Chasing What Matters

Bryan Kelley serves as the CEO of the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP). Before his current position, Bryan has been a consummate servant-leader in many roles for PEP.  Bryan has been a part of the organization since 2007 and graduated with Class 21 at the Cleveland Unit where he was voted “Mr. PEP.” He joined the staff shortly after his fresh start in 2014.  Bryan has a BS in psychology from...

Our guest today – Dr. Tedd Mitchell, Chancellor, Texas Tech University System  Dr. Mitchell was named the fifth chancellor of the Texas Tech University System (TTU System) on Oct. 25, 2018.  As chancellor, Mitchell is the CEO of a $2.5 billion, five-university higher education enterprise consisting of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Angelo State University, Tex...

Bukola and Amara Aigbedion are the co-founders of Love & Make, a DIY workshop studio located in the Rice Village area in Houston, Texas.  They started their company in 2018.  This is a fun start up with a similar concept to “Painting with the Twist”.  At Love & Make, it’s all about having people explore their creative side; making things with their hands, fellowshipping with loved ones, fr...

Our guest this week is Don Jacobson. Don serves as Senior VP and Group Publisher for HarperCollins Christian Publishing and HarperCollins Focus in Nashville, Tennessee.  In this role, Don is responsible for the strategy and direction for trade books and curriculum publishing for Thomas Nelson and Zondervan. In addition, he oversees HarperCollins Focus’ publishing strategy and its expansion in the...

Henry Ho is the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of Field Agent.  As the company’s customer and technology strategist, he leads the innovation and strategic partnership development process, global customer development and International expansion for Field Agent.  Henry worked 19 years with Procter & Gamble, with a broad array of assignments across the U.S. and Asia.  Henry was a founding...

Nathan Sheets is the founder and chief steward of Nature Nate’s Honey Co., the #1 branded and fastest-growing honey company in the U.S. Nathan got the nickname "Nature Nate" in college because he was a nature lover and outdoorsman. After graduating from college and owning his own ad agency, Nathan began serving in the ministry. He has journeyed on 100+ mission trips all over the world wi...

Jeff Wiguna is the Co-Founder & CEO at Kuju Coffee. Prior to Kuju, Jeff was Sales & Marketing Director at social enterprise, Good Paper, where he led a turnaround from declining sales to national distribution at Whole Foods Market and financial profitability. He is driven by a fierce competitive spirit and is passionate about building brands that can have scaled and relevant impact on the...

Kevin East is the President & CEO of The mentoring Alliance.  He and his wife, Stephanie, have called Tyler, Texas home for almost 20 years.  During many of those years he was the Executive Director of Ministries at Pine Cove, overseeing all of Pine Cove's camps and ministries. Kevin has served as President of the Mentoring Alliance since 2013. Kevin is a graduate of Louisiana State Unive...

Jeff Fritscher is the founder and president of Legacy Outfitters – an outdoors men’s ministry headquartered in Waco, TX.   Approaching its 20th year, Legacy Outfitters continues to use the passion of men for the outdoors to help men become better husbands, fathers, and ultimately the men that God calls them to be. More than 5,000 men have experienced the encouragement, challenges, and life -on-lif...

Ben Clark and Nathan Lott are owners of B-Unlimited, a collegiate licensed apparel company based in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  When Ben bought B-Unlimited in 2006, it was a small operation with a staff of two employees. During the economic crisis of 2009, the company lost nearly all of their clients, and under Ben’s leadership, the company made a strategic pivot and prioritized offering unmatched cu...

Dr. Albert L. Reyes is President and CEO of Buckner International, a non-profit international ministry that transforms the lives of orphans, vulnerable children, families and elders. He is the sixth President and CEO of the 138-year-old organization based in Dallas, Texas. He previously served as president of Baptist University of the Américas in San Antonio. Reyes also has served as pastor of thr...

Tim Lancaster is the retired President and CEO of Hendrick Health System in Abilene, Texas.  Hendrick is a 500 bed hospital with over 3,000 employees serving a 19 county area of west Texas.   Tim began his career in banking at Lubbock National Bank and continued as it became a part of RepublicBank.  He later switched careers to healthcare, serving in various hospitals across Texas. He served as th...

Our guest today is Texas State Senator Brian Bridwell. After a distinguished career serving his nation in the U.S. Army, Lt. Col. (Ret.) Brian Birdwell was elected to the Texas Senate in 2010. Birdwell was a staff officer at the Pentagon on 9/11 when American Airlines Flight 77 was crashed into the building. He was severally burned and injured that it has taken 39 operations to rebuild his body. ...

Our guest today is author and speaker Gary Thomas. Gary’s writing and speaking focuses on bringing people closer to Christ and closer to others.   He is the author of 20 books that together have sold over two million copies and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He serves on the teaching team (and as Writer in Residence) at Second Baptist Church, Houston—a congregation with six...

Our guest today is Joey Matthews. Joey is an Emmy award winning filmmaker, business owner, husband and father based out of Houston, Texas. He founded 31Films in the early 2000’s, capturing luxury weddings all around the world, and launched Filmlab in the early 2010’s, producing story-driven commercial films for brands including: Disney, CBS Sports, Four Seasons and Microsoft. He currently resides...

Our guest today is Tod Barrett. Tod Barrett  is the CEO of OneBlade, Inc.  As a cofounder, he has taken an initial concept of creating a tool that would allow men to enjoy a ‘barbershop’ quality shave at home and brought it to reality.  After a year and half of R & D and with the extraordinary help of a few outside development firms, Tod has led OneBlade through four years in the marketplace a...

Our guests today are Nick & Shanda Sloan – Nick married his high school sweetheart, Shanda. Before their marriage and after graduating high school, Shanda attended college at Baylor University in Waco and Nick enlisted in the Marine Corps. Nick served in the Marines for eight years and deployed to several locations overseas. Even after retiring from the military, Nick continues to help and pro...

Our guest today is Kay Wyma. Kay is a mom of five, former White House aide, International Capital Markets banker, entrepreneur, and author of 4 books. With candor and humor, she has tackled troubling societal issues such as youth entitlement in her first book ( Cleaning House which reached top 25 Amazon Best Sellers and was featured on the TODAY Show).  She has just recently released her 4th &...

Our guest today is Doug McNamee.  Doug serves as the President of Magnolia, a media, hospitality and lifestyle company founded by celebrity serial entrepreneurs Chip and Joanna Gaines. In his role, he oversees the content, licensing, e-comm, experiential, realty and long-term strategy for one of Texas’ fastest- growing companies and anchor of Waco’s rebirth as a tourism and entertainment hub. Prio...

Our guest today is Ross Cully. Ross is Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Harvest Group. Ross’ goal in starting the Harvest Group was to honor God by building a values based culture that focuses on doing the right thing, delivering remarkable results with humility, never settling for ‘good enough’, serving one another, innovating new ways of working, and leaving a positive impact, all to the...

Episode 50!! Our guest today is Sam Acho. Sam is an NFL player, writer, public speaker, and humanitarian. He speaks widely at colleges, events, conferences, and churches, and is the cohost of The Home Team Podcast. The founder and president of Athletes for Justice, he is a vice president of the NFL players association and a graduate of the University of Texas and the Thunderbird School of Global M...

Our guest today is Chet Edwards. Chet is a former member of congress and is now a partner in Edwards, Davis Stover & Associates, a government relations consulting firm located in Virginia. Chet is a graduate of Texas A&M University and is married to his wife, Lea Ann and they are the parents of two sons, JT and Garrison. Edwards, Davis Stover & Associates Chasing What Matters Instagram...

Our guest today is Steve Graves. Steve has been advising CEO’s, Business Owners and Entrepreneurs for decades. At any given time, Steve is working with a handful of remarkable executives leading large global companies, young hungry entrepreneurs just starting out and maybe a global not-for-profit. He has authored eighteen books and worked with thousands of leaders weaving themes of strategy, leade...

Our guest today is Codie Wright. Codie is a graduate of Texas A&M and the author of “Launchers” which we dive into today. We are excited to bring her research and advice to the show today and we know you will be encouraged and challenged by what she has to say! Launchers Book Chasing What Matters Instagram Chasing What Matters Website Chasing What Matters Instagram  

Our guest today is Alexia Newman! Alexia was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina and attended the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg (now USC Upstate) and Columbia International University.   Alexia worked as the Director of Student and Family Ministries at Lebanon Presbyterian Church in Abbeville, South Carolina for 5 years, before becoming the Executive Director of Carolina Pregnancy Ce...