Today's guest is Clint Smiley, a second-generation lifelong educator, raising a third generation of educators and a through-and-through Michigander. He is also West Middle School's retiring Principal. This is Clint's story.

Today's guest is Nick Jones, a husband, father, bother, and son. He is also the vicepresident for community wellness at Nationwide Childrens' Hospital in Columbus, OH. He is someone trying to make this a better place for children. This is Nick's story.

Today's guest is Jeff Chambers and adventurer, a father of three teenagers, and a human eager to change the word. He is also the founder & ceo at Lumin Digital, a digital banking platform designing the future of how humans interact with their credit union. This is Jeff's story.

Jodie Schanhals joins us on this episode of Despite Impossible. She's a self-described "force to be reckoned with" and President at MeetingMaker. A tool for verifying meeting attendance by geolocation. The solution  is comprised of a lovely mix of several years of recovery, IT, mobile app design, tracking and geolocation experience. This is Jodie's story.

Today's guest is Kelly Botti, President and CEO at TruMark Financial Credit Union in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. She weaves her love for Taylor Swift and 90s rock into everything she does. 

Today's guest is Chuck Fagan, President and CEO of PSCU, a payments partner organization to credit unions. Leveraging digital technology, PSCU supports 2,400 financial institutions, representing more than 7.7 billion transactions annually. He says where credit unions own the member relationship, PSCU is there to play an important role.  This is Chuck's story.

Today's guest is Chase Bonhag, CEO and co-founder of FirstIgnite, an AI-driven platform simplifying the process for universities to craft compelling marketing content by analyzing complex research data and publications. This helps speed up the process of getting research data into the hands of experts who can turn it into new products and processes that impact our world. This is Chase's story.

Today's guest is Clark Sweat, Chief Operating Officer for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Married his sweetheart, is a farm owner, and he's a guy that likes to play with dirt. This is Clark's story.

To learn, and donate, visit: https://childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/

Today's guest is Jeff Russell, President & CEO at Delta Dental in Iowa. Father, music lover, not a dancer, and he happens to be the co-founder and operator of Catalyst Ridge Wines, a winery in Oregon. This is Jeff's story.

To learn more, visit: https://catalyst.wine

Today's guest is Mark Zook, President and CEO at Maps Credit Union in Salem, Oregon. He's known for being a builder in the industry and says it's important as a leader to be a generalist, not a specialist, so he can ask "the whys." He leads by being kind and curious.