Our guests today is Dr. Amer Kaissi.  Amer is an-award winning Healthcare Administration Professor at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

Amer is the author of the book “Intangibles: The Unexpected Traits of High-Performing Healthcare Leaders,” which has won the 2019 American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Book of the Year award. 

In addition, he has just released last week his latest book “Humbitious – The Power of low-ego, high-drive Leadership.”  

Amer is a distinguished professor – and teaches courses in Leadership & Professional Development and is the Director of the Executive Program at Trinity. 

Amer Kaissi is a national speaker with the Studer Group and a faculty member with ACHE. He is also a certified Executive & Physician Coach and he consults with hospitals and healthcare organizations in their strategic planning efforts. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the American University of Beirut and a PhD from the University of Minnesota.  

Amer, an avid soccer fan, lives in San Antonio with his wife and two children.

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Intangibles: The Unexpected Traits of High-Performing Healthcare Leaders

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Our guests today are Blair and Jordan Browning.  Blair is an Associate Professor at Baylor University and the Undergraduate Program Director in the Department of Communications.  

His wife Jordan is a full time mom – co-leads a ministry for first-time moms, writes Daily Devotionals and is one of the highly regarded wedding planners in our region.  Blair, Jordan – and their four kids: Keely, Boone, Addy and Kirby – are active at Harris Creek Baptist Church.


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Our guests today is Dr. Todd Still.  Todd is the Dean of the George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University – where he also serves as a Professor of Christian Scriptures.  

He is a researcher and well-published author.  He received his undergraduate degree from Baylor, a Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and his PhD from the University of Glasgow (Glass-go) in Scotland.


Truett Seminary

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Our guest today is John Morris – the Voice of the Baylor Bears.  

Recognized by the National Sports Media Association in 2019 as the Texas Co-Sportscaster of the year, the “Voice of the Bears”, John Morris is in his 27th year as the signature voice of Baylor Athletics. 

Officially, he is Baylor’s Assistant Athletic Director for Broadcasting and his duties now include play-by-play for Baylor Football and Men’s Basketball in addition to third tier television broadcasts on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.  John recently celebrated his 400th consecutive BU Football games providing play-by-play. 

Morris has also been behind the mic for Baylor Baseball, Softball, Women’s Basketball, Tennis, Soccer, Volleyball, Equestrian, Track & Field and Acrobatics & Tumbling.
  
A 1980 Baylor graduate, John worked 15-years as TV sports anchor and Sports Director on Waco’s CBS affiliate, KWTX-TV before moving to Baylor Athletics full-time. Honored three times over a four year period with awards from the Texas AP Broadcasters for sports play-by-play..

John and his wife Terri are the parents of three children and grandparents of three. John and his family are active at Harris Creek Baptist Church


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Ray Huffines is the dealer principal for the Huffines Auto Dealerships, with eight dealership locations in the suburban Dallas market, begun in 1924 as the Huffines Motor Company by Huffines’ grandfather, J.L. Huffines, Sr. Today the Huffines Auto Dealerships sell more than 13,000 new and used vehicles a year, still embracing an 88-year-old mission—to treat customers right and support the communities in which the Huffines’ dealerships operate.

Huffines Auto Group

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Bryan Kelley serves as the CEO of the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP). Before his current position, Bryan has been a consummate servant-leader in many roles for PEP. 

Bryan has been a part of the organization since 2007 and graduated with Class 21 at the Cleveland Unit where he was voted “Mr. PEP.” He joined the staff shortly after his fresh start in 2014. 

Bryan has a BS in psychology from Sam Houston State University. He has been a business owner and is currently serving on the governing board of another nonprofit organization that helps released felons secure much-needed clothing upon release. He is an active member of his church. He has also become a passionate prison-reform advocate giving voice to those who wear the scarlet letter of ex-felon. Each day, Bryan models the blessed hope of what it can mean when one lives out the mission of PEP.

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Our guest today – Dr. Tedd Mitchell, Chancellor, Texas Tech University System 

Dr. Mitchell was named the fifth chancellor of the Texas Tech University System (TTU System) on Oct. 25, 2018. 

As chancellor, Mitchell is the CEO of a $2.5 billion, five-university higher education enterprise consisting of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Angelo State University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and Midwestern State University. 

Collectively, the TTU System enrolls more than 63,000 students, has an endowment valued at more than $1.3 billion and operates at 24 academic locations in 21 cities - 19 of those are in Texas and 2 are internationally locations. 

Dr. Mitchell is married to Dr. Janet Tornelli-Mitchell, They met while in medical school and practiced together for nearly two decades. 

The Mitchells have three children: Katherine Schwartz, an assistant district attorney in Dallas; Charlie, a petroleum engineer in Dallas and a TTU alumnus; and Chris, a TTU and Villanova alumnus, who is pursuing a career in the military. In 2020, they welcomed their first grandchild, Isabelle Grace, daughter of Katherine and her husband Ben.

Texas Tech University System

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Bukola and Amara Aigbedion are the co-founders of Love & Make, a DIY workshop studio located in the Rice Village area in Houston, Texas.  They started their company in 2018.  This is a fun start up with a similar concept to “Painting with the Twist”.  At Love & Make, it’s all about having people explore their creative side; making things with their hands, fellowshipping with loved ones, friends, coworkers, and having so much fun while doing it!  They were able to grow their business globally during the downtime of Covid in 2020 and currently have twelve employees

Amara & Bukola are sisters-in-law.  Amara graduated from the University of Houston with a Mechanical Engineering degree then later with an MBA from Berkeley.  Along with Love & Make, she is also currently working with a renewable energy company.  Amara lives in Houston and has a 19-month-old son.

Bukola graduated with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Houston.  She was a Pharmacy Manager with Target for 8 years and currently a Pharmacy Supervisor at one of Harris Health pharmacies in Houston. She lives in Katy, Texas with her husband and has 4 children, ages 2 to 18.

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Our guest this week is Don Jacobson. Don serves as Senior VP and Group Publisher for HarperCollins Christian Publishing and HarperCollins Focus in Nashville, Tennessee.  In this role, Don is responsible for the strategy and direction for trade books and curriculum publishing for Thomas Nelson and Zondervan.

In addition, he oversees HarperCollins Focus’ publishing strategy and its expansion in the general market; working with all divisions to meet goals, develop new business initiatives, and manage relationships with key authors, retailers, distributors, and staff.

Don is a 35-year publishing industry veteran, with experience in owning and operating publishing companies, as well as representing authors as a literary agent.

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Henry Ho is the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of Field Agent.  As the company’s customer and technology strategist, he leads the innovation and strategic partnership development process, global customer development and International expansion for Field Agent.  Henry worked 19 years with Procter & Gamble, with a broad array of assignments across the U.S. and Asia.  Henry was a founding member of P&G’s Global Walmart Customer Team in 1988 and has worked with Walmart for over 33 years.  Henry’s international experience includes Walmart Asia Team Leader, Country Manager of Procter & Gamble Hong Kong, and Asia Region Category Management and Shopper Insights Leader. 

After leaving P&G, Henry has been a part of multiple start-ups, including the Northstar Partnering Group, CORE4 Research, JOYN, LLC and most recently Field Agent, Inc..  Henry is also a member of the global Endeavor Entrepreneur network.  He serves on the Boards of The Stony Brook School, The Excellerate Foundation, and JoyCorps.  One of Henry’s main passions is investing time, energy, and resources in redemptive ventures and entrepreneurial leaders in his local community and around the world.   

Henry has a B.S. degree in Computer Science/Business from Furman University.

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