Two of our guests share how great loss shaped them into the leaders they are today. The other two guest believe that if you work hard and strive to learn success will follow.

Legacy is something you work hard for. Hear how these CEO's and Presidents are striving to leave a legacy that will impact lives now and for years to come. Bobby Ritterbeck of Best Egg, Cathy Kanefsky of the Food Bank of Delaware, Thomas Ripsam of C.F. Martin Guitar & Co and Charlie Anderson of Burro all share their stories of how circumstances (good and bad) helped them realize how important it is to invest in today and into tomorrow.

Listen to top leaders like Kristin Lytle of Leaders Edge, Deep Parmar of Caramel Advisors, Mike Ghesser of IMS Trading and Caleb Frankel of Instinct all share how the diversity in their background, diversity in leadership style and diversity in goals may be different in each business but one thing in common is a determination to be a great leader.

Brian Brecher of Freire Schools, Anneshia Vieira of Imhotep Institute Charter High School and Idalee Escribano of Pan American Academy Charter School all share a passion for their students.  Listen as these teachers are interviewed by our host and their students about their own past and what lead them to have a passion for teaching. These teachers go above and beyond in and out of the classroom to make a difference!

Nick Liermann of Team Foster, Lawrence James of Connexus Technology, Eric Bernstein of Main Line Center for Laser Surgery & Angelo Valletta all share a passion for helping others achieve great things because someone along their journey did that for them. Team Foster was started to honor Nick's fallen hero and friend

4 of Philadelphia's most recognized Arts organization are run by these top leaders. Listen as Sasha Suda of Philadelphia Museum of Art, MatiasMatias of Philadelphia Orchestra, David Devan of Opera Philadelphia & Joe Kluger of WolfBrown share what inspired them to inspire our community and the world through music and art.

Our guests Prema Gupta of Center City District, Isaac Shapiro of IMS Trading, Chuck Zwicker of Weidenhammer and Caleb Frankel of Instinct all share their passion for their business mission, their team and the people they are helping. They agree that there is a drive to succeed when you can help others do the same.  "Ideas come naturally when you are passionate about what you are bringing to the world." Caleb Frankel.

Our guests, Larry Walker of Balford, Ian Wristbridge of Magnar, Shaunak Roy of Yellowdig and James Wang of Asian Bank open up to talk about childhood experience. Larry was fortunate to have great experiences with his home life and that has given him a desire to mentor others. Ian started working at age 8 in his dad's business, gaining valuable skills that helped him when starting Magnar. Shaunak grew up in India and while he was busy in school, he bored with being in the classroom. He has taken that experience to develop a platform that cultivates creative learning opportunities. James blended his experience growing up both in Taiwan and Philadelphia and opened a bank that caters to the immigrant and minority people of Philadelphia.
 

Four local Leaders in education share how their organizations are leading a cause to enable students to reach high goals. Each leader with different backgrounds, roles and scope of influence are all making an impact and supporting our educators and students to help build better futures for generations to come.

EricaLiermann Founder Dub Fitnesswww.dub-fitness.com  

Amy NeedlePresident and CEO Historic Philadelphia www.historicphiladelphia.org

Sharmain Matlock Turner President & CEO Urban Affairs Coalition www.uac.org  

Josh Stein CEO impilo www.impilo.health