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#201: Michael Alford is the Florida State University Director of Athletics. Alford has helped position Seminole athletics among the nation’s elite both in terms of competitive excellence and as influential in the critical issues of the day. He has truly emerged as one of collegiate athletics’ leaders while remaining true to his primary objective – an unwavering commitment to student-athlete welfare. That commitment has produced measurable results by every metric within a solution-oriented, posit...
Jimmy Mellado, CEO of Compassion International, discusses his unique upbringing as a "Third Culture Kid," lessons learned from his parents' faith, and his journey as an Olympic decathlete. He shares how injuries and unexpected turns led him to Harvard Business School and ultimately to a profound calling to serve the church and vulnerable children globally. The conversation highlights the power of discipline, humility, and aligning with God's purpose in both personal life and leadership, emphasizing Compassion's core mission to release children from poverty in Jesus' name.
#199: Jerod Haase is the former Stanford university head men’s basketball coach. During his time on the farm at Stanford the Cardinal had won 126 games, recorded its best conference finish and most league wins in a decade and earned a postseason berth for the first time since 2015. The 2020 team was set to be postseason bound before the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament. A native of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Haase attended California in 1992-93, starting 23 games as a freshman and playing alon...
#198: Joe Scarlett is the former CEO, President, and Chairman of Tractor Supply Company. He spent nearly thirty years in leadership roles with the company. Today Joe is engaged in teaching and writing about leadership, working in the family foundation, and striving to improve Tennessee. In 1982 Scarlett played a key role in the initiative to return the company to profitability through improved customer service and focused product selection as part of a classic leveraged buyout. He was instrument...
#197: Mike Small is the University of Illinois head men's golf coach and is currently entering his 25th season. The GCAA Hall of Fame & 2015 GCAA Dave Williams National Coach of the Year, has brought national recognition to Illinois golf in his 25 years at the helm of the program, as he has guided the Illini to 13 of the last 15 Big Ten Championship titles, including a conference-record run of eight straight from 2015 through 2023 to established a new standard for sustained excellence in the...
#196: Lisa Lutoff-Perlo is the former CEO of Celebrity Cruises. She is a recognized global business powerhouse and recipient of numerous awards including the South Florida Business Journal and Forbes Travel Guide Lifetime Achievement Awards. Most recently, Lisa served as President & CEO of the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Miami Host Committee, where she led the strategy, fundraising, fan activations, and operations for the seven Miami matches of this globally significant event. During her time in th...
#195: Kelley Hester is the Clemson University Women’s Head Golf. She has led Clemson to unprecedented success in her first eight seasons as Clemson’s head coach. In 2023-24 the Tigers reached match play of the NCAA National Tournament and finished fifth in the nation. She was also named ACC Coach of the Year and a finalist for National Coach of the Year. When you look at her career it is no surprise Hester has brought the Clemson program to consistent success. She has been successful everywhere ...
#194: Charlie Duke is a former Astronaut & Apollo 16 Lunar Model pilot who became the 10th and youngest human being to ever walk on the surface of the moon. He has also served in many other critical historical events. On Apollo 11, the first ever moon landing, Neil Armstrong asked Charlie to serve at CAPCOM (which is the voice of Houston/mission control when they landed on the moon). He served back up on Apollo 13 working tirelessly to help safely bring back his fellow astronauts. Charlie at...
#193: Lance Witt is the Founder of Replenish. He has been leading churches and organizations for 40+ years. He was the lead pastor for 3 different churches and then spent 7 years as an executive and teaching pastor at Saddleback Church in Southern California. During his years at Saddleback, Lance led the 40 Days of Purpose campaign. Ultimately, both nationally and internationally, more than 25,000 churches also did the 40 Days of Purpose campaign. In 2007, Lance launched a ministry called Replen...
#192: Jim Keyes is the former CEO of 7-Eleven, Inc, and Blockbuster, Inc. which are two internationally recognized Fortune 500 companies. He is a global business leader, philanthropist, educator, artist, musician, commercial pilot, and modern renaissance man. His other business interests cover a broad range of industries including retail, consumer products, technology, new space, energy, and advanced nuclear. He sits on several public company boards and serves as a board adviser to a venture cap...
#191: David Pollack is a college football analyst, author, speaker, and host of the Family Goals Podcast. A former NFL player and University of Georgia standout, David joined ESPN in 2009 as a college football analyst and was quickly elevated to College GameDay. Pollack was also a contributor to ESPN’s daily college football news show College Football Live and several additional shows throughout the season. He was previously an analyst on ESPN’s Thursday Night College Football and co-host of Pal...
#190: General Robert F. “Bob” Dees served for 31 years in the U.S. Army in a wide variety of command and staff positions culminating in his last three assignments as Assistant Division Commander for Operations, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); Commander, Second Infantry Division, United States Forces Korea; and as Deputy Commanding General, V (US/GE) Corps in Europe, concurrently serving as Commander, US-Israeli Combined Task Force for Missile Defense. Bob is a graduate of numerous militar...
#189: Roland Thornqvist is the University of Florida Women’s Tennis former head coach and 4X National Champion. Thornqvist owns a remarkable 582-157 head coaching record in 28 years, including a 507-107 mark at Florida. In 20+ years with Thornqvist on the sidelines, some of Florida’s more significant highlights include four NCAA Team National Championships (2003, 2011, 2012, & 2017), as well as 11 SEC regular-season titles (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 & 201...
#188: Matt Pinnell is the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma. Pinnell is President of the Oklahoma State Senate and serves on multiple constitutional boards and commissions, including serving as Chairman of the Oklahoma Tourism Commission and Route 66 Centennial Commission. He has set his Lt. Governor agenda focused on workforce and economic development issues. Pinnell is the chief marketer of Oklahoma and spends much of his time promoting Oklahoma. In partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Co...
Chris Acker is the Long Beach State University Men’s Basketball Head Coach. Acker has spent the last five seasons as an assistant coach at San Diego State, playing a crucial role in the team’s recent success. The Aztecs have reached the NCAA tournament in each of the last four seasons and were 30-2 in 2019-20 prior to the COVID shutdown. In 2022-23, SDSU reached the National Championship game and advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2023-24. In his five seasons as an assistant coach at SDSU, the Aztecs w...
#186: Robin Siegfried is the former Co-Owner & CEO of NORDAM, which stands for Northeastern Oklahoma Research, Development, & Manufacturing. Chances are if you have ever flown on a plane you have interacted with many of NORDAM’s products even if you weren’t aware of it. NORDAM is a top choice for engineering, manufacturing, maintaining, and repairing components for business jets, commercial aircraft, and military warfighters around the globe. Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, NORDAM is o...
#185: Bubba Cunningham is the University of North Carolina Director of Athletics. Under his leadership, the athletic department has accomplished numerous academic and athletic achievements. The Tar Heels have won 22 national titles and made an additional 14 runner-up finishes. More than 3,500 student-athletes have made the ACC Academic Honor Roll -- which requires a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better for the year. The Tar Heels finished in the top 10 of the NACDA Learfield Directors' Cup nine times...
#184: Kevin Deshazo is the Co-Founder of BETTER and a partner at global leadership development firm GiANT. He works with some of the best leaders, teams, and organizations in the industry of sports on mindset, leadership, and performance. A sought after speaker and consultant, he has presented on more than 400 college campuses, dozens of fortune 100 companies, and headlined top conferences and conventions. Places like OU and Florida State football, Nike and ESPN, and the CFP to name a few. Kevin...
#183: Pat Chambers is the Florida Gulf Coast University men’s basketball head coach. He is the former head coach at Penn State and Boston University, as well as the associate head coach at Villanova. Pat did not know he wanted to be a college basketball coach. For the first 8 years out of college he started in business and was quickly very successful. However, a near death experience helped him find clarity in his purpose and passion to coach basketball. Within a few years he found himself helpi...
#182: Daniel Lamarre is Vice Chairman and former CEO of Cirque Du Soleil. As CEO he guided the organization through a period of astounding growth and then brought it back to life during the massive upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic. When Daniel joined in 2001 as president of new ventures, Cirque Du Soleil had two thousand employees and seven shows in performance. Five years later he became chief executive and the company grew to five thousand employees and forty four shows around the world. At i...
#181: Chris Haack is the University of Georgia Head Men’s Golf Coach. Haack has coached the Bulldogs to two national championships (the only two in school history), eight SEC titles, 67 team tournament titles, and virtually every squad and individual records. Under his tutelage, 27 Bulldogs have accumulated 63 medalist titles. Thirty-one of his players have rolled up 70 All-America honors, while 33 have earned 73 All-SEC certificates. He also has coached 19 Scholar All-Americans. Eleven of Haack...
#180: Taylor Edge is the Founder and CEO of Season Builder. The Season Builder Foundation's mission is to help students and young adults define direction and equip them to pursue it with purpose. Taylor is the creator of the Season Builder framework as well as former college athlete, successful entrepreneur, corporate employee, UAH Men’s and Women’s Basketball Character Coach, public servant, worship leader, technology consultant, head coach, author, and inspirational liver of life. He is a foll...
#179: Admiral Mike Manazir is a retired US Navy Admiral who is a Top Gun fighter pilot and instructor who commanded the aircraft carrier the USS Nimitz, an F-14 squadron, and a Carrier Strike Group. He completed 15 overseas deployments, qualified in the F-14 and the F/A-18 and has flown 3,750 fighter hours with 1,240 arrested landings on multiple aircraft carriers. He also completed five tours in the Pentagon culminating in his role as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Warfighting and he is ...
John Rossman is the author of four books on leadership and business innovation including the best seller The Amazon Way and Big Bet Leadership . He is an early Amazon executive who played a key role in launching the Amazon marketplace business in 2002. Today he is a leading keynote speake r on leadership for innovation and transformation. John is an operator and builder whose love is diving into business problems and customer needs, designing innovative solutions and business models, and creatin...
#177: Mike Morrell is the UNC Asheville men’s basketball head coach. In 2023 he was selected as the Big South Coach of the Year and led UNCA to a Big South Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance. In the last two years the Bulldogs are one of the winningest programs in college basketball. In 2023 he guided UNCA to a school record 27 wins. Before moving to Asheville Coach Morrell coached alongside Shaka Smart at the University of Texas and VCU. Prior to that he coached at Charleston Southern,...
Ken Coleman is the three-time bestselling author of Find the Work You're Wired to Do , From Paycheck to Purpose, The Proximity Principle, and host of The Ken Coleman Show . As America’s Work Expert, he helps people discover what they do best so they can do work they love and produce the results that matter most to them. Whether they’re looking for a complete career change or they’re just unsure about what step to take next, Ken will help them get unstuck and get on the path to meaningful work. F...
#175: Alan bowman is the staring quarterback at Oklahoma State University. With currently less than two weeks before the start of the 2024 season, Alan has been selected on the Manning Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, and Wuerffel Trophy watchlists. The AP Top 25 rankings has the Cowboys at 17 as they look to build upon last year’s great season. Last season Alan helped lead OSU to a Big 12 Championship appearance and Texas Bowl win over Texas A&M. Alan grow up in Grapevine, Texas and f...
Tony Monetti is a former B2 Stealth Bomber Pilot and currently leads Stealth Advantage Consulting as CEO. Tony is a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, and holds two Masters Degrees. During his exemplary Air Force career, he led the 13th Bomb Squadron’s as Director of Operations, one of two operational B-2 Stealth squadrons. He has flown multiple planes including the B2 Stealth, B1, B52, and many others. He served as Chairman of the NATO Time Sensitive Targeting Committee. Since leaving the militar...
