The River Foundation Podcast

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! In today's special episode, Dan broadcasts live from the Portland Christian School in Louisville, Kentucky with River Foundation's Chris Davis, Head of School Josh LeSage, and Upper School Principal Jason Hobbes as they share the good work they are doing to teach the next generation the ways of financial literacy, stewardship, and discipleship. Wi...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Dan is joined  by father-daughter dynamic duo Gary and Callie Montgomery, who are working together to expand the mission and message of Compass – Finances God's Way beyond North America and into the next generation. Listen to part two of this two-part podcast as Gary, U.S. Field Director of Compass, and Callie, newly appointed Executive Dir...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Dan is joined by father-daughter dynamic duo Gary and Callie Montgomery, who are working together to expand the mission and message of Compass – Finances God's Way beyond North America and into the next generation. Listen to part one of this two-part podcast as Gary, U.S. Field Director of Compass, and Callie, newly appointed Executive Dire...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Lexington Branch Manager Carla Ignacio joins the show to share her story from teenage grocer to fixture in the Kentucky banking community. With a heart for helping people and a hard-nosed work ethic, Carla brought her talents to First Southern and River Foundation in the midst of the pandemic three years ago, and all parties have been bette...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Deposit Manager of First Southern at Muhlenberg County Susan Wells joins Dan to discuss her journey through the world of banking. With an infectious sense of optimism, Susan has been uplifting the teams that she has led and been a part of throughout her career, helping First Southern navigate years of changes in the industry. She also takes...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Dan speaks with his friend and the Global Czar of Compass – Finances God's Way, Nick Breach. When asked by the Lord to leave his corporate job and serve full time with Compass, Nick originally turned down the offer. But one day, through the wisdom of other Compass staff, he became hooked on the vision of financial discipleship. With a heart...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! In today's episode of the podcast, we honor the memory of one of the co-founders of First Southern National Bank, Randy Attkisson, who passed recently. This listen back to some of the best moments that he and Dan shared on the podcast will serve to help us celebrate the joy, humor, and dedication to community that Randy brought to his work and sha...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, the Community President of the First Southern National Bank in Jessamine County, Sam Lee, joins Dan to discuss the experience that he and his team are having while going through the new condensed and compressed Compass courses together. As a 27-year employee of First Southern, Sam has been witness to updates and overhauls to the bank's oper...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, the Vice President of Advancement at Summit Ministries, Aaron Atwood, takes a quick break from Summit Camp at Asbury University to discuss how this year's camp is shaping up and all the exciting new features that he and his team are rolling out in their Summit programs. He and Dan also reflect on how ten years of rich partnership between Su...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Dan Nicewander joins the show to discuss his work as Executive Director for Legacy and Partnerships at Compass – Finances God's Way. After he and his wife, Lynn, went through a Compass Financial Discipleship Study more than 25 years ago, the concept of true financial freedom resonated with them. And after diligently following the biblical p...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Dan speaks with Global Executive Director of Compass – Finances God's Way, Tina Darden, about her passion for the Compass program and how she strives to share it with others. After a corporate career that spanned 36 years with FedEx and The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Baltimore, MD, Tina underwent a profound spiritual experi...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Dan presents an enlightening discussion between Executive Director of Compass Gary Montgomery and Rev. Nathl Moore of First African Baptist Church about the positive impacts that the Compass – Finances God's Way program has had on Nathl's congregation. Together, they cover how Compass has enlivened First African Baptist financially and spir...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Dan presents the second of a two-part series containing a lecture by the President and CEO of Compass - Finances God's Way, Brandon Sieben. In this second part, Brandon covers the foundational goals of the Compass program, the impact that each and every individual can have in their community, the wide variety of new venues in which Compass...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Dan presents the first of a two-part series containing a lecture by the President and CEO of Compass - Finances God's Way, Brandon Sieben. In this first part, Brandon discusses the three major updates that he and his team have made to the Compass program in order to make it more streamlined and effective. He also covers how you can get invo...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! In a unique episode of The River Foundation Podcast, Executive Director of Compass – Finances God's Way, Gary Montgomery, joins the show to discuss all the new and exciting features that the Compass program has to offer, as well as how they will be implemented into the program at large. He details the Building Your Finances God's Way study, the in...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Pastor Moses Lee Radford joins the show to discuss his work as a pastor for the last thirty-four years, with the last twenty-five years serving First Baptist Church in Nicholasville, Ky. Pastor Radford has been very involved in Baptist Association works for the past thirty-five years, and served in many capacities, including formerly servin...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Brian Holtz joins the show to discuss how his work as COO of Compass Finances God's Way Global has been shaped by the winding paths of his faith and professional career. After growing up in a religious family, then rejecting his faith, and finally coming back to his belief in God after a series of trials and tribulations, Brian brings his d...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Brian Holtz joins the show to discuss how his work as COO of Compass Finances God's Way Global has been shaped by the winding paths of his faith and professional career. After growing up in a religious family, then rejecting his faith, and finally coming back to his belief in God after a series of trials and tribulations, Brian brings his d...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Director of Training within the Department of People and Culture at First Southern discusses her people-focused approach to training. After Kara was distressed to find that the company that she previously worked for started focusing on profits before people, she decided to look for more fulfilling work. Her prayers were answered shortly aft...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Vice President of Hospitality at the Inn at Wilderness Road and Administrator of Ethiopian Impact Julie Cox joins Dan to discuss her work and calling to help people the best way she knows how: by helping them feel cared for. As a working mother with a passion for hospitality, Julie jumped at the opportunity to join her friends on a mission...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, First Southern Regional President Jerry Pelphrey joins Dan to discuss how his collegiate basketball coaching career has inspired his long career with the bank. Before joining the First Southern Family in 2002, Jerry was a standout basketball player for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers in Johnson City. His hard work and passion for the ga...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Dan speaks with his friend and Regional President at First Southern's Lancaster branch, Arnie Akers, who is joining the show fresh off of one of the most profound experiences of his life. For Arnie, First Southern is a family affair, as he has the joy of working with his mother (one of the sweetest people in the whole world), which is part...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, Tyler Cain and Sarah Roof join the show to spread the word about the work they do at the Pregnancy Help Center in Richmond, which has been helping women, men, and families affected by unplanned pregnancies for over thirty years. Tyler, who is President of the Madison County branch of First Southern and a Board Member of the Pregnancy Help C...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, River Foundation family members Brian Fuller, Josh Lynch, and Jarrod Polson join the show to share the good that they do with Attitude of Gratitude, a nonprofit offering financial aid grants to people in Kentucky who are interested in adopting. Josh, as the father of two adopted children, and Jarrod, as a parent and steward of adoption, hav...

Hello and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! Today, father, husband, and Loan Analyst Michael Elder shares the story of his unique journey to embracing faith and First Southern. While being raised in a huge family blessed Michael with the social skills to fit into just about any situation, those same skills took him down a wayward path in his college years. It wasn't until he found divine gu...