Rounding The Bases With Joel Goldberg

Alana Muller is the founder of Coffee Lunch Coffee. She's a Networking speaker, workshop facilitator, business relationship coach in Kansas City and author of the book, Coffee Lunch Coffee: A Practical Field Guide for Master Networking and a companion blog, CoffeeLunchCoffee.com. She travels the world to share her expertise in the areas of Networking, Coaching, Strategic Planning and Business Consulting.

Randy Powell is a longtime executive and former president of SPX Cooling Technologies who bought Heartland Print and Design this year. He also hosts a weekly Lessons In Leadership Zoom session with guest speakers like the author of the Go Giver, Bob Burg, military leaders and more.

Ryan Kilgore has been playing the saxophone since age 10. After playing in the band for four years in high school, Ryan attended Clark Atlanta University and was the first freshman to become drum major. He made a cameo appearance in the movie Drumline. He has toured with Stevie Wonder for a decade and is the founder of the Kilgore Music Foundation, whose mission is to mentor students to be lifelong musicians and to learn about different paths in the music industry.

Tony Hofmann is an endurance athlete, West Point graduate, qualified Army Ranger, retired Colonel and founder of Team Leadville. After retiring from the Army, Col. Hofmann ran the Leadville 100 ultramarathon three times, experiences he wrote about in the book Embracing Grit: How a Flatland Veteran Conquered the Leadville 100 Ultramarathon. Hofmann is the Director of Public Works for the City of Overland Park, KS. He's run the Boston Marathon 13 times.

AY Young is a musician, entrepreneur and activist who's trying to save the planet through his music. He’s worked nonstop for years combining his passion for music, live street performances and renewable energy around the world and he was recently named a United Nations Young World leader. On a biennial basis, the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth recognizes 17 young change makers who are leading efforts to combat the world's most pressing issues. AY is the lone representative from the US.

Bill Zahner is the CEO of Zahner, a fourth generation company in Kansas City that was created in the late 1800s by Bill’s great-grandfather in Joplin, MO.  Zahner provides unrivaled expertise and experience in architectural metals and engineering, combined with a signature stakeholder engagement process that ensures the highest value and quality of work.  They help owners, architects and contractors create iconic spaces and places that inspire and help them achieve their most profound design aspirations

Rex Hudler played 20 plus seasons of professional baseball and is now a longtime broadcaster. Topics discussed:-Community and a love of helping people-Upcoming work with the organization The Battle Within to help first responders and veterans suffering from PTSD-Team Up For DownS/yndrome-The importance of positive energy and making people happy

In 1916, a women’s Bible study group in Independence MO, which included future First Lady Bess Truman, formed the Community Welfare League to promote self-sufficiency in the area.Today CSL's (now called Community Services League) mission is to assist communities in reaching their potential by providing immediate relief to people in need. Mark O'Renick is Chief Innovation Officer and he spoke with Joel about the non profit's many endeavors in the Kansas City area. Their website is www.cslcares.org.

Rachel Ngom is a business mentor helping entrepreneurs, bloggers, and creatives make a great living online while making a greater impact on the world. She’s the creator of She’s Making an Impact, Pin with Purpose, and The Impact Blogging Academy.Rachel has lived all over the world. At one point she couldn’t find a job, ended up pregnant, on food stamps, with no money in her checking account. She decided to learn how to start her own business and grew a blog from to 34,000 visitors per month

Harry Campbell is a long time executive who has been a president for two Fortune 500 companies, co-owner of an award-winning small business, CEO/board member of an Internet start-up and founding member of the industry-changing Wal-Mart/P&G Customer Team He is also a dynamic speaker and author of 3 books, most recently Get Real-Mindset. All of Harry's speaking and book fees go to Head For The Cure. His wife was diagnosed with an inoperable malignant brain tumor in 2004, is doing well today.

Adam Hawley is a partner at BMG Advisors with a unique perspective that enables him to help others.  Growing up without much money and moving from school to school in different states, he understands the importance of empathy.   Adam's favorite expression is "Do Good By Doing Good."  He co-founded an organization called LIFTKC.ORG.  Adam talked with Joel about purpose, community, the wealth gap  in our country and racial tension and the role he has as a white ally.

Kevin Youkilis is the owner of Loma Brewing Company in Los Gatos, CA and Loma Coffee Company in Portland, OR. The former Major League Baseball player won two World Championships, made three all-star teams and won a Gold Glove during a ten year career.He always loved trying local craft beers after a game during his playing days and fell in love with the profession. Youkilis took many of the elements of teamwork, roles, leadership and winning culture to the business world.

Chris Yeh is an investor, writer, mentor and entrepreneur. He co-authored the book “Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path To Building Massively Valuable Companies” with Reid Hoffman, one of the founders of LinkedIn. Chris is the founder of Blitzscaling Ventures, an organization that helps rapidly-growing companies in winner-take-most markets become global leaders by providing in-depth scaling advice and capital. He is also involved in numerous startupsventures and is an instructor at Stanford.

Rich Smith is the president and CEO of Henderson Engineers, a 50-year old company with more than 800 employees across the United States.  Henderson focuses on an employee-centric culture and a client-first mentality.  Smith has spent more than a quarter century at Henderson and is responsible for setting the company’s overall strategic vision and purpose, building corporate culture, improving internal and external communication, and fostering leadership engagement.  

Tiffany Bova is is the Global Growth Evangelist for Salesforce where she has worked since 2016. Her focus is to help drive customer success within Salesforce’s customer and partner ecosystem. She is the Wall Street Journal Bestselling author of the book “Growth IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business.” Tiffany also hosts the “What’s Next Podcast” and has featured major name guests like Daniel Pink, Arianna Huffington and Seth Godin.

Dr. Kimberly Beatty is the Chancellor at Metropolitan Community College  in Kansas City.   She was named the school’s eighth chancellor in 2017 and is the first African-American leader in the one hundred plus year history. Dr. Beatty came to MCC from Houston Community College where she served as vice chancellor.  She is a champion of access and equity and is committed to workforce and transfer (academic) education.  She was inducted into the Black Achievers Society of Greater Kansas City in 2019.

Chris Schembra returned home in 2015 after producing a Broadway play in Italy. Feeling disconnected from his work, he started experimenting with some dishes in his kitchen and accidentally created a pasta sauce recipe. Chris invited 15 of his friends over for dinner and served them his new pasta sauce. Chris fell in love with the joy of connecting people and began.His company, 747, is an advisory firm which helps companies give the GIFT of community and belonging to their VIP clients and partners. 

Tabitha Scott is the CEO of Powering Potential, a company that  helps individuals and companies discover and ignite their untapped potential. She led efforts to create the world’s largest solar-powered community and was recognized for her numerous innovative uses of advanced technology at the White House. Tabitha left the corporate world to go find herself in the jungle.  She wrote about living in Costa Rica in a new book called Trust Your Animal Instincts: Recharge Your Life & Ignite Your Power 

John L. Gronski, Major General, USA (Ret.) is CEO & Founder of Leader Grove LLC (www.LeaderGrove.com). He is the author of "The Ride of Our Lives: Lessons on Life, Leadership, and Love". John is a much sought-after speaker & leadership seminar facilitator.John served for over 40 years in the Army on active duty & in the PA National Guard. He also served in Lithuania from 2000 to 2001. He spoke with Joel about leadership in and out of the military and the ride of his life.

Peter Clune took over in May 2020 as the chief executive officer of Lockton, the world’s largest independent insurance brokerage. He is one of the few non-family members to run the company in Lockton’s 53-year history. He most recently served as Lockton’s US President and COO. Lockton nhas 7,500 associates in more than 125 countries. Peter spoke with Joel Goldberg about the challenge of leading during a pandemic and small ball focusing on the importance of every interaction.