Podcasts about trustee emeritus

In this episode, Michael Bonner, Managing Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig's Las Vegas office, shares his journey from growing up in Las Vegas to becoming a respected leader in corporate law. Born and raised in Las Vegas, Michael attended Western High School. His educational journey began at the historic Fifth Street School, and after graduating from high school, he earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Michael then attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his law degree. With decades of experience, Michael is now the Co-Managing Shareholder of Greenberg Traurig's Las Vegas office, focusing on corporate law and real estate matters. He's known for his expertise in helping clients navigate complex legal challenges, earning him a prominent reputation in the legal community.Michael's leadership extends beyond his law practice. He serves as Vice Chairman of the UNLV Foundation Board, supporting the university's educational initiatives and fundraising efforts. He's also an active Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance (LVGEA) board member and a Trustee Emeritus for the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce. Michael helps foster connections between business, politics, and academia in Southern Nevada through these roles. He's particularly excited about the upcoming UNLV Foundation gala, featuring renowned Chef José Andrés and helping raise funds for university programs. These events are valuable opportunities to network with influential leaders, and support causes that make a difference in the community. Outside of his professional and community work, Michael is dedicated to his family. He enjoys spending time with his seven grandchildren and attending their Little League games, dance recitals, and other school events. Michael is also an avid golfer, jokingly calling himself a "hacker" on the course. His deep love for Las Vegas is reflected in his efforts to preserve the city's history and his reflections on its transformation over the years.  Michael offers valuable advice for young professionals and aspiring lawyers, encouraging them to read widely, pursue a well-rounded education, and understand history and philosophy. He stresses the importance of patience and persistence, especially for those entering the legal field, and advises young professionals to invest wisely in their 20s and 30s to build a strong financial foundation. Michael's career and leadership insights provide meaningful guidance for anyone looking to make a lasting impact in their profession and community. Greenberg and Traurig Law Offices:Las Vegas | Locations | Greenberg Traurig LLPUNLV Foundations Annual Dinner 2025:UNLV Foundation

Hear from Lord Adair Turner, Chair of the Energy Transitions Commission, as we explore the shortcomings of nationally determined contributions and how they might be improved. Nationally determined contributions, or NDCs, are a bit like transition plans for countries, in that they set out what a country plans to do in order to meet the ambitions of the Paris Agreement. However, NDCs are voluntary, and collectively they don't currently have us on track to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees, let alone the more ambitious target of 1.5 degrees. Today's guest believes that this is a problem, as NDCs are failing to provide a clear direction for action. The less clarity there is about policy direction and ambition, the less likely markets will respond to policy signals to deliver the investment required for the transition. That's why in this episode, we examine: What are the shortcomings in countries' NDCs and how they can be addressed? Why NDCs don't currently reflect the rapid technological progress that is already being made across sectors; and How geopolitics is influencing the transition and the challenges facing climate finance. To find out more about the Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR®) Certificate, follow this link: https://www.garp.org/scr For more information on climate risk, visit GARP's Global Sustainability and Climate Risk Resource Center: https://www.garp.org/sustainability-climate If you have any questions, thoughts, or feedback regarding this podcast series, we would love to hear from you at: climateriskpodcast@garp.com   Links from today's discussion: Energy Transitions Commission: https://www.energy-transitions.org/ Credible Contributions: Bolder Plans for Higher Climate Ambition in the Next Round of NDCs: https://www.energy-transitions.org/publications/credible-contributions-bolder-plans-for-ndcs/ Mission Possible: Reaching net-zero carbon emissions from harder-to-abate sectors: https://www.energy-transitions.org/publications/mission-possible/ Climate Change Committee: https://www.theccc.org.uk/ Just Capital: The Liberal Economy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5859117-just-capital The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review: https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/publication/the-economics-of-climate-change-the-stern-review/ Finance for climate action: scaling up investment for climate and development: https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/publication/finance-for-climate-action-scaling-up-investment-for-climate-and-development/   Speaker's Bio(s) Lord Adair Turner, Chair, Energy Transitions Commission Lord Turner chairs the Energy Transitions Commission, a global coalition of major power and industrial companies, investors, environmental NGOs and experts working out achievable pathways to limit global warming to well below 2˚C while stimulating economic development and social progress. Lord Turner has chaired several high-profile organizations, including at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, the UK's Financial Services Authority, the Climate Change Committee, the Pensions Commission and the Low Pay Commission. He was also Director General of the Confederation of British Industry. He became a crossbench member of the House of Lords in 2006. He is also a Trustee Emeritus of the British Museum, honorary fellow of The Royal Society, and received an Honorary Degree from Cambridge University in 2017.

Douglas Freeman is the CEO and Executive Chair of Orange County Music and Dance, a nonprofit community performing arts school in Irvine, California. Doug comes to this role after a long career as a lawyer, businessman, civic leader and philanthropist. He served in a variety of capacities within the nonprofit field, including Board Chair of the Pacific Symphony, where he is now a Lifetime Trustee, and Board Member, now Trustee Emeritus, at the California Institute of the Arts. He was also Board Chair of the UCI Foundation and Founding Board Chair of The Literacy Project. He is currently the Chair and President of the Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation and of the Ernest and Irma Rose Foundation. Doug has received a number of awards and recognitions, including being listed by the Orange County Business Journal on its inaugural 500 Most Influential People in Orange County (2016) and again in 2020. In 2019, he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award. In 2015, he received the Orange County Boy Scouts of America Men of Character Award and in 2006, he received the University of California, Irvine, UCI Medal. Doug is the founder of National Philanthropy Day, proclaimed by Congress, signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, and celebrated throughout the United States. He served in the Air Force, active duty and reserves, from 1971-1981. -- Critical Mass Business Talk Show is Orange County, CA's longest-running business talk show, focused on offering value and insight to middle-market business leaders in the OC and beyond. Hosted by Ric Franzi, business partner at Renaissance Executive Forums Orange County. Learn more about Ric at www.ricfranzi.com. Catch up on past Critical Mass Business Talk Show interviews... YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gHKT2gmF LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/g2PzRhjQ Podbean: https://lnkd.in/eWpNVRi Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gRd_863w Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gruexU6m #orangecountyca #mastermind #ceopeergroups #peergroups #peerlearning

Christina is back!  Terry Slatic/FUSD Trustee Emeritus discusses the districts new interim Superintendent and the search for a new one.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's episode of Danforth Dialogues, Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice sits down with Anthony Welters, Executive Chairman, BlackIvy Group and Trustee Emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine.   Born in Harlem, Mr. Welters is a graduate of Manhattanville College in Harrison, New York and New York University School of Law. In 1989, Mr. Welters founded AmeriChoice Corporation which provided health services to Medicaid patients and was later acquired by United Health Group. Mr. Welter's BlackIvy Group develops infrastructure companies in Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania.   In this episode, Mr. Welters and Dr. Montgomery Rice will discuss his road to successful entrepreneurship, his approach to leadership, and giving back to others. You'll hear Mr. Welter's passion for serving communities both locally and abroad, as well as delivering healthcare solutions that people can trust, and improving health outcomes.   Tune in to this enlightening episode of Danforth Dialogues as Mr. Welters shares his remarkable journey and commitment to empowering communities worldwide.   RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS EPISODE Visit https://cinq.care/ Visit https://www.blackivygroup.com/ Learn more about Morehouse School of Medicine at https://www.msm.edu/    CREDITS Theme Music

Hollis Hughes is very well known by many members of the Ball State University community. As a two-time graduate, Hollis had the distinction of serving on the University's Board of Trustees for more than two decades. Previously, he served as a board member of the Ball State University Foundation, the Alumni Council, and the Black Alumni Council.Hollis studied at Ball State at a time when segregated housing policies existed on our campus and in our community. In this episode, he shares how a university employee helped him to navigate those challenging circumstances. He also reveals how Ball State taught him valuable lessons that helped him transcend cultural barriers throughout his life. Later in the conversation, Hollis shares his opinions about some of the biggest developments at the University to coincide with his volunteer service as a trustee. And he discusses why serving others—at work and in the community—is how he's been able to accomplish goals on behalf of his colleagues, his community, and his alma mater. If you enjoy this episode, please leave a review to support the show. 

In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Shawn Newell about how to develop a greater understanding of one another. Shawn is the retired Vice President of Business Development at Industrial Supply Company where he worked for 37 years. He serves as a community integrator working as the vice president of the Salt Lake Branch of the NAACP, a former Commissioner on the Governor's Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Rights Commission and co-chair of the Utah Black Round Table, the former co-chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Newell formerly served on the Boards of the Utah Non-Profit Association, the Utah Manufacturer's Association Board, as Chair of the Workforce and Economic Development Advisory Board at Salt Lake Community College where he served as the Alumni Council President and currently a Trustee Emeritus for the College. He is a former member of the Utah State Board of Education. He formerly served on the Board of Utah System of Higher Education. He now serves as a champion for the United Way promise Program network and Promise Partnership Board. Shawn serves on the Utah 3rd district Court Committee for Self-Represented Parties, as a President's Ambassador for the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, Utah State Department of Workforce Services Board, Utah State Bar Commission Board, South Valley Chamber Board, Trustee at Westminster University, a member of the Third District court Office of accountability committee, the advisory committee for Unite, The University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Board, as co-chair of the Utah Multicultural Commission. Mr. Newell is currently a councilman for the city of Cottonwood Heights. Shawn is a graduate of the University of Utah, Salt Lake Community College and has a Masters of Management degree from the University of Phoenix. He holds an Executive leadership certification from the University Of Utah School Of Business and a Diversity and Inclusion certificate from Cornell University and a Leading with Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Certificate from the University of Utah. He has two certificates from the University of South Florida in Inclusion, Workforce and Personal Wellness Foundations and Ethical Leadership and Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace. He is the recipient of a Honorary Doctorate. In Shawn's spare time he officiates youth sports and BBQs great grub. Mr. Newell is married, the father of three and has seven grandchildren. Check out all of the podcasts in the HCI Podcast Network! Check out the ⁠HCI Academy⁠: Courses, Micro-Credentials, and Certificates to Upskill and Reskill for the Future of Work! Check out the LinkedIn ⁠Alchemizing Human Capital⁠ Newsletter. Check out Dr. Westover's book, ⁠The Future Leader⁠. Check out Dr. Westover's book, ⁠'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership⁠. Check out Dr. Westover's book, ⁠The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership⁠. Check out the latest issue of the ⁠Human Capital Leadership magazine⁠. Each HCI Podcast episode (Program, ID No. 655967) has been approved for 0.50 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). Each HCI Podcast episode (Program ID: 24-DP529) has been approved for 0.50 HR (General) SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCPHR recertification through SHRM, as part of the knowledge and competency programs related to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (the SHRM BASK™). Human Capital Innovations has been pre-approved by the ATD Certification Institute to offer educational programs that can be used towards initial eligibility and recertification of the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credentials. Each HCI Podcast episode qualifies for a maximum of 0.50 points.

On this episode, Janet Ward Black shares the story of how God led her to start tithing on her top-rated law firm's gross income at a time when the firm's profit margin was only 1 percent. Ward Black Law is now one of the largest woman-owned law firms in North Carolina. Attorney Janet Ward Black is the principal owner of Ward Black Law located in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is one of the largest woman-owned law firms in North Carolina. The firm's clients have received settlements of more than $100 million over the last 10 years. The firm represents people injured at work, in accidents, and by dangerous products and environmental hazards across North Carolina. A graduate of Davidson College cum laude in economics and Duke Law School, Black served as the third woman president of the North Carolina Association of Trial Lawyers and the fourth woman president of the North Carolina Bar Association. She was the second lawyer in history to serve as president of both organizations. The program she created while president of the 16,000 member Bar Association, "4 ALL," has been used as a model in the United States and Canada for providing free legal services to the poor.  Black is a frequent lawyer educator and motivational speaker. She is a Trustee Emeritus of Hood Theological Seminary and has served on many non-profit boards and on many international mission trips. She received the North Carolina State Bar's Distinguished Service Award in 2009 and the Charles Murphy Award for Public Service by Duke Law School in 2010. Black has been named in North Carolina Super Lawyers, North Carolina's Legal Elite and The Best Lawyers in America and her firm has been named as one of the Best Law Firms in America by US News & World Reports since 2010. She is a member of the Women's Presidents Organization and C12, Christian CEOs and Business Owners' Group. She was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in 2016, the highest civilian honor in the state of North Carolina. She received the North Carolina Bar Association Litigation Section's "Advocate's Award" for skill, ethics and dedication to clients and the community in 2018. She was named the Community Foundation of Great Greensboro's Woman of the Year in 2018 and Personal Injury "Lawyer of the Year" in the Triad by US News & World Report in 2020. Black served as Miss North Carolina 1980. She won a Grand Talent award at the 1980 Miss America pageant. https://www.wardblacklaw.com/ Theology of Business is the show for marketplace Christians seeking to explore and apply God's will for business. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com

On this episode, Janet Ward Black shares the story of how God led her to start tithing on her top-rated law firm's gross income at a time when the firm's profit margin was only 1 percent. Ward Black Law is now one of the largest woman-owned law firms in North Carolina. Attorney Janet Ward Black is the principal owner of Ward Black Law located in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is one of the largest woman-owned law firms in North Carolina. The firm's clients have received settlements of more than $100 million over the last 10 years. The firm represents people injured at work, in accidents, and by dangerous products and environmental hazards across North Carolina. A graduate of Davidson College cum laude in economics and Duke Law School, Black served as the third woman president of the North Carolina Association of Trial Lawyers and the fourth woman president of the North Carolina Bar Association. She was the second lawyer in history to serve as president of both organizations. The program she created while president of the 16,000 member Bar Association, “4 ALL,” has been used as a model in the United States and Canada for providing free legal services to the poor.  Black is a frequent lawyer educator and motivational speaker. She is a Trustee Emeritus of Hood Theological Seminary and has served on many non-profit boards and on many international mission trips. She received the North Carolina State Bar's Distinguished Service Award in 2009 and the Charles Murphy Award for Public Service by Duke Law School in 2010. Black has been named in North Carolina Super Lawyers, North Carolina's Legal Elite and The Best Lawyers in America and her firm has been named as one of the Best Law Firms in America by US News & World Reports since 2010. She is a member of the Women's Presidents Organization and C12, Christian CEOs and Business Owners' Group. She was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in 2016, the highest civilian honor in the state of North Carolina. She received the North Carolina Bar Association Litigation Section's “Advocate's Award” for skill, ethics and dedication to clients and the community in 2018. She was named the Community Foundation of Great Greensboro's Woman of the Year in 2018 and Personal Injury “Lawyer of the Year” in the Triad by US News & World Report in 2020. Black served as Miss North Carolina 1980. She won a Grand Talent award at the 1980 Miss America pageant. https://www.wardblacklaw.com/ Theology of Business is the show for marketplace Christians seeking to explore and apply God's will for business. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com

On this episode, Janet Ward Black shares the story of how God led her to start tithing on her top-rated law firm's gross income at a time when the firm's profit margin was only 1 percent. Ward Black Law is now one of the largest woman-owned law firms in North Carolina. Attorney Janet Ward Black is the principal owner of Ward Black Law located in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is one of the largest woman-owned law firms in North Carolina. The firm's clients have received settlements of more than $100 million over the last 10 years. The firm represents people injured at work, in accidents, and by dangerous products and environmental hazards across North Carolina. A graduate of Davidson College cum laude in economics and Duke Law School, Black served as the third woman president of the North Carolina Association of Trial Lawyers and the fourth woman president of the North Carolina Bar Association. She was the second lawyer in history to serve as president of both organizations. The program she created while president of the 16,000 member Bar Association, "4 ALL," has been used as a model in the United States and Canada for providing free legal services to the poor.  Black is a frequent lawyer educator and motivational speaker. She is a Trustee Emeritus of Hood Theological Seminary and has served on many non-profit boards and on many international mission trips. She received the North Carolina State Bar's Distinguished Service Award in 2009 and the Charles Murphy Award for Public Service by Duke Law School in 2010. Black has been named in North Carolina Super Lawyers, North Carolina's Legal Elite and The Best Lawyers in America and her firm has been named as one of the Best Law Firms in America by US News & World Reports since 2010. She is a member of the Women's Presidents Organization and C12, Christian CEOs and Business Owners' Group. She was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in 2016, the highest civilian honor in the state of North Carolina. She received the North Carolina Bar Association Litigation Section's "Advocate's Award" for skill, ethics and dedication to clients and the community in 2018. She was named the Community Foundation of Great Greensboro's Woman of the Year in 2018 and Personal Injury "Lawyer of the Year" in the Triad by US News & World Report in 2020. Black served as Miss North Carolina 1980. She won a Grand Talent award at the 1980 Miss America pageant. https://www.wardblacklaw.com/ Theology of Business is the show for marketplace Christians seeking to explore and apply God's will for business. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com

For a second consecutive year-closer, Michael welcomes Lord Adair Turner of Ecchinswell back to Cleaning Up. Lord Turner has combined careers in business, public policy and academia. He chairs the Energy Transitions Commission, a global coalition of major power and industrial companies, investors, environmental NGOs and experts working out achievable pathways to limit global warming to well below 2˚C by 2040 while stimulating economic development and social progress. He was chairman of the Institute for New Economic Thinking until January 2019, where he remains a Senior Fellow. He is Chairman of Chubb Europe and on the Advisory Board of Envision Energy, a Shanghai-based group focussed on renewable energy, batteries and digital systems.He became a cross bench member of the House of Lords in 2006.Amongst his business roles, Lord Turner was at McKinsey&Co (1982-1995); was Vice-Chairman of Merrill Lynch Europe (2000-2006) and a Non-Executive Director of a number of companies, including Standard Chartered plc (2006-2008). He is Senior Fellow at the Centre for Financial Studies (Frankfurt) and a Visiting Fellow at the People's Bank of China School of Finance, Tsinghua University (Beijing). He writes regularly for Project Syndicate, and has published “Between Debt and the Devil” (Princeton 2015), and Economics after the Crisis (MIT 2012).He is a Trustee Emeritus of the British Museum, honorary fellow of The Royal Society, and received an Honorary Degree from Cambridge University in 2017.  Links Michael's BNEF piece - Clean Hydrogen's Missing Trillions: https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-clean-hydrogens-missing-trillions/#:~:text=My%20estimate%20for%20the%20total,a%20shortfall%20of%20over%2090%25Michael's X thread on battery recycling: https://twitter.com/MLiebreich/status/1733376573875609629An overview of the COP28 Global Stocktake: https://unfccc.int/news/cop28-agreement-signals-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-fossil-fuel-eraThe Guardian's piece on Aramco's Oil Demand Sustainability Program: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/27/revealed-saudi-arabia-plan-poor-countries-oil  Related Episodes Lord of the Net Zero Transition – Ep 110: Lord Adair Turner: https://www.cleaningup.live/ep110-adair-turner-lord-of-the-net-zero-transition/Investing in Climate Leadership – Ep 2: Rachel Kyte: https://www.cleaningup.live/episode-2-rachel-kyte/Lifting the Curtain on Climate Change Denial – Ep 141: Prof Naomi Oreske: https://www.cleaningup.live/lifting-the-curtain-on-climate-change-denial-ep-141-prof-naomi-oreskes/Is Shipping the Easiest "Hard-to-Abate" Sector? - Ep143: Johannah Christensen: https://www.cleaningup.live/is-shipping-the-easiest-hard-to-abate-sector-ep143-johannah-christensen/The Bridgetown Initiator – Ep 145: Prof Avinash Persaud: https://www.cleaningup.live/the-bridgetown-initiator-ep145-prof-avinash-persaud/

Trustee Emeritus, Austin Beutner, served as chair of CalArts Board of Trustees from 2006- 2014. He is a fierce supporter of arts education, including CalArts' own Community Arts Partnership (CAP) program, as well as the landmark 2022 California ballot initiative, Proposition 28, which creates a guaranteed annual funding stream for music and arts education that equals 1% of the state's general fund. In 2023, that amounts to almost $1 billion of funding for the arts statewide.Host Henderson Blumer spoke with Austin about these issues, as well as his own experience with the arts, why he believes so strongly in supporting arts education, and how he sees CalArts as ideally positioned to lead the arts education revival in California and beyond.Learn more about CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP)Learn more about California's Proposition 28Learn more about School Gig, which connects musicians, visual artists, thespians, dancers, programmers, and more, with job opportunities in public schoolsThe Beyond the Blue Wall Season 3 theme music (the intro“Lima” and the outro “Salta”) was created and performed by 2018 graduate, Nicolas Savignano. You can learn more about Nico by visiting him on Instagram at @_oknico. Beyond the Blue Wall is a production of the CalArts Office of Advancement. You can find all of the episodes at calarts.edu/btbw.

Peter Palandjian is Chairman and CEO of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, an SEC-registered real estate investment manager with a portfolio of over 36 million square feet across 155 properties, over 15,000 multifamily units and current NAV of $10 billion+ and GAV $14 billion+. Peter oversees the affiliated Intercontinental operating companies, with primary responsibility for strategic planning and direction of all company activities. Intercontinental's sole strategy it its flagship vehicle, United States Real Estate Investment Fund (“U.S. REIF”), currently the 7th-largest member of the NCREIF ODCE fund index (Open-Ended Diversified Core Equity). Prior to joining Intercontinental in 1993, Mr. Palandjian worked as the assistant to the CEO of Staples, Inc. and as an Associate Consultant with Bain & Company. Mr. Palandjian holds memberships with the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA); the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP); and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM). Mr. Palandjian has also been active on a number of corporate and not-for-profit boards, presently serving as a board member of several institutions including: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, O'Neill & Associates, Leader Bank, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (“LAANE”), Mikva Challenge, Harvard's Varsity Club, the Taubman Center at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and the Purple Heart Service Foundation. Mr. Palandjian is also Trustee Emeritus at The Fessenden School and works on behalf of Harvard University as a volunteer undergraduate admissions interviewer. Peter earned his B.A. from Harvard University and M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and was a two-time Harvard tennis Captain and world ranked player on the ATP tour. Our conversation with Peter begins with a discussion about his family, including his Armenian-Irish heritage and upbringing in Belmont, Mass. The family business, then known as Continental Construction, was started by his father who emigrated from Armenia with an accordion and $500 in his pocket. We pressed Peter on his illustrious tennis career, which he humbly described as a “journeyman” career but from which he took the tenets of resilience and rigorous effort into the real estate industry. Peter shares with us his time at Bain & Company, Staples Inc. and Harvard Business School, as well his entry into the real estate business alongside his father, who had been diagnosed with stomach cancer. A leadership transition occurred ahead of schedule, as Petros A. Palandjian's health deteriorated and his cancer became terminal, and Peter was thrust into a tumultuous chapter involving numerous partnerships to unwind in a difficult market. We then dive into the tremendous growth of Intercontinental, with a focus on the evolution of its core business from fully integrated services and investment partnerships to private equity real estate, structured in fund-based investment management services. In 1999, Intercontinental became an SEC-registered Investment Advisor, clearing the path for a prolific but disciplined rise as a manager of institutional capital. Peter shares with us lessons learned along the way, including the early days of raising institutional money and the firm's leadership in both private and public pension fund capital management. While Intercontinental is a household name in New England real estate circles, its national prominence is perhaps lesser known to Boston market participants. Peter was refreshingly candid, speaking openly about a few “bloopers”, life and deal lessons along the way, the importance of culture and teamwork at Intercontinental, and much more. He defers credit to his teammates and more than once references the “family” at Intercontinental. Of course, we also take Peter's...

“When people learn and feel valued, they want to make a difference and help each other. And when that comes alive, amazing things happen.” Jon Moeller is P&G's current CEO & Chairman. Jon has been an integral part of P&G's leadership team for over two decades, developing strategies that P&G people are executing with excellence to drive the company's growth today. Prior to becoming CEO, Jon served as P&G's Chief Operating Officer for six years, and also held the role of P&G's Chief Financial Officer for more than twelve years Since joining P&G in 1988 as a cost analyst, Jon has held various senior leadership roles in categories, sectors and regions, including assignments in China, as the company's Treasurer, Global Beauty, Health, Feminine Care Finance Senior VP, and Corporate Forecasting & Analysis. Jon is active in the business, civic and cultural leadership of Greater Cincinnati, serving in an advisory role on local Boards and is a Trustee Emeritus and Former Chairman of the Cincinnati Art Museum Board of Trustees. In this P&G Alumni Enrichment webinar conversation on meeting the moment - Jon talks about Jon talks about the journey that P&G has been on recent years - and looks ahead to the future. 

Brian Kavoogian is Managing Partner of National Development, a vertically integrated real estate investment, development and property management firm and one of the most respected investors in the Greater Boston market. Brian is focused on the firm's investment strategy and oversight of its investment management platform, which has acquired/developed over $7 billion of assets within Funds I-IV and has just raised its Fund V with (on date of recording) $450 million of newly raised equity to be deployed in the coming years. In 2006, Brian co-founded National Development's investment management platform, Charles River Realty Investors, which upon the close of its fourth fund in 2019 merged with National Development. Prior to forming Charles River, Brian was a Principal of The Davis Companies, a Boston-based investment and development firm and from 1984 to 2000, Brian was with Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) where he oversaw the capitalization of many of Boston's notable commercial projects. Our conversation with Brian starts in his Tufts University days and covers everything from early career development, the jump to the principal side, raising Fund I and subsequent funds, the evolution of the Charles River/National Development platform, to finding opportunity in a variety of market conditions and across asset classes. Brian is a universally respected investor and a trusted advisor to many, including Governor Charlie Baker as the Vice Chair of Mass Development and to Tufts University as Trustee Emeritus (and perhaps most notably, to the Greeley brothers). Brian will be a regular guest on Good Dirt and we look forward to going deeper with him on a wide variety of topics. For more info on National Development visit www.natdev.com // Please rate, review and subscribe to Good Dirt and share with your friends!Mike GreeleyMichael.greeley@nmrk.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelgreeley1/Tom GreeleyTom.greeley@nmrk.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasgreeley/

In this special episode of The Home Health Care Today Show, we honor the life, legacy, and memory of the late, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Sheryl Garland, MHA, FACHE, Chief of Health Impact for Virginia Commonwealth University's Health System and Executive Director of VCU Office of Health Equity joins us in this tribute episode to address hopes, challenges, and realities of today's level of access to quality health care for black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) populations. The show revisits Dr. King's vision while articulating clear steps and calls to action to realize health care equity for all, while mitigating various social determinants of health (SDOH).Sheryl is a native of Richmond, Virginia who received an undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University in 1982 and a Masters in Health Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1988.  Since joining the VCU Health System in 1987 as an administrative resident, she has served in various leadership roles including Vice President for Health Policy and Community Relations, Vice President for Community Outreach, Director of Ambulatory Care Services, and Director of Planning.  In her current role as Chief of Health Impact, Sheryl is responsible for building programs and partnerships to improve the health of populations and communities served by VCU Health System.  In this position, she provides leadership for the health system's Division of Community Health that focuses on advancing health equity and addressing health disparities for patients. Projects to date have included initiatives to identify and address social determinants of health such as housing instability, food insecurity, employment, and transportation needs. Sheryl is the recipient of several awards including the American College of Health Care Executives Regent's Early Career Healthcare Executive Award, the VCU Presidential Award for Community Multicultural Enrichment (Administrator Award), VCU/MCV School of Medicine Dean's Award for Community Service, YWCA of Richmond Outstanding Woman of the Year Award in the field of Health/Science, the VCU Department of Health Administration Alumni of the Year  and Lifetime Achievement Awards, the First African Baptist Church Community Leader's Award, and the MCV Foundation's Jerome F. Strauss III Award.Sheryl is a fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives and a member of SisterFund, an African American Women's Giving Circle.  She currently serves on the Virginia Board of Social Services as well as the boards of the MCV Foundation, Virginia Center for Health Innovation, American Heart Association Mid-Atlantic Affiliate, the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond, and the Institute for Public Health Innovation (Board Chair).  Sheryl is also a Trustee Emeritus of the Richmond Memorial Health Foundation.   The show's goal ultimate goal is to inform, inspire, influence, and educate the homebound communities around the nation about the importance of home health care services for themselves, their families, caregivers, communities, and the greater society at large. However, this episode is special in it's intent to honor the late, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and address the glaring need to enable equitable pathways to health care, access, and favorable outcomes for all.Hosted by Dr. Cleamon MoorerSponsored by: American Advantage Home Care, Inc.

In this episode, Jeff and Janet discuss: Janet's unique professional journey from Miss North Carolina to being a personal injury lawyer. Being open about who you are and what you believe. Showing what you believe by your calendar and your checkbook. The shift in culture that comes with including your employees in giving.   Key Takeaways: Your first law path may not be your ultimate path. Be willing to take a chance and see where your path may take you, even if it isn't where you think you're going to go.Join the groups where you can learn from those who are running their businesses in a way that you aspire to. Be authentic to who you are. The bolder you are, the more you are protected. With the Lord, you can do more than you have ever been able to do on your own or in previous years.   "We want to make sure that we're doing our philanthropy with the same kind of strategic planning that we're using in operating our law firm. We don't want to be sloppy in what we're doing with the Lord's money." —  Janet Ward Black About Janet Ward Black: Attorney Janet Ward Black is the principal owner of Ward Black Law located in Greensboro. It is one of the largest woman-owned law firms in North Carolina. The firm represents people injured at work, in accidents, and by dangerous products and environmental hazards across North Carolina. Her firm has been named as one of the Best Law Firms in America by US News & World Reports since 2010.A graduate of Davidson College cum laude in economics and Duke Law School, Black served as the third woman president of the North Carolina Association of Trial Lawyers and the fourth woman president of the North Carolina Bar Association. She was the second lawyer in history to serve as president of both organizations.The program she created while president of the 16,000-member Bar Association, “4 ALL,” has been used as a model in the United States and Canada for providing free legal services to those in need. More than 100,000 North Carolinians have talked to a lawyer for free since “4 ALL” began in 2007.Black is a frequent lawyer educator and motivational speaker. She is a Trustee Emeritus of Hood Theological Seminary and has served on many non-profit boards and on many international mission trips. Black has been named The Best Lawyers in America since 2007. She has been a member of C12, Christian CEOs, and Business Owners' Group since 2005. She was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in 2016, the highest civilian honor in the state of North Carolina by Governor Pat McCrory.Black served as Miss North Carolina 1980. She won a Grand Talent award at the 1980 Miss America pageant playing Chopin's “Revolutionary Etude” on the piano.Her law firm's philanthropy was spotlighted on the 700 Club national broadcast in 2020. https://www1.cbn.com/doing-impossible-bless-others Connect with Janet Ward Black:Website: https://www.wardblacklaw.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMPC2G3je92ZufeD5R3lWWgLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janet-ward-black-831a8511/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ward-black-law/Twitter: https://twitter.com/wardblacklaw?lang=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wardblacklaw/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wardblacklaw/  Connect with Jeff Thomas: Website: https://www.arkosglobal.com/Book: https://www.arkosglobal.com/trading-upEmail: jeff.thomas@arkosglobal.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArkosGlobalAdv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arkosglobal/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkosglobaladvisorsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkosglobaladvisors/

Dr. John Irvin '58, a veteran of the United States Army and a Board of Trustee Emeritus, has a unique experience of having had a personal relationship with every president of the University since its founding. He shares memories of the earliest days of student life and describes the remarkable growth he has seen - and continues to witness today.  Alumni of every generation will learn something new from this conversation that spans most of our history!

In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and David discuss: David's journey in home building and his God focused service.Restructuring your business to restructure your time.Local service then expanding beyond your community.Giving with your heart and your head.  Key Takeaways: While many people are generous with their money and resources, many do not leverage their time.Everything we have was given by God. How you choose to use that to serve determines more than how much you make.When you combine giving time with giving money, you make much more of a difference than just writing a check.You will find joy if you use your God given skills in your philanthropy.  "The business moved from being me focused, to being other focused. When I became other focused, great things happened. It shouldn't be a surprise to anybody but when you take good care of people, they'll take good care of your customers, and everything seems to work out." —  David Weekley About David Weekley: David M. Weekley, Chairman of David Weekley Homes, began his home building company at the age of 23. Since 1976, he has been recognized twice by Inc. Magazine as having one of America's 500 Fastest Growing Companies; in 1986 he was the National Association of Homebuilders' Builder of the Year; in 1989 he was named Houston Entrepreneur of the Year by Inc; and in 2018, for his distinguished business accomplishments and continued contributions to our community, David was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame.David Weekley Homes was also named National Builder of the Year by Professional Builder magazine for its second time in 2013. David Weekley Homes was named a Customer Service Champion and has ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction among new home builders in multiple markets, according to J.D. Power and Associates.  David Weekley is an avid student of the most progressive management methodologies, where people are the primary focus of the organization. The company has been named to FORTUNE magazine's “100 Best Companies to Work For®” list 15 times. David Weekley Homes has earned multiple honors in the areas of product design, marketing and management, and closed nearly $2.8 billion worth of new homes in 19 different cities in 2021. As a community leader, David has served on the Vestry at Palmer Memorial Church and is Past Chairman and Executive Committee Member of the Sam Houston Area Council of Boy Scouts, Past President of the Houston Chapter of the Young Presidents' Organization, Past President of the Greater Houston Builder's Association, former Chairman and Board Member of Metro Houston Young Life, former Chair of the Greater Houston Community Foundation, Trustee Emeritus for Kinkaid School and Chairman of Kinkaid's $42,000,000 Capital and Endowment Campaign.David holds degrees in Economics and Geology from San Antonio's Trinity University. He and his wife, Bonnie, have been married for more than 45 years and have three children and eight grandchildren. Connect with David Weekley:Website: https://dwff.org/ &  https://www.davidweekleyhomes.com/Email: dweekley@dwhomes.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/davidweekleyhomesLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/david-weekley-homes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidweekley/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidweekleyhomes/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidWeekleyHomes/    Connect with Jeff Thomas: Website: https://www.arkosglobal.com/Book: https://www.arkosglobal.com/trading-upEmail: jeff.thomas@arkosglobal.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArkosGlobalAdvFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/arkosglobal/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkosglobaladvisorsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkosglobaladvisors/

Episode 14: In today's episode, host Jim Ray interviews Jorge Pazmiño, Director of Graduate and Executive Education Programs for the Rubel School of Business.  In Episode 1 of our podcast, we introduced Dr. Natasha Munshi and discussed her vision for several initiatives involving executive education.  Jorge has the responsibility for the development and implementation of some of those initiatives.  Jorge moved from Quito, Ecuador, as a bi-lingual international student to study business.  He enlisted in the US Army.  After a deployment in Iraq, he completed his undergraduate degree.  He used the GI Bill to pursue and earn his MBA and a Master's in information technology. Jorge then joined the financial services industry, but still had an interest in education and its impact on people's lives.  This inspired him to pursue his interest in a Doctoral degree in education leadership at Bellarmine University.  He is currently working toward the completion of this degree, while working at Rubel. Scholarships Recruiting for the Spring MBA and Executive MBA (EMBA) programs at Bellarmine is currently underway.  Rubel offers an early application scholarship for those who apply by November 5th, 2021.  The scholarship is $1,000 for EMBA program and $500 for the MBA program. Jim and Jorge spend time discussing some of the advantages of the EMBA program.  Jim is a 2008 alumnus.  The contact with the professors, the rigor of the classes, the networking opportunities and other aspects of the Bellarmine culture result in a very challenging, but rewarding experience. Meet the Dean – November 2, 2021 (Virtual) This is an opportunity for interested individuals to interact with Dr. Natasha Munshi and others, in a virtual setting.  For more information, please email:  RBS@Bellarmine.edu. Dean's Executive Speaker Series with Bill Samuels Jr. (Virtual) This is another virtual opportunity presented by the Rubel School of Business.  It takes place November 3rd from 5:30EST-6:30EST.  Bill Samuels Jr. is the Chairman Emeritus of the Maker's Mark Distillery and Trustee Emeritus at Bellarmine University.   Click Here to Register. Rubel School of Business Initiatives MBAs are found throughout various industries and roles.  Rubel has an initiative to create additional awareness of the MBAs programs through an on-campus partnership with the Office of Identity and Inclusion.  As a student of color and those with other backgrounds may not be as familiar with the benefits of earning a Bellarmine MBA or EMBA. This initiative is there to help create awareness and access. Partnership with Military and Veteran's Affairs Having served in the US Army, this Rubel initiative takes on a special focus for Jorge.  The military offers service members some terrific educational benefits.  Rubel is partnering with the educational center at Ft. Knox and various National Guard units and reserves.  The Bellarmine Office of Military & Veteran Services provides a terrific connection point for members all military branches who may be interested in pursuing the various opportunities at Bellarmine and the Rubel School of Business. International Collaborations with other Business Schools As an international student, Jorge has a unique understanding of the opportunity for an international student to study in the US.  Rubel is developing an initiative to interact with students in various countries and to potentially have them come to Bellarmine to pursue an MBA.  It's about engagement.  Jorge is going to conduct a virtual workshop with a group of finance students at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador).  Executive Education Program Development In Episode 12, we discussed an innovative partnership between the Rubel School of Business and Kroger.  Rubel has an ongoing focus on developing more of these certificate programs in specific and/or core competencies for other organization in the region.  It's a terrific professional development benefit for corporations and an interesting way for the Rubel School of Business to connect with employers.  Other Bellarmine on Business Executive Education Topics Here is a brief list of previous episodes about executive education initiatives: Episode 9 – Certificate in Accounting Analytics and Certificate in Auditing Analytics Episode 4 – Women of Color Entrepreneurs-Leadership Certificate   To Contact Jorge Pazmiño: Phone:  (502) 272-7240 Email:  jpazmino@bellarmine.edu   Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed during the Bellarmine on Business podcast do not necessarily reflect those of Bellarmine University, its administration or the faculty at large.  The episodes are designed to be insightful, thought-provoking and entertaining.   Want to Listen to Additional Episodes? You can find additional episodes on the Rubel School of Business Podcast page of the Bellarmine website, various Bellarmine social media pages, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible, Libsyn, Podchaser and many other podcast directories.  We encourage you to subscribe to our podcast so you don't miss an episode. Interested in Developing a Podcast for Your Business or Organization? This podcast was produced by Jim Ray Consulting Services.  Jim Ray, host of the Bellarmine on Business podcast, can help you with the concept development, implementation, production and distribution of your own podcast.  For more information, visit:  https://jimrayconsultingservices.com/podcastproduction.

Topic: Seeing in the Darkness   Guest: Sanford D. Greenberg   Bio:    Sanford D. Greenberg is Chairman of the Board of Governors of Johns Hopkins University's Wilmer Eye Institute, the largest clinical and research enterprise in ophthalmology in the United States.   He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a Trustee Emeritus of Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine, which incorporates the School of Medicine and the Hospital.   He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Sue; they have three children and four grandchildren. In this inspirational discussion, we cover: 1. Family & Friends 2. Losing Vision/Gaining Insight 3. Academic Pedigree 4. A Young Man in the White House 5. Seeing the Good in Everything & Everyone 6. Building a Business 7. Johns Hopkins and Changing the World   And so much more!

James L. Ferman, Jr., CEO & President Ferman Motor Car Company, Inc. James L. Ferman, Jr., serves as CEO and President of Ferman Motor Car Company, Inc. and its affiliated automobile dealerships, headquartered in Tampa. Founded in 1895 by his grandfather, W. Frederick Ferman, the Ferman family business is ranked one of the largest dealership groups in Florida and in the United States, with more than 1,300 employees and annual sales of over $900 million. His civic and community involvement includes past Chairman and Campaign Chairman of The United Way of Hillsborough County and past Director of the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay. He is past Chairman of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce and its Committee of 100, past Chairman of The Tampa Museum of Art, past Chairman of The Florida Aquarium, and a past member of the Board of Directors of the Ocean Conservancy.  A 1965 graduate of Emory University, he is a Trustee Emeritus at Emory University where both he and his wife, Celia, received the Emory Medal for distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in 1999. In 1997 he received the Tampa Citizen of the Year award from both the Civitan Club of Tampa and the Rotary Club of Tampa. In 2001 he was a Tampa Bay Business Hall of Fame inductee, and received the Florida Family Business of the Year Award from the John H. Sykes College of Business at The University of Tampa. In 2010, he was presented with the Distinguished Citizen Award by the Gulf Ridge Council Boy Scouts of America, and in 2012 he was the recipient of the H. L. Culbreath Profile in Leadership Award, presented by Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. He is a Director and Chairman of the Tampa Bay Banking Company and The Bank of Tampa, a former Director of TECO Energy, Inc. and Tampa Electric Company, and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tampa. Born in Tampa in 1943, Mr. Ferman was an Eagle Scout and served in the U. S. Coast Guard. He is married to the former Cecelia Davis, and they have two daughters, Laura Farrior and Janice Straske, and six grandchildren. They reside in his native Tampa where they are members of Hyde Park United Methodist Church.

Episode Summary:In this episode of The Sydcast, Syd sits down with American businessman Michael Ainslie to discuss how the former President and CEO of Sotheby's fits into the complex stories of the 2008 financial crash, the ever-fluctuating prices of art, and the nature of educating underprivileged youth. It seems unbelievable that one man can be a focal point for three topics as diverse as these, but it's all true, and you can hear it all on this episode of The Sydcast. Syd Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life. Michael Ainslie:Michael Ainslie is an American businessman who's distinguished career includes, among other things, serving as President and CEO of Sotheby's from 1984-94 and transforming the world of auctioning. Prior to this he was the CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation where he helped to rewrite a tax law to provide a 25% investment tax credit for investment in historic buildings. He was a director at Lehman Brothers for 12 years, culminating with its 2008 bankruptcy. Ainslie was one of the ten people in the room on the night of September 14th, the night of the largest bankruptcy filing in US history, and afterwards was part of the team that oversaw the sale of the company's remaining assets. One of his more passionate ventures involved the Posse Foundation, which he helped to launch in 1994. This foundation finds young leaders from public and parochial high schools in ten major cities and sends them to one of over 50 elite university partners. They travel as a cohort of 10 scholars, and all receive a full merit leadership scholarship. To date there have been over 9200 Posse Scholars who have been awarded over $1.4 billion in scholarships. He is a Trustee Emeritus of Vanderbilt University and has served on the boards of Sotheby's, the United States Tennis Association, and the St. Joe Company. In 2020 he authored a book called A Nose For Trouble: Sotheby's, Lehman Brothers, and My Life of Redefining Adversity, in which he describes his personal experience with these high profile events. Insights from this episode:The complicated nature of the 2008 financial crisis and where Lehman Brothers exists in the storyHow deeply the global financial system depends on trustUnderstanding how the art market exists as one of the purest free markets in the world, for better or for worseHow important it is to provide students from under-privileged backgrounds with the support they need in University settings Quotes from the show:“The ability of a buyer from China or Russia or anywhere in the world to participate is now very easy to do. That has made it a true global market, it's also driven up the prices because a lot of these people have new wealth and they either want to own the art or be known to own the art.” - Michael Ainslie [00:32]“Universities go out of their way to admit students from very underprivileged backgrounds and they think their job is done. ‘We have diversity, we did a good thing, this is great,' and then they leave these kids to sink or swim.” - Syd Finkelstein [05:58]“The problem was that causing the bankruptcy triggered that basically banks stopped and stopped working together, and the global financial world froze.” - Michael Ainslie [12:55]There's something that gets done after a bankruptcy that's called an examiners report, and a firm from Chicago was hired to do that. Believe it or not they spent $100 million on the forensic evidence to put together that examiners report. They concluded there was no malfeasance, there was no lack of carrying out responsibilities by the audit committee, the board, or management. They literally said ‘Lehman became illiquid in the last 5 or 6 days of its existence due to things I spoke about earlier.'” - Michael Ainslie [26:28]Congress literally opened the floodgates to the subprime mortgage crisis, you remember this, they were changing the lending standards. Do they go to jail for that decision? Because that, in a sense, is what really precipitated the flooding of money into these financial instruments that financed these subprime mortgages.” - Michael Ainslie [29:03]I think the involvement of wealthy individuals, and frequently very newly wealthy individuals, in the art market has driven prices to levels that are really quite remarkable. And frankly I think a lot of people have trouble with that. When paintings cost three or four hundred million dollars, even though they're some of the great works of art, that seems excessive. - Michael Ainslie [32:39]“The Posse is kind of a genius idea because you have a team, you have friends, you have support group right from day one, which gives you a huge comfort level. You don't have to worry about having nothing to do on a Saturday night in the first month because you don't know anybody, you know nine people” - Syd Finklestein [49:24] Stay Connected: Syd FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastMichael AinslieWebsite: https://anosefortrouble.com/ Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify. This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry (www.podcastlaundry.com)

Sanford D. Greenberg is Chairman of the Board of Governors of The Johns Hopkins University's Wilmer Eye Institute, the largest clinical and research enterprise in ophthalmology in the United States. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a Trustee Emeritus of The Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine, which incorporates the School of Medicine and the Hospital. Dr. Greenberg lost his eyesight to disease during his junior year in college, yet graduated with his class the following year, elected as class president. In 2012 he instituted a campaign and prize for research toward eradicating blindness among humankind: "End Blindness by 2020." This effort gained international recognition in 2014 when it was granted a featured session on the agenda of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where Dr. Greenberg has been a regular participant. President Clinton appointed him to the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation and advises both the President and Congress on policy matters related to science and engineering. He served as Chairman of the Rural Health Care Corporation, created by Congress to bring the benefits of telemedicine to America's rural areas. Dr. Greenberg was a founding director of the American Agenda, an organization established by Presidents Carter and Ford to identify for President George H. W. Bush the six most urgent problems confronting the nation and to recommend bipartisan solutions. He also served as a director of the National Committee on United States-China Relations. As a White House Fellow in the Johnson Administration, Dr. Greenberg worked on national technology needs with the United States Departments of Defense, State, and Commerce, and White House task forces on NASA, information systems, and biomedical research. He was co-editor of the book The Presidential Advisory System, which discussed the methods used by American Presidents to obtain policy advice for the management of the federal government. His career as inventor, entrepreneur, and investor began when he invented and patented a compressed speech machine which speeds up the reproduction of words from recordings without distorting any sound. He founded several enterprises, including a company that produced specialized computer simulators and one which created the world's largest electronic laboratory surveillance network and antimicrobial profiling database. Dr. Greenberg received his B.A. as Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1962. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, and his M.B.A. from Columbia University. He was a Marshall Scholar at Oxford University and attended Harvard Law School. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife, Sue; they have three children and four grandchildren.

Discover why Bob Harvey (President of GHP, and previous leader at McKinsey & Co and Reliant Energy) claims that moving your business to Houston is a great choice, the time to buckle up is now, and the leadership blindspots he was made aware of are displayed on his computer screen (14 minutes). CEO BLINDSPOTS PODCAST GUEST: Bob Harvey. He is President and CEO of the Greater Houston Partnership. Prior to joining the Partnership, Bob was active in the Houston business community, first as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, Inc. and then as Vice Chair of Reliant Energy. In addition, Bob serves on the boards of Houston Exponential, Good Reason Houston, the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Center for Houston’s Future. He is a Trustee Emeritus of the United Way of Greater Houston and The Post Oak School. Bob received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University and his MBA from Harvard Business School. Note: The Greater Houston Partnership focuses on building a strong workforce, advocating for sound public policy, attracting investment and trade to Houston, and convening a diverse set of Houstonians when major issues arise. For more information about Bob Harvey and the Partnership, visit houston.org CEO BLINDSPOTS HOST: Birgit Kamps. She started and sold HireSynergy LLC (an "Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Private Company" and a "Best Company to Work for in Texas"), held 3 terms as a Board Member of the Gulf Coast Workforce Commission, was the Chair of the Gulf Coast Workforce Education Committee, and is currently the CEO of Hire Universe LLC. In addition, Birgit is the host of the "CEO Blindspots" podcast which was recognized in 2020 by Spotify for having the "biggest listener growth" in the USA (by 733%), and having listeners in 11 countries; https://ceoblindspots.com/

Bio Bryant Foulger serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Foulger-Pratt and is a member of the Investment Committee. In his current role, Bryant draws on more than 30 years of real estate and management experience to provide approval and oversight of the CEO's vision and strategy. He was appointed to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's transition team and is also involved with the Montgomery Business Development Corporation, the Greater District of Columbia Chapter of the Leadership Council for the Mayo Clinic, the Montgomery County Business Advisory Panel, and is a Trustee Emeritus of the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland. Bryant attended Brigham Young University and serves on numerous professional and charitable boards. Show Notes Current Role Chairman role still involved day to day. Handed reins of business to four Managing Partners (6:00)Cameron Pratt, CEOBrian FoulgerBrigg BunkerPete OgnibeneSpends time on asset management and design for new projects (6:30)Does what he wants to do and not what he doesn’t want to do (7:10)What is over the horizon? (8:00) Origin Story Born in Utah (9:00)Sid Foulger (his Dad) was a friend of the Marriott family (9:15)Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (9:30)His Dad was recruited to Marriott Corporation to help with construction of hotels (10:00)His Dad went out on his own with six children to start Foulger & Company, a development/construction company (10:50)Sid Foulger was an entrepreneur who found opportunities and was tenacious to get things done (11:15)Family relationships in the Mormon faith are “eternal.” (13:45)Lived next door to brothers and sisters (14:15)He had close family bonds with 48 grandchildren (his children and nephews and nieces) (14:30)Many shared experiences- Homes in Utah and New Hampshire (15:45)Bought lots on one block in Potomac about 40 yrs. ago (16:15)Mormon Temple, Kensington, MD story (19:00)Bob Barker helped find the site (19:20)Sid Foulger helped in pricing the project (20:00)Keith Wilcox was the architect (childhood friend of Sid Foulger in Utah)Identified with the Salt Lake Temple in appe

Bio Bryant Foulger serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Foulger-Pratt and is a member of the Investment Committee. In his current role, Bryant draws on more than 30 years of real estate and management experience to provide approval and oversight of the CEO’s vision and strategy. He was appointed to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s transition team and is also involved with the Montgomery Business Development Corporation, the Greater District of Columbia Chapter of the Leadership Council for the Mayo Clinic, the Montgomery County Business Advisory Panel, and is a Trustee Emeritus of the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland. Bryant attended Brigham Young University and serves on numerous professional and charitable boards. Show Notes Current Role Chairman role still involved day to day. Handed reins of business to four Managing Partners (6:00)Cameron Pratt, CEOBrian FoulgerBrigg BunkerPete OgnibeneSpends time on asset management and design for new projects (6:30)Does what he wants to do and not what he doesn’t want to do (7:10)What is over the horizon? (8:00) Origin Story Born in Utah (9:00)Sid Foulger (his Dad) was a friend of the Marriott family (9:15)Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (9:30)His Dad was recruited to Marriott Corporation to help with construction of hotels (10:00)His Dad went out on his own with six children to start Foulger & Company, a development/construction company (10:50)Sid Foulger was an entrepreneur who found opportunities and was tenacious to get things done (11:15)Family relationships in the Mormon faith are “eternal.” (13:45)Lived next door to brothers and sisters (14:15)He had close family bonds with 48 grandchildren (his children and nephews and nieces) (14:30)Many shared experiences- Homes in Utah and New Hampshire (15:45)Bought lots on one block in Potomac about 40 yrs. ago (16:15)Mormon Temple, Kensington, MD story (19:00)Bob Barker helped find the site (19:20)Sid Foulger helped in pricing the project (20:00)Keith Wilcox was the architect (childhood friend of Sid Foulger in Utah)Identified with the Salt Lake Temple in appe

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Heather McGhee, the author of "The Sum of Us", to discuss racial inequality in the United States of America and to explore the notion that institutionalized racism has hamstrung the development of black communities so badly to the point where the concept of bettering a black person or community is to hurt the white community. Heather C. McGhee joined Demos in 2002 and served as its president from 2014 through June, 2018. A recognized thought leader on the national stage, McGhee is now a Trustee Emeritus on the Demos Board. McGhee's first book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, is now available for pre-order. She will host two original podcasts in 2020-21. She serves as a contributor to NBC News and frequently appears on shows such Meet the Press. Her opinions, writing and research have appeared in numerous outlets, including The Washington Post, New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Politico and National Public Radio. She has received the United Auto Worker's Owen Beiber Social Change Award, New York University’s McSilver Award for Leaders in the Fight Against Poverty, and Citizen Action of New York’s Progressive Leadership Award. Over the years, McGhee’s work has had a profound influence on public policy. Her efforts at Demos as both staff member and president have led to achievements that include: landmark consumer protections to rein in credit card abuses and save consumers over $50 billion in fees; critical contributions to policies that rewrote the rules for how financial institutions operate; billions in wage increases at large companies and for government contractors; four million low-income voters registered at DMVs and public agencies; and pro-democracy reforms, such as public campaign financing, same-day registration, and automatic voter registration, won in a dozen states and Washington, D.C. As an executive, McGhee transformed the organization on multiple levels. She led a successful strategic planning and rebranding process. She designed a Racial Equity Organizational Transformation which more than doubled the staff's racial diversity, produced an original racial equity curriculum for staff professional development and led to a complete overhaul of the organization’s research, litigation and campaign strategies using a racial equity lens. McGhee currently serves on the boards of Color of Change, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Open Society Foundations US Programs. She holds a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University, a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, and an Honorary Degree from Muhlenberg College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes sits down with Mart Green to talk about the transformative power of hope. Listen in as Mart shares stories of both the everyday expectation of hope, and experiencing the miraculous. Mart Green began his retail career in the home of his parents as a youth. With $600 his family started Hobby Lobby in their living room, which is now a chain of over 900 arts and crafts stores. He is the Ministry Investment Officer for Hobby Lobby and also serves as Board Chair. In 1981, Mart established Mardel, a chain of Christian and educational supply stores. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Mardel has 36 stores in nine states. In 2010, Mart began a journey to “Eradicate Bible Poverty". An alliance of ministry and resource partners, called illumiNations was birthed. Their goal is that by 2033, all 6000 plus vital languages will have Scripture in their heart language. It is Mart’s belief that by 2033, 95% of the world will have a complete Bible, 99.96% of the world will have a New Testament, and 100% will have at least 25 chapters. From January 2008 to April 2014, Mart served as Board Chair of the Board of Trustees at Oral Roberts University and now serves as Trustee Emeritus.

Joel Hyatt, Trustee Emeritus at the Brookings Institution and co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Globality, Inc., discusses his economic predictions for a post-vaccine world. Dr. Amesh Adalja, Senior Scholar and Infectious Disease physician at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, on why the vaccine rollout won't stop the impending death toll. Dave Hunt, President of Hunt Auctions, discusses the upcoming Christie's and Hunt auction of baseball memorabilia, including a 1931 Lou Gehrig jersey expected to fetch $1.5 million. Miles Weiss, SEC reporter for Bloomberg, on how Blackstone’s next product could be data from the companies it buys. Hosted by Paul Sweeney and Vonnie Quinn. 

In this first installment of our interview series we hear from Hal Behl, Board of Trustee Emeritus of the National museum of Nuclear Science & History. Hal has had an interesting life and has been featured in television and other media for his part in the Manhattan Project. This interview takes place at Hal Behl's residence in Albuquerque, NM. This portion of the interview gives us Hal speaking about his early years in the Bronx, his military career, and touches briefly on his time at Oak Ridge.

Sanford D. Greenberg is Chairman of the Board of Governors of The Johns Hopkins University's Wilmer Eye Institute, the largest clinical and research enterprise in ophthalmology in the United States.He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a Trustee Emeritus of The Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine, which incorporates the School of Medicine and the Hospital.

This episode of Asia Unscripted is a compilation of highlights from the seventh session of the China 101 webinar series, hosted by the US-Asia Institute. This China 101 session, entitled “US-China Relations: Rebuilding Trust” was held on July 20th. The speakers featured in the webinar were Susan Thornton and Dr. Shao Yuqun. Susan Thornton is a Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, Senior Fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center and the former acting Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Department of State, and Dr. Shao is the Director of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau Studies at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, and Senior Member at the Center for American Studies. The event was moderated by Kent Lucken, Chairman and Trustee Emeritus of the US-Asia Institute.Please be reminded that the US-Asia Institute is a nonpartisan, non-advocacy organization with no policy agenda. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the US-Asia Institute.Support the show (https://www.usasiainstitute.org/support-usai-ch)

Latticework New York 2018, September 6, 2018, The Yale Club of New York City Ed Wachenheim is Vice Chairman of the Board of Central National-Gottesman Inc., and sits on the board of the Museum of Modern Art, where he is Chair of the Finance Committee and a member of the Executive and Investment Committees, and the New York Public Library, where he was former Chair of the Executive Committee and former Chair of the Investment Committee (of which he is still a member). Ed is Trustee Emeritus of both Skidmore College, where he served as Vice Chair, and Rye Country Day School, where he was also Board President. Previously, Ed was a Trustee of UJA-Federation, New York Foundation, and Arthur Ross Foundation. He was also on the Board of Directors of Interstate Brands and several other smaller publicly owned corporations. Ed joined the WNET board in 2016. He is a graduate of Williams College. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a first-year Baker Scholar.

On this week's podcast, Bruno Manno, Senior Advisor to the Walton Family Foundation’s K–12 Education Reform Initiative and a Trustee Emeritus at Fordham, joins Mike Petrilli and Checker Finn to discuss this week’s NAEP results in the context of the thirty-fifth anniversary of A Nation at Risk. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how accountability metrics related to student subgroups affect teacher turnover and attrition.

Marc Conner, Jo M. and James Ballengee Professor of English at Washington and Lee University, gives a talk to undergraduates entitled "Shakespeare and the Problem of Heroism" (October 21, 2015). The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Robert Greenberg, Music Historian-In-Residence, San Francisco Performances, gives a talk and performance entitled "Music as a Mirror" (October 7, 2015). The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University).

Cynthia Chapman, Johnston & Frank Associate Professor of Religion at Oberlin College, gives a talk to undergraduates entitled "The Bible and Plagiarism: Repurposing the Stories of Old" (September 30, 2015). The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University).

Cynthia Chapman, Johnston & Frank Associate Professor of Religion at Oberlin College, gives a talk to undergraduates entitled "The Bible and Plagiarism: Repurposing the Stories of Old" (September 30, 2015). The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Vincent Phillip Munoz, Tocqueville Associate Professor of Religion and Public Life in the Department of Political Science and Concurrent Associate Professor of Law at The University of Notre Dame, gives a talk to undergraduates entitled "Did America's Founding Fathers Intend to Separate Church from State?" (September 9, 2015). Dr. Muñoz writes and teaches across the fields of political philosophy, constitutional studies, and American politics. His recent research has focused on the theme of religious liberty and the American Constitution. His first book, "God and the Founders: Madison, Washington, and Jefferson" (Cambridge University Press, 2009), won the Hubert Morken Award from the American Political Science Association for the best publication on religion and politics in 2009 and 2010. His First Amendment church-state casebook, "Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court: The Essential Cases and Documents," was published in 2013 and is being used at Notre Dame and other leading universities. The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University).

James Tatum, Aaron Lawrence Professor of Classics, Emeritus, Dartmouth College, gives a talk entitled "'Goodness Gracious! Anybody Hurt?' How a Great Work Can Be a Time Bomb in Your Life. "(April 8, 2015) The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Vickie Sullivan, Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, gives a talk entitled "Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Reading History and Machiavelli's Prince in Middle Age" (March 18, 2015). At Tufts, she maintains teaching and research interests in a new subfield of political science, politics and literature. The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Professor Stauffer talks about English philosopher and author of "Leviathan," Thomas Hobbes (March 4, 2015). He specializes in classical and early modern political philosophy. Most of his research has focused on classical thought, but his current work also examines the origins of liberalism, the theoretical foundations of modernity, and the divide between ancient and modern political thought. He is the author of "Plato's Introduction to the Question of Justice" (SUNY, 2001), coauthor and cotranslator of "Empire and the Ends of Politics: Plato's Menexenus and Pericles' Funeral Oration" (Focus Philosophical Library, 1999), and author of "The Unity of Plato's Gorgias: Rhetoric, Justice, and the Philosophic Life" (Cambridge, 2006). The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Salman Rushdie, Emory University Distinguished Professor, talks about the great books in his life (Feb. 18, 2015). The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/ http://www.salman-rushdie.com/

Gilbert Meilaender, Professor Emeritus at Valparaiso University, gives a talk entitled "Two Concepts of Dignity" as part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts (Nov. 12, 2014). His published work falls generally into the area of religious ethics. Most recently he has edited (together with William Werpehowski) "The Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics" (2005). He has a special interest in bioethics, is a Fellow of the Hastings Center, and has been a member of the President's Council on Bioethics since its inception in January 2002. The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Mary Keys, is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, gives a talk entitled "Greatness of Soul: Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas on the Virtue of Magnanimity" as part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts (Oct. 22, 2014). Her research and teaching interests span a broad spectrum of political theory, with a special focus in Christianity, ethics, and political thought. She is the author of "Aquinas, Aristotle, and the Promise of the Common Good" (Cambridge University Press, 2006; paperback 2008). The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

BIll McClay, the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at University of Oklahoma, gives a talk entitled "The Moral Economy of Guilt" as part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts (Oct. 1, 2014). His book "The Masterless: Self and Society in Modern America" won the 1995 Merle Curti Award of the Organization of American Historians for the best book in American intellectual history. Among his other books are "The Student’s Guide to U.S. History," "Religion Returns to the Public Square: Faith and Policy in America," "Figures in the Carpet: Finding the Human Person in the American Past" and the forthcoming "Why Place Matters: Geography, Identity, and Public Life in Modern America." The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and professor of politics at Princeton University, gives a talk entitled "Constitutional Structures and Civic Virtues" to Emory undergraduates (Sept. 3, 2014). Professor George is a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics and formerly served as a presidential appointee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights and a Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States. He is also the founder and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Walter Melion, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Art History and chair of the Art History Department, gives a talk to undergraduates entitled "How Painters Read the Classics" (April 9, 2014). Dr. Melion has published extensively on Dutch and Flemish art and art theory of the 16th and 17th centuries, on Jesuit image-theory, on the relation between theology and aesthetics in the early modern period, and on the artist Hendrick Goltzius. The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Walter Melion, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Art History and chair of the Art History Department, gives a talk to undergraduates entitled "How Painters Read the Classics" (April 9, 2014). Dr. Melion has published extensively on Dutch and Flemish art and art theory of the 16th and 17th centuries, on Jesuit image-theory, on the relation between theology and aesthetics in the early modern period, and on the artist Hendrick Goltzius. The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Nicholas Buccola, Linfield College, gives a talk entitled "Frederick Douglass's Declarations of Independence" to Emory undergraduates (April 2, 2014). Political science Professor Nicholas Buccola teaches and researches American politics, including contemporary issues such as same-sex marriage, social justice, contemporary moral controversies, and political liberals and conservatives. Other areas of expertise include the Supreme Court and constitutional law. The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Nicholas Buccola, Linfield College, gives a talk entitled "Frederick Douglass's Declarations of Independence" to Emory undergraduates (April 2, 2014). Political science Professor Nicholas Buccola teaches and researches American politics, including contemporary issues such as same-sex marriage, social justice, contemporary moral controversies, and political liberals and conservatives. Other areas of expertise include the Supreme Court and constitutional law. The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Susan Collins, University of Notre Dame, gives a talk to undergraduates entitled "Civic Freedom and Reverence for Law: The Legacy of Ancient Sparta" (March 19, 2014). Dr. Collins is Associate Professor of Political Science, specializing in Ancient Political Philosophy. Her most recent book is a translation of Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics," with Robert Bartlett (University of Chicago, 2011), including notes, glossary, and interpretive essay. The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Susan Collins, University of Notre Dame, gives a talk to undergraduates entitled "Civic Freedom and Reverence for Law: The Legacy of Ancient Sparta" (March 19, 2014). Dr. Collins is Associate Professor of Political Science, specializing in Ancient Political Philosophy. Her most recent book is a translation of Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics," with Robert Bartlett (University of Chicago, 2011), including notes, glossary, and interpretive essay. The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Russell Reno, editor of "First Things" magazine, gives a talk entitled "The King James Bible" to Emory undergraduates (March 5, 2014). Reno is the author of several books, including "Fighting the Noonday Devil", a theological commentary on the Book of Genesis in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible series for which he also serves as general editor, "In the Ruins of the Church", and "Redemptive Change: Atonement and the Cure of the Soul". He has also coauthored two books, "Heroism and The Christian Life" and "Sanctified Vision: An Introduction to Early Christian Interpretation of the Bible". His scholarly work ranges widely in systematic and moral theology, as well as in controverted questions of biblical interpretation. [Source: Wikipedia] The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Russell Reno, editor of "First Things" magazine, gives a talk entitled "The King James Bible" to Emory undergraduates (March 5, 2014). Reno is the author of several books, including "Fighting the Noonday Devil", a theological commentary on the Book of Genesis in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible series for which he also serves as general editor, "In the Ruins of the Church", and "Redemptive Change: Atonement and the Cure of the Soul". He has also coauthored two books, "Heroism and The Christian Life" and "Sanctified Vision: An Introduction to Early Christian Interpretation of the Bible". His scholarly work ranges widely in systematic and moral theology, as well as in controverted questions of biblical interpretation. [Source: Wikipedia] The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Roosevelt Montas, Columbia University, gives a talk entitled "Liberal Education and Democratic Citizenship" to Emory undergraduates (February 26, 2014). Dr. Montás specializes in Antebellum American literature and culture, with a specific interest in citizenship and American national identity. He is also Director of Columbia's Center for the Core Curriculum, where he has taught both Literature Humanities and Contemporary Civilization. He is currently writing on the interrelated biographies Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, and Charles Sumner. He also lectures and writes on the history and future of liberal arts education. The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Roosevelt Montas, Columbia University, gives a talk entitled "Liberal Education and Democratic Citizenship" to Emory undergraduates (February 26, 2014). Dr. Montás specializes in Antebellum American literature and culture, with a specific interest in citizenship and American national identity. He is also Director of Columbia's Center for the Core Curriculum, where he has taught both Literature Humanities and Contemporary Civilization. He is currently writing on the interrelated biographies Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, and Charles Sumner. He also lectures and writes on the history and future of liberal arts education. The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures/

Natalie Haynes, writer and critic, gives a talk entitled "The Ancient Guide to Modern Life" at Emory University (January 22, 2014). The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University).

Robert Shaw-Smith, an actor and instructor at the Atlanta International School, talks about performing in the plays of Shakespeare (March 20, 2013). The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University).

Natalie Haynes, writer and critic, gives a talk entitled "The Ancient Guide to Modern Life" at Emory University (January 22, 2014). The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University).

As part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series, Christine Rosen, senior editor of "The New Atlantis," gives a talk entitled "The Changing Role of the Bible in America" (November 20, 2013). Rosen writes about the social and cultural impact of technology, as well as bioethics and the history of genetics. As a Future Tense Fellow at the New America Foundation, she is working on her forthcoming book, "The Extinction of Experience," to be published by W. W. Norton in 2014. The Emory Williams Lectures in the Liberal Arts have been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures

As part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series, Christine Rosen, senior editor of "The New Atlantis," gives a talk entitled "The Changing Role of the Bible in America" (November 20, 2013). Rosen writes about the social and cultural impact of technology, as well as bioethics and the history of genetics. As a Future Tense Fellow at the New America Foundation, she is working on her forthcoming book, "The Extinction of Experience," to be published by W. W. Norton in 2014. The Emory Williams Lectures in the Liberal Arts have been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures

As part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series, Dr. Ralph Hexter of the University of California - Davis gives a talk entitled "Reading Vergil Through the Ages" (November 6, 2013). Dr. Ralph Hexter holds an appointment as distinguished professor of Classics and Comparative Literature. He is also currently serving as the provost and executive vice chancellor (http://provost.ucdavis.edu/people/hexter-biography.html). He received a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in comparative literature from Yale University. The Emory Williams Lectures in the Liberal Arts have been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures

As part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series, Dr. Ralph Hexter of the University of California - Davis gives a talk entitled "Reading Vergil Through the Ages" (November 6, 2013). Dr. Ralph Hexter holds an appointment as distinguished professor of Classics and Comparative Literature. He is also currently serving as the provost and executive vice chancellor (http://provost.ucdavis.edu/people/hexter-biography.html). He received a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in comparative literature from Yale University. The Emory Williams Lectures in the Liberal Arts have been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures

As part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series, Jerry Muller, chair of the Department of History at Catholic University, gives a talk entitled "Adam Smith on the Uses, Abuses, and Limits of Self-Interest" (October 29, 2013). Dr. Muller holds a PhD (1984) from Columbia University and has written extensively on modern European intellectual history and modern Germany. His most recent work is "Capitalism and the Jews" (Princeton University Press, 2010). The Emory Williams Lectures in the Liberal Arts have been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures

As part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series, Jerry Muller, chair of the Department of History at Catholic University, gives a talk entitled "Adam Smith on the Uses, Abuses, and Limits of Self-Interest" (October 29, 2013). Dr. Muller holds a PhD (1984) from Columbia University and has written extensively on modern European intellectual history and modern Germany. His most recent work is "Capitalism and the Jews" (Princeton University Press, 2010). The Emory Williams Lectures in the Liberal Arts have been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures

As part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series, John Agresto, former president of St. John's College, gives a talk entitled "Toward an American Liberal Education" (October 23, 2013). Dr. Agresto holds a Ph.D. in political science from Cornell University. He has published in the areas of politics, law, and education, and has taught at the University of Toronto, Kenyon College, Duke University and the New School University. From 1989 to 2000, he served as president of St. John's College in Santa Fe. In 2008-2009 he was a visiting fellow at Princeton University's James Madison Program. The Emory Williams Lectures in the Liberal Arts have been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures

As part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series, John Agresto, former president of St. John's College, gives a talk entitled "Toward an American Liberal Education" (October 23, 2013). Dr. Agresto holds a Ph.D. in political science from Cornell University. He has published in the areas of politics, law, and education, and has taught at the University of Toronto, Kenyon College, Duke University and the New School University. From 1989 to 2000, he served as president of St. John's College in Santa Fe. In 2008-2009 he was a visiting fellow at Princeton University's James Madison Program. The Emory Williams Lectures in the Liberal Arts have been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures

Luke Timothy Johnson of the Candler School of Theology gives a talk entitled "Jesus among the Philosophers: Ancient Conceptions of Happiness" (Jan. 30, 2013). Professor Johnson's research concerns the literary, moral, and religious dimensions of the New Testament, including the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts of early Christianity (particularly moral discourse), Luke-Acts, the Pastoral Letters, and the Letter of James. The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University).

Luke Timothy Johnson of the Candler School of Theology gives a talk entitled "Jesus among the Philosophers: Ancient Conceptions of Happiness" (Jan. 30, 2013). Professor Johnson's research concerns the literary, moral, and religious dimensions of the New Testament, including the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts of early Christianity (particularly moral discourse), Luke-Acts, the Pastoral Letters, and the Letter of James. The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University).

As part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts, Donald Livingston, a retired philosophy professor at Emory University, delivered this talk entitled "David Hume's Ethical Philosophy" (November 14, 2012). The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University).

As part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts, Donald Livingston, a retired philosophy professor at Emory University, delivered this talk entitled "David Hume's Ethical Philosophy" (November 14, 2012). Livingston received his doctorate at Washington University in 1965. He has been a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, and his books include "Hume's Philosophy of Common Life" and "Philosophical Melancholy and Delirium." The Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts has been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University).