Culture Eats Everything

Mike Teng is the CEO and co-founder of Swing Education (www.swingeducation.com), a tech-enabled marketplace business that matches substitute teachers with schools in need. Before founding Swing, Mike was the Director of Technology at Rocketship Education. Phoenix Performance Partners Website:  https://www.phoenixperform.com/ Culture Eats Everything Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/u...

Dr. Andraé Townsel is a graduate of Detroit Public Schools (Cass Tech High School). He attended Howard University as a student athlete (football scholarship) in 2002. Dr. Townsel earned his bachelors, masters, and doctorate degree from Howard University. He began working in public education, in the District of Columbia, from 2008 until 2016.  In 2016, Dr. Townsel was appointed to turnaround o...

Dan Varner is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit, whose mission is to co-create independence and dignity through the power of personal and workforce development across the 5-county metro Detroit region. The $35-45MM/year organization not only provides personal and workforce development programs for over 15,000 people annually, but also serves as the...

Mr. Kirby is serving Lake Orion Community Schools as the superintendent after his selection as the LOCS Superintendent by a unanimous 7-0 vote at the board meeting on Monday, June 29, 2020. He has successfully led the district while educating students during the pandemic. The district has supported approximately 7,000 learners in-person, remotely, and virtually. Previously an assistant superi...

David Guth is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Centerstone, one of the nation’s largest behavioral healthcare providers. The nonprofit organization, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, serves nearly 180,000 individuals in communities in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, and nationwide through its national provider network. Guth has served in the capacity of chief exec...

Shauna Reitmeier serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Northwestern Mental Health Center, Inc. for a six-county rural and frontier Community Mental Health Center in NW Minnesota and has over 20 years of administrative and clinical experience. She holds a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Prior to her current endeavor, she worked with the National Cou...

Mr. Ulmer was born and raised in Orangeburg, SC. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology and was commissioned to a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army as a Medical Service Corps Officer from South Carolina State University in 1993. He earned his Master’s Degree in Hospital Services Management and Human Resources Development from Webster University in 2000. Mr. Ulmer served in...

Damien Rocchi is CEO & Founder of Grand Circus , a Michigan-based coding bootcamp that has trained more than 2,000 students across the region. Damien is a native Australian who is passionate about tech-led economic development and the application of new approaches to education. In 2014, Damien was a recipient of the DBusiness “Champion of the New Economy” award for his contribution to Detroit’...

In this episode of Culture Eats Everything Tom sits down with CEO Lenora Hardy-Foster. They touch on topics such as growing up in Selma and her work ethic and working from sun up to sun down. She also talks about growing people to Managers, Directors and CEO. And how the Greatest achievement of a CEO is to create a succession plan. Lenora Hardy-Foster is the President/CEO of the Judson Center, a n...

Matthew Morin  CEO, Macro Connect, Inc. Co-Founder, Hunt Street Station Co-Founder, MarkSetBot Matthew Morin is a serial entrepreneur who got started at a very young age. Any time he and his brother, Kevin, learned a new skill they tried to figure out how to make it a business. Whether they were repairing bikes, fixing boats, or shoveling snow, they always had some sort of project or business...

Ashley Kjos, PsyD, L.P. is a Minnesota licensed psychologist (#LP5534) and the Chief Executive Officer of Woodland Centers, a community mental health center which has its main office in Willmar, MN. Dr. Kjos earned her Master’s (2009) and PsyD (2011) in Clinical Psychology at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. After being a staff psychologist at Woodland Centers from 2011 to 2014 then the...

Jennifer Craig is the President and CEO of ReDiscover, a nonprofit with a mission to deliver mental health and substance use disorder services to help individuals and families achieve healthier and more productive lives. As President/CEO she provides visionary leadership for ReDiscover in the delivery of mental health and substance use disorder services to help individuals and families achieve hea...

Susan Lerch is the Executive Director & Great Lakes Regional Director of the Hemophillia Foundation of Michigan. She's also a Consultant at Worlds AIDS Day Detroit.   Want to learn more about Susan?  LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-lerch-15646578  Company Website:  https://hfmich.org/ Phoenix Performance Partners Website:  https://www.phoenixperform....

Alisyn Malek is the Executive Director for the Commission on the Future of Mobility, which aims to reshape transportation policy globally across environmental, safety and economic opportunity considerations to achieve stronger outcomes. Additionally she is the founder and CEO of Middle Third, a boutique consultancy focused on mobility strategy. Alisyn has extensive industry experience, from EV pro...

Rob Glass is the Superintendent at Eastchester Union Free School District, and is an accomplished educational leader who uses strong interpersonal and strategic visioning skills to increase efficacy and capacity within people and systems. Michigan Superintendent of the Year 2017 Rob specializes in Leadership and Program Development, Strategic Planning, Global Competencies, and Facility Planning. L...

Tom sits down with Dave Gehm, CEO of Wellspring Lutheran Services, a company that's been growing over a hundred years. Dave offers some wonderful advice on thinking, defining the right questions, integrity, and when to say no.  Learn more about Dave at: Website: wellspringlutheran.com LinkedIn _______________________________ Phoenix Performance Partners Website:  https://www.phoenixperfo...

Amanda Lewan is the CEO of Bamboo . She is a writer, entrepreneur, and community builder. Amanda worked at a variety of startups in marketing & operations, before launching her company Bamboo. Bamboo specializes in building community spaces and fostering inclusive startup innovation. Her leadership has been honored locally and nationally. Learn more about Amanda at: LinkedIn Personal Website o...

Tom sits down with Rashod Johnson CEO of Ardmore Roderick, a prominent Chicago-based, 100 % African American-owned infrastructure engineering firm and one of the largest minority-owned firms in the US, as well as one of the top 20 largest engineering firms headquartered in Illinois. The firm of more than 200 employees provides solutions to transportation agencies, public utilities and private clie...

Tom goes all the way to London England to talk with Gboyega Olusoga about his leadership journey, and how even after being in the consulting business for over 17 years, every interaction and engagement depends on the circumstances, because you're dealing with completely different variables. Touching on many topics, they also emphasize how moving from a self focus to a focus on others, is the real...

Rob Dutkiewicz talks about his journey of 32 years moving up the ranks to becoming president, and all the obstacles along the way. Rob talks about how leaders inspired him and how we can inspire confidence in those that we lead. Rob joined Clayton & McKervey in 1988 and became president in 2016. He leads the firm devoted to providing proactive and specialized knowledge on the domestic and...

Phoenix Performance Partners sits down with CEO of EDSI (Educational Data Systems, Inc) Kevin Schnieders, to talk about how he was able to grow his organization from only a hand full of people, too well over 800 employees. He touches on the importance of servant leadership, how nobody is as hard on themselves as themselves, and how he has grown his company by doing nothing. _______________________...

Phoenix Performance Partners hosts a live webinar to help CEO's & Superintendents create a culture within their organization where people listen and feel more safe talking about race. The kind of culture where confronting difficult issues is accepted as necessary to produce forward movement and is conducted in a manner that strengthens interpersonal relationships.