Today's podcast guest is Dorothy Dowling, Managing Director with Horwath HTL and Former Chief Marketing Officer of Best Western. As a legend in and outside of the hospitality industry, we discuss:

-The importance of giving back

-Not being the loudest, but often contributing the most

-Embracing lessons learned from her son

Dorothy Dowling is a Managing Director with Horwath HTL where she supports global hospitality industry clients with Go-To-Market strategies to help grow scale, revenue, and

Dowling has over 40 years of hospitality industry experience, most recently having spent the last 18 years as Chief Marketing Officer of Best Western where she directed all marketing and commercial strategies. Dowling is known for her expertise and her ability to connect the dots on where business partners need to be focused.

Dowling was recently honored with Lifetime Achievement awards from the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) for her extraordinary commercial leadership, the NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference for her innovation and business performance and from GBTA for her commercial leadership and advocacy supporting under represented groups.

Dowling holds an Honours BA and an MA from the University of Waterloo in Canada and has completed executive education at Harvard, Cornell and MIT.

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Today's podcast guest is well equipped and super intelligent to talk about anything and everything. Today, however, she chooses to TALK about PETS. As she does this, she is helping PEOPLE.

We discuss her impetus for writing a book that had never been published before, how animals influenced her childhood, and how writing and acting in Hollywood wasn't as glamorous as one might think.

An incredibly entertaining person who emits honesty and integrity in everything she does.

Tracie Hotchner is nationally acclaimed as a Pet Wellness Advocate, the author of THE DOG BIBLE: Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know and THE CAT BIBLE: Everything Your Cat Expects You to Know. She has been reaching pet parents with her “delightfully informative” shows on NPR, Sirius/XM and her pet talk podcasts for over 15 years,  interviewing pet experts and authors around the world.  Recognized as a unique voice for advice and information for pets and their people, she was honored as a Pet Age Woman of Influence.

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Today's we have two podcast guests. The first is 15 year-old Emily, a child of a migrant farmworker family that can literally put 10 years of experience on her resume, as she started working in the fields at a very young age. This practice needs to stop and the rights of children need to be shared more.

The second is Melanie Forti, with AFOP (Association of Farm Worker Opportunity Programs), based in the Washington, DC area. She is their Health and Safety Programs Director and also the Campaign Director for Children in the Fields Campaign.

Emily is the poised essay contest writer sharing her thoughts as a child that formerly worked in the fields.

My summary here could not do it justice. Listen and learn why this issue is so important and what YOU can do to help.

https://afop.org

The Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) has been an advocate for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States since 1971. The thread that binds the Association is the concept that training and education can provide the launching pad to a better and more stable life for the workers who plant, tend, and harvest the crops that Americans consume at their tables.

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Today's podcast guest is Chase Harmer, the Founder of Wishes.

He has an extraordinary mind who is using his skills to create a platform that provides transparency in the world of charitable giving.

His technology allows donors to immediately see their donations while giving instantaneous spending ability to the receiver.

How often do we give money without the total understanding of "where it goes" and "who receives it"?

Wishes has solved that problem.

His determination to win became clear after high school when he turned down a full track and field scholarship to Cal Poly in '98, opting instead for a more unconventional education at the "School of Hard Knocks." This early display of risk-taking set the stage for what would become a remarkable entrepreneurial odyssey.

At the tender age of 19, Harmer took a bold leap into the payments industry, founding his inaugural business—a gamble that paid off handsomely. By the age of 32, his visionary approach had transformed the venture into a thriving enterprise, raking in an impressive $40 million in annual revenues.

Harmer's indomitable spirit continued to manifest in the seven impactful years he spent as the founder of ProfitPay, an enterprise that later merged with the travel platform OnRiva. Overcoming the challenges of being a non-tech founder, he regards ProfitPay as the zenith of his career. This venture delivered an all-encompassing platform, streamlining payments, providing a proprietary gateway, and integrating card issuing technology with advanced fraud prevention.

Venturing into uncharted territories once more, Chase Harmer has set his sights on revolutionizing charity donations through Wishes. A dedicated leader, he spearheads efforts to address pressing issues in charitable giving, propelling Wishes to offer instant, transparent, tax-deductible, and rewarding donations for social impact. The organization's unparalleled speed in delivering funds has positioned it leagues ahead of competitors, embodying Harmer's vision for a future where charitable giving transcends boundaries, fostering a more interconnected world for all of humanity.

More can be found at https://wishes.inc

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Today's podcast guest is an skilled businessman, fabulous public speaker, entrepreneur, and a pastor that started a community from scratch.

He is one of 12 children whose father started a retaining wall business in order to support his family. It wasn't his dad's passion but rather a realistic way to provide. This taught Barney the values of hard work, sacrifice, and giving.

He is a kind hearted soul that spends every moment of every day 'INVESTING IN PEOPLE'S LIVES" with care and love.

Listen to his story...

More about Barney:

Barney Schwanke, originally from southern New Hampshire

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Today's podcast guest is Chip Rogers, president & CEO of American Hotel & Lodging Association. He holds one of the most influential roles in all of hospitality.

We discuss:

-Reading the newspaper as a young child, looking for the box scores, but inadvertently becoming educated on the world

-His love for broadcasting and communications

-The importance of coaching and using athletics for business lessons

-Serving the public to serving an industry

-Building teams through empowerment and encouragement

Chip Rogers joined the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) as President and CEO in January 2019. AHLA is America’s only national association dedicated to serving the interests of the entire hotel and lodging industry.

In his role as President & CEO, Chip has led the AHLA team and the lodging industry to achieve tangible results for AHLA members. Subsequently, he has received numerous awards and has been recognized as one of the 25 most influential by Business Travel News, as one of the most influential people in Washington D.C. by Washingtonian magazine, Top 50 Most Influential Leaders in Hospitality, USA, and Global by Hospitality Index, a Freedom Award recipient from ECPAT-USA and three times as a top lobbyist by the Hill newspaper.

Under Chip’s leadership, AHLA was named as “100 Associations That Will Save the World” by ASAE, was honored with the White House “Presidential Award for its Pledge to America’s Workers” and was recognized with the PR Week Purpose Awards 2020.

In addition to leading AHLA, Chip is a member of the board of directors for the United States Travel Association, Community Leaders of America, and the California Hotel & Lodging Association. Prior to joining the hospitality industry, Chip served in the Georgia General Assembly. He was elected to office six times and was unanimously elected twice to serve as Senate majority leader.

more about AHLA can be found at: https://ahla.com

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Today's podcast guest is.... me?

We turned the tables today. 

On today’s podcast we discuss:

-My father burying cans of cash and making sacrifices

-Learning kindness and acceptance from my mother

-Dunking in 9th grade with a 38 inch vertical jump

-Penn State Volleyball scholarship and internal drive

-Learning from coaches at an early age on how to inspire and lead with FUN

-Fitting in with Ritz-Carlton (a culture not a cult)

-Doing good and spreading kindness, as people need it now

Thank you Doug Baarman for asking me such relevant questions to enable our listeners to understand me and my intentions better. Grateful!

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Today's guest has it figured out. He has a balance. He pursues his passion. He maintains a healthy lifestyle. Family is most important to him. He continues to learn and therefore rises on the corporate ladder. He is amazing.

His name is Norber van den Berg. We had been neighbors years ago and our children were very good friends. Naturally, we also became family friends and explored and adventured Northern Virginia together.

On today's show we discuss:

- Being a global traveler and cultural chameleon, and what he has learned to appreciate the most

- What has encouraged him to stay with the same organization for over 30 years, and how he continues to challenge himself

- Growing up in a family of 12 kids

- Improving himself and focusing on family

More about Norbert:

Norbert van den Berg is a Dutch national, living in Switzerland and is gategroup’s regional President and Managing Director. He has worked with gategroup for the last 30 years, currently leading operations and business entities in North West Europe. Prior to his current role, he worked as Chief Operations Excellence & Compliance Office for gategroup globally. He has a background in Business Science, Business Economics, an MBA in organizational behavior, Masters in International Law and is a lean manufacturing and 6-Sigma practitioner. During his career, he lived in many countries around the globe in continents such as Asia Pacific, Europe, North and South America. As a cultural chameleon, he prides himself of his adaptability and appreciation of different cultures while working in a truly global company and industry.

Norbert’s experience in leading large operations in a global aviation and food manufacturing environment, led him to become one of the top leaders in gategroup’s business organization over the past 2 years. He was one of the founding members of the gategroup Operating Model and Operational Excellence standards and programs and uses his expertise to navigate compliance and operations programs through company changes and day-to-day operational challenges. It’s his role and aspiration to develop solid business results, though pragmatic programs and structures that keep an eye out on creating value for Operations and it’s thousands of employees.

His current focus is ensuring solid business results in a very complex European network with many languages and unionized workforce, while in an industry heavily impacted due to Covid. In addition, green field and Merger & Acquisition activities are prominently driven through Norbert’s organization to diversify the company into Food Solutions and make it less reliable on the aviation industry.

gategroup

gategroup is the global leader in airline catering, retail-on-board and hospitality products and services. We provide passengers with superior culinary and retail experiences, leveraging innovation and advanced technology solutions. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, gategroup delivers operational excellence through the most extensive catering network in the aviation industry, serving more than 700 million passengers annually from over 200 operating units in over 60 countries/territories across all continents. In 2019, gategroup reached CHF 5.0 billion in revenues generated by approximately 43,000 employees worldwide.

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Today’s podcast guest is David Kong, a legendary leader in

We discuss embracing challenges and figuring things out.

He shares that hard work and dedication is only the entry point for success in any career. 

The aspect of differentiation is key, which aligns with the Most People Don’t Message. 

David had to “figure it out” so many times and had the confidence to know he could and he would. 

 David Kong is the Founder and Principal of DEI Advisors, an

David has received numerous awards and accolades including the Lifetime Achievement Awards from Business Travel News, International Hotel Investment Forum and HSMAI. He was the recipient of the inaugural Arne Sorenson Social Impact Award in 2022. He was also recognized for his innovation by both Hotel Interactive and Guest Lab (Italy) in 2020. GBTA presented him with the

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When he shares advice, I write it down.

When he talks, I take notes.

When he gives examples, I hit "share".

To me and millions of followers and fans, he is of celebrity status! Today's podcast guest is Matt Easton, founder of Easton University.

In a world when everyone is SO BUSY, he is incredibly and willingly ACCESSBILE. I sent him a note and he responded quickly. He gave me his number, so I called him, and he almost immediately called me back.

When I invited him to be my guest, he replied, "I am EXCITED to help you create your BEST episode yet." Even during this interview, he shares his mobile number and encourages people to get to know him. He doesn't want anything or need anything other than to help.

Yes, he is wildly successful. Yes, he is married to a supermodel. Yes, he has a $500K car parked in his garage... BUT what motivates him is HELPING OTHERS. He shares the story of a person that influenced him at a very young age and how he uses that as one of his foundations to teach others. Listen to his remarkable journey and how he is obsessed with and loving his current destination.

More about Matt:

https://eastonuniversity.com  

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