Culture Eats Everything

Listen to Dr. Tim Dilg, Superintendent at Valley Park School District on the Culture Eats Everything Podcast in conversation with Tom Willis. Read more about Dr. Tim Dilg: Dr. Tim Dilg is an award-winning educational leader, published author, and certified professional coach with over 20 years of experience helping individuals, executives, schools, and organizations maximize their potential to ach...

Listen to David-Paul, CEO at Hodgeman County Health Center on the Culture Eats Everything Podcast in conversation with Kevin Davis.  Read more about David-Paul:  Dynamic Executive Leader with more than 24 years of experience in health care. High-integrity, energetic leader known for the ability to envision and create successful outcomes in complex situations. Adept at fostering relations...

Listen to Tyler King, CEO and co-founder of Less Annoying CRM on the Culture Eats Everything Podcast in conversation with Kevin Davis. Read more about Tyler King: Tyler is the co-founder and CEO of Less Annoying CRM. His background is in software engineering and design, but he now focuses most of his energy on the challenge of operating and scaling a mature small business. ________________________...

Listen to Kevin Davis, Executive Coach at Phoenix Performance Partners on the Culture Eats Everything Podcast in conversation with Thomas Willis. _____________________________ Kevin Davis LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinjohndavis/ ______________________________ Phoenix Performance Partners Website: https://www.phoenixperform.com/ Culture Eats Everything Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts....

John Merris is the CEO of Solo Brands (NYSE: DTC), a Southlake, Texas based platform of direct-to-consumer lifestyle brands, including Solo Stove, Chubbies, Isle Paddlebords and Oru Kayak, which he led from humble positioning as a business with under 10 Solo Stove employees in 2018 to a successful IPO at a $2.1 billion valuation in 2021. John, a graduate of Brigham Young University and the Univers...

Listen to Sito Narcisse, Superintendent of East Baton Rouge Parish School System on the Culture Eats Everything Podcast in conversation with Thomas Willis. Read more about Sito Narcisse: Dr. Sito Narcisse serves as the Superintendent of Schools of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. Dr. Narcisse most recently worked as the Chief of Secondary Schools of the District of Columbia Public School...

Listen to Patrick Watson, Superintendent at Bloomfield Hills Schools on the Culture Eats Everything Podcast in conversation with Thomas Willis. Read more about Patrick Watson: Mr. Patrick Watson is the Superintendent of Schools at Bloomfield Hills Schools. In this role, he serves the students, staff, and community with his enduring commitment to creating opportunities for students, encouraging the...

Listen to Mike Mantel , President & CEO of Living Water International on the Culture Eats Everything Podcast in conversation with Thomas Willis. Read more about Mike Mike Mantel : Dr. Michael J. Mantel has dedicated much of his life to mobilizing churches to bring water to the world’s thirsty while sharing the love of Jesus Christ. As the president and CEO of Living Water International, a fait...

Listen to Kevin Tulipana on the Culture Eats Everything Podcast. He has shared some life-changing thoughts on humility in conversation with Thomas Willis. Read more about Kevin Tulipana: Dr. Kevin Tulipana, President and CEO, Arizona Market and Hospital Medicine physician at Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA), Phoenix, is dedicated to providing compassionate, patient-centered care. An ord...

Tom sits down with the President & CEO at Whitney Center, Inc . Mike Rambaroes. They talk about culture, and what it reflects within the workplace environment. Mike talks about his new profound insight into what "coaching" truly is and the obstacles he has overcome and is still working on overcoming today as a leader. They also talk about the leadership retreat that they partook in, and how al...

Garry O. Ridge is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the WD-40 Company headquartered in San Diego, California. WD-40 Company is the maker of the ever-popular WD-40, as well as 3-IN-ONE Oil, Solvol and Lava heavy duty hand cleaners and X-14, Carpet Fresh, Spot Shot, 1001 and 2000 Flushes household cleaning products. Garry has been with WD-40 since 1987 in various management positions, i...

Tom sits down with the CFP of Wealthquest James M. Lenhoff. He is the author of “ Living a Rich Life: The No-Regrets Guide to Building and Spending Wealth ”. He is also the host of The Rich Life Podcast. James earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Miami University in 2000. Before joining Wealthquest, James spent five years with the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network as a Financi...

Kenneth Kelly serves as Chairman and CEO of First Independence Bank , a minority depository institution based in Detroit, Michigan.  He is a respected leader in the banking community.  Kelly serves on the Board of Directors of the American Bankers Association, is the voice of the nation’s $20.3 trillion banking industry. The American Bankers Association is composed of small, regional and...

Gene Boes joined Northwest Center as CEO in June 2017, after serving on the Northwest Center Board of Directors for three years. Prior to joining Northwest Center, Boes was a Management Consulting Principal for the Seattle office of the North Highland Company, and Adjunct Professor at Seattle Pacific University and Seattle University. His career also includes nearly 14 years at Microsoft, two year...

Tom sits down with Ed Olson , the CEO and Co-Founder of May Mobility and a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan. His passion is solving real-world problems by creating new technologies-- for example, by creating autonomous vehicles that help everyday people get safely and enjoyably around.  ______________________________ Ed Olson LinkedIn: htt...

Jill Wilson is the President and CEO of Otterbein SeniorLife. Jill joined Otterbein in 1997, and has held various positions including chief financial officer, vice president of strategic planning and executive vice president leading up to her promotion to CEO in early 2009. Prior to joining Otterbein, she spent her career as a CPA in ever increasing roles of responsibility with certified public ac...

Vickie Thompson is President & CEO of The Buckeye Ranch.   The Buckeye Ranch offers specialized programming designed to meet the needs of their clients and clients families. Their staff of dedicated Ranch professionals is committed to helping each youth and family achieve their goals. Coming from a family that taught possibility rather than limitation, Vickie has built a career in the hea...

Asheesh is a lifelong social innovator with a passion for entrepreneurship. As an alumnus of JA, he recalls how participating in a JA program as a teenager stayed with him during his entrepreneurial endeavors, which have involved leading two businesses from start-up to acquisition. Asheesh’s first venture was acquired by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group in 2007 and rebranded as Virgin Money.  P...

Betty Hoernschemeyer is the CEO of her own life. She is a tremendous model for how to live a grateful and fulfilling life.   “A virtue is a reaction born of repeated actions in the face of life’s trials.” ~ Carrie Gress She has accomplished a great deal in her life, with her family being at the top of that long list. And at almost 99 years old (at the time of the recording of this podcast), w...

Anthony Pendleton holds an M.A. in School & Community Psychology and an M.A.in Educational Psychology. In addition to co-leading GPS Solutions, he is the founder, owner and CEO of GPS Educational Services: Providing special education and at-risk services to charter schools since 2007. Anthony is a School and Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience consulting and working cooperat...

Paul Hillegonds | Chief Executive Officer A graduate of the University of Michigan and the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Paul Hillegonds was chief of staff to Upper Peninsula U.S. Congressman Phillip Ruppe in the 1970s. From 1979 to 1996, he represented a West Michigan district in the Michigan House of Representatives, where he also served as Republican Leader, Co-Speaker, and Speaker of the House....

Chris Timmis is the School Superintendent of Dexter Community Schools.  He's a Superintendent hired to transform district into a Lighthouse School District - to lead the way in 21st century thinking and learning. Created international programming that includes 30+ students attending high school from 20 countries, tuition-based online programs for international students, international exchange...

Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Mich., Tasha Blackmon is a dynamic, collaborative leader, mentor and coach who brings more than 20 years of business operations experience to her role as President and Chief Executive Officer of Michigan’s largest Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Cherry Health provides integrated health care services to 70,000 patients in Barry, Eaton, Kent, Montcalm, Musk...

Ann Lewis is the CEO of CareSouth Carolina. She has been CEO for 40 years, and talks about the journey of going from just 4 employees to over 560 employees, serving almost 40,000 people a year. Ann M. Lewis has been Chief Executive Officer of CareSouth Carolina, Inc. since 1980.Ms. Lewis has more than 40 years’ experience as the Chief Executive Officer at CareSouth Carolina, having been with...

President & CEO Kristen Holt, is leading GreenPath Financial Wellness toward a bold vision: Remix the American dream so that it works for everyone. She believes that financial wellness is a cornerstone of people’s ability to achieve their full potential, and that improved access to better financial tools and services will improve the lives of all Americans and can be achieved through collabora...