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TMBS E122; Robb Brown Guard My Vote

October 30, 2020 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS E122; Robb Brown Guard My Vote

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Free Tools Available to Capture and Report Irregularities for the 2020 Election

Guard My Vote’ Voter Suppression Reporting App Now Available at Your Fingertips to Take Empowering Action by Sharing Voting Experiences and Alerting Election Officials

With all the headlines of voter fraud, voter intimidation operations by foreign actors and domestic tampering of official ballot boxes, a new voter suppression reporting app is available to empower voters by capturing and alerting local officials and the public of any efforts to suppress votes in the upcoming 2020 election. Sounds good!

Rodd Brown the Founder of “Guard My Vote” App and the CEO of the Denver Retail Group is here to share his views on the subject.

Guard My Vote aims to expand voting access and awareness to each corner of our nation with a mission to empower people to vote and end voter suppression – for good. 
The easy-to-use app allows voters to identify and report some of the most common methods of voter suppression, including restrictive voter ID rules, lack of language support, closed polling locations, or reducing voting hours.

As the public looks for meaningful ways to improve voter integrity, Guard My Vote streamlines the process of alerting election officials and shedding light on problems that occur in real-time.

TMBS E121: Guide Students in the College Admission Process

October 30, 2020 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS E121: Guide Students in the College Admission Process

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GUIDE STUDENTS THROUGH THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS AND EARN MONEY FOR COLLEGE WITH THE COLLEGE BOARD OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS

Lacey applying to college can be confusing, and too many students don’t get the guidance they need. Students can stay on track with college planning through the College Board Opportunity Scholarships, thanks to a five-year $25 million investment by the College Board. One million dollars each year will go to students who complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) through the College Board Opportunity Scholarships.

Lacey Allen is an Associate Director for the College Board Opportunity Scholarships, a program that awards $5 million dollars each year to high school students.

Lacey previously worked at Search Institute, a youth development research organization, as a qualitative researcher and facilitator. She also served in both the Peace Corps and Ameri Corps; while in Morocco with the Peace Corps, Lacey volunteered with NGOs and US-based nonprofits to develop literacy tools, resources, and a library for youth in community centers, and while with AmeriCorps, Lacey worked to improve college access opportunities for first-generation high school students.

Lacey has an M.Ed in Youth Development Leadership and a B.A. in Communication.

TMBS E120: Sean Flovenski BIO IQ Testing & COVID-19

October 29, 2020 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS E120: Sean Flovenski BIO IQ Testing & COVID-19

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BIO IQ UPENDING TESTING INDUSTRY AMID COVID-19 Modernizing Testing to Keep Workforces and Communities Safe.

The U.S. isn’t doing enough testing to control COVID-19. according to researchers at Harvard Global Health Institute who say we need 4.4 million tests per day to reach “a basic level of proactive testing,” and far more (14M) is necessary to safely reopen the economy. Yet, we’ve never managed to perform more than 1M per day. Not to mention the COVID confusion, misinformation, and the fact that too often consumers are getting unreliable or outdated test results – rendering them useless.

Sean Slovenski is recognized as a healthcare industry innovator with 30 years of success. [Text Wrapping Break]As former SVP and President of Walmart Health, Sean led the launch of multi-disciplinary healthcare clinics known as the “Super Centers for Healthcare.” [Text Wrapping Break][Text Wrapping Break]Today, Sean serves as the CEO of BioIQ – a company modernizing the diagnostic testing industry through a national network of labs and customized solutions that support health plans, employers, and consumers.[Text Wrapping Break][Text Wrapping Break]By aggregating testing solutions, optimizing lab capacity, and integrating testing with customers’ needs and strategies, BioIQ helps ensure stability and resilience for employers and health plans by detecting disease to protect their workforces and members.

TMBS E119: Dr. Chandra, Monkeys & lab. Experiments

October 28, 2020 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS E119: Dr. Chandra, Monkeys & lab. Experiments

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DID YOU KNOW folks that every year in the US, more than 100,000 monkeys are kept in laboratories where they are confined to small cages or crowded conditions. Sadly, they suffer through painful experiments and eventually—sometimes after decades of abuse– all of them are killed. Dr. Alka Chandna is with us today to do all these Monkey’s come from.

Dr. Alka Chandna

Dr. Alka Chandna is the vice president of laboratory investigations cases for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, focusing on animal experimentation issues. She oversees PETA’s efforts to end cruel experiments on animals in laboratories, and her many victories include helping to close notorious contract animal-testing facility Professional Laboratory and Research Services and end the National Institutes of Health’s decades-long maternal-deprivation experiments on baby monkeys.

More than 90% of animal experiments fail to lead to treatments for humans. More than 95% of new pharmaceutical drugs that test safe and effective in animals fail in human clinical trials.

Since its founding in 1980, PETA has been urging the National Institutes of Health to move away from animal experiments, and its campaigns have shut down numerous NIH-funded experiments, including torturous psychological experiments on baby monkeys taken from their mothers.

For more information please visit: www.peta.org/

SAL E3: Leadership Excellence & pivoting during COVID-19

October 26, 2020 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

SAL E3: Leadership Excellence & pivoting during COVID-19

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Dianne Kelley, Owner
Sandbrook Group
7320 N La Cholla Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85741 Email:
520-888-9649 O or 520-591-6156 C
dianne@sandbrookgroup.com
www.sandbrookgroup.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | LinkedIn | YouTube

Dianne Kelley is the Owner and CEO of Sandbrook Group, a life and health insurance company founded here in Tucson in 2005. Her specialty is working with small business owners with 5-50 employees, securing the financial future of her clients and their families along with her clients’ employees and their families.

Since 2005, Sandbrook Group has helped thousands of individuals, employers, employees, and Medicare beneficiaries navigate the complex world of health coverage.

HOST

Linda John Bio
(727) 272-7296
linda@lindajohnconsulting.com
www.lindajohnconsulting.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter |

Linda John is the CEO and founder of Linda John Consulting, LLC, providing Executive Coaching and Destination Consulting services to clients throughout the USA. From 1993 – 2020, Linda served as the Executive Director for Visit Eau Claire in west-central Wisconsin. Some of Linda’s top accomplishments at Visit Eau Claire included the development of a successful regional tourism program, the creation of a sports commission for the Eau Claire area, and launching two successful mobile visitor center programs, all resulting in record-setting tourism growth for the region during her tenure.

In most recent years, John was at the table for the completion of the Pablo Center at the Confluence, where Visit Eau Claire opened its new Experience Center, as well as collaborating to craft the community partnership strategy for the new Sonnentag Event and Recreation Complex. She also was the lead voice in advocating for a new convention center, including the completion of a feasibility study and the development of a collaborative strategy for the project.

Linda now owns and operates her professional consulting practice, Linda John Consulting, through which she offers a variety of professional training and human resource development services, including team development and organizational rebuilding initiatives.

Linda is a Certified Destination Marketing Executive (CDME) and an accredited practitioner of the Integrative Enneagram for both individuals and teams. She holds memberships with Destinations International and the International Coach Federation (ICF). Linda holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Administration from Minnesota State University in Mankato and a Master’s of Science degree in Training and Human Resource Development from UW Stout.

HW&W E25: Sheryl Ann Mc Kinley, Vocalist

October 25, 2020 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

HW&W E25: Sheryl Ann Mc Kinley, Vocalist

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Sheryl Ann McKinley, Owner
Sheryl Ann Starlight – Singer
1700 E Placita Padre Isidoro
Tucson, AZ 85718
520-403-3768
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook |

My voice is God-given. Finally, I’m using it with all my heart & soul. Before I made a full commitment to signing I attended the U of A and received a BS in interior design. I sold furniture, art & most all things for the home from 1992-2012. My voice never left me alone nor the calling to use it! I’ve been performing & singing solely since 2017. Before COVID hit I did over 5 years at Sullivan’s Steakhouse on various nights, 62 concerts at the Viscount Suite Hotel, 16 concerts at the Sheraton Tucson Hotel, numerous performances at Caffe Torino in the Foothills & a handful of retirement homes around town, private events & various other performance along the way. Currently, Westward Look is hosting monthly concerts where I perform. Music = Life to me. I fully believe it’s an ultimate healer! I finally allowing my authentic self. I ask to be used to help make this world a little better place in the little ways I can and help others along the way.

About the Host

Karen M. Fisher
Senior Loan Officer
NMLS ID# 180167 – AZ MLO Lic# 0911886

Summit Funding, Inc.
5151 E. Broadway Blvd., Ste. 700
Tucson, AZ 85711
Branch NMLS ID# 1464335 – Summit Funding, Inc NMLS ID#3199
AZ Lic# 0925837 – Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 447-2279 Direct Phone
Karen.Fisher@SummitFunding.net
www.OurNeighborsOurHeroes.com

As a Senior Loan Officer, I originate residential home loans (1-4 Units) for purchase or refinance transactions for owner-occupied, second homes or investment properties. I am licensed in the State of Arizona; however, I can connect you to great mortgage loan officers anywhere in the United States or Canada. I have been a loan officer for just over 20 years. In the prior 17 years, I was a Realtor, an Associate Broker, Branch Manager, and Designated Broker. My beloved husband Scott and I have been married for over 37 years, we have an awesome daughter Allison who is engaged to her Gonzaga University sweetheart, Enrique. I love to read, travel, hike, golf, camp, entrepreneurial ideas, inventions, animals and children. My key to success is to focus on excellence, not perfection and being growth-minded.

Oahu Business RadioX® Studio

October 23, 2020 by Sam Harrell

Oahu Business RadioX® helps local Hawaiian business leaders get the word out about the important work they’re doing to serve their market, their community, and their profession.

We support and celebrate business by sharing positive business stories that traditional media ignores.

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CAW E8: Dancing in the Street Tucson

October 17, 2020 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

CAW E8: Dancing in the Street Tucson

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GUESTS:

Joey Rodgers & Solesite Lupu
Founders, President of the Board of Directors
Dancing In The Streets Tucson
88 W. 38TH STREET
Tucson, AZ 85713
520.867.8489
info@ditsaz.org

Soleste Lupu has been dancing for any audience she could find since she was two years old. As co-founder and co-Artistic Director for Dancing in the Streets Arizona, Soleste works with co-Director Joseph Rodgers to inspire Tucson children to experience joy, creativity, and self-expression through the discipline of ballet. A Tucson native, she trained ballet locally at the Tucson Dance Academy under Maria Morton, with additional training from Ismet Mouhedin, George Zoritch, Jose Valenzuela, Stephanie Steigers and Neil Cowey. Versed in both the Royal Academy of Dancing ballet syllabus and the Vagonava syllabus, she has performed with the Southern Arizona Light Opera Company (SALOC) Plain, the University of Arizona Music and Dance Department, the University of Arizona Symphony and the LaMond Dance Ensemble. In addition to dance and music, she has worked in public policy and advocacy, run a no-kill shelter for cats, and started a family caregiver advocacy organization.

Joseph Rodgers, also a Tucson native, began his studies at the age of 7 when he was discovered at St. Ambrose school by Maria Morton, founder of the Tucson Academy of Dancing. His early training was in the Royal Academy of Dancing syllabus, and under George Zoritch, of the famed Ballet Russe continued to the San Francisco Ballet School and a 25-year career as a professional dancer. He has performed with many companies including the Arizona Dance Theater, Ballet Arizona, Feld Ballet New York, Ballet Chicago, and Milwaukee Ballet, culminating in a 2004 televised PBS performance of Der Fledermaus at the Kennedy Center with the Washington National Opera, directed by Placido Domingo.

About the Business

Dancing in the Streets Arizona (DITSAZ) is both a well-appointed ballet studio and a laboratory for success. Founded in 2008 with a small sum of wedding gift money by husband and wife team Soleste Lupu and Joseph Rodgers, the studio is located in South Tucson – a one-square-mile community that maintains a strong cultural heritage but struggles with high crime rates and poverty. The mission of DITSAZ is to use the power of dance to transform lives using the excitement and discipline of ballet to guide children in developing positive life skills, and to break down cultural barriers and enrich the community’s artistic experience.

Students take classes and perform in professional settings regardless of their income level, physical shape/size, or skill level. DITSAZ has served children with incarcerated parents, victims of abuse, those with serious physical and developmental disabilities, as well as non-traditional ballet students, such as overweight children or those with other physical limitations. Thirty-seven of our students were referred by the Juvenile Court to complete community service, many of whom continued on as students after their terms of service were completed.

Regardless of background or how they became involved, these students have discovered they can do more than they ever thought—not just across the dance floor, but in the classroom, in their family, and in their community. DITSAZ has demonstrated that dance education provides at-risk youth, and all students, a vehicle to experience positive teamwork and discipline, develop friendships that challenge cultural barriers, and most, importantly, experience accomplishments that serve to broaden their sense of life possibilities. No one is ever turned away from DITS if they want to learn.

Host

Matt Nelson: Senior Vice President, Crest Insurance Group
Matt is a Senior Vice President at Crest Insurance Group in Tucson, consulting with companies to identify and implement insurance, risk management, and employee benefits solutions. With more than a 15 years of industry experience, he has served as a keynote speaker on the healthcare industry, leadership, workplace culture and risk management for professional organizations throughout Southern Arizona, including the City of Tucson, Greater Tucson Leadership, the Financial Executives and Affiliates of Tucson, and the CEO Roundtable of Tucson.

Matt is an active member in the Tucson community, having served as a Non-Commissioned Officer in the Arizona Army National Guard and volunteering with multiple local organizations, including as Treasurer and a Big Brother with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Southern Arizona, a volunteer with the United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona, Chair of the Pima County JTED’s Business and Industry Council, a builder with Habitat for Humanity and many other local youth charities.
Email: mnelson@crestins.com
Phone: 520.784.7636
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mattrnelson2

CTWJ E21: Debra Anne Melkun, Optimal Health

October 17, 2020 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

CTWJ E21: Debra Anne Melkun, Optimal Health

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Debra Anne Melkun, Certified Optimal Health Coach
Why Knot Now Dae
520-275-5178
whyknotnowdae@gmail.com
whyknotnowdae.optavia.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Linkedin |

I am married to a wonderful man named Mike. I have four adult sons 21-27. I grew up on Long Island and have lived in upstate NY, Georgia, New Hampshire, and Utah before making Arizona my home for the past 13 years. During that time as a stay-at-home mom, I started a group that knits and crochets comfort items free to those in need of comfort for any reason. I enjoy getting away to the mountains, hiking, Pickleball, reading, and crocheting. I have a background in SpEd/Elm Ed and have done some short term subbing in the past. Four years ago I found a way to combine my passion for helping others help themselves through being an Optimal Health Coach.

About Your Host

Jaime Overturf
Farmers Agent, Entrepreneur
2555 N Campbell Ave
Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 293-2900
joverturf@farmersagent.com

As a local Farmers® agent in Tucson, AZ, Jaime Overturf helps customers identify the insurance coverage that best fits their needs. This process is straightforward and personalized to help make them more informed about their insurance options.

Jaime has the knowledge and experience to help customers better understand their coverage options–whether that Jaime has the knowledge and experience to help customers better understand their coverage options–whether that’s auto, home, life, business insurance and more. You can connect with Jaime on Facebook.

TMBS E122; Robb Brown Guard My Vote

Free Tools Available to Capture and Report Irregularities for the 2020 Election

Guard My Vote’ Voter Suppression Reporting App Now Available at Your Fingertips to Take Empowering Action by Sharing Voting Experiences and Alerting Election Officials

TMBS E121: Guide Students in the College Admission Process

GUIDE STUDENTS THROUGH THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS AND EARN MONEY FOR COLLEGE WITH THE COLLEGE BOARD OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS

TMBS E120: Sean Flovenski BIO IQ Testing & COVID-19

BIO IQ UPENDING TESTING INDUSTRY AMID COVID-19 Modernizing Testing to Keep Workforces and Communities Safe.