Bill Symonds, Director of the Global Pathways Institute joins us to discuss the Western Pathways Conference. This conference is focused on building an education and workforce development system that will prepare ALL young adults for careers leading to economic independence.

Stephanie Veck, Director of the Colorado Workforce Development Council, joins us to discuss the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Her guest is the new Executive Director of CDLE, Sam Walker.

For the first half of our show, Everette Freeman, Community College of Denver President joins us to discuss the importance of community colleges within the higher education system. For part two of today’s show, we’ll jump into the Journalism Program that CCD offers, with Department Chair, Kristi Strother.

The Common Sense Policy Roundtable and REMI Partnership have developed a study on the debate over public pension reform in Colorado. The report finds state lawmakers can save billions of dollars for cities, counties, school districts and state agencies over the next 10 years while at the same time securing the finances of PERA – Colorado’s pension fund manager.

We continue our special series - Finding Colorado’s Next Governor. Walker Stapleton joins us for the tenth installment of our series, as we hear from a new gubernatorial candidate, and their views on the important issues that concern all Coloradans. On the last working day of each month we feature #FindingCoGov - share your questions on twitter, and we’ll include them in the show.

We’ll take a different turn in our focus on Tourism by talking about the unique world of medical tourism. Arlen Meyers, co-founder of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs, SoPE (pronounced ‘soap’) joins us with his guest, professor of international health management at the University of Colorado Denver, Blair Gifford. Together the delve into medical tourism and what that means for Colorado’s economy.

Cathy Ritter, Director of the Colorado Tourism Office discusses the best ways to see all that Colorado has to offer. Cathy and her team were finalists for the Collaboration in Industry Awards last December, and she is here to update us on all that the Tourism Office has been up to since then.

Vicky Nash, CEO of Resort Trends, Inc. and winner of the Collaboration in Industry Awards in the Tourism Category for the creation of the Colorado Historic Hot Springs Loop, joins us to talk about the latest news at Resort Trends.

Beth Jensen, Senior Director of Sustainable Business Innovation at Outdoor Industry Association joins us to talk about OIA’s supply chain and product sustainability efforts in the outdoor industry. OIA was a finalist for our Collaboration in Industry Awards last December, tune in to hear what they’ve got in the works.

Anthony Lambatos shares his experience running a second-generation business and his perspective on company culture. Anthony’s guest is Tony Giarratano, Senior Vice President of the Southeast Market for FirstBank. Tony and Anthony focus on why customer service can set your business apart.