与迷人的人交谈，分享他们的个人故事和他们对奥马哈社区的影响.
SEASON 3
生活S3E11 -托德西蒙，奥马哈牛排
首席执行官和第五代所有者 Omaha Steaks, Todd Simon 谈论家族遗产, leadership, the nature of the business, 以及它和托德这些年的变化. 我们还谈到了社区的重要性，以及托德一路走来学到的经验教训.
Lives S3E10 – 查戴尔·巴恩斯和泰迪·杨, Stable Gray
查戴尔·巴恩斯和泰迪·杨 两位创始人是品牌设计公司吗 Stable Gray. In the show, they share how their individual creative talents came together as entrepreneurs dedicated to building a company that adds value to their community as well as to the businesses they serve.
Stable Gray was founded in 2015 by north Omaha natives, CharDale Barnes和Theardis“Teddy”Young帮助小企业以合理的价格建立强大的品牌. 在早年培养了他的创作能力之后, Barnes went on to study and work in the fields of finance and technology. Young similarly developed his creativity early on before earning his MBA and teaching himself an array of design and content creation skills.
生活S3E9 -玛西·耶茨，卡尔克斯之家
Lives S3E8 – Rebecca Deterding, YMCA of Greater Omaha
S3E7 -阿什利·库恩，布莱尔·弗里曼
Ashley Kuhn is the cofounder with Maranda Adams of the 100% woman owned and 100% minority owned Real Estate and Construction company, Blair Freeman. 在我们的谈话中，她谈到了激发她对房地产着迷的童年经历, the community-minded ethos behind Blair Freeman’s work, and the business and life lessons Kuhn has learned along the way.
Ashley Kuhn has spent a significant amount of time in the real estate development world while helping to start one of the now largest real estate development companies in Omaha. As Executive Vice President of White Lotus Group for 15 years, Kuhn led over $450M in development and construction. 2018年，在白莲集团的全力支持下，库恩离职，与人共同创立了Blair Freeman.
Observing the differing conditions of real estate in her North Omaha Neighborhood Kuhn went on to earn her degree at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and at Omaha, majoring in real estate and land use economics and investment finance. As well as Blair Freeman, 库恩在社区中很活跃, with business, cultural, 以及女性赋权组织，她喜欢和家人在一起的时间.
Lives S3E6 – Chanda Chacón, 儿童医院和医疗中心
Chanda Chacón 的总裁兼首席执行官是 儿童医院和医疗中心 in Omaha. In the show Chacon shares how a car accident as a child influenced her life and stoked a passion to serve in the healthcare field. Chacon also talks about leading an organization during the pandemic and energizing its commitment to caring for every child and for the whole child, 医院内外都有.
Chanda Chacón has devoted her career to pediatric health care, 关注接受护理的患者以及提供护理的人员和组织. 在加入Children’s之前, Chacon had progressive leadership positions at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and before that at Texas Children’s Hospital. Chacón earned undergraduate degrees in Biology and Spanish from Vanderbilt University and a Master’s Degree in Public Health Management from Yale University. She is a Fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives. 她的社区活动包括担任和谐计划的董事会成员, 作为美国医院协会妇幼保健委员会的成员, a member of the Greater Omaha Chamber Board of Directors, and speaking at leadership events about the power of leadership.
Lives S3E5 – Jay Warren Teamer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska
Jay Warren Teamer 是奥马哈人，她的个人生活和职业生涯都在为我们的社区服务. 在2020年8月，她被任命为多样性和包容性的首任主任 内布拉斯加州蓝十字和蓝盾协会, 她在哪里推动了多样性, equity and inclusion strategy for the company and also oversees the company’s corporate social responsibility and wellness efforts. In our conversation, 周杰伦分享了她是如何进入新角色的, how her personal experiences inform her professional endeavors, 以及她更大的家庭背景如何塑造了她今天的样子，以及她对明天的渴望.
Jay has worked in the non-profit/philanthropic sector for the last ten years, 之前在Partnership 4 Kids担任过职务, United Way of the Midlands, and Mutual of Omaha. With her childhood friend, Ashlei Spivey, Jay co-founded I Be Black Girl and leads the groups’ giving circle, IBBGives. 作为一个高度参与的社区倡导者, Jay曾在许多非营利组织董事会任职，并获得多项社区奖项. 作为一个老派的R&作为B迷，周杰伦最大的快乐就是她的家庭.
Lives S3E4 – Joanne Li, 内布拉斯加大学奥马哈分校
Chancellor Joanne Li 跟我说要特立独行, her epiphany about the larger opportunities in the world, 作为第一代大学生，这如何塑造了她对当今学生的同理心, her plans for the 内布拉斯加大学奥马哈分校 作为一所城市大学，还有更多.
Dr. Li is the first woman of color to serve as UNO’s chancellor and the first Asian-American in the history of the University of Nebraska System to hold an executive leadership role. 李博士来自香港. 李是第一代大学生, earning bachelor’s and doctoral degrees in finance from Florida State University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Dr. 李最近担任佛罗里达国际大学商学院院长, 美国第四大公立大学, 在那之前也在其他大学任职. 她为联合国大学带来了15年的高等教育进步领导经验, with a demonstrated record in improving student outcomes, 不断增长的招生和项目, 加强多元化和包容性, fundraising, 建立社区伙伴关系.
生活S3E3 -基思站，奥马哈市
Keith Station is the first ever Deputy Chief of Staff for Diversity, Equity, 并被纳入市长办公室 City of Omaha. We talk about the aspirations and frustrations of his DEI work, a little of his life journey in coming to this calling, 他作为社区领袖的出现, and more.
Keith Station’s role is to develop and lead a strategic plan for Diversity & 加入市政府. Keith was previously Director of Business Relations at Heartland Workforce Solutions and led the YMCA of Greater Omaha. He earned his degree in Business Administration at the University of Nebraska and his Masters in Management at Indiana University-Bloomington. 他和家人住在奥马哈.
生活S3E2 - Nina Sodji，秋葵非洲烧烤店
Nina Sodji 1994年，他第一次持商务签证移民到美国，来自西非国家多哥. She began her career as a nurse who had a growing passion for cooking. Nina ran with her heart, 2004年在奥马哈开了一家非洲杂货市场, 后来又开了一家餐厅，一直经营到2008年经济大衰退. She went on to achieve a culinary degree from Metropolitan Community College, and a bachelor’s in business management from Bellevue University. Nina’s restaurant, Okra African Grill, is her vision to bring her favorite Togolese dishes to life in Omaha. 向影响多哥食物的所有非洲文化和横贯大陆的历史致敬, 她的烹饪讲述了一个复杂的故事.
生活S3E1 -马乔里·马斯，分享奥马哈
Marjorie Maas 担任首任执行董事 SHARE Omaha, whose mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs by offering the giving public opportunities to connect with metro nonprofits through donations, volunteering, and fulfilling “wish lists.” In our conversation, Marjorie talks about how SHARE Omaha has grown substantially since its founding in 2019 and the lessons she has learned, as a leader, during that period. 我们还讨论了马乔里的个人使命，以及引导她前进的家庭背景和经历.
SEASON 2
生活S2E12 -埃斯特·梅贾，E创意
Esther Mejia is the E Creative的总裁兼首席运营官, a brand strategy and communications firm she founded in 2011. In our conversation, 我们谈论她在内布拉斯加州农村的成长经历, 她早期对美术和设计的探索, and the leap of faith she made in starting her own business, including lessons learned and challenges overcome along the way.
埃丝特出生在一个关系密切的大家庭，父母从墨西哥移民到内布拉斯加州. She has served on several boards to fulfill her commitment to her community and to honor her family’s tradition of service. 在当了十年企业家之后, 埃丝特仍然专注于她的热情——帮助社区驱动的组织与他们的客户建立联系. Esther’s leadership efforts focus on organizations that serve immigrants, women, girls and LGBTQIA+ as communities she identifies with most, serving where she knows she can represent others like her and ensure that the voices of diverse populations are heard.
生命S2E11 - Nathan Preheim, Proven Ventures
Nathan Preheim 一个连续创业者是不是在各个方面都忍不住要构想新公司. 他与Erica Wassinger共同创立了 Proven Ventures, 它为风险投资提供了一种全新的方式，并投资于内布拉斯加州希望创业的初创企业, grow, and stay in Nebraska. In this show, 内森谈到了Proven Ventures如何打造了一种独特的中西部创业投资方式, 专注于建设和成长. 他还分享了他对企业家和内布拉斯加州企业家生态系统的看法, 还有他自己的历史和动机.
Lives S2E10 – Dr. Ali Kahn
Dr. Ali S. Khan 前助理卫生局局长和现任公共卫生学院院长 内布拉斯加大学医学中心(UNMC). Dr. 汗分享了他的家庭从克什米尔的喜马拉雅山麓到布鲁克林的旅程, NY and the beginnings of his passion for medicine and infectious diseases. 我们谈论生物恐怖主义, 我们应对COVID-19大流行的失败, the role for politicians and public health officials, 以及为什么奥马哈和UNMC是我们应该去的地方!
生命S2E9 -帕特里夏·卡恩斯
Patricia Kearns is the President & CEO of QLI, 一个国家认可的脑和脊髓损伤患者的院后康复中心. Patricia, 理疗师经过训练的理疗师, 2001年加入QLI临床团队, becoming President & CEO in 2011. In the show, Kearns discusses the extensive rehabilitation of the whole person QLI works with and the unique feeling of community the QLI campus provides. 卡恩斯还谈到了QLI的文化以及她自己作为领导者的历程和经历.
Lives S2E8 – Arun Agarwal
Arun Agarwal is a former Wall Street investment banker at Prudential Securities who has primarily focused on healthcare and real estate initiatives. 阿伦于2002年创办了自己的私募股权公司, returning to Omaha, 内布拉斯加州建立一个大本营 White Lotus Group，促进了总额超过1美元的项目.5 billion. 在我们的谈话中，我们谈到了私募股权, risk, community development, entrepreneurship, navigating the pandemic, the importance of family, and more.
Lives S2E7 – Dr. Michael Dixon
Dr. Michael Dixon 是the UNeMed Corporation, 一家与教师合作的公司, students, and staff of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, 内布拉斯加大学奥马哈分校, and Nebraska Medicine to help commercialize innovative, 这些新想法有可能改善内布拉斯加州居民及其他地区的公共卫生. Under his leadership, 该中心每年执行的新发明和许可数量增加了一倍以上. In addition, UNeMed revenues have increased 10-fold. In this show, 迪克森谈到了UNeMed取得的一些重大创新突破, 包括一种改变游戏规则的疟疾疗法, 以及围绕自我创造坚实的文化和流程的挑战和乐趣, smart people, and investment. Dixon also shares how he found his way from science to this quasi-entrepreneurship role and what he sees for the future.
生活S2E6 -杰米·伯格伦德
Jamie Berglund 执行董事是 Spark, an Omaha-based community development organization focused on catalyzing transformative community and economic development initiatives. In our conversation, Jamie describes community and the long road to community development, gentrification contrasted by positive community wealth building models, what true listening to neighborhood residents looks like, and more. Jamie also shares her own awakening to community in her Omaha neighborhoods and how her passion for this work has emerged.
Lives S2E5 – Rachel Fox
Rachel Fox 是一个多重企业家，作家，教师，和 founder of You Go Girl, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending the cycle of self-doubt and low self-esteem in young women and girls by creating a vision for who they can be. Honored many times for her community and business leadership, 瑞秋谈到了早年从南方搬到中西部对她的个人影响, 这是如何启发她对《博天堂线上娱乐》的设想的, 以及她对未来的憧憬.
Lives S2E4 – Dr. Maryanne Stevens, RSM
Dr. Maryanne Stevens, RSM, for over two decades has served as 圣玛丽学院院长, the Omaha region’s only Catholic university for women. Inspired by her upbringing and faith as a Sister of Mercy, Dr. Stevens has led College of Saint Mary to develop several innovative programs. In this conversation, Dr. Stevens talks about her upbringing and how it shaped her. She also shares the inspiration of The Sisters of Mercy in her calling to be a nun and a teacher and how that has informed her leadership of a higher education institution with a vision of active idealism.
Lives S2E3 – Jason Fischer
文艺复兴时期的人 Jason Fischer 艺术家、设计师、摄影师、电影制作人、社区活动家和企业家. His agency, Surreal Media Lab, is a place and a philosophy where Jason’s creativity, business, and community endeavors can be for profit and mindful of matters of humanity. In this conversation, 杰森谈到了他的创业精神, 创作理念与工作, 还有一点他的生活和抱负.
Lives S2E2 – Erin Vik
Erin Vik 是西区学区的营养主管，每天提供一万多份午餐. In our conversation, 艾琳谈到了膳食质量, sourcing ingredients, and the challenges of providing thousands of nutritious, tasty meals each day.
Lives S2E1 – Sue Thaden
Sue Thaden 成立客户资源有限公司., a women-owned IT talent and solutions business in 1999, 发展到拥有超过180名IT专业人员，客户遍布多个行业和地区.
SEASON 1
生活S1E1 -鲍比·布伦菲尔德
A conversation with security expert, former Marine and law enforcement officer Bobby Broomfield discussing a community and relationship-based approach to security, gun safety, and violence prevention, 以及教育男性对男子气概有健康看法的方法.
Recorded: 10th Mar, 2018
Lives S1E2 – David Scott
David Scott 在悉尼出生和长大, Australia, 然后经由希腊旅行, Bali, 和其他目的地定居在美国中西部，他目前在那里工作 Peregrine Hotel, a new boutique hotel in downtown Omaha opening later this year. An award winning hotel management and hospitality industry professional, David和我谈论了好客的吸引力和疫情的影响, his efforts towards diversity and inclusion in the industry, 更广泛地讲他的生活.
Recorded: 2nd Jul, 2020
生命S1E3 -道格·威尔沃丁
A conversation with Doug Wilwerding, CEO, 商人和风险资本投资者, 谁分享了他对领导力的看法, 差异化市场定位, ethics of leadership, and…fly fishing.
Recorded: 11th Oct, 2017
Lives S1E4 – Dr. Cheryl Logan
Dr. Cheryl Logan talks about education trends, the challenges facing her as Omaha Public Schools‘ new Superintendent, being a role model as an African-American female leader, 以及她的个人经历和背景.
Recorded: 14th Nov 2018
生活S1E5 -达斯迪·戴维森
Dusty Davidson, cofounder of Flywheel, 谈创业精神, community, 以及每年在巴黎生活和工作两个月的好处和乐趣.
Recorded: 19th Jun, 2019
生命S1E6 - Erica Wassinger
Startup maven Erica Wassinger, cofounder of The Startup Collaborative, demystifies blockchain and discusses the psychology of entrepreneurs, women and business, start ups, 以及她自己的人生起点和教训.
Recorded: 13th Mar, 2019
Lives S1E7 – Garry Clark
Garry Clark shares his transformative journey from a disadvantaged, 从首都危险的童年到中西部农村的意外机遇.
Recorded: 10th Apr 2019
生活S1E8 -美国白厅
A conversation with Merica Whitehall他是内布拉斯加州几代人中的一员 Fontenelle Forest as she talks about the magical power of the natural world, 户外的恢复力, her long family history, 包括它的奴隶起源, 还有她作为绩效经理的时间. Oh, and stilt dancing!
Recorded: 12th Oct 2017
Lives S1E9 – Miah Sommer
A conversation with Miah Sommer, executive director of 自行车联盟和咖啡店, helping youth bridge the gap between the foster care system and independence, as well as speaking about his own traumatic and formative coming of age.
Recorded: 6th Dec 2017
生活S1E10 -史蒂夫·戈登
Steve Gordon is a designer, entrepreneur, 以及周围的创新精神, 也是国际一流的运动员. 他讨论了他对设计的看法, his love for sneakers, 以及他如何从一个更困难的环境中脱颖而出，成为一名有希望参加奥运会的成功设计师.
Recorded: 31st Jul 2019
生活S1E11 -苏珊·亨利克斯
Susan Henricks is the CEO of ICAN (职业发展需要研究所), 一个非营利性的领导者发展组织, 在此之前，她在私营和上市公司担任了数十年的战略领导职务. Susan talks about the pressures facing women and younger generations in the business world as they cultivate their leadership skills and charts her own experiences as a female business leader.
Recorded: 4th Dec 2019
生活S1E12 -以赛亚·希斯
A conversation with Isaiah Sheese, founder of Archetype Coffee, discussing the natural and the business worlds of coffee, 还有为什么他想制作一部关于咖啡比赛的伪纪录片，以及咖啡店是如何像教堂的.
Recorded: 15th Mar 2018
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