Rob Hughey co-founded a startup called Team Cura with his mom Karen. As a former golfer at the University of Central Missouri, Rob understands the needs of prospective college athletes. Team Cura aims to dramatically improve high school athletes recruiting readiness by improving their character advantage with interpersonal skills
Benjamin Anderson is Vice President, Rural Health and Hospitals at Colorado Hospital Association. Prior to working at his current position, he helped turn Kearney County Hospital in Kansas from an institution that was losing $100,000 a year into the county’s largest employer by developing a model that recruited young doctors
John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker and best selling author of numerous books, including Duct Tape Marketing, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine The Referral Engine, and SEO for Growth. He is the creator of the Duct Tape Marketing System and Duct Tape Marketing Consulting Network that trains and
Barbara Teicher has been motivational, inspirational and educational, sharing her talents as a professional speaker both across the US and internationally. For the past 13 years, she has spoken to over 400 audiences in multiple corporations, government agencies, conferences and associations. Barb brings 25-plus years of experience developing leaders in
Toriano Porter is an author, journalist, speaker, and the youngest member of the Kansas City Star editorial board. He grew up in a tough St. Louis neighborhood, relying on a thirst to learn and athletics to escape a culture of violence. He’s experienced personal tragedy, losing his son and more
Chris Giuliani is the CEO of Spring Venture Group , a company that was started in 2009. Chris joined SVG in 2011 as one of 15 employees. Nearly ten years later, he runs the company and employs nearly 1000 people. SVG’s focus is senior citizens and medicare and they use
Josh Levin is one of the more upbeat and energetic entrepreneurs in Kansas City. He founded Empowered Electric, a local company that focuses on relationships and people. Josh also hosts a podcast called “Empowered People,” shining a light on people contributing to Kansas City. His company also maintains a heavy
Lindsey Roy began working at Hallmark in 2000 and continues to work for the legendary Kansas City company, refusing to let a life changing moment deter her career. Lindsey shares her personal story of overcoming adversity with Joel in an episode everyone can take inspiration from. From Lindsey’s Website: Lindsey
Burns and McDonnell CEO Ray Kowalik began working for Burns and McDonnell in 1987 and became the company’s third CEO in 2017. Joel sat down with Ray to talk about the culture of an organization that was founded in 1898 Joel Goldberg:Welcome into Rounding the Bases with Joel Goldberg, the
Susana Eshleman grew up in Argentina and has followed a path that took her from a student at the University to Nebraska where she was washing dishes to make money to Harvard Business School, Hallmark and eventually Children International as CEO where she leads 1,500 employees and nine thousand volunteers.