Impact OC

Meet Paula Garcia-Arsenault, a Board Member of the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, an advisor for our Youth Chamber. As well as a Board Member of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce. Paula is a native of Santa Ana and a long time advocate for this community. She brings that background to her full time job as VP Community Relations for Chase Bank.  Learn more about the continuing communit...

Hear the amazing story of two high school sweethearts, Patrick and Wendy Reilly who not only seemed destined to be together, but somehow destined to be in business together as well. Though you wouldn't have thought so if you watched the first 30 years of their life unfold as they got married in 1992 and started raising a family. As Wendy began work as a Behavioral Therapist and got her Masters in...

How does Vanguard University address Orange County’s mental health crisis? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with Vanguard University Director of the graduate program in clinical psychology Dr. Brenda Gesell. Vanguard University launched Journeys at Vanguard to enable graduate clinical psychology students, supervised by licensed Journeys Counsel...

Authoritarians are on the rise again in Latin America from left wing Socialist rulers like Maduro in Venezuela, Xiomara Castro in Honduras and former guerilla Gustavo Petro in Columbia to right wing populists like Bolsanaro in Brazil.  Listen as Chapman professor Dr. Kyle Longley breaks it all down and talks about the implications for the whole region. Summarizing the recent talk he gave here in O...

Here one of the best breakdowns I've ever heard about California's controversial Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) that basically deputizes plaintiffs to sue employers on behalf of the State of California for any and all workplace violations from simple paystub mistakes to more serious issues.  And how this law may be seriously impacted by the US Supreme Court's recent ruling in Viking River Cru...

Meet one man, Andre Roberson, who took his grandmother's advice to heart that "it all starts with one" and turned that into his life's mission as Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Power of One Foundation.  Which so far has fed over 2,000,000 people in our community. And will continue to do so "as long as my hands can help" (as Andre so humbly puts it). True inspiration for all of us that se...

So how does a lifelong data scientist and former Dean with a Doctorate in Educational Equity decide to join the EBike Revolution?  By taking a cruise and discovering in port (quite by accident) how much fun riding one can be.  "My husband was always a hard core biker," explains Dr. Tina Moses, "but because of a disability with my leg, I could never ride along." That is until her husband booked an...

How does Alzheimer’s Orange County provide support to Orange County families and individuals for all stages of memory loss? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with Alzheimer’s Orange County Vice President Patty Mouton. She talks about how the organization provides support through brain health and dementia education, care consultations, community...

Hear how a couple of active baby boomers have adapted to their age and found a way to keep pedaling and pushing themselves forward. As they continue to pursue "second act careers" in real estate and "developing influential leaders" (like themselves). And pursuing new paths that still lay before them. So hear the story of how 60 something Brenda Hudson, (after stumbling into a Pedego Electric Bike...

How does the Caregiver Resource Center OC help Orange County caregivers master the challenges of caring for a frail adult over the age of 60? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with Caregiver Resource Center OC Executive Director Jack Light. The organization is sponsored by the St. Jude Medical Center and is funded in part through a grant from th...

On this week's show, meet Vikki Shepp, CEO of Girl Scouts of Orange County (and a lifelong girl scout herself!). On the long history of Girl Scouts, the amazing stories of girls they've empowered and the many ways in which they serve the community.  On this week's episode of OUR COMMUNITY.  Powered by the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Orange County's only community radio station,...

When Paul Rieger originally bought his Pedego Electric Bike, it was all about commuting to work.  But when his company shuttered their office and shifted to remote working, he never envisioned this would lead him to "remote riding" as well.   As Paul says with a smirk, "once my company closed down the office and I started working out of my upstairs home office. I found that the Boomerang didn't ha...

Meet Rand Sperry and hear how he helped build the company he co-founded, Sperry Van Ness, into a national commercial real estate brokerage.  And then how after selling his interest, Rand took on the new challenge of building two new important profit centers in his family of companies. (Sperry Commercial, Inc. and Sperry Equities, LLC). Where he and his partners Burton Young and Jack Carroll acquir...

Teresa Razo, Owner and CEO of Villa Roma and Cambalache Grill Restaurants and past Entrepreneur Woman of the Year. On OUR COMMUNITY PODCAST. Powered by the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Orange County's only community radio station, OC TALK RADIO.

What’s expected at the OC Fair & Event Center as it hosts its 23-day Fair? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with OC Fair & Event Center General Manager & CEO Michele Richards. Hear what visitors may look forward to between July 15 and August 14 in Costa Mesa. It will be dark Mondays and Tuesdays.  The Fair’s theme is “Feel the Sunshine, Celebra...

Join us as our favorite "Irish storyteller" shares the moving story of his life and how he came to create the charity WELLS OF LIFE.  And how it's grown to become a major force for helping end the cycle of poverty and despair for poor villagers in Uganda thru the simple act of drilling a well and giving them access to clean water (for the first time in their life).  

Meet Jimmy Wang, another amazing immigrant who came to this country from China with nothing but a dream (and the desire to do whatever it took to succeed). Turning that into a publicly traded company that produces high end aviation parts. Hear about his newest idea to take a scientific approach to traditional Chinese healing (that he discovered here in Orange County) and turn that into the next bi...

How will the Festival of Arts Show in Laguna Beach celebrate its 90th Anniversary? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with Festival of the Arts/Pageant of the Masters Marketing and Public Relations Director Sharbie Higuchi. She talks about what we can expect on the Laguna Canyon grounds between July 5 and Sept. 2. She also talks about The Pageant...

Meet Deidre Pujols, Owner of Cocina Dominicana and Founder of OPEN GATE INTERNATL and STRIKE OUT SLAVERY.  And noted activist and Hispanic Leadership Awardee.  On her incredible life.  And her determination to leave a mark on life. "More than just the dash between two dates," as she explains

How does The Transportation Corridor Agencies serve a quarter of a million drivers daily? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with Transportation Corridors Agencies CEO Samuel Johnson. The Transportation Corridor Agencies are two joint power agencies, the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency and the San Joaquin Transportation Corridor A...

If you really believe in the idea of "sustainable living", then it's not enough to just "talk the talk". You've got to "walk the walk" as well. Or in our guest's case "change your daily ride" from a gas guzzling, soccer mom's van into an earth friendly eBike.  For all her commutes (even with kids!)  That's the story of Deborah LaSalle from Boise, Idaho who co-founded Warm Springs Consulting, a "su...

Hear the STORY OF SELLING on our newest show with Paul Petersen, VP and General Manager of Goldmine, with over 35 years of sales experience. Carrying a bag (as they say) and watching this trade evolve over time. Join us as we brings in his friends in Sales to share their stories of where it's been, where it is now and where the science of sales is heading in the future. Here on OC TALK RADIO, stre...

Join for this fascinating and informative discussion with Retired US ARMY Brigadier General Peter Zwack on his analysis of Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Including what surprised us, where it goes from here and (possibly) how it ends.  From the talk this Former Senior Defense Official and attache to the Russia Federation will give tonight at The Pacific Club here in Newport Beach (across fr...

How does CEO Leadership Alliance Orange County members collaborate to cultivate Orange County into a premier, inclusive innovation talent hub? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with KCOMM Founder & CEO Sinan Kanatiz. His company is the public relations and marketing agency for the not-for-profit CEO Leadership Alliance Orange County. The organiz...

Meet Sylvia Pizarroso, a commercial banker for JP MORGAN CHASE for the past 35 years and the new CHAIR of the Board of the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.