Executive Leaders Radio

This collection of executive interviews highlights the diverse backgrounds and leadership philosophies of four prominent business leaders. John DiGiuseppe, CEO of The Fence Authority, discusses how authenticity, accountability, and team-building drive his success. Mike Cromer, Executive Vice President of IMC Construction, reflects on the work ethic and resilience shaped by his upbringing and athletics, now central to his leadership in a major Mid-Atlantic construction firm. Josh Gross, CEO of Mill Creek Capital Advisors, shares how discipline, mentorship, and early exposure to finance guided him to build a $12B wealth management firm. Jake Leone, President & CEO of Corporate Interiors, describes his...

This episode of Executive Leaders Radio features Jim Haefele, President & Managing Partner of Haefele Flanagan, who shares how his complex family background and love of sports shaped his bold leadership approach. Jessica Grayson, Chief Growth Officer at Stradley Ronan, discusses growing up as the oldest of four and how emotional intelligence guides her work coaching partners at the firm. Thome Startk, President & COO of JDog Brands, reflects on how wrestling, military service, and single fatherhood influenced his values of discipline, empathy, and service. Brad Goldoor, a co-founder at Phenom, recounts his early entrepreneurial ventures and passion for innovation that drives h...

Our guests today include: Christina Wilson, Manufacturing Leader at East West Label; Al Schuster, Branding and Sales Professional; Craig Shelley, Nonprofit Strategy Executive; and Chris Caba, Owner in Construction & Event Equipment Services. Listen as each leader reflects on how childhood environments, family dynamics, and early work shaped their values and leadership approach. Their stories span growing up in family businesses, navigating divorced or absent parents, developing entrepreneurial grit, and finding purpose through service and teamwork.  Together, these narratives illustrate how personal history becomes the foundation for purpose-driven careers.
 

This episode features conversations with leaders across life sciences, healthcare, business advocacy, and wealth management. Norman Goldschmidt, President of Genesis AEC shares how early teamwork experiences shaped his collaborative leadership style. Michael Spivak, CEO of All American Home Care, discusses his immigrant-to-entrepreneur journey and values-driven approach to business growth. Laura Manion, President and CEO of the Chester County Chamber shares about her leadership and advocacy work. Rory O’Hara, Founder/Managing Partner of Ausperity Private Wealth describes how early financial lessons and work ethic guided his path to building an intentional, team-focused firm.

How can you make the biggest impact? Norristown Area High School and KIPP DuBois Collegiate Academy students interview John Rapchinski
Principal of Maximus Partners, and Nate Bower President of Rebling Plastics, and discuss making tough decisions, trusting your instincts, and executing your vision.

This collection of interviews and discussions highlights the personal and professional journeys of distinguished business leaders, including Gary Hill of the DVL Group, Ron Barghese of The Tri M Group, Criag Durand of TTI Environmental and Marty Tusman of Jenkintown Building. The session explore themes of leadership, resilience, and employee ownership while offering insights into building people-first organizations.

In this episode, we sit down with business leaders Chris Annas (Meridian Bank), Joel Frank, Frank Hennessey, and Michael Stephano to explore the formative experiences that shaped their leadership journeys. From washing dishes at 13 to leading banks, law firms, and financial organizations, each guest reflects on how family, mentors, and early jobs built the foundations for their success. They share stories of Midwestern values, neighborhood sports rivalries, and lessons from parents, coaches, and even kitchen bosses that continue to influence how they lead teams and serve clients today.  influences can echo through an entire career.

Listen to a series of insightful interviews exploring how personal histories and formative experiences influence leadership, community impact, and career success. Our guests today include John Lee, Senior Managing Director of Griffin Financial Group; Lou Rizzo, Managing Partner of Reger Rizzo & Darnall; Kat Ketter, Vice President of HealthPartners & Trish McFarland, President of Delaware County Chamber of Commerce. Authentic leadership grows from life experiences, empathy, and a deep connection to the communities leaders serve.
 

Whether it's shepherding a team, bringing the net to the street game, or quitting a florist job to find deeper purpose — these conversations show how character is built, and how it shows up at work. Our guests today include Bill Brown, CEO of Citadel Credit Union; Jennifer Bowhey, Owner Visiting Angels; Pat Taylor, Co-Owner of Taylor Oil & Propane & Bill Tierney, Senior VP of Brian Communications.

Listen to our guests talk about how they navigate personal and professional trials and challenges and maintain a professional presence. Our guests today include David Volpe, President/CIO of Emerald Advisors; Francis Pileggi, Managing Partner of Lewis Brisbois; Javier Solis Co-Founder/CEO of Toro Tax & Kiersten Lange, Shareholder at Zarwin, Baum, Devita, Schaer & Toddy.

Our guest talk about their work ethic and entrepreneurial characteristics as kids and how they built their business now. The guest today include Dan Dizio, COE of Philly Pretzel Factory; Dennis Gilbert, President of Innovative Manufactuers' Center; Stephen Fernands, President of Customized Energy Solutions & Kimura Anderson, President of NAWIC.

Leaders that came from difficult circumstances share how moving from welfare to abundance is a product of your mindset and solid leadership. Out guests today include Jason Scholl, President of LK Miller Commercial Construction; Jim Bilella, COE of Urban Engineers;  Tony Schweitzer, Executive Director & Rebecca Roskey-Brunner, CEO of Complete Care Strategies.

Listen to our guests as they discuss seeing the world from others' perspectives and how being a loyal boss will foster loyalty in a company. Our guests today include Maryann Gallivan of Tunnell; Robert Porter of Research America, Phil D'Amico of Pennsylvania Steel Company, Dario Altieri of The Wistar Institute.

Our guests today include Paul Markowich, Partner at Firstrust Financial Resources; Maren Perry Founder/CEO at Arden Coaching; Subha Barry, President at Seramount & Michael Sharp, Founder/ Executive Chairman at Sharp Financial. Listen to these successful leaders share the risks they took that lead to the rewards they get to experience in their lives now. Adventure takes dreams and risk.

Listen as our guests share stories from their childhood that helped shape them to be leaders in their industries and how meaningful connections along the way led them in those paths. Our guests include: Brad Calder, Executive Director of TIFF; Tom Sellig, CEO of Adare Pharma Solutions; Dilo Wijesuriya,  President of ARC & Gary Smith, CEO of Chester County Economic Development Council.

Our guests today include Eric Green of Penn Capital Management, Jason Rocker of Braithwaite Communications, John Cecilian of Cecllian Partners & Lou DeCesare of Hyperion Bank. Listen to their stories of how their journey shaped their leadership and how the have to make difficult decisions for the betterment of the team and company.

Listen to this weeks interviews with Cathy Lockyer, President of Thomas Wynn Apartments; Mike Girgalonis, President of Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC); Rolf Schlake, President & CEO of Applied Separations & Gary Jonas, Visionary & Partner of The HOW Group. The guests discuss their personal leadership lessons, international business ventures, early hardships and their community outreach.

Our guests today include Stephen McWilliams of Merdian Bank, Bob Cohen of Acme Box, Acme Kerr of High Swartz & Neydary Zambrano of Magic Memories Schools. Listen as they share their personal and professional backgrounds, including experiences in banking, manufacturing, law, and early childhood education, highlighting how their past experiences shaped their current roles and leadership styles.

Listen as our guest share some of their mistakes and how that pushed them to level up and prepared them to stay ready for what may lie ahead. Our guest include Jeff Kenton,  Vice President & General Manager of Solenis; Robert Ferrilli, Chief Executive Officer, President & Founder of Ferrilli; Ken Wong, Principal Owner of NAVPC Advisors LLC & John Starling, CEO of Pietential.

Our guests, Annemarie Caruso of CREW Greater Philadelphia;  Sophia Kyriakodis of Emmanuel Insurance; Rebecca Johnson of AIA Philadelphia & Adam Berman of Kreischer Miller  share their insights about leading well to inspire future leaders. Leaders are formed through time, truth and good and bad experiences. Every good leader needs all aspects to grow into their positions.

Listen to these Philadelphia leaders talk about how leadership and mentorship in their lives helped them learn to respect the process to earn respect and shape them into their leadership roles. Our guests include Ron Scheese, CEO of F.M. Brown’s Sons, Inc.; Paul Ricci, CEO of Best Egg; Sam Thevanayagam President & CEO of Parts Life, Inc. and Joe Crandall, CEO of Green Castle Consulting.

Our guests today include Douglas Green, Managing Principal of MSC Retail; Robert Longacre, CEO of Knauss Foods; Rich Trotter, President of S.R Rosati Inc & Pat Leo, CEO of Arc Alliance. Listen as they share personal and professional stories and how it relates to their current positions and work.  

Listen as our guests each share personal stories that led them into the leadership roles they hold now. Learning through other people's success/failures, capturing the truth and being genuine helped them grow into the leadership roles that they hold today. Our guests include Tom Kehoe, CEO & Founder of Yards Brewing; Matthew Gantz, CEO of Castle Creek Biosciences; Orna Kempler-Azulay, President of Abington Speech; John Ferretti, CEO of CODI.

This week we are interviewing local leaders with the Chester County Bar Association. Our guests include Jonathan Long, Partner of Bellwoar Kelly, LLP; David MacMain, Managing Partner of MacMain Leinhauser; Lawrence 'Skip" Persick, Partner of Weber Gallagher & Dean Walters, Chief Legal Officer of Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union. Listen to them as they share their stories and passions in the field of law.

Our guests today include Sal Patti of WSFS Bank, David Jacowitz of Evolution Financial Group, Sophia Kyriakodis of Emmanuel Insurance & Michael Sharp of Sharp Financial. Listen as they share personal and professional stories and how it relates to their current positions and work.

Listen as our guest Karen Norheim, President of American Crane; Joe Perpiglia, President/CEO of Construction Alliance, PA; Sarah Phillips, President of Irish Creek Enterprises, Inc & Thomas Ripsam President/CEO of Martin Guitars talk about their big risks, big adventures, big dreams and even bigger visions.  Listen to how they developed successful business through the risks, adventures and following those dreams.

Listen to our guests talk about their past experiences and how it moved them forward in their career paths. Bill Evan, CEO of Liberty Fox Technologies; JM Hasson, President of Ameriscend; Joni Elekes, President & Ryan Walter, Managing Director of Pro CFO Partners share stories of how their past experiences lead them to the leadership role that they are in today.

Listen as our guests share stories from their childhood that helped drive them to be successful leaders in their industries. Bob Cohen, CEO of Acme Box; Jeff Greenhouse, CEO of Glymr; Jenifer Westphal, Founder and CEO of Wavelength & Lance Hollander, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner of From The Future take turns sharing personal experiences that led to failure and success in their personal and professional lives.

Listen to this weeks guests talking about how they built their businesses through solid teamwork. Michael Giagnacova ERO of CHL Systems; Kathy Desmond, President of HopePhl; Joe Perpiglia, President & CEO of Construction Alliance, PA and Jon Etter, President of B&G Manufacturing all share stories of how their companies success is not just a result of their hard work but the hard work and dedication of their teams.

Listen to our guests Lucinda Sanders of OLIN PARTNERSHIP LTD, JM Hasson of Ameriscend, Jennifer Cisneros of The Williamsport Home & Denise Napier of Vital Gain Health Care Consulting each share what led them into the leadership roles they hold now. They learned through other people's success/failures, capturing the truth and being genuine helped them grow into the leadership roles that they hold today.

Our guests today include Deborah Brand, lawyer and mediator for Deborah Brand, ESQ; Lawrence "Skip" Persick, partner & pro bono leader of Weber Gallagher; Michael Crotty, Partner at Siana Law & Nancy Glidden, mediator & arbitator at Glidden ADR LLC.  Listen as they share the importance of connecting past experiences to present roles. The guest explain the benefits it provides, such as access to colleagues, educational opportunities, and the judicial system.
 

Listen as our guest share stories from their learning journey. James Logue of Logue Holdings-ThermOmega Tech, Matt Pincus of Pincus Elevators, Todd Sager of Awe Tuning and Paul Tramo of Sentinel Process Systems, Inc. all choose to be lifelong learners. Listen as they reflect on past experiences when they learned valuable lessons and what they are doing to continue their learning journey.

Our guests Kareem Afzal, Executive Chairman of PDC Machines; Mary Marcus, CEO of New Age Industries; Devon Winter, President of F. W. Winter Inc & Co and Tom Lawton, President of Tesco all talk about personal experiences and directions that motivated them to be determined individuals that overcome, progress and excel in their personal and professional lives. Listen as they shared how determination led them into the leadership roles that they hold now.

Our guests today include Alicia Ashley, CFO of dsm-firmenich Biomedical; Drew Murphy, CFO of Emperion; Steven Pfansiel, CFO and COO of Immedica Pharma (formerly Marinus) & Jim Quinlan CFO of Medicus Pharma. Listen to them share stories of what drove their professional career choice to break ground and break barriers in the medical field. They each share personal stories of forging paths to advance the industry.

Our guests, Radha Pyati, Chancellor of PSU Berks; Andrew Rosen, President of Diversified; Glynis Fitzgerald, President of Alvernia University; Charles Barbera, CEO Tower Health share their insights about leading future leaders. Leaders are formed through experience, mentoring and invested training. You must now how to be lead before you can ever be an effective leader.

Our guests David Spaulding, Managing Partner of Lenape Law PC; Patrick Gallo, Partner, Civil and Commercial Litigation of MacElree Harvey; Cheryl McCallin, Owner of McCallin Law LLC & Karyn Seace, Owner of Seace Elder Law PLLC reveal how a people-first approach fosters a culture that feels like family and creates lasting, meaningful projects. They have built their law firms through empathy, passion, and hard work and empathy.

Our guests Bill Messenger, President of Campbell's Express & NJ Motor Truck Association; Devon Winter, President of F. W. Winter Inc & Co; Andrew Rosen, President of Diversified LLC &  Joseph Giordano, President of Whisman Giordano & Associates speak regarding the importance of communication skills, leadership skills, and resilience in the face of inevitable adversity

Listen as this weeks local leaders share personal stories from their childhood experiences. Our guests are Lawrence Stuardi, President of MRA Group; Mary Marcus, CEO of New Age Industries; Devon Winter, President of F. W. Winter Inc & Co & Francis Sullivan, Managing Partner of Hill Wallack. Each one has childhood experiences that shaped their journey to leadership.

Karla Trotman, CEO of ElectroSoft; Devon Winter, President of F.W. Winter Inc. & Company; Mary Marcus, CEO of New Age Industries & Heidi McKenna, President of The Fredericks Company--TELEVAC all share their experiences in being lead and being leaders as they faithfully serve their employees, their families, their friends, their clients and their community. Understanding the value of others helps give a sense of fulfillment.

Listen to these local l share their stories and passions. Our guests John Rafferty of Gawthrop Greenwood, Theodore Murphy of Murphy Law Firm, Randy Schauer of Fox Rothschild & Basil Joy of Goldberg & Maloney are local attorneys that are making a difference. Listen to them as they share of faith, family and creating change through the law industry. Listening to all sides and advocating for change.

Our guests Nikki Kaushik, Co-Founder & CPO of Quantic; Emily Bittenbender, Owner & Managing Partner of Bittenbender Construction; Tom Garrity, Managing Partner Compass Point Family Business Consulting & Chris Scafario, President & CEO of Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC) share how the childhood experiences shaped them over time including building entrepreneurial qualities that lead them to build, lead and grow their careers and companies.
 

Listen as our guest Joshua Klaris of Legacy Planning, Ajey Atre of North10 Philadelphia, Jan Graybill of Medical Indicators and Janeene High-Bannan of Results Driven Marketing share personal stories and experiences that influenced their professional lives, as they discussed the importance of simplicity in communication and the impact of childhood experiences on adult life. They focus on their leadership approach of embracing change, motivating teams through challenges, nurturing personal growth while smiling through the journey.

As a leader of an organization or business you have a place of hierarchy but quality leadership comes from a place of influence and relationship. Listen as our guests Michael McGrann, Nate Bower, Jim Paolino and Julie Erickson share how they build their businesses and teams through strong relationship and influence.

Listen to our guests talk about their goals and achievements. Our guests include Geoff Gregory, COO of Valiant Solutions; Jonathan Evans, President & CEO of B&A, Inc.; Estefania (Fani) Arregui-Gomes, President & CEO of Abaco Strategy & Jason Carter, CEO of UNCOMN. They each take time to share what led them to reach higher by realizing what they were capable of and then working towards becoming it. Each life experience leads you down a path, what will you make of those experiences are up to you.

Listen to Marianne Fray, President & CEO of Maternity Care Coalition; Alex Goldovsky, CEO of ProTitleUSA; Marc Rubino, Founder & CEO or Kings Ventures and Will Sweeney Founder & Managing Partner or Zaviant Consulting share how their backgrounds and experiences have shaped their current roles and contributions. They speak about the importance of understanding and empathy in creating a more inclusive and equitable environment within their organizations.

Listen to these local leaders, Pete Ruggiero President & CEO of Crayola; Jeane Vidoni, President & CEO of Penn Community Bank; Adam Fedale, CEO of Fedale Roof & Jeff Weiand, Chairman & CEO of RTD Financial share their stories and passions. Faith, family heritage and creating change through creativity and imagination makes for great business and great management of great businesses.

Christian Boyer of TurnDial, Brian Carney of RiversEdge Advisors, Jake Cohen of J.Choen COS's and Advisors & Kevin O'Donnell of O'Donnell Roofing Co share about their childhood experience in school, sports, family and friend. Those experiences led them to win through trust, resilience, and emotional intelligence in business.

Our guests include Seth Katzen, President & CEO of the Jewish Federation of Delaware; Eric Faggioli, President of Delaware Valley Paving; Ethan Crane, President of Chester County Aviation & Abella Aviation & Jo Norris & Nick Martin, Co-founders of Carbon Reform. Listen as they share how their experiences thoughout their lives have led them to discover the importance of keeping things in the right order and perspective.

Our guests  guests include Chris Keith, Managing Partner of Lockton Northeast, Joe Arcangelo, Managing Partner of inSeption Group, Dean Curtis, CEO of Ingage, and Grant Rawdin Founder of Wescott Financial Advisory Group. Listen as our guest share personal experiences and how they have shaped their leadership styles and how those skills equate to adaptability in their careers.

Listen to top leaders talk about learning about yourself, learning about leadership and learning about people. Brad Fouss of OceanFirst Bank, Jonathan Geraci of CI Advisors, Rebecca Roskey-Brunner of Complete Care Strategies and David Barnes of Viwinco share stories about how they learned leadership skills through communication challenges in their childhoods and how being in leadership requires learning your people and how to affectively communicate with those people.

Listen as our CEO's share how talent plays a huge role in their positions. Justin Currie of Masters of Home Care & Thema Home Care, John Stanley of MOD Worldwide, Bruer Kershner of Kershner Office Furniture and Youseff Tannous of Key Bank share how they worked hard to develop their skills and talents. They also share how they need to be good at spotting talent to bring into their business and cultivate the talent in their employees.

Leadership starts with small steps that turn into big plans. Listen to Alaine Arnottor National Liberty Museum, Denny Howell of Howell, Youseff Tannous of Key Bank and Alan Giannone of Village Catering share how simple steps early in their live lead them to their leadership roles. Taking moves and being determined to make changes can lead to big thing and big impacts.

Listen to our 4 guests today (Josh Brown of Icarus Aerospace, Lucine of Greater Reading Chamber Alliance Sihelnik, Kathy Van Horn of NeuroLogic® by Lakeside & Sunny Goel of AG Marketing Solutions) talk about how their unique perspective allows them to appeal to multiple people and multiple needs.  If you have a passion, idea and dream, you go for it.

Listing to our guests Tara Handforth of Wells Fargo Bank, Joshua Burg of Glass Enterprises, Ari Banerjee of Consumer51 & Raymond John of  12 Plus as they share how the humble beginnings led them to their successful careers. With the support of mentors, parents, grandparents and friends these guest were encouraged into new opportunities that allowed them to move forward in life.  They recognize what was sacrifice for them by paying back into live of others less fortunate.

Our guests Gary Hill of DVL Group, Tina Hamilton of myHR Partner, Jeff Tkach of Rodale Institute & Donna Painter all talk about personal devastation or disasters that motivated them to be determined to overcome, excel and move on in their lives. This determination lead them into the leadership roles that they hold now. 

Listen to Kurt Koloseike of S. Walter Packaging Corp, Jake Leone of Corporate Interiors, Keith Sterling of Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and Delaware Counties and Erica Nemser of Ardent Process Technologies as they describe some early experience in work, the people that influenced them and the challenges they faces as young kids. They each learned and were influenced in the path that lead them to lead. They share the value and pass it along to their teams now.

These local CEO are driven by a deeper passion. Listen to Jeff Westphal of MeaningSphere, Chris Molaro of Neuroflow, Philip Heath of Samaritan and Chris Heffernan of dlivrd share personal situations and stories that lead them into the leadership roles they are in today. Passion is a driving force that if directed correctly can drive you to make a difference.

Listen as we hear from 4 local leaders in Manufacturing as they talk about how their businesses started, shifted and stabilized over the years as the industry has grown and developed. Conrad Oakey of NovaTech Automation, Stephen Lang of Mon Cheri Bridals Bob Rosania of Ehmke Mfg. Co. Inc & Bob Cohen of Acme Corrugated Box Company Inc all share a desire to do things better and make this world a better place. Hear how their past projected their future into this industry.

Jeff Reimel of Reimel Machine Inc, Fred Wasiak of Food Bank of South Jersey, Kassie Hilgert of ArtsQuest & John Ferretti of CODi share their experiences in being lead and being leaders as they faithfully serve their employees, their families, their friends, their clients and their community. Understanding the value of others helps give a sense of fulfillment.

Listen as we hear from 4 local leaders in Manufacturing as they talk about how their businesses started, shifted and stabilized over the years as the industry has grown and developed. James Dillon of Print Natural, Conrad Oakey of NovaTech Automation, Glenn Bostock of SnapCab & Bob Cohen of Acme Corrugated Box Company Inc all share a desire to do things better and make this world a better place. Hear how their past projected their future into this industry.

Our guests, John Ferretti of CODi,  Carolyn Magill of Aetion, Sarah Burlew of OMLIE and Marci Lesko of United Way of Greater Lehigh Valley all open up to talk about childhood experience and how they have taken those experience to become caring, driven and impactful leaders in their companies and in the community. Be inspired as you listen to do the same!

Two of our guests share how great loss shaped them into the leaders they are today. The other two guest believe that if you work hard and strive to learn success will follow.

Legacy is something you work hard for. Hear how these CEO's and Presidents are striving to leave a legacy that will impact lives now and for years to come. Bobby Ritterbeck of Best Egg, Cathy Kanefsky of the Food Bank of Delaware, Thomas Ripsam of C.F. Martin Guitar & Co and Charlie Anderson of Burro all share their stories of how circumstances (good and bad) helped them realize how important it is to invest in today and into tomorrow.

Listen to top leaders like Kristin Lytle of Leaders Edge, Deep Parmar of Caramel Advisors, Mike Ghesser of IMS Trading and Caleb Frankel of Instinct all share how the diversity in their background, diversity in leadership style and diversity in goals may be different in each business but one thing in common is a determination to be a great leader.

Brian Brecher of Freire Schools, Anneshia Vieira of Imhotep Institute Charter High School and Idalee Escribano of Pan American Academy Charter School all share a passion for their students.  Listen as these teachers are interviewed by our host and their students about their own past and what lead them to have a passion for teaching. These teachers go above and beyond in and out of the classroom to make a difference!

Nick Liermann of Team Foster, Lawrence James of Connexus Technology, Eric Bernstein of Main Line Center for Laser Surgery & Angelo Valletta all share a passion for helping others achieve great things because someone along their journey did that for them. Team Foster was started to honor Nick's fallen hero and friend

4 of Philadelphia's most recognized Arts organization are run by these top leaders. Listen as Sasha Suda of Philadelphia Museum of Art, MatiasMatias of Philadelphia Orchestra, David Devan of Opera Philadelphia & Joe Kluger of WolfBrown share what inspired them to inspire our community and the world through music and art.

Our guests Prema Gupta of Center City District, Isaac Shapiro of IMS Trading, Chuck Zwicker of Weidenhammer and Caleb Frankel of Instinct all share their passion for their business mission, their team and the people they are helping. They agree that there is a drive to succeed when you can help others do the same.  "Ideas come naturally when you are passionate about what you are bringing to the world." Caleb Frankel.

Our guests, Larry Walker of Balford, Ian Wristbridge of Magnar, Shaunak Roy of Yellowdig and James Wang of Asian Bank open up to talk about childhood experience. Larry was fortunate to have great experiences with his home life and that has given him a desire to mentor others. Ian started working at age 8 in his dad's business, gaining valuable skills that helped him when starting Magnar. Shaunak grew up in India and while he was busy in school, he bored with being in the classroom. He has taken that experience to develop a platform that cultivates creative learning opportunities. James b...

Four local Leaders in education share how their organizations are leading a cause to enable students to reach high goals. Each leader with different backgrounds, roles and scope of influence are all making an impact and supporting our educators and students to help build better futures for generations to come.

EricaLiermann Founder Dub Fitnesswww.dub-fitness.com  

Amy NeedlePresident and CEO Historic Philadelphia www.historicphiladelphia.org

Sharmain Matlock Turner President & CEO Urban Affairs Coalition www.uac.org  

Josh Stein CEO impilo www.impilo.health

John Maloney Managing PartnerWouch, Maloney & Co, LLP

McKenzie Frankel Principal Entrust Financial

Josh Silverbauer Head of Analytics/Partner From the Future

Steve BarrettManaging Partner Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin, P.C.

Bonnie ChongPresident & CEO Anthony & Sylvan Poolswww.anthonysylvan.com  

DougEdwardsPresidentExact Solarwww.exactsolar.com

BobbyKeyesPresident & CEOELITE Salons and Suiteshttps://www.elitesalonsandsuites.com/ 

Noel RamirezFounder/DirectorMango Tree Counseling and Consultingwww.mangotreecc.com

Craig    Jones    CFO    SolomonEdwards    www.solomonedwards.com    
Brian    Callahan    CFO    InductEV    www.inductev.com    
Leigh    Erhrlich    Executive Vice President & CFO    Main Line Health www.mlhs.org    
Mike    Busia    CFO    Hankin Group    www.hankingroup.com

David    DiStefano    Chief Revenue Officer    AIIR Consulting    www.aiirconsulting.com              
Andrea    Youndt    CEO    Chester County Food Bank    www.chestercountyfoodbank.org              
Aaron    Selkow    Owner/Director    Chestnut Lake Camp    www.chestnutlakecamp.com              
Rob    Coldwell    President    Rentwell    www.rentwell.com

Regina Widdows CEO SERV Behavioral Health System www.servbhs.
ScottPetersFounder & CEOAssemble Studiowww.assemblestudio.comdigital design
JohnShegdaCEOKMM Group Ltd.www.kmmgrp.com100+ LinkedIn
DanRhotonCEOHopeworkswww.hopeworks.orgbelow 50 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year

Phil Burkett Principal Meyer www.meyerdesigninc.com
Veronica McKee VP, Chief marketing Officer The Haverford Trust Company www.haverfordquality.com
Christian Sauter Managing Director CapTech www.captechconsulting.com
Sal Patti Division Leader-Commercial Banking - Philadelphia - Pennsylvania - New Jersey WSFS Bank www.wsfsbank.com

JohnShegdaCEOKMM Group Ltd.www.kmmgrp.com
RyanWalterManaging DirectorProCFOwww.procfopartners.com
MarthaSharkeyFounder & CEOToday Is A Good Daywww.todayisagoodday.org
JillMichalCEO & Co-FounderKith + Kinwww.kithandkin.app

Dr. Bhavna Shyamalan co-Founder & Vice President The M. Night Shyamalan Foundation www.mnsfoundation.org
Pedros Ramos President & CEO The Philadelphia Foundation http://www.philafound.org
Simran Sidhu EVP of Impact Spring Point Partners https://thespringpoint.com/
Chekemma Fullmore Townsend President Hamilton Family Charitable Trust https://www.hfctrust.org/

BernieShields, Regional President of Philadelphia/South Jersey, M&T Bank, www.mtb.com

Fr. JamesGreenfield, PresidentDeSales University, www.desales.edu

Mathieu Shapiro, Managing Partner, Obermayer, www.obermayer.com

GregoryReaves,CEOMosaic Development Partners, JV, LLC, www.mosaicdp.com