26- John Gordon, Chief Executive Officer, Leroy Springs & Company, Inc.
John GordonChief Executive Officer, Leroy Springs & Company, Inc.
John Gordon is CEO of Leroy Springs & Company, and the Executive Director of the Anne Springs Close Greenway, located in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
John’s organizational expertise is driven by more than 15 years of operational and leadership experience at some of the area’s most respected recreation facilities, including the U.S. National Whitewater Center, and the YMCA Camps Thunderbird and Cherokee.
Leroy Springs & Company, Inc. was founded in 1938, and since that time has provided affordable, quality recreation and community activities and facilities in the regional home of the historic Springs Cotton Mills. This 86-year-old nonprofit operates four Springs Golf courses, the Anne Springs Close Greenway, Springmaid Mountain, and the Flyers Afterschool Program. In addition, Leroy Springs & Company, Inc. provides financial assistance for its recreation opportunities through the organization’s Bridge Program awarding $1.8 million in assistance since 2018.
John Gordon is our guest today on The @Work Podcast.
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25- Linda Kirby - Executive Vice President, Boingo Graphics
Linda KirbyExecutive Vice President, Boingo Graphics
Linda Kirby, Boingo Graphics
Linda Kirby is part owner and Executive Vice President of Boingo Graphics, which specializes in printing and marketing collateral. Linda is recognized as an innovative and creative business leader who prioritizes strong client relationships.
Linda originally became interested in print communications through a graphic arts vocation program in high school and then followed this passion into a career in printing operations.
Linda is driven by providing opportunities for the Boingo team to grow, contribute, and succeed. In addition, she shares her time and energy with several nonprofits in our community through the Boingo Cares program.
Linda Kirby is our guest today on The @Work Podcast.
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24- Jill Marcus, President, Something Classic & The Mother Earth Group
Jill MarcusPresident, Something Classic & The Mother Earth Group
Jill Marcus is the founder and president of Mother Earth Group, a food service company that is locally rooted and globally inspired. Mother Earth Group includes the catering company, Something Classic, and the restaurants Mariposa, Coquette, and many others.
Jill opened Something Classic in 1989, shortly after graduating from Davidson College. She quickly expanded to open some of Charlotte’s most beloved restaurants, including Halcyon, which was a James Beard Award-nominated farm-to-table restaurant; Fern, which was Charlotte’s much-anticipated vegetarian restaurant; the world-to-table concept Mariposa; and now Coquette, a French restaurant.
When she’s not working in the Charlotte food scene, Jill adds stamps to her well-worn passport and tastes her way around the world. She brings back souvenirs of these travels to her menus, infusing North Carolina flavors with international influences. Jill Marcus is our guest today on The @Work Podcast.
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23- Peter Browning, Lead Director, ScanSource
Peter BrowningLead Director, ScanSource
Today, we welcome an experienced business leader, Peter Browning, on the first in an occasional series of special episodes of The @Work Podcast we are calling the “Wisdom Series.” These unique episodes will feature guests who have a lifetime of business leadership experience.
Peter Browning is the managing partner of Peter Browning Partners, a board advisory consulting firm founded in 2009, and a well-known authority on board governance. Since 1989, Browning has served on the boards of 14 publicly-traded companies, including ten years at Wachovia Bank, now Wells Fargo; six years at Lowe’s, six years at Nucor, where he served as non-executive chairman and lead director; and finally, 14 years at EnPro Industries.
Across his career, he has sat in a variety of seats from chairman and CEO, to non-executive chair, lead director and chair of audit, compensation, governance, and nominating committees. Browning was the Dean of the McColl Graduate School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte from 2002 to 2005, and is co-author of The Director’s Manual: A Framework for Board Governance. Peter Browning is our guest today on The @Work Podcast.
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22 - Dr. Bo Boylan - Owner, Employee Assessment Group
Dr. Bo BoylanOwner, Employee Assessment Group
This is The @Work Podcast 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.
Dr. Bo Boylan is the founding and managing principal of the Employee Assessment Group, a boutique strategy and executive assessment consulting firm. Prior to his current venture, he worked for Citigroup Venture Capital, leading the commercial business functions of several of their portfolio companies.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Boylan served as the Chief Operating Officer of Casco International, a publicly traded employee services firm. Dr. Boylan has also served on the faculty of the American Management Association, and with the University of North Carolina System, creating and delivering executive leadership and corporate and continuing education courses in North America and Europe. He has also been a guest lecturer at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
An experienced board director, he served on the boards of Learning Station, Casco International, and currently serves on the board of CritiCore Protective Wear. Dr. Bo Boylan is our guest today on The @Work Podcast.
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21 - Melanie Henderson, Owner of Therapy Hair Salon and Spa
Melanie HendersonOwner of Therapy Hair Salon and Spa
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.
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20 - Michael Stier - Area President, FocusCFO
Michael StierArea 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 PetricoffVR 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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18 - Hilary Cronheim - Senior Director, USGA Golf Museum and Library
Hilary CronheimSenior 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 FarberEastCoast 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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