Erie’s Front Row

This week on Erie's Front Row, Jordan is joined by Colleen Dougherty. Colleen is in an exciting new shared role between the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership and InfiniteErie, Regional Collaboration and Economic Development. On this episode we introduce Colleen to the audience, discuss the new partnership between Infinite Erie and the ERCGP, and what people can expect coming out of this new position. 

This week on Erie's Front Row, Jordan is joined by Kahla Maguire. Kahla is the new Director of Membership at the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership.  On this episode, we introduce Kahla to our audience and hear about her new role at the organization.

This week on Erie's Front Row, Jordan is joined by Bobbie and Soven Shrivastav, founders of Solvrays. Solvrays is an AI-driven orchestration platform modernizing insurance operations by automating complex workflows across legacy and modern systems. Solvrays was a participant in the 2025 cohort of the FIRE Accelerator presented by Erie Insurance and ValueMomentum.

Solvrays Website - https://www.solvrays.com/ 

This week on Erie's Front Row, Jordan is joined by Drew Watkins and Kevin Mallory, the founders of Ella. Ella is an Erie-based startup building a collaborative workbench to allow trusted advisors to "go from intake to insight in a fraction of the time" while assisting their clients in the business transition process. Ella was an observer in the 2025 cohort of the FIRE Accelerator presented by Erie Insurance and ValueMomentum. 

This week on Erie's Front Row, Jordan is joined by the founders of Obai, Kameron Seabrook and Justin Fields. Obai is building a technology that works with Insurance carriers to navigate Catastrophic events. Obai has built a technology that brings every participant in the auto claim process together onto the same tool to coordinate action. Obai graduated from the 2025 cohort of the FIRE Accelerator presented by Erie Insurance and ValueMomentum. 

This week on Erie's Front Row, Jordan is joined in the studio by Lydia Floyd and Ami Patel co-founders of InsureScope. InsureScope has built an AI-Powered tool allowing Insurance professionals to analyze coverage in minutes, compare policies instantly, and build a knowledge base to share expertise across the business. InsureScope is a participant in the 2025 Cohort of the FIRE Accelerator presented by Erie Insurance and ValueMomentum. 

This week on Erie's Front Row, Jordan interviews Chris Lantinen the Director of the PennWest Edinboro's branch of the NWPA Innovation Beehive Network, and Katie Schaible, Program Director at Bridgeway Capital. On this episode, we discuss the NWPA Made program and the resources that are available to Maker Entrepreneurs in the region. 

https://nwpamade.org/

This week on Erie's Front Row, Jake and Jordan are joined in the studio by the founders of Local Dutch. Local Dutch is based in the Netherlands and operates Urban Farm Markets, featuring fresh produce and indoor agriculture. Local Dutch was awarded a Pennsylvania Agriculture Innovation Grant and is considering Erie for one of its locations. 

This week on Erie's Front Row, Jake and Jordan are joined in the studio by friend of the show, Chuck Peters. In this episode, we discuss Chuck's journey as a business and community leader across media, technology, and development. We discuss the critical role that leaders play within organizations and how we can operate and make the most of the assets available in our community. 

This week on Erie's Front Row, Jake and Jordan are joined in the studio by Ryan Palm, the Executive Director of the Brad McGarry Center for Neurodiversity at Mercyhurst University. In this episode, we introduce the audience to Ryan and discuss the services available to neurodivergent students at Mercyhurst University.

Mercyhurst has a rich history of supporting neurodivergent students. You can learn more here: https://www.mercyhurst.edu/student-services/center-neurodiversity