20 - Michael Stier - Area President, FocusCFO

Michael Stier

Area President, FocusCFO

This is @Work with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden. For over a decade, Dr. Teagarden has worked with small to medium enterprises to create more drama free workplaces. Here on the @Work podcast, she speaks with presidents, owners and executives of companies about their unique workforce ecosystems and how they create great places to work.

Michael Stier is the area president with Focus CFO, a firm providing embedded fractional chief financial officer services. He’s a hands-on, C-level executive and entrepreneur with over 35 years of experience in growing companies to scalable and profitable stages. Michael has a broad base of expertise across functional areas from which to guide partners in strategy, entrepreneurship, financial management, mergers and acquisitions, operations, data intensive services and business development. Michael Stier is our guest on this episode of The @ Work Podcast with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden. 

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19 - Adam Petricoff, VR Business Brokers

Adam Petricoff

VR Business Brokers

This is @Work with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden. For over a decade, Dr. Teagarden has worked with small to medium enterprises to create more drama free workplaces. Here on the @Work podcast, she speaks with presidents, owners and executives of companies about their unique workforce ecosystems and how they create great places to work.

Adam Petricoff is managing partner of VR Business Brokers, specializing in a range of business intermediary services for middle market companies; including business brokerage, mergers and acquisitions, business valuation and consulting services. Adam has over 25 years of experience in sales, marketing and management, working with a variety of industries, including textiles, hospitality, health care, distribution and manufacturing.

A native of Cincinnati, Adam has called Charlotte his home since 1998. His hobbies include baseball, tennis – and ice cream. Adam Petricoff is our guest on this episode of The @ Work Podcast, with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden.

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Adam Petricoff on LinkedIn

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18 - Hilary Cronheim - Senior Director, USGA Golf Museum and Library

Hilary Cronheim

Senior Director, USGA Golf Museum and Library

This is @Work with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden. For over a decade, Dr. Teagarden has worked with small to medium enterprises to create more drama free workplaces. Here on the @Work podcast, she speaks with presidents, owners and executives of companies about their unique workforce ecosystems and how they create great places to work.

The 124th U.S. Open Golf Championship will be held on Pinehurst No. 2, June 13th through 16th. In May, the USGA opened Golf House Pinehurst, home to the new USGA Experience and the World Golf Hall of Fame.In celebration of the U.S. Open, we present the first in an occasional series of special episodes of The @Work Podcast we are calling “Office Hours.” These episodes will feature people who have interesting and unique jobs.Our first guest in this series has one of the coolest jobs in all of golf.

Hilary Cronheim is the Senior Director of the USGA Golf Museum and Library, located in Liberty Corner, New Jersey. She oversees the execution of the museum’s strategic initiatives; including strengthening its premier collection, expanding public programming, leveraging digital media, enhancing access to research collections, and reinforcing its role as the world’s leading golf center for scholarship.Cronheim joined the USGA in March of 2015 as Special Collections Librarian, and most recently served as senior librarian overseeing the world’s largest and most comprehensive golf library. Through her work in the library, she developed strong relationship with researchers and scholars worldwide, and played a critical role in supporting some of the USGA’s most important initiatives; including rules modernization, distance insights and USGA Championships.Prior to her time at the USGA, Cronheim gained invaluable experience in some of the nation’s leading museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago and the Frick Collection in New York City. Cronheim has a master’s degree in art, art history and visual studies from Duke University, and a bachelor’s in art history from Cornell. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and a daughter and a son.Hilary Cronheim is our guest today on The @Work Podcast with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden.

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17 - Larry Farber, Middle C Jazz

Larry Farber

EastCoast Entertainment

This is @Work with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden. For over a decade, Dr. Teagarden has worked with small to medium enterprises to create more drama free workplaces. Here on the @Work podcast, she speaks with presidents, owners and executives of companies about their unique workforce ecosystems and how they create great places to work.

Larry Farber has devoted his life to music. Larry has played in bands, managed bands, opened Middle C Jazz club, and welcomed innumerable legends to town through Music With Friends concerts. A former partner at East Coast Entertainment, Larry has a lifetime of stories and friendships as a consummate insider in the music industry. A native of Charlotte, he supports a number of charitable causes and has organized many successful events for his spiritual home, Temple Beth El. Larry Farber is our guest today on The @ Work Podcast.

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Middle C Jazz Club

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16 - Moira Quinn, Charlotte Center City Partners

Moira Quinn

Charlotte Center City Partners

This is @Work with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden. For over a decade, Dr. Teagarden has worked with small to medium enterprises to create more drama free workplaces. Here on the @Work podcast, she speaks with presidents, owners and executives of companies about their unique workforce ecosystems and how they create great places to work.

As chief operating officer and senior vice president of communications for Charlotte Center City Partners, Moira Quinn oversees daily operations, budgeting, facilities, human resources, and the organization’s contractual relationship with the City of Charlotte. She also manages internal and external communications, and media relations. 

Wearing many hats is nothing new to Quinn. During her 26 year career at Jefferson Pilot and WBT, she worked as studio camera operator, news photographer, reporter, anchor, executive producer, and host of the nationally-syndicated show, PM Magazine. Quinn is a graduate of Queen’s University of Charlotte, where she is trustee emerita. She is past president of Temple Beth El, where she remains an active member. Always busy and always learning; Moira Quinn is our guest on this episode of The @Work Podcast with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden.
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15 - Clark Goodman - Partner at Latitude Legal

Clark Goodman

Disputes Attorney, Business Leader. Mentor and Educator

This is @Work with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden. For over a decade, Dr. Teagarden has worked with small to medium enterprises to create more drama free workplaces. Here on the @Work podcast, she speaks with presidents, owners and executives of companies about their unique workforce ecosystems and how they create great places to work.

Clark Goodman is founding partner of the Charlotte office of Latitude, a flexible legal staffing agency. Prior to joining Latitude, he was the Charlotte office Managing Partner at Womble Bond Dixon, where he also served as an elected member of the Firmwide Management Committee, Chair of the Budget Committee, and Business Litigation Team Leader for the Charlotte Office from 2021 to 2023.
Clark was also named to Business North Carolina Magazine’s Power List. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Clark now serves as an adjunct professor at Wake Forest University School of Law. Clark Goodman is our guest today on The @Work Podcast with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden. 

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Clark Goodman on LinkedIn

Latitude – Charlotte Office

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14 - Jim Keffer, Owner and Investing Partner at Keffer Auto Group

Jim Keffer

Owner and Investing Partner at Keffer Auto Group

This is @Work with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden. For over a decade, Dr. Teagarden has worked with small to medium enterprises to create more drama free workplaces. Here on the @Work podcast, she speaks with presidents, owners and executives of companies about their unique workforce ecosystems and how they create great places to work.

Jim Keffer is the owner and investing partner at Keffer Auto Group; a dealership group offering Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, RAM, Ford, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Genesis, and exotic car brands in Charlotte, Albemarle, and Columbia. A second generation leader in the car sales industry, Jim is also a board member of the Greater Charlotte Auto Dealers Association. In addition, he participates in the Hyundai Hero program, which gives vehicles to military veterans, law enforcement officers and teachers, among others. In his spare time, he’s an endurance athlete and an accomplished potter. Jim Keffer is our guest on this episode of The At Work Podcast with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden.

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Jim Keffer on LinkedIn

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13 - John Hood, President of the John William Pope Foundation

John Hood

President of the John William Pope Foundation

This is @Work with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden. For over a decade, Dr. Teagarden has worked with small to medium enterprises to create more drama free workplaces. Here on the @Work podcast, she speaks with presidents, owners and executives of companies about their unique workforce ecosystems and how they create great places to work.

John Hood is the President of the John William Pope Foundation, a Raleigh based grant maker. He also serves on the board of the John Locke Foundation, the state policy think tank he helped found in 1989 and led as its president for more than two decades.
Hood has written a syndicated column on politics and public policy for North Carolina newspapers, appearing often as a radio and television commentator. He is the author of seven nonfiction books on subjects such as business, advertising, public policy and political history. His most recent books are titled Mountain Folk and Forest Folk; both are historical fantasy novels set in early America. John Hood is our guest today on The @Work Podcast.

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John Hood on LinkedIn

John William Pope Foundation 

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12 - Daniel Coston, Independent Photography Professional

Daniel Coston

Independent Photography Professional

This is @Work with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden. For over a decade, Dr. Teagarden has worked with small to medium enterprises to create more drama free workplaces. Here on the @Work podcast, she speaks with presidents, owners and executives of companies about their unique workforce ecosystems and how they create great places to work.

Daniel Coston started taking photographs in 1995. His credits include work with Johnny Cash, the Everly Brothers, Wilco, Son Volt, Andrew Bird, Drive-By Truckers, The Beach Boys, The Monkees, and the Down from the Mountain Tour, and many, many others. His photographs have been included in nearly every major publication in the United States and Europe, and several TV networks.
He is also the author of five books, including North Carolina Musicians: Photographs and Conversations, and There Was a Time: Rock & Roll in the 1960’s in Charlotte and North Carolina. His photographs have been exhibited at the Earl Scruggs Center, the Charlotte Museum of History, and the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. Daniel Coston is our guest today on The @Work Podcast.
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11 - Dan Hooks, Party Reflections

Dan Hooks

Party Reflections

This is @Work with Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden. For over a decade, Dr. Teagarden has worked with small to medium enterprises to create more drama free workplaces. Here on the @Work podcast, she speaks with presidents, owners and executives of companies about their unique workforce ecosystems and how they create great places to work.

Founded in 1958 by Wayne and Sue Hooks, Party Reflections started in a rented garage with a small inventory of tables and chairs. Now, over 60 years later, Party Reflections has expanded to four locations in North and South Carolina, being led by the second generation and employing the third generation in the successful family business.

The event business isn’t just the reels and stories that you see on Instagram. It’s hard work that takes plenty of human capital to pull it off, right?

Dan Hooks is our guest today on the At Work podcast.

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Dan Hooks on LinkedIn

Party Reflections

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