recharge as a groundwater management and flood control strategy in California, which I'm optimistic about moving forward. But it's tricky because just because there's a lot of water doesn't magically mean that you've recharge aquifers and you know, this is going to be an ongoing problem, unfortunately. So. So know that that part of the long term scarcity problem is definitely not solved by one really good year like this one. And it also underscores the need for a cross-disciplinary work between the geologists, the hydrology artists and meteorologists and climate scientists. We're going to take a little bit of a break, then we'll come right back with Daniel Swain and talk about El Nino, talk about some atmospheric rivers. When we come back on the Across the Sky podcast. And we're back with Daniel Swain. Weather West on the Across the Sky podcast talking about the very wild winter and the repercussions for that in the western United States. So, Daniel, we've just come off the third consecutive LA Nina, which oftentimes means that it's drier than average and all signs are are pointing toward going into an El Nino, into this late this summer, into perhaps this coming winter, which oftentimes means wetter than average, not always, but oftentimes. How do you kind of reconcile those things? I mean, we know that it's not 1 to 1, but but how do you kind of reconcile those things to do the public? Yeah, this is become actually a really major and consequential weather and climate science communication challenge in California because the it's probably helpful to think a little bit to review the history actually of El Nino in California in pop culture first, because really the first El Nino event of prominent public dialog was back in the early eighties and this was the 1982 83 event, which was a very exceptionally wet year in California. There was a lot of flooding and there were a lot of problems. And, you know, folks in the media really linked that event to the very wet conditions that occurred at that point. And with good scientific reason. The scientists agreed. Then there was another big El Nino event in 97, 98 of similar magnitude, which was again a very wet winter in California with lots of flood related impacts. And so that really reinforced this public idea that major El Nino events were were wet years in California. Then in 2015, 2016, there was another strong El Nino event and everyone got excited about how it was going to break the drought. And then it didn't. It was not an exceptionally wet winter in California, did not experience, you know, significant drought relief as a result that year. Now, you know, we're heading into another year where indeed, as you say, it does look quite likely, I would say probably 80 or 90% chance at this point that an El Nino of some magnitude will emerge later this year. But interestingly, the public dialog is now centered, including in the local media, around how El Nino is so uncertain that it doesn't matter. And I think we've swung too far back in that direction. It is absolutely true that El Nino is not everything, and there are other influences that in some areas can completely override its influence and produce an opposite outcome even. But on the other hand, there are a lot of pretty basic physical science reasons why especially strong El Ninos in particular, really should and do influence the hydro climate of the American Southwest pretty profoundly and know, as you say, it's not a perfect relationship. But I think the challenge is a lot of folks go and try and do a literal linear correlation between the the El Nino surface ocean and surface temperatures anomalies and average annual precipitation. And of course, that signal is pretty weak in a lot of places. But if you focus only on the strong events and you focus specifically on El Nino, which is a bit asymmetric from its counterpart, La Nina, we'll talk about that a bit in a minute. But there still is a pretty strong signal. So, yes, if El Nino is strong, despite the failure in 1516, I would still put my money on a wider than average winter, perhaps a greatly wetter than average winter, especially in central and southern California and in some parts of the lower Colorado basin. So there's usually a dividing line in El Nino and La Nina years separating the Pacific Northwest from the rest of the West. And usually it's the opposite sign. So when the Pacific Northwest is dry, the rest of the West is often wet and vice versa. And usually in El Nino, the wet conditions occur in California and the Southwest and in the Pacific Northwest is dry and long on any of the opposite is true. We're lining as wet in the Pacific Northwest and dry in the in the Pacific southwest. Of course, that's subject to some some variability. But but, you know, I think that that's a pattern that in the long run still holds true for reasons that physically make sense. But let's back up for a moment and think, okay, so what what is El Nino and La Nina? What is this in the first place? Well, technically, it doesn't directly have anything to do with the western United States. It's a tropical ocean temperature oscillation that is strongly coupled with the tropical atmosphere. So El Nino simply means that that ocean surface temperatures in the eastern part of the tropical Pacific Ocean have been warmer than average for a sufficiently long period and long. Nunez and which means that ocean surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific have been cooler than average for a sufficiently long period. So there need not necessarily be any specific conditions in California or the American West for an El Nino or a La Nina to occur. And it's worth noting that even in 2015, 2016, where the rains did not come in great volume to California, the prediction for a strong El Nino event was correct. The strong El Nino event occurred in the tropical Pacific Ocean. It just didn't produce the results that some folks had anticipated. And, you know, there's been lots of research on why that is is probably been in the weeds for this conversation. But I think in the long run, I would still put my money on a particularly for a strong El Nino event. And it looks like there's a decent chance that's where we're headed this year, although it's still a little bit early to talk. The intensity that we might end up seeing back to back unusually wet winters in California and parts of the lower Colorado, which we have not seen in quite some time. Okay. Got me thinking back to now. You know, this recent winter that we had here, what were predictions for snow and precipitation and atmospheric river events going into this past winter? And then I believe and I've saw some reports of there were 31 atmospheric river events or is actually a river is a is a small is a relatively narrow but intense moisture plume that comes in. But where were the forecasts versus reality going into this winter? Yeah, I will emphasize that there were more like 15 or 16 atmospheric rivers in California. I think the 31 numbers for all of the West Coast that's out of Denver for California. Yeah, my fault in that one. Sorry. Not no worries. Well, so the seasonal prediction for California this past season was, as has been the topic of discussion was where a slight tilt in the odds towards drier than average conditions because of the moderate to almost strong and and persistent third year persistence of La Nina. Now obviously that didn't happen. But if you look if you look at the large scale atmospheric pattern, though, it's kind of interesting. So the reason why there's a slight tilt in the odds towards drier than average conditions during a significant linear event is because it tends to favor a strong ridge of high pressure somewhere over the Gulf of Alaska, as it turned out, that did actually happen. There was a seasonally persistent ridge in the Gulf of Alaska. But the problem or maybe the the the saving grace for California was that it was slightly farther to the west and the typical position of the La Nina Ridge. And so instead of blocking storms from making it to California and dropping rainfall and snowfall, it actually was far enough to the west that the return southward flow on the eastern flank of that high pressure system injected a bunch of cold air and atmospheric instability into the mix and helped juice up these subtropical moisture plumes, producing a bunch of atmospheric river storms and a persistent stream of significant storminess all winter long. So physically, you know, the high pressure system that's connected with cool temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific essentially happened. But something else occurred that shifted it a little further west than had been initially anticipated. And that resulted in an enormous difference for California, an exceptionally wet winter in some places instead of a drier than average winter. This was something I actually talked about in a blog post back in the autumn last year, which is that, you know, the problem with La Nina and the reason why this linear correlation is not so great is because if you tried to linear correlate La Nina with the ridge in the Gulf of Alaska, there'd be a very strong correlation. But the problem is the relationship between that ridge in California, precipitation is very tenuous. We're kind of on the razor's edge. If it's far enough to the east. We we are warm and dry in the winter, but if it's far enough west, it's literally the opposite surface condition that's cold and wet because of the direction that the winds end up coming from. So that's the hard part, is getting the exact longitude of that big ridge correct months in advance. So you can't just say there'll be a big red blob somewhere in the Gulf of Alaska. You need to be able to say exactly where it is, because if you're off by even 500 or 800 miles, which is not a very big margin on the global planetary climate, seasonal prediction scale, you get the completely wrong outcome for California. And I think that's what happened this year where that ridge was just too far west and we were on the other side of that razor's edge in California on the cool and one side. This year, as is true with much of meteorology, little differences add up and can we do some big changes in the ultimate outcome? One thing I want to look ahead to, you know what has been again until this winter and all the snow and the atmospheric river events, you know, besides the drought in the west. The other thing that got a lot of attention in the West was wildfire season. How these wildfire seasons seem to be keep getting worse with very little fluctuation. So I kind of want to look ahead to this wildfire season as we get through the summer and things quiet down and get into the fall. What are you thinking as far as wildfires go in the West? This year is a complicated picture this year because there's as you mentioned earlier, there are actually patches of drought that have gotten worse this winter, despite the rapid improvement in the California Colorado basin. The Pacific Northwest, for example, is headed for a significant drought right now. So we might actually see a were a relatively worse fire season in the Pacific Northwest later this year than than in some other places. The other thing is that even within California, for example, there's great complexity. So we have such a large snowpack that I think the high elevation fire season this year in California and throughout most of the West, fortunately will be pretty mild because literally there is snow on the ground. It's impossible to have wildfires of any real magnitude right now. And that might still be the case for a few more months. So by the time August gets around, the snowpack is finally melting away. Well, you don't have snow on the ground anymore, but now you have all this residual soil moisture. So everything is going to be pretty damp up at high elevations. I don't think we're going to see and this has been a real, really big problem in recent years. We have seen very high elevation, high intensity wildfires which were historically rare and have recently become much more common. I don't think we'll see that this year in places that have a really exceptional snowpack. So that's some good news, a place where I think there will be a mitigated fire season up above seven, eight, 9000 feet. Of course, there's a lot of territory in the West. In fact, the vast majority of the West is below that elevation. So what happens there? Well, it depends a bit on the ecosystem type. It's actually the case in a lot of the West. The wet years tend to be worse. Fire years historically, because what it means is you have a lot of extra growth of brush and grass. So if you're in the desert, if you're in grasslands or in sort of mixed trees and brush and grass woodland kind of regimes, you usually get worse for areas after wet winters because you have so much more fuel to burn. That's because these these are regimes that are actually known as fuel limited, meaning that the reason why you don't have more and more widespread and more intense fires is usually because there isn't enough vegetation to burn on average. Well, these are the years where there is enough vegetation to burn because you've grown extra because there's so much more water than usual. So all of that greenery you're seeing now, lower elevations will become eventually fuel for fires later in the season. And so there's also this interesting dynamic where in places like California, where there were severe windstorms and snowstorms and these no middle elevation zones this winter, there's a lot of trees and branches that came down which are going to end up essentially forming additional fuel for fires later this season as well, along with all that extra brush and grass growth. So this could be a year where if we do get significant wind or heat or events at the end of the season, we could see a pretty serious failure in certain lower elevation zones, but a really mild failure at higher elevations. And so I think there's both geographic variation where the Pacific Northwest is actually pretty dry right now, but the Pacific Southwest is pretty wet. And there's also a elevational dependance for places that had a big snowpack right now probably aren't going to have much of a fire season this year, but the lower elevations might see potentially a elevated fire season in some places, depending on how things go. Yeah, that's really the irony of the whole bit, to be sure. Before we let you go, I do want to talk a little bit more about atmospheric rivers. I think that term has really jumped into the lexicon over the last 5 to 10 years, especially in the West. What do we know about atmospheric rivers and and the warming climate in general? Yeah, So there's a strong consensus at this point in the scientific literature that the strongest atmospheric rivers will become considerably stronger moisture and produce more intense precipitation than a warming climate. Interestingly, there's less consensus about what happens on average to the frequency of atmospheric rivers overall. So really the strongest argument that we can say is that really throughout western North America, where our rivers are relevant, that the most extreme atmospheric rivers in a warming climate will be significantly wetter and will pose significantly greater flood risks. But doesn't necessarily mean we're going to see more atmospheric rivers overall. In fact, we may even see in some places like California, more variable city of atmospheric rivers from year to year. Rather, the wet years are really wet, increasingly so. And as I mentioned earlier, the dry years or perhaps even drier, you know, this really comes down once again to basic thermodynamics. As you mentioned, atmospheric rivers are at their core. These concentrated plumes of atmospheric water vapor, long but narrow, pushed by strong winds over your head. They can they can carry volumes of water that are many times that of the Mississippi River in flood, but in the form of vapor over your head. So these are huge amounts of water volume that we're talking about. And you can imagine that in a warming climate where the water vapor holding capacity of the atmosphere increases exponentially for each linear increment of warming. So in other words, this is about 7%, four centigrade degree centigrade or about 4% per degree Fahrenheit of warming, that atmospheric sponginess increases by either 4% per Fahrenheit or 7% per degrees Celsius. You know, that would be a pretty darn good interest compound interest rate in a bank. If you get a47 percent guaranteed return. I think anybody would be excited about that. But it's a little bit scary you we talk about it in the context of the ceiling on extreme precipitation, which by our best estimates does increased by about 4 to 7% or Fahrenheit or Celsius degree of warming. And globally, we're already at 1.2 or so degrees Celsius of warming, getting close to two degrees Fahrenheit of warming locally in California during, you know, in some places we're already higher than that because, you know, the land is warming faster than the ocean. So this is not an insignificant change. Yeah, for sure. And I think that's one of the things that I think all of us as scientists and media that's meteorology or climate science, I think a lot of people understand outside of the scientific disciplines that, yeah, if it's warmer, you can evaporate more. I think a lot of that's intuitive, but I'm with you. I don't think people understand that it's not linear. It goes up dramatically as you get warmer so that when we do have these higher end events, they are so much worse. Daniel, we're going to cut you loose. We appreciate you joining us. An addition to the Twitter and YouTube. Where else can people find out about the work you do? Well, I do also write the weather blog. You can find that at Weather West Tor.com. As you mentioned, you know, I try and spread my my public facing science communication across these platforms, Twitter, YouTube and my own weather. WESTCOTT So and, you know, I like to join other people's podcasts on a pretty regular basis, too, So you can find me here, there and everywhere, I guess. DANIEL Terrific. Thanks again so much. I know you're busy. It has been a wild, wild winter and early spring and now mid-spring. There in the western United States. So we hope to talk to you again real soon. Thank you so much for joining us. Thanks again for having me. I'll be right back with a few closing thoughts on the across the podcast. And we're back with some closing thoughts on the Across the Sky podcast. And meteorologist Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times Dispatch, along with Matt Hollander in Chicago and Joe Martucci at the Jersey Shore, the press of Atlantic City. And Daniel, guys, he is just he has such a deep understanding of the weather patterns there. We kind of forget about how volatile it can be in the western United States. We've all kind of, you know, got locked into this idea, well, it's dry and it rains on occasion and they're in trouble. They're running out of water. And then you have a winter like they just had. They're in the western United States. And it really reminds you just how volatile can be. You know, they don't have tornadoes and like we have east of the Rockies, but they had their own entire set of issues, that is for sure. Yeah. And he did explain all the intricacies of water and making sure there's enough water for everybody. I mean, one thing that stuck out was how much So that land has been sinking in the valley just through pumping out the aquifers. I think I've even seen a couple of photos online of like these huge rollers. If you guys ever seen these, like these huge rulers of like tens of feet about how much actually the land has sunk over the past couple of decades. So and the other thing is to, you know, one of these really wet winters is good, still a long way to go to being really on top of it there. And we get throw in the climate change factor. And I like to say it's a lot of time the people do. It's not so much you're just over one. We're more variable in our weather events. And when it comes to Western water management, that's something that. It's just getting, I believe, harder for our water managers to, you know, taking control in terms of these forecasts because we do have, you know, hey, we had a extremely wet winter this past winter, is it? Daniel said he's trending towards having another one of these kind of winters as we go into next winter. Good news. In the short term, we have to see what it means. Well, the other thing that stands out to me is just how the atmosphere is becoming more extreme. You know, we were dealing with the extreme drought and then quickly switched and remarkably, how quickly we switched to extreme rain and flooding. And that's just what we're seeing with climate change is how the extreme nature of these events, these extreme events are happening more frequently. I mean, you can talk about, you know, it goes with other areas, too. You know, when you're looking at, you know, the intensity of hurricanes, for example, there's some uncertainty in the exact number of hurricanes and how that's going to change with climate change. But what there is a clear trend towards is an increase in intense hurricanes and increase, as Daniel referred to. You know, it's still uncertain exactly the number of atmospheric rivers that we're going to see. But when there is an atmospheric river, it's more likely to be an extreme atmospheric river. When we have a drought, it's more likely to be an extreme drought. So there's going to be fluctuations. It doesn't mean like the West is always going to have droughts or it's always going to flood. You know, it's more complex than that. But what we are clearly seeing is a trend in these more extreme events, which is the most high impact from an economic standpoint, you know, and the toll that it takes on people. So, gosh, just, you know, that's that's what really stands out to me is just how many extreme events and not just in the West but across the planet. Yeah. I mean, we've always known that that part of the United States has very highly variable weather to begin with, and they're kind of susceptible to dry and wet periods. But I think that Daniel's point is that we're really seeing that ratcheted up even further. And, you know, we try to remind people it doesn't all just balance out because the evaporation rates are so much higher in a warming climate so that the ground dries out faster. And if you have heavy rain on dry ground, there's more running off than it would be if the ground was a little bit moist, kind of like, you know, you turn the spigot on on top of a wet sponge versus a dry sponge, you get two very, very different impacts from that. So it is going to be quite a quite a challenge for water management, certainly in the western United States for decades and decades to come. With that, we're going to close it up for this week. We do have a few more things kind of percolating in the weeks to come. We've had the aurora borealis show up, so we're kind of working on a couple of things there. We hope to have some news on that coming up soon. But right now for Matt Holiner in Chicago, Joe Martucci, Atlantic City and Kira Saline and Tulsa, our meteorologist Sean Sublette. And we will see you next time on the Across the Sky podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever wanted to hear from a company that was really crushing it with their company culture? Did you ever want to just listen in on the things that they were doing to improve their company culture? Well now is your chance.   We brought James Christensen from Gateway Bank and Tierra Terry with the Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest together to hear about the various things they are doing to try and improve their company culture.   From putting a gym in the office and providing time for employees to take a break during the work day, to bringing in a specialist to work on a resilience strategy with the company. The list goes on with the variety of things that Gateway Bank and the BBB are implementing.   The company culture does not just come from space that is built in the office and programs that are implemented. It comes from the leadership. Culture comes from the leaders that really do allow the staff the opportunity to come talk to them. It comes from the leadership that is open and raw about their own struggles and journeys. It comes from the leadership being willing and open to new ideas and change. If the leadership is not open, authentic, and raw, then the rest of the work that is implemented is pointless.   This is a great episode to listen in on if you are looking to hear how leaders open up to their employees to set the tone for the company. Listen in to hear the variety of ways to implement change in the workplace such as; flexible work schedules, maternal support, catered lunches, gym space, life guides, resilience strategy, mental health support, and more. It starts with the leadership and then continues on from there. Take a listen and learn from Gateway Bank.   Gateway Bank is the only community bank in Mesa, Arizona. Gateway represents a return to how banking used to be, where the staff knew everyone by name and treated customers like people instead of numbers in a database.   They bring this nostalgic approach into modern times and offer the best of both worlds: the fast, personal service of a local bank, plus the diverse products and services of a large bank. While Gateway's branch is located in Mesa, they serve customers across the Valley.   With a nationwide network of fee-free ATMs, plus added conveniences like Remote Deposit for businesses, you can experience the Gateway difference no matter where you are.   James Christensen is the President of Gateway Bank, the only community bank in Mesa, Arizona. Under his leadership, Gateway has thrived through multiple economic downturns and grown to consistently be one of the strongest performing financial institutions in its peer group.   James is also very active in the local community and was named Mesa Citizen of the Year in 2023. He is a fierce advocate for small businesses, marginalized groups, and people in need. From one-on-one meetings to presentations and podcasts like this, James enjoys educating and inspiring diverse audiences to improve their financial health and overall well-being. Connect with James on LinkedIn.   BBB Pacific Southwest proactively supports an ethical community by providing resources and education by leading experts, coworking and executive meeting space, an online incubator, access to affordable capital, and an intensive accelerator in partnership with GoDaddy.   BBB remains dedicated to helping entrepreneurs develop their businesses ethically to build stronger, more trustworthy relationships with customers. Consumers turn to BBB as a reliable source to find trustworthy businesses, and those that earn BBB Accreditation display their comittment of doing things the right way. BBB is in the business of good business.   Tierra Terry serves as BBB's Director of Diversity & Inclusion Programming and is an advocate for community, education, and connection to support the entrepreneurial ecosystem and its consumer base.   She oversees the development and implementation of programs and services that promote diversity within and outside of BBB. Her efforts cultivate a supportive and inclusive work environment while leading diversity, inclusion and equity for all.   She is a past speaker for Conscious Capitalism San Diego on the Diversity & Inclusion panel and past interviewee on AZ Family, ABC15, Fox 10, and Channel 12 News, and iHeartRadio.   Based in Phoenix, she is available for community presentations and trainings on customer service, organizational development and culture, diversity, inclusion, innovation and community impact.   Follow BBB Pacific Southwest on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.   About Culture Crush Culture is not just a tag word to be thrown around. It is not something you throw in job descriptions to draw people to applying for jobs within a company.   According to Marcus Buckingham and Ashely Goodall in their book Nine Lies About Work, “Culture is the tenants of how we behave. It's like a family creed. This is how we operate and treat each other in the family.”   As a growing company- Culture Crush Business Podcast is THE culture improvement resource that supports companies and leaders. Our Mission is to improve company cultures so people WANT to go to work. Employees and leaders should like where they work and we think this is possible.   Within the company: Culture Crush has Vetted Resources and Partnerships with the right people and resources that can help improve your company culture.   On this podcast: We focus on everything surrounding businesses with good company culture. We will talk with company leaders to learn about real-life experiences, tips, and best practices for creating a healthy work environment where employees are finding joy and satisfaction in their work while also striving and growing within the company. We also find the companies that offer resources to help improve company culture and showcase them on the show to share their tips and tricks for growing culture.   About the Host Kindra Maples is spartan racer, past animal trainer, previous magician's assistant, and has a weakness for Oreo cookie shakes. Her journey working with people actually started working with animals as a teenager (don't worry we won't go that far back for her bio).   She worked for over 15 years in the zoo industry working with animals and the public. Her passion of working with animals shifted into working with people in education, operations and leadership roles. From there her passion of leadership and helping people develop has continued to grow.   Then came the opportunity for leading the Culture Crush Business Podcast and she jumped on it. Leadership, growth, and strong company cultures are all areas that Kindra is interested in diving into further.   Shout Outs We want to thank a few people for their behind the scenes effort in helping this relaunch to come to life. James Johnson with Tailored Penguin Media Company LLC.– It is a small, but powerful video production company with a goal to deliver the very best by articulating the vision of your brand in a visually creative way. Gordon Murray with Flash PhotoVideo, LLC. -Flash Gordon has been photographing since high school and evolving since then with new products that will equip, encourage, engage, and enable. Renee Blundon with Renee Blundon Design – She is not only one of the best free divers (that's not how she helped with the podcast) but she is great with graphics design and taking the direction for the vision that you have while also adding creative ideas to bring to your vision to life. These are just a few of the folks that supported the relaunch of the podcast. If you would like to be part of the Culture Crush team or would like to support underwriting the show- please reach out: info@culturecrushbusiness.com

Learn more about Mike Gibson - Prior to his election as President of the Pacific Southwest District - LCMS in June 2018, Mike served as pastor of Christ Lutheran Church and School from August 2006 to August 2018, leading the congregation's vision of supporting, equipping, and launching people into mission locally and globally.  Mike completed his undergraduate studies in Humanities at California State University, Sacramento in 1980, he is a 1984 Master of Divinity graduate from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO and was awarded a Doctor of Ministry degree in 1996 from Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, CA, with an emphasis on organizational pathology and leadership.  His pastoral ministry includes service at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Huntington Beach, CA (1984-1987) and Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Milpitas, CA (1987-2006).Pastor Mike has been engaged globally in China, Southeast Asia, and India for almost 20 years. His missional passion includes helping the Body of Christ understand the growth of Christianity in the Global South and the beneficial influence that the Global South can bring to the church in the post-Christian Global North.  His Personal Purpose Statement reflects this focus: “My purpose is to awaken within the Body of Christ a local and global perspective on the Mission of God and to influence organizational systems in order to free and empower them for mission fulfillment.”He is the author of Out of the Bleachers and Onto the Field – How to Witness Without Hang-ups (CPH, 1992) and a contributor to numerous periodicals. His new book, “Mountains and Valleys – Living the Christian Life” will be released by Concordia Publishing House in the second half of 2023.Mike was born and raised in Sacramento, CA.  He and Kathy were married in 1979.  Kathy works at Concordia University Irvine as Assistant Director of Advancement Services.  The Gibsons have two adult sons, Andrew and Tim. Visit uniteleadership.org

In this week's episode of Living in the Sprawl: Southern California's Most Adventurous Podcast, host Jon Steinberg shares his list of 10 devastating airline crashes to know about in the history of Southern California aviation. His list includes: X15 flight 191 in Ranceburg, two plane collision in Cerritos, Pacific Southwest flight 182 in San Diego, Pacific Southwest flight 1771 in Cayucos, Alaska Airlines flight 261 in Port Hueneme, Golden West airlines flight 261 in Whittier, Hawthorne Nevada flight 708 in Mount Whitney, Hughes Air West flight 706 in the San Gabriel Mountains, Standard Airlines flight 897R in Burbank and United Airlines flight 266 in Santa Monica.Instagram: @livinginthesprawlpodcastEmail: livinginthesprawlpodcast@gmail.comWebsite: www.livinginthesprawlpodcast.comCheck out our favorite CBD gummy company...it helps us get better sleep and stay chill. Use code "SPRAWL" for 20% off.  https://www.justcbdstore.com?aff=645Check out Goldbelly for all your favorite US foods to satisfy those cravings or bring back some nostalgia. Our favorites include Junior's Chessecakes from New York, Lou Malnati's deep dish pizza from Chicago and a philly cheesesteak from Pat's. Use the link https://goldbelly.pxf.io/c/2974077/1032087/13451 to check out all of the options and let them know we sent you.Use code "SPRAWL" for (2) free meals and free delivery on your first Everytable subscription.Support the podcast and future exploration adventures. We are working on unique perks and will give you a shout out on the podcast to thank you for your contribution!Living in the Sprawl: Southern California's Most Adventurous Podcast is on Podfanhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/sprawlSupport the show

As America's mainline colleges and universities continue their 50+ year descent into political indoctrination and teaching anything but career skills, leaders are wondering what they're getting when hiring recent graduates. Today's podcast is with Dr. John Jackson, the President of William Jessup University, the 3rd fastest growing institution of its type in the nation.  Prior to Jessup, John has been an entrepreneur, a journey he wrote about in one of his many books, Pastorpreneur. David and John have a candid conversation about the state of education in America today, and how that is affecting our economy.  The situation is not all bad, but it has never been so dire.  What's a leader to do?  Listen in and hear some great insights. John has served as the executive director of Thriving Churches International.  He is the founding pastor of LifePoint Church in Minden, Nevada, and was the executive minister of the American Baptist Churches of the Pacific Southwest (now Transformation Ministries) where he served more than 270 churches in four western states. Dr. Jackson holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Educational Administration and Organizational Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A. in Theology (Christian Formation and Discipleship) at Fuller Theological Seminary; and a B.A. in Religion (Christian History and Thought) from Chapman University. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/41rIZOQ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0 Manage2Win: https://www.manage2win.com/podcast  ------- This Manage 2 Win Podcast episode is brought to you by Habitly.  I (David) review Habitly best practices regularly, and teach these essential people skills to clients weekly.  This advice has changed my life, and made millions for our clients. I started developing Habitly content in 2004.  Habitly's powerful best practices have now been taught to thousands of people worldwide.  For instance, you can learn how to Create time in your day;  Get more from meetings;  Stay calm;  Achieve significant targets;  and Become a great leader.  Simply study and apply the expert knowledge provided in Habitly courses and micro-learning episodes. Whether you're just out of college, or someone with over 20 years work experience, learn the habits of highly successful people on Habitly.  Test drive Habitly for 7 days on us!  This includes full access to the entire Habitly knowledgebase – www.habitly.com.

This is Part 2 of Ali & Paige's conversation with the continually remarkable and brilliant Briana Chapman, the Community Engagement Manager of Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest and Sexual Health Educator. Brie is passionate about healthy ways of approaching this important part of our lives and health. In our conversation with her, we talk about bodily functions (Code Orange), sexual behavior, and our feelings about those things both personally and medically. This delightful woman is originally from the Inland Empire and has lived around the world in Spain, Thailand, and Zambia. She has worked as an elementary school educator, and has a Master's degree in psychology. She can be reached at Instagram @thatsexlady  Thank you for listening to this week's program! Learn more about our hosts at their website: www.priorlevelhh.com. Code Orange is produced, recorded, and edited by Esther Loewen (www.estherloewen.com)  

Today's guest is Felicia Marcus,  the Williams C. Landreth visiting fellow at Stanford University's Water in the West program. Felicia is also an attorney, consultant, and member of the Water Policy Group. She most recently served as Chair of the California State Water Resources Control Board, where she implemented laws regarding drinking water, water quality and state's water rights, as well as heard regional board water quality appeals, settled disputes, and provided financial assistance to communities to upgrade water infrastructure. Before her appointment to the Water Board, she also served in positions in government, the non-profit and private sector. In government, Felicia served as the regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's Pacific Southwest region during the Clinton Administration, where she was known for her work in bringing unlikely allies together for environmental progress and for making the agency more responsive to the communities it serves, particularly Indian Tribes, communities of color, local government and agricultural and business interests. Water is often considered an untold climate story. From water scarcity and drought, to extreme flooding and rising sea level, the impacts of our changing climate on this critical resource demand our attention. In this episode, Jason and Felicia dig deep into her background and have a great discussion about the intersection of water and climate.  what the biggest risks are, how much those risks are factored in today, what some of the barriers are to properly factor in those risks, and from a solution standpoint, what we can do about it. In this episode, we cover: [2:55] Felicia's background [6:26] Why water matters generally and in the context of climate change [15:44] The human right to water movement [21:41] How the playbook for managing water needs to change in response to the changing climate [29:05] The business case for improving and increasing water recycling[36:57] The role of conservation and efficiency in urban landscapes [40:55] How location may impact the approach to water management [44:58] Water and corporate risks[50:41] The regulatory environment for water [59:19] The need for a mindset change to accelerate our progress around waterGet connected: Jason's TwitterFelicia's TwitterMCJ Podcast / Collective*You can also reach us via email at info@mcjcollective.com, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded on October 3, 2022

In this episode, the Director of Legislation and Community Affairs for Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest, Karen Borja, talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about reproductive rights in 2022. About Karen Borja: Karen Borja is the Director of Legislation and Community Affairs for Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest. Ms. Borja is a dedicated community organizer and health advocate. Learn more about Karen Borja via https://www.linkedin.com/in/kborja01/ Podcast Highlights: “In California, abortion is still safe, legal, and protected, that all patients regardless of where they're traveling from will be able to access at Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest.” - Karen Borja's statement on abortion care in California. “It is essential that our state continue to have the strongest laws in the country so that we could continue to be a beacon of hope for those that need access to essential healthcare.” - Karen Borja on the topic of California's Proposition 1 and the importance of the upcoming Midterm Elections. “We are with you. We believe in care no matter what.” - Karen Borja on Planned Parenthood's stance on abortion rights. Guest: Karen Borja (Director of Legislation and Community Affairs for Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest) Interviewers: Kevin Karami (UCR Public Policy Major, Dean's Chief Ambassador) Dinara Godage (UCR Public Policy Major, Dean's Ambassador) Music by: C Codaine https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Xylo-Ziko/Minimal_1625 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Xylo-Ziko/Phase Commercial Link: https://spp.ucr.edu/mpp This is a production of the UCR School of Public Policy: https://spp.ucr.edu/ Subscribe to this podcast so you don't miss an episode. Learn more about the series and other episodes via https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast.

El Vuelo 1771 de Pacific Southwest Airlines era un vuelo comercial que se accidentó cerca de Cayucos, California, Estados Unidos, el 7 de diciembre de 1987, como resultado de un plan de asesinato-suicidio por parte de uno de los pasajeros.

They said it could never happen.  Nevertheless, the impossible became possible when, on June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that many considered a judicial coup, mistakenly attributed the power to establish the "constitutional right" to abortion to the federal government, and led to the death of over sixty million unborn babies over fifty years. June 24th was a moment that Jordan Brittain, of Students for Life, has been working towards her entire life.  So, what now?As we will hear today in a riveting Kingdom Culture Conversation, the work for pro-life advocates is just beginning.  With self-statutory autonomy returned to the state level after being erroneously claimed by the federal government, in a culture in which the murder of innocents and vulnerable is called "healthcare", the mission of Students for Life isn't just to make abortion illegal.  Rather, they aim to make it unthinkable.This means hearts need to change.  This means prayer.  This means civil discourse with those that disagree.  And, Jordan is up for the challenge.To learn more about Students for Life, please follow this link."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Welcome to Connect, a podcast featuring one-on-one interviews with some of the top movers and shakers in the mortgage industry. Our 114th episode features Dan Phelan, CMB, CEO, Pacific Southwest Realty Services (PSRS) Topics of Discussion: 1:53 - I always like to get started with a little personal background, how did you get into the mortgage industry? 5:28 - Can you share with listeners a little history of the association? 10:42 - You have several professional designations: CMB, CRI, CCMS. Why was it important for you to obtain those designations? 15:44 - The real estate finance industry is always looking to increase diversity. How is PSRS attracting young or diverse mortgage professionals to this industry? 26:12 - 2022 is a tough market for all real estate finance. What asset classes do you see fairing better than others in the next 12 months? 32:47 - How will PSRS differentiate themselves from competitors? Thank you to our sponsor, Insellerate. To learn more visit insellerate.com or call 855-973-1646 To learn more about the California MBA visit www.cmba.com and don't forget to subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode!

This is Part 1 of Ali & Paige's conversation with the amazing AMAZING Briana Chapman, the Community Engagement Manager of Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest and Sexual Health Educator. Brie is passionate about healthy ways of approaching this important part of our lives and health. In our conversation with her, we talk about bodily functions (Code Orange), sexual behavior, and our feelings about those things both personally and medically. This delightful woman is originally from the Inland Empire and has lived around the world in Spain, Thailand, and Zambia. She has worked as an elementary school educator, and has a Master's degree in psychology. She can be reached at Instagram @thatsexlady  Thank you for listening to this week's program! Learn more about our hosts at their website: www.priorlevelhh.com. Code Orange is produced, recorded, and edited by Esther Loewen (www.estherloewen.com)

The Supreme Court's ruling on a Mississippi case that could alter the future of abortions in this country could come any day now. With the decision likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, states across the country are already looking to severely restrict or outright ban access to abortions. That includes California's next door neighbor, Arizona. Guest: Darrah DiGiorgio Johnson, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest

What you'll learn in this podcast episode Over the last 20 years, codes of conduct have undergone an evolution. Originally written as textbook-sized rulebooks, codes now seek to be visually engaging, readable, and useful guides to employees to help them do the right thing. And rather than covering all manner of what you can and cannot do, today's codes aim to illustrate values-based principles of what you should and should not do. But these changes are no small task. How can organizations ensure they are designing and implementing their codes to deliver effective and meaningful change? In this episode of LRN's Principled Podcast, Senior E&C Advisor Jim Walton talks about code reinvention with Carmen Jandacek, the Director of Ethics and Total Rewards at Arizona Public Service (). Listen in as the two discuss how APS reinvented their code of conduct to better reflect their organization's culture, values, and employee experiences.   Principled Podcast Show Notes [2:02] - Carmen shares about her career background and getting into the ethics and compliance space. [4:07] - What is Arizona Public Service (APS)? [5:20] - The key drivers which led APS to undertake reinventing their code of conduct. [7:40] - The process of updating APS's existing code. [10:11] - How was the code rewrite accepted among stakeholders? [12:10] - How did the reworked code turn out in the end? [13:35] - Carmen's advice for other ethics and compliance teams who are thinking about updating their own codes.   Featured Guest: Carmen Jandacek Carmen has worked for Arizona Public Service (APS) since 1996 and is currently the Director of the Ethics Office, Total Rewards, Health Services, HR Operations & Technology. Carmen is the Founder and President of the APS LGBT Alliance, an employee network group, a board director of the Better Business Bureau serving the Pacific Southwest, board member of one•n•ten a local nonprofit and a member on the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Diversity & Inclusion committee. Carmen has an undergraduate degree in management, and she earned her MBA from the University of Phoenix in 1999.  Carmen is an avid health enthusiast and believes the key to leadership success is a healthy mind and body.  She has participated in many biking, running and triathlon races and is an Ironman Arizona finisher.   Featured Host: Jim Walton Jim Walton is a member of LRN's Ethics & Compliance Advisory Services Team – with over 25 years of professional experience in corporate, institutional and government settings, spanning the fields of ethics and compliance; environment, health and safety; and energy management. Since 2002, Jim has been passionately dedicated to corporate ethics and compliance – designing, developing, implementing and enhancing constantly-evolving, comprehensive, best-in-class, global ethics and compliance programs. Jim has extensive experience in writing, producing and communicating codes of conduct and corporate policies; designing, managing and implementing ethics & compliance risk assessments; implementing anti-compliance and bribery initiatives; conducting third party due diligence reviews; and helping managers at all levels become better ethical leaders. Jim is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional.   Principled Podcast Transcription Intro: Welcome to the Principled Podcast, brought to you by LRN. The Principled Podcast brings together the collective wisdom on ethics, business and compliance, transformative stories of leadership, and inspiring workplace culture. Listen in to discover valuable strategies from our community of business leaders and workplace changemakers. Jim Walton: Over the last 20 years, codes of conduct have undergone an evolution. Originally written as textbook-sized rule books, codes now seek to be visually engaging, readable, and useful guides to employees to help them do the right thing. Codes have also shifted their organizational priorities. Rather than covering all manner of what you can and cannot do, today's codes aim to illustrate values-based principles of what you should and should not do. But these changes are no small task; How can organizations ensure they are designing and implementing their codes to deliver effective and meaningful change? Hello, and welcome to another episode of LRN's Principled Podcast. I'm your host, Jim Walton, Senior Ethics and Compliance Advisor at LRN. Today I'm joined by Carmen Jandacek, the Director of Ethics and Total Rewards at Arizona Public Service. We're going to be talking about how APS reinvented their code of conduct to better reflect their organization's culture, values, and employee experiences. Carmen has dedicated more than 26 years of her career to shaping the culture, ethics, and compliance at APS, and has real insight into how the company has evolved as a result of its new code of conduct. Carmen, thanks for joining us on the Principled Podcast. Carmen Jandacek: Thanks. I'm just delighted to be here today. Jim Walton: Wonderful. Just to start out, maybe you could tell us a little bit about yourself and how you came into the ethics and compliance field. I'm always fascinated at the journeys that we've all taken to get here. Carmen Jandacek: Absolutely, and mine was absolutely not the traditional way of coming out of college and then going into an ethics and compliance career field. I came to work for APS in 1996, and I spent the first 15 years of my career there on the human resources team. At that point in time, I was really ready for a change. I spent really primarily my time in the space of total rewards, compensation and benefits, and I wanted to look at some other areas where I could expand my career also. An opening came up in our ethics office, and I immediately fell in love with the work. In ethics, you have such an opportunity to not only reinforce and build ethical culture, but the ability to really be the voice of employees and the ethical coach for leaders. It's a really unique role that I have purview and sight to our entire organization, so I can identify trends or issues in one area of the organization and use that as a preventative opportunity and strategy to counsel and coach the rest of the organization. So from my perspective, ethics and compliance work is rich, it's never dull, and it's highly underrated. I think ethics and compliance organizations are the backstop to good governance at any organization. Jim Walton: That's great. I couldn't agree more, and I think your unique background is really a wonderful add to the ethics and compliance community. It's always fascinating to me to see kind of the multifunctional, and the variety and diversity of backgrounds of ethics and compliance professionals, and it only adds to our effectiveness. So, thanks so much for that. I wondered if you could also just set the stage a little bit by giving us a little bit of background about Arizona Public Service, for those who might not know much about your company. Carmen Jandacek: Sure. At APS, we are a subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation. We have roughly 6,000 employees, and we serve 11 of the state's 15 counties. We're headquartered in Phoenix, but we are serving primarily the entire state of Arizona. In fact, more than 1.3 million homes and businesses are served by us, and we've made some very bold commitments. We're committed to providing a hundred percent clean, carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050, and we are well on our journey to doing so. We are 50% clean energy today. We also run Palo Verde Generating Station, the nation's largest clean energy producer that is west of Phoenix, and that's really the foundation of our future of carbon-free energy. Jim Walton: Well, that's all very exciting. I know a big part of the commitments that APS is making were instrumental in wanting to rewrite and redesign your code of conduct, and we like to talk about reinventing a code of conduct. So, what were the key drivers that led you and the company to want to undertake this project? Carmen Jandacek: Absolutely. It's been an interesting journey because I also was involved in rewriting the code that we had prior to this code rewrite. We were coming off of a code that was based on policy and procedure, that was framed in policy and procedure, and we had a couple key moments that really culminated in the work that we decided to do. First, we just went through a CEO change. In the CEO change, the CEO, Jeff Goldner, launched a significant culture change throughout the organization. So we wanted to make sure that all of what we were presenting in our code of ethical conduct embodied what that culture change was. Part of the culture change was all about being customer-centric focus, and I fully believe that in order to really deliver on the customer experience, you have to deliver on the employee experience. So, providing frictionless delivery and service, and providing information in a way that is easy for our employees to utilize. So really what we were doing is, from a company perspective, building from the customer backwards to make sure they had a great experience, and I wanted to do the same thing from the code, making our employees with basically the customer of our product kind of front and center. We also, as I just talked about, embarked on the bold new energy commitment to be a hundred percent clean by 2050, and that is really the backbone of the strong purpose that we have, and that needed to be really woven through all of the different documents and all of the different components of the code of ethical conduct. So all of that came together and culminated in us realizing that our current code was not going to help us bring those things to life, it was not going to allow us to bring and capture all of the change that was happening to us as an organization. So we knew that we couldn't just iterate what we had today, we had to completely reinvent that code to support these key initiatives and align with our cultural direction. Jim Walton: Any of us that have gone through a code rewrite, update, reinvention, we know that it can be a daunting prospect. So I'm just wondering if you might be able to walk us through the process a little bit. So, now you've decided that you wanted to update the code. How did you actually go about it? Carmen Jandacek: Daunting is pretty much an understatement, but very frankly, the LRN team made the complicated seem really easy for us. So we had to collaborate with over 30 different stakeholders and reviewers at APS, and it's never easy when you have that many editors, pulling all of those people together and capturing all of their comments to make sure that code was reflective of the important components that they had responsibility over. But all of the timing lined up. We had just deployed Microsoft Teams, and we created a Teams site, and had the reviewers put input in the one master document. And then I as the final editor either accepted or kept the comments that they had added.         Interestingly enough, and I have done this now a number of times where I've had to have really large documents with multiple stakeholders, we did something different this time. I had one of my colleagues go through and for every comment we didn't accept, we wrote a narrative as to why and sent it back to that person. I have never received as many thank-yous as I did by saying, "Wow, that's pretty awesome. Thanks for letting me know why you didn't accept that." Many times I'd never hear, and I thought, "Boy, that's something I'm keeping in the back of my mind for any future endeavors that I have, in whatever space it might be that closing that communication loop is so critical for people there." After we solidified the content component and we then moved to layout, (and the layout portion was, again, a partnership with our creative team and the LRN creative team,) our final stop on the journey after that was getting our board's approval of our content. And then we actually shared the code during our annual training deployment that we do, and now we're getting ready to do Ethics Reinforcement Week. So we are getting ready to deploy the actual leader training and conversation guide that we created as part of this, and are excited to have that reinforcement opportunity for our leaders and employees. Jim Walton: Wow. That sounds fascinating. I'm curious with the subject matter experts and the internal stakeholders, was there a difference in some people understanding why you were maybe trying to make it less policy-focused and more simple? Was there a difference across the board how different people viewed that, and did it take a while to get some people to understand that? Carmen Jandacek: Absolutely. I think it did, and I think that this is part of the evolution of just codes of ethics and compliance period across not just only the utility industry, but just period that is occurring. For many years, (and I can remember looking back at the first codes that we had, too,) it was a document that you might have needed to have a legal background to even understand. It was thick, it sat on the shelf, and it had all of the prescriptive language of the dos and the don'ts. We really wanted to make this something that people could use in the flow of work that covered of course our compliance-related things, but didn't use that as the lead and really tried to make this a more conversational, understandable document that people wouldn't really fear picking it up, thinking that it would be complicated to navigate or to get the information that I was looking for. So when you look at the utility industry period, we're very compliance-based. So, it's small steps to get us to that place, but I think really all of my team and all of the stakeholders approached it with a really strong growth mindset, and we leaned into making some of those changes to create the great product that we have today. Jim Walton: That's great. Yeah, I always say it takes a village to make a good code. So, it sounds like you pulled all the people together that you needed to. How did it come out? What are you most proud of when you look at your code? Carmen Jandacek: There are so many different things. First of all, it possibly is one of the most beautiful codes that I've ever seen, literally. The visual components of it are striking, and that's all part of pulling you in. That is all part of pulling you into the user-friendliness of the document, is its appeal when you open that up. It's easy to navigate. We've got all kinds of built-in navigation. We utilize different modalities. So we've got videos that are in there, we've got other different links that we have built into the document. It's engaging. So it's something that as we put it on our internal intranet site, it's very easy to pull up and get to your answer in literally one to two clicks versus having to scroll through a document before. So not only is the content really rich, it speaks of us. It really represents who we are as APS, our values. What we call our "APS promises" thread through the entire document. So it has just lifted all of the efforts that we are doing and pulling them together. A really good resource for our employees. Jim Walton: Well, that's really good to hear. That's kind of the dream of what we want a code of conduct to do in this day and age. So I'm really glad to hear that. Finally, just to close it out, what advice do you have for other ethics and compliance teams who are thinking about updating their codes? Carmen Jandacek: I think certainly what we look to achieve and we did is moving from a legal document to a guidebook for our employees and our leaders, and code from my perspective can be one of the most powerful tools an organization can have to throttle success in the decision-making space, and in laying out cultural expectations. When I think of it from the eye of the employee, really from the user's point of view, that's what I want them to walk away with. Our business is changing so rapidly that what we used to think was okay from a refresh perspective every five years, that seems like an eternity now. So we have to be more willing to update, accept, and reflect the new ways of working and new work expectations. COVID certainly has changed that component of it, also. And I think what really made this the incredibly rewarding kind of experience that we had was the strong partnership that we had with your team, which makes really an overwhelming effort seem very achievable. And when you bring the experience that your team brought to the table, it really allows us to deliver strongly for our employees. Jim Walton: Well, clearly this is a conversation we could be having for hours, but unfortunately we're out of time for today. Carmen, thank you so much for joining me on this episode. Carmen Jandacek: Jim, thanks so much. It's been an absolute pleasure being here today. Jim Walton: My name is Jim Walton, and I want to thank you all for listening to the Principled Podcast by LRN. Outro: We hope you enjoyed this episode. The Principled Podcast is brought to you by LRN. At LRN, our mission is to inspire principled performance in global organizations by helping them foster winning ethical cultures rooted in sustainable values. Please visit us at LRN.com to learn more. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen, and don't forget to leave us a review.  

BONUS EPISODE: The episode we are releasing today is a little different for us. What we are giving you today is a conversation between three friends that share some key things in common. They are all women of color and they are all single. And they are navigating following God when life doesn't turn out as planned. Whether you are single or not, this episode is a must-listen because it addresses the unfulfilled longings we all have as a part of the human experience and the pursuit of God wherever life takes us.  Julie Chang was the host of Season 2 of the Created For podcast. She currently works as the Community Growth Manager at Circles, an IT company seeking to foster authentic human connection in the digital world. Emma Tautolo was one of our speakers at our March 2022 Live event and she is a regional director for Athletes in Action's campus ministry in the Pacific Southwest. Melody Copenny is the editor in chief of Cru Storylines, an online publication of Cru that covers national and international stories with the themes of hope and eternity in mind.  Together, this conversation has so much wisdom to share, and we are honored to present it to you today. And you can find an episode reflection with invitations for deeper self-examination and more resources in our show notes.  Hosted by Cru.

Matt Fehling, the President and CEO of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) serving the Pacific Southwest, joins the podcast to share how he is going about leading change. The iconic BBB, built over a hundred years ago with the higher purpose of “doing the right thing,” is a great and profitable business model.  However, what […]

Brian's career is a learning-based journey with an intense focus on people, purpose, values, culture, and leadership. Brian has had amazing entrepreneurial and leadership experiences at Jobing.com, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Y Scouts, and Conscious Capitalism Arizona. Today, Brian is channeling his experiences and energy into helping organizations and their teams build trust, connection, and belonging in the rapidly accelerating remote and distributed workplace through his new company, Anthym. Brian is a Board Member and President Emeritus of the Arizona Chapter of Conscious Capitalism, a member of the Board of Directors of the Better Business Bureau of the Pacific Southwest, a TEDx speaker, and the co-author of "Hiring on Purpose - How the Y Scouts Method is Revolutionizing the Search for Leaders".  Brian's most important and cherished responsibilities are being the lucky father to his 2 daughters, Taylor and Riley, and the proud husband to his wife, Jackie. In his spare time, you'll find Brian practicing guitar and catching a live music concert every chance he can get.Connect with Behind Company Lines and HireOtter Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn:Behind Company LinesHireOtter Instagram Buzzsprout

Learn about two women who have done amazing things for the environment and water issues in our state. They've broken barriers and achieved tremendous results – and their work will undoubtedly have an effect on Californians for generations to come. Martha Guzman was appointed by President Biden as the first Latina to lead the Environmental Protection Agency for the Pacific Southwest. She is longtime Central Valley advocate from Sacramento who began her career working for the United Farm Workers and California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation. She has served as a Commissioner on the California Public Utilities Commission. While she's done many things to deliver access to clean, safe water for underserved communities, she told us she is most proud of the work she was able to do in helping to pass California's Driver's License Act for the Undocumented, as well as making sure that electricity kept flowing to people despite the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.  She is an experienced leader who values economic justice and strives to give voice to those who need it. Felicia Marcus jokes that she has had an accidental career, but we can see that her accomplishments are serious and consequential. Originally an East Asian Studies major with the intent of changing the international world, she fell into environmental and domestic policy instead. Early in her career, she learned about how sludge was still being dumped into Santa Monica Bay and decided to take action. This led her on a journey to become an advocate, attorney and administrator championing conservation of California's natural resources. She even earned the moniker of California's water czar during the state's last severe drought as chair of the state's water board. Today, she's a fellow at Stanford's Water in the West Program and a consultant and member of the Water Policy Group. Get ready to learn more about these two smart, powerful women as well as their impact on California's future. We hope you enjoy it!

Palm Springs thrives year-round, with younger generations coming to play and live every year. Part of this youthful phenomenon is Mayor Christy Holstege. Christy Holstege was re-elected to the Palm Springs City Council in November 2020, representing District 4. In December 2020, she was appointed to serve as Mayor for a one-year term by the City Council. She is the first woman to serve as mayor in the history of Palm Springs – and is also the first openly bisexual mayor in the country. Holstege currently represents the City of Palm Springs on several important Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) committees, including Homelessness, Public Safety and Transportation. In addition, she leads the Mayor's COVID-19 Reopening Task Force, serves on the City's Economic Development & Business Retention Ad Hoc Subcommittee and the City's Affordable Housing and Homelessness Task Force. She also serves as Council liaison to the Friends of the Palm Springs Animal Shelter. An attorney, prior to being elected to the Palm Springs City Council, Holstege was awarded a Stanford Law School-Stanford Public Interest Foundation Fellowship and funding to establish a legal aid clinic for domestic violence survivors within the Coachella Valley's only domestic violence shelter. She has also represented farmworkers in civil rights, housing, and employment litigation at California Rural Legal Assistance in Coachella, California. Holstege earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from U.C. Santa Barbara. Mayor Holstege has been an active member of the Palm Springs community, serving on the board of directors for Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, Well in the Desert, Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, and Shady Lane Mobile Home Park. She also served on the City of Palm Springs Human Rights Commission and the Palm Springs Homelessness Task Force. Holstege is proud to live in Palm Springs with her husband, who is a business owner and a third-generation resident of Palm Springs, their newborn son -- and two dogs. We had a very candid chat about the future of politics and the LGBTQ community, including how difficult it is for minorities to serve in office, the role women have played in the city of Palm Springs, incorrect assumptions about the bisexual community, the inclusivity of the LGBTQ community, Christy's multiple roles in life, growing up in Sacramento, her inspiration for getting into politics, the use of labels, the future of Palm Springs, and the need for change in our political system…with host Alexander Rodriguez. You can check out our in-depth interview with Christy in this month's Pride issue of GED Magazine available on newsstands are at GEDMag.com

This was such a great show, with two wonderful guests, to round out the first year of the Culture Crush Business Podcast. This first year has been a blast and we have plans to grow even more this year. It was so great to have Darren Thompson from DiverseCity and Brian Mohr with anthym on the show this month. We are thankful for their honesty and openness to discuss the real things that really grow company culture. The show also reached some very honest and real discussions surrounding company culture when it comes to diversity and inclusion and supporting your people as real people with feelings. This show was also lighthearted and fun, with momma Maples (Kindra's mom Connie) in the studio as well. Company culture is deeper than just the values on the wall that people align with though. It is important to understand the others that you are working with as more than just what their job is. Who are they? We spend the majority of our days with the people that we work with, so why not understand them on a deeper level. It is also extremely important to understand the importance of diverse teams and make sure that everyone truly feels included and accepted. Once your company has been able to include diverse teammates and see them as people with feelings, then they can grow the culture of the company even further. There were so many great tidbits in this show, that people will definitely want to take a listen. Leaders get the teams they deserve Culture is the way and how things get done People simply want to be Once you have the taste of a company with a good culture you just can't go back. If you are a company that is trying to take your company culture to the next level, then you need to listen to the show. This podcast is for all leaders. Brian and Darren give examples, tips, and reasoning for the ways that they are helping to grow company culture. Both gentlemen are supporting companies in their journeys to grow company culture. DiverseCity is a mobile technology designed to help engage and sustain DEI initiatives. Darren Thompson is VP of Marketing at DiverseCity, a technology platform dedicated to supporting and managing diversity, equity, and inclusion education. In addition, he is also the Founder of POKR, a Digital Business Development and Marketing Firm.  Darren attended undergraduate studies at The University of Arizona, and launched his career in education. He eventually branched out into Sales & Business Development Consulting and now has a diverse client base to include his favorite: Start-ups. Today, Darren is devoted to building his own tech-based start up and currently resides in sunny Phoenix, Arizona near his identical twin brother. He is an avid traveler, musician, chess player and remains committed to working with young entrepreneurs to help them achieve their goals. Follow DiverseCity on LinkedIn. Thriving organizations recognize that their level of future success will be a direct result of a highly connected and engaged team working together to create value and impact for those they serve. Connection and engagement can't be dictated or mandated, and it doesn't happen by accident; it's the result of a deliberate focus on fostering a deep sense of belonging, inclusion, and trust within the culture. The anthym experience harnesses the power of personal storytelling to knock down artificial walls and shine a bright light on the depth and breadth of authentic human connection that exists within every team. By leveraging the universal accessibility and time machine-like power of music, anthym sparks a new level of curiosity and opens the door for a heightened level of conversation leading to unparalleled levels of connection and trust. anthym is the leading team building technology platform for remote, distributed and hybrid teams. Brian Mohr's career is a learning-based journey with an intense focus on people, purpose, values, culture, and leadership. Brian has had amazing entrepreneurial and leadership experiences at Jobing.com, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Y Scouts, and Conscious Capitalism Arizona. Today, Brian is channeling his experiences and energy into helping organizations build cohesive teams in the rapidly accelerating distributed workplace through his new company, Anthym. Brian is on the national Board of Directors of Conscious Capitalism, Inc., he is a Board member and President Emeritus of the Arizona Chapter of Conscious Capitalism, a member of the Board of Directors of the Better Business Bureau of the Pacific Southwest, a TEDx speaker, and the co-author of “Hiring on Purpose – How the Y Scouts Method is Revolutionizing the Search for Leaders”. Brian's most important and cherished responsibilities are being the lucky father to his 2 daughters, Taylor and Riley, and the proud husband to his wife, Jackie. In his spare time, you'll find Brian practicing guitar and catching a live music concert every chance he can get. Connect with Brian on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.  

For Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, this is the KZYX News for Friday, Sept. 17. I'm Sonia Waraich.Mendocino National Forest is open to the public again after a historic closure.The U.S. Forest Service ended the regional closure order at 13 of the 18 national forests in California at midnight Thursday. It reopened the parks a couple days early because of improving weather and fire conditions, at least in some parts of the state. This was the second time in the Forest Service's 116-year history that it closed public access to all its trails and campgrounds in California. The first time was on Sept. 9 of last year when the sky turned orange because of all the wildfires blazing across the state.“Enacting a statewide forest closure order is not the decision that we at the Forest Service wanted to make. We went through options A through Y and when options A through Y weren't working, we had to go to Option Zed, which in this case was enacting a forest closure order.”Samantha Reho is a spokesperson with the Forest Service's Pacific Southwest region, which includes California, Hawaii and Pacific Islands associated with the U.S.“By enacting this closure order, it essentially gave our personnel and resources the time and space to be able to focus specifically on fire since this is a priority event time, as well as to make sure that we're keeping those in our communities and our people safe.”Access to visitors was initially closed late last month to reduce the likelihood of human-caused fires on National Forest land during a period of high fire risk and limited firefighting resources. “The numbers change routinely, but it's upwards of 70 to 80% of all fire starts are caused by human and human error.”More than half of all wildfires happening in the U.S. right now are happening in California already. And even though the Forest Service doesn't track search-and-rescue operations at the moment, a report from the Pew Charitable Trust done last year found an increasing number of visitors to National Forest lands has driven up search-and-rescue calls.“So in a hypothetical situation if we had a hiker who was injured and needs to be medevaced, because of how strained resources are, we would have to take a helicopter or another vehicle and pull it away from a fire to be able to help that hiker and that's not a risk we wanted to take.”The Pacific Southwest's regional forester, Jennifer Eberlien, made the decisions to close and reopen the forests and Reho says that neither decision was made lightly.“This decision was made by the regional forester here in California, this was her decision, in consultation with the forest supervisors at each of the 18 national forests, as well as other partners that we have including the Pacific Crest Trail Association.”There were three main factors that went into the decision to lift the regional closure order. First, the fire risk is lessening in the rest of the country so more firefighting resources are expected to become available for California. Secondly, a regional closure order makes less sense because weather conditions across the state become more variable going into the fall, so the agency is planning on tailoring closures and other restrictions to local conditions. Lastly, visits to the forests decline significantly after Labor Day, reducing the risk of human-caused fires.Most of the forests that remain closed are in Southern California. “Four of those forests, specifically in Southern California -- the Angeles, San Bernardino, Cleveland and Los Padres -- those will go under a slight extension through next Wednesday, Sept. 22 and the Eldorado National Forest is still under closure order due to the Caldor Fire and that goes through Sept. 30.”Even in the forests that are open to the public now, fire restrictions are still in place. Forest supervisors can still limit the use of open flames like campfires, charcoal and propane gas. For visitors to Mendocino National Forest, that means campfires, camp stoves and other sources of open flames are prohibited through Oct. 31. You can't smoke outside during that time either; smoking will only be allowed inside an enclosed vehicle or building.Individuals who violate the open flame restriction can be fined up to $5,000 and groups can be fined up to $10,000. There's also the potential for up to 6 months of imprisonment, as well as the possibility of both fines and imprisonment.Even though Mendocino National Forest has reopened to the public, it's important to keep in mind that trails and campgrounds that were closed as a result of the August Complex fires will remain closed until further notice.While the national forests were closed, Reho pointed out many of California's state and national parks remained open during the Labor Day holiday. California State Parks and the National Parks Service manage those lands and have different priorities than the Forest Service.“The U.S. Forest Service is administered under the U.S. Department of Agriculture whereas the National Parks Service is under the U.S. Department of the Interior. … If you look at the National Parks Service, they really stress recreation and preservation of specific lands, whereas the Forest Service, we're a lot bigger.”Alongside its decision to close the national forests, the Forest Service made another somewhat controversial decision to temporarily stop prescribed burns while firefighting resources remain limited, but fire ecologists think that's the wrong move. Tune in Monday to find out more.For the KZYX News, I'm Sonia Waraich, a Report For America corps member. For all our local stories, with photos and more, visit KZYX.org. You can also subscribe to the KZYX News podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

  Our guest today is COO Alliance Member, Michael Sedio, the COO and Vice President of the Better Business Bureau. Michael Sedio doesn't just work at the Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest; he loves it. He joined the team in 2008 armed with a BA in Global Studies, planning to have his first “professional” […] The post Ep. 173 – Better Business Bureau VP & COO, Michael Sedio appeared first on COO Alliance.

Our guest today is COO Alliance Member, Michael Sedio, the COO and Vice President of the Better Business Bureau.  Michael Sedio doesn't just work at the Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest, he loves it. He joined the team in 2008 armed with a BA in Global Studies planning to have his first “professional” […] The post Ep. 173 – Better Business Bureau VP & COO, Michael Sedio appeared first on COO Alliance.

On December 7, 1987, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashed into a hill in San Luis Obispo County, CA, killing all 43 people onboard. Soon, the investigation into the cause of the crash became a criminal one led by the FBI. And when investigators piece together what led up to the crash, they exposed vulnerabilities within airline security procedures that would lead to sweeping changes in airline security policies. Join Shelly for this week's episode, which is one we don't think you'll soon forget! Don't miss a single legacy: join our Patreon for exclusive air disaster stories, layover episodes, and surprises!   Visit our website at taketotheskypodcast.com for show notes and our merch store!

0:21 The Weekly Catch UpAfter eating at the Fashion Show mall, George encountered a large pile of “fully developed” feces in a pile in the middle of the walkway in the mall. We both braved the great outdoors: George “roughed it” out in the wilderness in Zion, Utah. Greg and his fam paddled up the Colorado River. Greg's homie, Lomi, came out to Vegas for son Toa's football camp at UNLV. And George attended the Virgin Hotel grand opening (formerly the Hard Rock) here in Vegas.33:15 Coffee SegmentWe sampled some of the Pacific Northwest's best coffee from 49th Parallel (or, Pacific Southwest– depending on what side of the 49th parallel you're on)Head Office and Roastery6741 Cariboo Road Unit #112, Burnaby,BC V3N 4A349thcoffee.com58:33 The NewsRitual Coffee's owner fires husband after he uses racial slurBLK & Bold Inks NBA Deal, Releases The Warm UpColombia Cup of Excellence Auction Breaks All-Time Average High at $30+/lb

Tierra BioTierra Terry earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Media Studies and her Master of Arts in Communication with an Emphasis in Education from Grand Canyon University. She is an Arizona native currently pursuing her Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership with an Emphasis in Organizational Development at Grand Canyon University. She is also a member of the Young Nonprofit Professional Network (YNPN), Conscious Capitalism AZ (CCAZ) and a Girl Scout Social Impact volunteer.Tierra oversees communications to drive media and public engagement for Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest. She leads the coordination in continuing to build a community of trustworthy businesses through events, community relations, and outreach for the largest trade organization in AZ while supporting marketing efforts. Tierra has assisted in the implementation of the BBB Industrious Women's Summit since its inception, which empowers women business owners to succeed in traditionally male-dominated industries.Tierra's JourneyAfter graduating, tierra saw a job opening for a community concierge at the Better Business Bureau, and since then she's worked her way up in the company and has loved it there.What is the BBB? The BBB is a nonprofit agency founded on the principles of creating trust in business. It was founded in 1912, and is run by local states or regions.The BBB is a nongovernmental organization. They are unbiased. The BBB runs in the US, Canada, and Mexico. To be an accredited business, you must be approved and vetted by our team. By being accredited, it's an ethical badge of honor. We hold businesses accountable for their actions and building trust with their customers.How has your experience been with being a woman in the workplace? Unfortunately, Tierra has had issues with being a black women and mother in the workplace. Thankfully, the BBB has treated her very well in this regard. If a job isn't supporting you, leave it. Find an organization that will support you.  Industrious Women's SummitThe BBB has had this event for the past 4 years. The Industrious Women's Summit was created to serve the core types of businesses that are accredited with BBB: tradespeople, and specifical women in these traditionally male-dominated industries.Women in this highly specialized sector often don't have anywhere to turn for like-minded mentorship and conversations. To be that hub of support, BBB created the inaugural event four years ago after receiving a small grant from Arizona State University, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department. We choose the August date to coincide with women's equality day which is especially meaningful when speaking about women leading in industries that are not “traditionally” meant for them. Breaking barriers and providing support. Celebrate, educate, and connect women. In 2020 we pivoted to a virtual format which allowed more women from all over the US to attend. We are keeping the format virtual this year and moving to a hybrid model in the future.ConclusionThere is always room for everyone. There is always enough to go around!Linkshttps://www.bbb.org/pacific-southwest/IndustriousWomensSummit/ https://www.bbb.org/ Follow Karely:Branding For Women WebsiteInstagramFacebookListen & SubscribeApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsOvercastSpotifyI'd love to hear from you!Have some feed back about the show? Feel free to reach out to me at www.brandingforwomen.com or send me a message on instagram, @brandingforwomen. You can also rate the show in Apple Podcasts or your favorite app to help more people discover The Female Empowerment Podcast!

In this week's Midweek Update with Tom Hughes, we are joined by very special guest Dr Hillel Newman the Consul General of Israel to the Pacific Southwest! If you'd like to support our ministry, please visit: http://b.link/support-us Connect with Pastor Tom! --- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TomHughesEndTimes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pastortomhughes/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/HopeForOurTimes Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Realtomhughes

Dr. John Jackson is the president of William Jessup University.  He's written 8 books, was the Executive Minister of the American Baptist Churches of the Pacific Southwest where he was responsible to serve more than 270 churches and is a highly sought after speaker.  Hear how he's investing in the next generation of leaders and teaching them how to leverage their leadership style to impact their community.  www.kingdominpolitics.com

Today on Light on the Hill, a sit-down conversation with Israel’s Consul General to the Pacific Southwest. Someone who played a critical part in the recent normalization agreements!

Today on Light on the Hill you’ll hear directly from Israel’s Consul General to the Pacific Southwest, as he talks about the Abraham Accords!

Today on Light on the Hill hear a very special interview between pastor James Kaddis and Israel’s Consul General to the Pacific Southwest.

From TV & movies to gaming & tech, the entertainment industry has a voracious appetite for physical space. Victor Coleman, CEO of Hudson Pacific Properties, one of the largest owners of studio and tech space, and CBRE’s Lew Horne, Advisory Services President, Pacific Southwest, join Spencer to take us behind the scenes.

Neel Duncan is a senior project development and asset management executive at Integrated Petroleum Technologies. Between working for large E&P companies like ExxonMobil, international organizations like Gazprom, consulting for independent oil producers, and merging companies across diverse borders, Mr. Duncan has worked dozens of disciplines within the industry. His expertise has landed him positions in not only the United States, but also Russia, Turkmenistan, and islands in the Pacific Southwest. As managing director at IPT, Neel provides technical and strategic advice in the upstream, midstream, and mining sectors. IPT's Website: https://www.iptenergyservices.com/ RARE PETRO's Website: https://rarepetro.com

Comedian and genuine Canadian Dana Alexander takes us 'neath the waves of the legendary Pacific Northwest (or Pacific Southwest from Canada's point of view). The Nootka Sound was once home to an orphaned Killer Whale called Luna who just wanted attention from sailors. Hey, we've all been there. This episode also features some dodgy Canadian accent work from James and Alasdair, you betcha.   Loreboys nether say die! ko-fi.com/loremen @loremenpod www.twitch.tv/loremenpod www.instagram.com/loremenpod www.facebook.com/loremenpod @JamesShakeshaft | @MisterABK | @ComedianDana

Stephanie Nitahara is the Executive Director of Kizuna, a Nikkei youth organization with the mission of building a community for the next generation of leaders through education, empowerment and engagement. She was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs and following her passion for Nikkei community programming moved to Los Angeles in 2012 to work for the Japanese American Citizens League. She worked in the Pacific Southwest regional office for over five years and through her work built deep roots in the Little Tokyo community. Stephanie believes in inclusive community building and currently serves on the Little Tokyo Community Council’s board of directors as well as an organizing committee member of Okaeri: A Nikkei LGBTQ Gathering.Daniel Yaguchi is the Marketing Assistant for Kizuna. From a young age, the Japanese American community had always been a significant part of his life. Daniel’s first experience with Kizuna had opened up many opportunities for him and gave him a stronger passion for being involved in the community. In 2017 he was a counselor for their summer camp program. It was so meaningful and fulfilling that he has continued to volunteer not only for Kizuna, but for Keiro, JACCC, and any other opportunities that came his way. Prior to working for Kizuna, Daniel worked as the development intern at JACCC. During his free time outside of work and school Daniel enjoys spending time with friends, family, and playing taiko. Daniel has been playing taiko for five years as part of the LA Taiko Ichiza performance group, performing at numerous events throughout the year.Learn more about Kizuna at gokizuna.org.Chapters is a multi-part series concerning the history and the lessons of civil rights violations or civil liberties injustices carried out against communities or populations—including civil rights violations or civil liberties injustices that are perpetrated on the basis of an individual’s race, national origin, immigration status, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.This project was made possible with support from Chapman University and The California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Guests: Stephanie Nitahara and Daniel YaguchiHosts: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Jonelle StricklandProduced by: Public Podcasting

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Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 was a scheduled flight along the West Coast of the United States, from Los Angeles, California, to San Francisco. On December 7, 1987, the British Aerospace 146-200A, registration N350PS, crashed in San Luis Obispo County near Cayucos, after being hijacked by a passenger. This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele Sargent and Mel Bee as well as Chris Haile. Email: thecornfieldmeet@gmail.com Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/thecornfieldmeet Facebook: http://facebook.com/thecornfieldmeet Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cornfieldmeet Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thecornfieldmeet Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecornfieldmeet © Theme music created by Michele Sargent

It was a routine flight about ready to prepare for landing in San Diego - but the flight never made it safely. In this week's episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast, Shelly walks us through the terrifying - and frustrating - sequence of events that led to a deadly midair collision between Pacific Southwest Airlines 182 and a Cessna above San Diego in 1978. You'll never believe the simple yet devastating mistakes that led to this crash.

In today's episode, we're excited to learn from Kimberly Roland, Director of Innovation & Entrepreneur Programs at Better Business Bureau (“BBB”), a mission-driven nonprofit that advances marketplace trust. In 2019, Kimberly helped launch a partnership between BBB Serving the Pacific Southwest and GoDaddy through its Empower by GoDaddy program. Empower by GoDaddy is GoDaddy's global community and philanthropic program that equips entrepreneurs in underserved communities with training, tools and peer networks to accelerate their journeys. As you'll soon find out, Kimberly is a self-confessed data nerd. In this episode, Kimberly and I talk about glorified entrepreneurship and the impact of small businesses, not just on local communities, but on our national economy. Kimberly will also share how BBB is equipping small business owners with vital knowledge and resources and what the organization is doing now to support small businesses impacted by COVID-19. To learn more about BBB, visit: www.bbb.org -- Love our podcast? Subscribe, rate, and leave us a review. For more information about GoDaddy's social impact work, visit GoDaddy.com/godaddy-for-good This podcast is powered by GoDaddy and made with the help of our producers at Hueman Group Media.

If you've ever been bullied at work, you'll want to hear my guest today. Marilyn Huffman has worked at the Better Business Bureau for nine years. She's the director for the Pacific Southwest region. Marilyn provides support and education as President of the Professional Women's Group in her territory. She's an inspiration to women facing on-the-job bullying from women. Statistics show that woman-on-woman bullying is 65% more common than woman-on-man bullying. Having been bullied at a couple of places during her career, she's gained great empathy for many women like herself. Those women who need to learn the right and tricky way to approach this pervasive problem. Bullying by a boss causes fears to take over – like needing your job to pay bills, feeling undermined, overwhelmed by condescending bosses and sometimes your peers and subordinates, and walking on eggshells because, evidently, you are doing everything wrong. Our discussion on Bullying in the Workplace will surprise you. We'll talk about options and ideas to resolve the bullying situations you may be facing or could face in the future.

Chino Valley Update 063: On this episode, Lorette Brashear of the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce takes over the Chino Valley Update to talk with Marilyn Huffman, the Yavapai County Campus Regional Director for Better Business Bureau serving the Pacific Southwest. Follow the Chino Valley Update on Google Play Music & iTunes, please send suggestions & comments to informationofficer@chinoaz.net.

BBB Serving the Pacific Southwest recently partnered with Journeyage, Desert Financial Credit Union, and Coastal Payroll to develop an online course designed to walk small business owners through the CARES Act, including the Paycheck Protection Program.There are five sections to the course:Understanding the CARES ActWhat the CARES Act has to offer your businessHow to apply for payroll protectionFinancial tips for small businesses in light of COVID-19Additional small business resources to considerYou can take the course at bbb-psw.journeyage.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Karen Borja, Director of Community Affairs for Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest. Coachella Valley Women's March 2020 spotlight. Interview by Marlley Gonzalez.

Having been called out of a gender broken identity, Vicar Brian Barlow will share his journey out of homosexuality and into the fullness of a life identified with Christ. In a culture that promotes “gay-Christianity”, Brian’s (Eph. 3:20) story testifies to God’s intent to do more than we can think of or imagine as He recreates us out of a broken life. Bio: Having been called out of a gender broken identity, Vicar Brian Barlow has invested over 20 years in ministry to those who struggle with relational and sexual brokenness. His role as regional director for a para ministry in the Pacific Southwest, offers a voice of hope to the gender broken, pastors, church leaders, and parents of gay and transgender children.

Rory and Max talk NBA as they preview the Pacific & Southwest divisions ahead of the upcoming NBA season. They discuss divisional MVP's, breakout players and winners and losers.  Don't forget to subscribe, follow and review! Follow us:  @PracticeSS - Twitter @practicesquadsports - Instagram

The Housing News podcast is a weekly wrap of HousingWire's top news stories. Each week, HousingWire interviews mortgage and real estate experts who can help make sense of the latest headlines. This week, Alec Hanson, LoanDepot's SVP and Pacific Southwest division manager, and TJ Freeborn, SVP of Customer Experience, discuss the importance of incorporating human interaction within the loan origination process.

Ghost towns, lost locations, long closed attractions, and areas that time has simply forgotten . . . In a big part, thanks to the gold rush, California has an over abundance of things long since abandoned and forgotten. Add in all the infamous urban decay the state has, and there's a lot of long lost sites to see. From mining towns, closed amusement parks, defunct restaurant chains, Native American petroglyphs, and America's first motel, we'll take a look at California's lost, but perhaps not forgotten, history.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/anthologyofhorror)

Whether you are for or against abortion as a personal choice, it is concerning to see a move to take our laws back 40 years.Further Reading:New abortion law_ Abortion will automatically be illegal in these six states -- Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota and South Dakota -- if Roe v. Wade is overturned - CBS News, April 22, 2019https://cbsn.ws/2wiuJyIGeorgia Becomes Latest State to Enact Heartbeat Bill, May 2019http://bit.ly/2Hz6HWXWith Abortion in Spotlight, States Seek to Pass New Laws - The New York Times, Feb 8, 2019https://nyti.ms/2VZ06O9SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH FAKE WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTERS _ Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, Inc_, June 27, 2018http://bit.ly/2VYFplpI Am an Abortion Rights Activist. I Hope the Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade. - POLITICO Magazine, Mar 20, 2019https://politi.co/2YR474vState Bans on Abortion Throughout Pregnancy _ Guttmacher Institute, May 1, 2019http://bit.ly/2JGiDsjGeorgia Joins List Of States To Sign 'Fetal Heartbeat' Abortion Law _ On Point, May 9, 2019https://wapo.st/2JDUC4WRoe v. Wade _ Summary, Origins, & Influence _ Britannica.comhttp://bit.ly/2WjfW5LAn Overview Of State Abortion Laws _ NPR, Feb 9, 2019https://n.pr/2wer19tAt least 20 abortion cases are in the pipeline to the Supreme Court. Any one could gut Roe v. Wade. - The Washington Post, Feb 15, 2019https://wapo.st/2QfVNrEOhio heartbeat bill_ U.S. Republicans hope to take advantage of new Supreme Court - The Washington Post, April 12, 2019https://wapo.st/2M6m0dN★ Support this podcast ★

This week we talked to Nora Vargas, the Vice President of Community and Government Relations at Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, about the controversial Abortion Bill that was signed in Alabama. What does this bill mean, how does it affect us directly and what can we do about it? We discuss all of this and more in this week's episode.

A great conversation with Matthew Fehling, President and CEO of Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest. Matt recounts the story of his career and gives us a little insight into the mind of a visionary business leader determined to redefine the "why" of an organization. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In This Episode We Discuss: Why the Right Kind of Capitalism is the Best System How Conscious Leaders like Brian Lead Their Team and Create Culture What Brian’s Legacy Means to Him About Brian Mohr: Brian's career-to-date has been a learning-based journey with an intense focus on people, purpose, values, culture, leadership, and advocating capitalism as a force for good. Brian was a founding member of Jobing.com, one of the original online job boards, which he helped grow to over 350 employees and $38M in revenue over an 11-year period. He later became director of talent strategy & acquisition for P.F. Chang’s China Bistro and Pei Wei Asian Diner restaurants before joining forces with his co-founder, Max Hansen, to create the first purpose-based leadership search firm, Y Scouts, in 2012. In the summer of 2018, Brian doubled down on his commitment to leveraging business as a powerful force for good and joined the Arizona Chapter of Conscious Capitalism as its first President. Together with Scott McIntosh, Founder & Chairman of the Arizona Chapter of Conscious Capitalism, Brian is focused on helping the Arizona business community practice capitalism with both a long-term view and a stakeholder-centric orientation; a model of business that creates prosperity for all. Brian is on the Global Board of Trustees of Conscious Capitalism, Inc., a member of the Board of Directors of the Better Business Bureau of the Pacific Southwest, and anticipating the launch of his first book, "Hiring on Purpose - How the Y Scouts Method is Revolutionizing the Search for Leaders". Brian's most important and cherished responsibilities are being the lucky father to his 2 daughters, Taylor and Riley, and the proud husband to his wife, Jackie. In his spare time, you'll find Brian practicing guitar and enjoying an occasional game of Texas Hold 'Em Poker.

From Paradise Valley mallrat to Director of People and Culture, Noelle Rooke talks about developing and maintaining a culture worthy of a Top Company to Work For award SIX YEARS IN A ROW. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week’s episode is my last one of the season for 2018. I recorded 25 episodes since June and have had the most amazing time connecting with health and fitness experts all over the world. I’m so thankful to you all for your support with the podcast and for your incredible ratings and reviews. I’ll be back in January with even more content for you and already have some pretty incredible guests lined up. If you have anyone you’d like to hear in an upcoming episode, please let me know! Also, you can catch up on past episodes here. The last 2018 episode is an important one: I’m talking all about women’s health with Dr. Kelly Culwell, who’s also known as Dr. Lady Doctor. She’s been an OB/GYN for over 20 years and has experience in 5 different continents. She has so much knowledge and information to share, and I hope you feel more empowered about your own health after this episode. If you could pick your OB/GYN’s brain, what would you ask? Here are some of the topics we discuss: How to dread our annual OB/GYN appointments less? What happens during a pap smear? What we should and shouldn’t do before our annual appointments What’s the #1 thing you should be asking your doctor? Menopause: how common is early menopause and what are some of the symptoms we should look for? What do you recommend for those who want a reliable birth control method but would prefer to avoid synthetic hormones? Here’s a little bit about Dr. Kelly: Dr. Kelly Culwell AKA Dr. Lady Doctor has seen more than 28,000 vaginas on 5 continents in 18 years. There is literally nothing she hasn’t seen when it comes to women's health!  Kelly has worked as a fellowship-trained Ob/Gyn, a Medical Director for Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, Medical Officer for the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland and a Senior Medical Advisor for the International Planned Parenthood Federation in London.  Dr. Lady Doctor’s mission is to bridge the gap between women and their healthcare providers; empowering them to speak openly about their bodies and ask the rightquestions.  Resources from this episode: - Taking Charge of Your Fertility - Her top list of recommended sites - Find Dr. Kelly online here, on Instagram, and on Facebook Thank you so much for listening and for all of your support with the podcast! Please leave a rating or review if you enjoyed this episode. If you leave a rating, head to this page and you’ll get a little “thank you” gift from me to you.  You can listen and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play.

Mergers and co-working spaces and coffee, oh my! Felicia Thompson, Vice President and Chief Brand Officer at Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest, joins us to talk about some of the exciting things BBB has been up to this year. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mari-Anne Kehler, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, leads Los Angeles-based Green Hasson Janks’ strategy, business development and marketing. She has more than 30 years of experience as a high-impact leader who successfully expands business through action by using core skills of team building, coaching, strategy development, program execution, measurement and innovation. Prior to joining Green Hasson Janks, Mari-Anne held sales, marketing and business development leadership roles at top organizations. She served as a national marketing leader for Deloitte Services LP where she held several positions on the Marketing and Business Development leadership team, including heading up National Tax marketing and marketing/business development for the Pacific Southwest region. Mari-Anne’s nonprofit work focuses on organizational problem solving, leadership coaching, capacity building, constituent development, communications, and global and grassroots advocacy. She has been active in disability awareness, fundraising and in mentoring families and professionals for almost two decades. She is also a speaker at universities and conferences on the topic of disability, social media and marketing strategy. Her book Putting the Profit in Nonprofit was a #1 e-book bestseller on Amazon. What you’ll learn in this episode: Why commitment to firm culture is important and why it can’t be treated as a campaign. How to define your firm’s culture. What it means to have a visioning process that lives and breathes. What skills a successful marketer should possess. The importance of marketers having a seat at the leadership table. Ways to contact Mari-Anne: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mari-anne-kehler-814b25 Twitter: @MaKehler Company website: www.greenhassonjanks.com Company Twitter: @GHJ_Updates Bestselling nonprofit business book on Amazon, “Putting the Profit in Nonprofit”

The USC Price Center for Economic Development (CED) welcomes the first Advanced Manufacturing Partnership for Southern California (AMP SoCal) Bi-Annual Meeting. Speakers: David Blanco President, Performance Ascent, Inc. Operational Improvement & Capital Access Chair, AMP SoCal Mike Quindazzi Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) David J. Blanco is the President of Performance Ascent, Inc., a California company that supports the mission of assisting aerospace and defense (A&D), and other major industry suppliers to develop supplier competitiveness across the U.S. He is a leader in implementing continuous improvement systems for small- to mid-size business suppliers to help them become significant players in the A&D industry. He is a former member of the Board of Examiners for the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, former Senior Examiner for the California Awards for Performance Excellence (CAPE), and CAPE Judge, as well as numerous community and civic organization boards. Blanco is also a former founder and Board Officer of the Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA). Blanco currently serves on the Board of Directors for California’s Baldrige program, co-chairman of the SoCal Aerospace Council – an LAEDC initiative. His education in Business Management includes undergraduate studies at the University of Redlands, and graduate studies at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont University. Mike Quindazzi is Managing Director for the Pacific Southwest region of PwC. He has over 25 years of management consulting and industry experience. He is responsible for growing revenues for a $650M business unit within PwC and developing innovative approaches to solving complex business issues. He is a frequent speaker on PwC's Global Megatrends that influence business, emerging technology and society alike. Recently Quindazzi and his team worked closely with the LAEDC & SDREDC on “The Changing Face of Aerospace in Southern California” report. Quindazzi’s team oversees PwC’s local community service efforts with a focus on youth education. He is active with the LAEDC Board of Governors and the Co-Chair of the Aerospace Council with passion for economic development. Quindazzi holds a BA from Montclair State University where he graduated with highest honors, Summa Cum Laude, and was granted honorary membership from the Phi Kappa Phi Honor.

When a plane went down in the Santa Clara Mountains in California in December 1987, only the smallest of clues were left behind for the NTSB and FBI to piece together to find out what (or who) killed 43 people.

What role does exposure to childhood trauma, adverse experiences, and childhood toxic stress play not only on the lives of a person as a child, but also on their life as an adult. How can we as leaders use the power of our own experiences to become more effective transformational leaders? How can we as leaders stir up hope, courage, and resiliency to bring out the best in ourselves and others? What does it mean and what would it look-like for leaders or service providers to use a trauma informed approach? Host Dr. Sheryl White, Vice President of Training and Organization Development with the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, CA and special guests Dr. Robert K. Ross, President and CEO of the California Endowment; Nora Vargas, Vice President of Community Engagement at Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest; and Cindy Jones, Mental Health Coordinator at the Neighborhood House Association will explore answers to these questions and more!

What role does exposure to childhood trauma, adverse experiences, and childhood toxic stress play not only on the lives of a person as a child, but also on their life as an adult. How can we as leaders use the power of our own experiences to become more effective transformational leaders? How can we as leaders stir up hope, courage, and resiliency to bring out the best in ourselves and others? What does it mean and what would it look-like for leaders or service providers to use a trauma informed approach? Host Dr. Sheryl White, Vice President of Training and Organization Development with the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, CA and special guests Dr. Robert K. Ross, President and CEO of the California Endowment; Nora Vargas, Vice President of Community Engagement at Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest; and Cindy Jones, Mental Health Coordinator at the Neighborhood House Association will explore answers to these questions and more!

Rev. Dr. Larry Stoterau, President of the Pacific Southwest District, LCMS, will be with host David Schultz this week on Engaging Truth.

Rev. Dr. Larry Stoterau, President of the Pacific Southwest District, LCMS, will be with host David Schultz this week on Engaging Truth.