Success in the hospitality industry isn't just about serving great food. It's about creating an experience that keeps people coming back.

Greg Weimer sits down with Yianni Bourbakis, co-owner of Elia Mediterranean Grille, to discuss the principles that have helped turn his vision into one
of Pittsburgh's most talked-about dining destinations.

CHAPTERS

00:33 Welcome to Living Your Legacy
01:26 Meet Yianni Bourbakis of Elia
02:32 From Corporate America to Entrepreneur
04:33 The All-Night Gyro Shop That Started It All
05:59 Vision and the Right Partners
08:19 Treating Your Team Like Family
09:52 Creating the Buzz: Consistency and Persistency
10:59 Knowing Your Customers by Heart
12:16 Getting 1% Better Every Day
14:33 Keeping Everyone Through COVID
16:16 Building a Team That Stays
18:12 Betting on Downtown Pittsburgh
20:03 One Do-Over? Nothing
20:42 Present Moments vs. Ten-Year Plans
22:49 A Legacy Built for His Kids
26:06 The One Lesson: Be Consistent, Be Persistent

GUEST
Yianni Bourbakis — Co-Owner, Elia Mediterranean Grille

HOST
Greg Weimer — Founder and CEO, Confluence Financial Partners

TOPICS
Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Family & Legacy

What do you do when the career you spent years chasing disappears overnight, and the detour turns out to be the opportunity of a lifetime?

What began as a dream of becoming a sports broadcaster took an unexpected turn when an NHL lockout changed Bethany Vietmeier's career path. Greg Weimer sits down with Bethany, founder of Valiant 3 Communications, to discuss the power of relationships, the importance of saying "yes" before you have all the answers, and how a willingness to adapt can open doors you never expected.

CHAPTERS

00:30 Welcome to Living Your Legacy
01:03 Meet Beth Vietmeier
01:23 Inside Valiant 3 Communications
03:05 The Nevillewood Lesson: Learning to Communicate
05:31 Broadcast Dreams and the Penguins
06:02 The NHL Lockout and a Career Setback
07:37 Saying Yes Before You're Ready
08:49 How Jerome Bettis Hired Her
10:16 The Kindness Lesson From Jerome
11:06 Why You Should Always Communicate
13:52 Leaving an Impact
14:47 The Bus Stops Here Foundation
17:41 How She Thinks About Planning
21:13 Advice to an 18-Year-Old
22:00 What You Do With Fear
25:05 Lessons From Mom and Dad
26:08 Balancing Work and Family
29:56 Impact on the People You Love

GUEST
Bethany Vietmeier — Founder, Valiant 3 Communications

HOST
Greg Weimer — Founder and CEO, Confluence Financial Partners

TOPICS
Entrepreneurship, Resilience, Leadership

What if the key to getting technology right has less to do with the software and more to do with how you lead the people behind it?

Technology is often viewed as a tool, but for Jason Esch, it's a vehicle for solving meaningful business challenges and creating lasting impact. Greg Weimer sits down with Jason, entrepreneur, technology executive, and owner of TeamLogic IT Pittsburgh, to discuss his unconventional path into the technology industry, why he considers himself a business leader first and a technologist second, and how empathy has become a defining force in both his professional and personal life.

CHAPTERS

00:56 Welcome to Living Your Legacy
01:27 Meet Jason Esch
02:07 Business Leader First, Technologist Second
06:14 Making Technology Purpose-Driven
07:20 Cybersecurity and AI: Where to Start
08:03 Passwords, Vaults, and Two-Factor
08:52 Using AI Without Giving Away Your Data
11:00 The Consultant Approach to IT
12:49 Core Values as a Differentiator
14:38 Leading With Empathy
16:42 Leadership Washington County
17:40 Investing in Your Network
19:11 Vulnerability and Authentic Leadership
20:22 Legacy Is Built While You're Alive
22:05 Three Lessons for the Next Generation
26:03 Family, Balance, and Priorities
26:42 What His Son Has Taught Him
30:02 The Title He's Most Proud Of

GUEST
Jason Esch — President & Owner, TeamLogic IT (Pittsburgh)

HOST
Greg Weimer — Founder and CEO, Confluence Financial Partners

TOPICS
Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Technology & Innovation

What happens when a deeply personal experience leads to a 22-year career raising hundreds of millions of dollars for children's health and philanthropy?

In this episode, Greg Weimer sits down with Rachel Petrucelli, President of the UPMC Children's Hospital Foundation, to reflect on her 22-year career,
her unexpected path into nonprofit leadership, and how deeply personal experiences shaped her commitment to children's health and philanthropy.
From navigating leadership transitions to helping raise hundreds of millions of dollars, Rachel shares how her work is grounded in relationships and a
mission that extends far beyond fundraising.

CHAPTERS

01:00 Welcome to Living Your Legacy
01:30 Meet Rachel Petrucelli
02:00 Finding Her Calling in Nonprofit Work
04:00 Growing Up in Erie with a Single Mom
05:30 The Pivot to Children's Hospital
07:00 The Joy of Working with Donors
09:00 Philanthropy as Community
10:00 Building an Extraordinary Team
12:00 Why Longevity Matters in Fundraising
13:00 Navigating Leadership Change
15:00 Building the New Children's Hospital
17:00 The UPMC Partnership
18:30 The Margin of Excellence
20:00 Behavioral Health and What's Next
22:00 Expanding Care Closer to Home
24:00 Looking Back and Looking Forward
26:00 Legacy and Purpose

GUEST
Rachel Petrucelli -- President, UPMC Children's Hospital Foundation

HOST
Greg Weimer -- Founder and CEO, Confluence Financial Partners

TOPICS
Philanthropy and Impact

What does it take to turn a basement candy operation into one of Pittsburgh's most iconic brands and keep it thriving across three generations?

In this episode, Greg Weimer sits down with Bill Sarris to discuss how his father transformed a simple idea into a multi-generational business built on craftsmanship, relationships, and relentless hard work. From making chocolate bunnies six at a time in the family basement in the 1960s to running five
production lines that turn out hundreds of thousands of bunnies each Easter, Bill shares the defining moments that built Sarris Candies into a brand woven into the fabric of the Pittsburgh community.

CHAPTERS

01:00 Welcome to Living Your Legacy
01:30 Meet Bill Sarris
02:00 How It All Started in a Basement
04:10 Six Bunnies at a Time
05:20 Going to W&J and Joining the Business
06:30 Fundraising and Building the Brand
07:30 $75,000 in Cash to Europe
09:30 Why Sarris Became the Iconic Brand
11:00 The Giant Eagle Phone Call
13:00 Expanding and Building in Sections
14:00 The New Facility at Fort Pitt Bridgeworks
14:40 Delegating and Growing the Team
16:30 A Workforce That Stayed for Decades
18:00 Family Culture and Relationships
19:30 What Drives You When It's Not About Money
21:30 Passing It to the Next Generation
23:30 Learning Every Part of the Business
24:30 What Are You Most Proud Of
25:30 What Would Your Dad Think
26:30 Legacy and One Piece of Advice

GUEST
Bill Sarris -- Owner, Sarris Candies

HOST
Greg Weimer -- Founder and CEO, Confluence Financial Partners

TOPICS
Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Family & Legacy

What does it take to walk away from a successful career because you know it is not the life you want to build?

In this episode, Greg Weimer sits down with Chef Ezra Shapiro, a private chef based in Western Pennsylvania who traded a career in commercial real estate and finance for restaurant kitchens. After graduating from Penn State with an economics degree and spending four years managing a commercial real estate investment fund, Ezra took a solo trip to South America that changed the direction of his life. What started as three months of thinking and food tours through Lima and Buenos Aires became the foundation for an entirely new career path.

CHAPTERS

01:10 Welcome to Living Your Legacy
01:48 Meet Chef Ezra Shapiro
03:30 Growing Up Around Food
05:15 Penn State and Economics
06:40 The Mentor in Commercial Real Estate
10:15 Leaving the Office Behind
12:30 The Wine Company and Getting Laid Off
16:20 Three Months in South America
20:45 Discovering the Culinary World
24:30 The Risk Analysis That Changed Everything
27:00 First Kitchen Job in Philadelphia
29:30 The Sourdough Story
33:15 Falling in Love with the Kitchen
35:40 Working Your Way Up Through Stages
38:00 Single Thread: A Three Michelin Star Restaurant
42:00 Leaving Single Thread for Family
46:20 Building a Private Chef Business in Pittsburgh
49:30 The Connection Between Food and Relationships
52:00 Three Defining Moments
54:20 Closing

GUEST
Ezra Shapiro -- Private Chef

HOST
Greg Weimer -- Founder and CEO, Confluence Financial Partners

TOPICS
Passion & Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership

What if the most important thing about AI in business is not what it can do but how well you understand the people you are trying to reach?

In this episode, Greg Weimer sits down with Bill Bishilany, founder of Mileage Design, to explore what it really means to rethink digital marketing in the
age of AI. From graduating Ohio State in construction management and surviving the 2008 recession to turning around distressed franchise brands and
discovering human-centered design through the Stanford d.school reading list, Bill shares how an unconventional path shaped the way he builds digital
strategies rooted in empathy and problem solving.

CHAPTERS

01:10 Welcome to Living Your Legacy
01:41 Meet Bill Bishilany
02:30 From Construction to AI
04:21 Turning Around Distressed Franchise Brands
06:13 Discovering Human-Centered Design
07:00 Solving at the Point of Frustration
08:44 Adding Massive Value to Clients
10:12 Starting Mileage Design
11:51 Why It's Called Mileage
12:21 Human Relationships in the Age of AI
13:28 AI Is Bigger Than the Internet
16:23 AI as a Thinking Partner
18:05 Staying Ahead of Technology
20:29 What Digital Marketing Really Is
21:03 How AI Is Changing Search
22:50 Trust and AI Search Results
25:36 The Digital Marketing Mosaic
27:27 Turning the Flintstones into the Jetsons
28:58 Growth Mindset and Embracing AI
30:27 Faith, Family, and What Matters Most
31:23 Happiness Is Not a Destination
34:04 Raising Someone's Future Best Friend
35:43 Legacy: Intentional, Deliberate, By Design

GUEST
Bill Bishilany — Founder, Mileage Design

HOST
Greg Weimer — Founder and CEO, Confluence Financial Partners

TOPICS
Innovation & Technology, Growth, Faith & Purpose, Passion & Creativity

When Lou and Veronica Guarino decided to start their own business, they made a bold and personal sacrifice by selling Veronica's wedding ring to fund what would become Louis Anthony Jewelers.

In this episode, we sit down with Lou and Veronica Guarino, owners of Louis Anthony Jewelers, to talk about partnership, sacrifice, staying true to
your standards, and the passion it takes to build a family business that lasts across generations.

CHAPTERS

00:36 - Welcome to Living Your Legacy
01:00 - Meet Lou and Veronica Guarino
01:26 - Selling the Wedding Ring
03:30 - Starting with a Desk and a Phone
05:00 - The "Have We Met Yet?" Campaign
06:10 - Are Couples Still That Committed?
08:00 - The First Order and the Phone Book
09:30 - How Do You Get to Rolex?
11:15 - The Defining Moment: Six Figures at the Door
13:00 - The Struggle Is Real
14:30 - Staying True to Your Standards
16:00 - Designing a Pin for Madeleine Albright
18:15 - Your Store Is Your Home
20:00 - Jewelry as Legacy
23:00 - Falling in Love with Your Business
25:00 - Staying Relevant and Innovating
28:00 - Multigenerational Business
31:00 - Balance Means Being Out of Balance

GUEST
Lou & Veronica Guarino — Co-Owners, Louis Anthony Jewelers

HOST
Greg Weimer — Founder and CEO, Confluence Financial Partners

TOPICS
Entrepreneurship, Family & Legacy, Passion & Creativity, Resilience

What if your doctor had the time to really know you, your stress, your sleep, your goals, and the life you actually want to live?

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Sunjay Mannan, founder of Health Is Wealth Concierge Medicine, to explore what proactive, personalized healthcare really looks like and why it may be one of the most powerful investments you can make in your future.

CHAPTERS:

00:36 - Welcome to Living Your Legacy
01:01 - Meet Dr. Sunjay Mannan
02:38 - What Is Concierge Medicine
04:00 - What a Patient Says About Sunjay
04:17 - Healthspan vs. Lifespan
05:08 - Sleep, Data, and Readiness
05:50 - The Concierge Model vs. Fee-Based Advising
08:15 - Using AI in Medicine
09:14 - Stress and How to Manage It
12:06 - What Does Concierge Medicine Cost
14:06 - Going Into Patients' Homes
14:38 - Lessons from a 104-Year-Old Patient
16:07 - Living Intentionally
18:36 - Exercise, ADHD, and Dementia
19:50 - What Exercise Really Means at 55
21:06 - The Diet Basics That Actually Work
24:02 - How Long Until You See Results
25:22 - Questions to Ask Your Doctor
27:54 - Women's Health and Hormone Therapy
29:45 - Legacy and Eulogical Values

GUEST
Dr. Sunjay Mannan — Founder, Health Is Wealth Concierge Medicine

HOST
Greg Weimer — Founder and CEO, Confluence Financial Partners

TOPICS
Health & Wellness, Growth, Faith & Purpose

He lost all his confidence in high school. Then Chris Lee discovered what happens when you fall in love with the process.

Greg Weimer sits down with Chris Lee — Managing Director and COO of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote — to talk about losing direction, finding it in law
school, and building a three-decade career on showing up and doing things the right way. Chris shares the story behind the Chi-Chi's hepatitis A
outbreak, the lunch table where real mentorship happened, and the father who set the standard he still follows.

In this episode, we cover:

01:08 - Intro
01:39 - Welcome and Chris Lee's background
03:33 - Losing confidence in high school
06:03 - Meeting Christy and turning it around at IUP
07:06 - Duquesne Law School and finding his process
10:11 - Clerking at Dickie McCamey and firm culture
12:13 - The Chi-Chi's hepatitis A outbreak
15:20 - Career growth from national outbreaks
16:09 - Mentorship, in-person culture, and the PPG Place table
19:10 - Christy's role and the cost of building a practice
21:03 - Father Don Lee — Navy vet, federal judge, life model
24:43 - Catholic Charities and giving back to the community
27:23 - Legacy, grandkids, and what matters most

Guest: Chris Lee, Managing Director & COO, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote 

Host: Greg Weimer, CEO, Confluence Financial Partners

Topics: Leadership, mentorship, confidence, law, food safety, Catholic Charities, family legacy, Pittsburgh