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Welcome back to the Square Pizza podcast. In the first episode of 2021, Mia Howard of The Opportunity Trust joins Greg in conversation. Mia will share more about The Opportunity Trust later in the episode, an organization that is working to ensure that every child in St. Louis is prepared to lead a life of choice and dignity.

Keep listening on to hear Mia and Greg discuss:

- Mia's new podcast, The Pop Junction, that's focused on the 80s + 90s pop culture

- Mia shares about the "wins" she's experienced in her first two years at The Opportunity Trust

- They also discuss the potential return to in-person learning and the importance of talking and listening to parents when making this decision.

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More about Mia Howard:

Mia is a Partner at The Opportunity Trust, where she leads the organization’s $21mm investment strategy in innovative schools and talent across the St. Louis region.  Previously, Mia founded and led Intrepid College Prep Schools, consistently leading middle school and high school performance in Nashville and across Tennessee. Under her leadership, the schools received numerous distinctions from Metro Nashville Public Schools and the state of Tennessee including recognition as a Reward School in 2015 and 2018, and acknowledgment as an Excelling School for Economically Disadvantaged students and English Language Learners. Notably, Intrepid was a member of the E-CMO cohort program at CSGF and Achievement First Charter Network Accelerator.  Prior to launching Intrepid, Mia was a Fellow at Building Excellent Schools. Mia received a B.A. in Communication Studies from Vanderbilt University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. In her spare time, she loves to play with her dog Fizzy and she just launched a podcast called Pop Junction about 80s, 90s, and early aughts pop culture.  

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Welcome back to the Square Pizza Podcast. This week, Greg is in conversation with Taylor Toynes, the Founder and Executive Director of For Oak Cliff. For Oak Cliff is an organization out of Dallas, TX serving the Oak Cliff neighborhood. What started as back to school festival distributing school supplies has turned into an independent organization focused on liberating Oak Cliff from systemic oppression through education, community building, and advocacy.

Today, Taylor shares about:

- How J. Cole ended up at their festival

- Navigating the pandemic, as an organization and personally with his family

- How For Oak Cliff came to be and where they hope to go

Check out more about For Oak Cliff here.

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Welcome back to the Square Pizza Podcast!

Today Greg is in conversation with Krystal Allen, of K. Allen Consulting, a global education & management consulting firm that supports schools, nonprofits, and businesses through professional development, thought leadership, and philanthropy

Krystal shares about:

- her educational experience attending a boarding school in high school in Alabama

- and how her career has lead her to establish her own consulting firm, and what that work means to her.

You can read more about Krystal and K. Allen Consulting here.

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Welcome back to the Square Pizza Podcast! In this episode Greg is chatting with Dewey Norwood, one of his mentors, and SVP, Higher Education Relationship Manager, Talent Acquisition Strategy, & Targeted Programs, Wells Fargo

Don't worry they'll get into what that extra-long title means and what his job consists of day-to-day.

Beyond dissecting Dewey's role at Wells Fargo, Greg and Dewey discuss:

- Sports! NBA, MLB, college baseball, and more

- What Dewey looks for as a funder

- and his LinkedIn fame

About G. Dewey Norwood:

Dewey has been with Wells Fargo for 22 years and his background includes
work in Retail Brokerage, Capital Management, Corporate Communications,
Investment Banking & Capital Markets, Community Relations and the Wells
Fargo Foundation.

Dewey is a Senior Vice-President in Talent Acquisition Strategy and
Targeted Programs within Human Resources. In this vital and strategic role,
he places special emphasis on providing diverse students and consumers
greater access to higher education resources (scholarships), mentoring,
career development, and comprehensive financial wellness training. On an
annual basis, Dewey manages 90-100 national events and programs
including Wells Fargo’s groundbreaking Beyond College Webinar Series.
Originally from New York City, Dewey is a graduate of the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte (#CharlotteStrong) with a degree in Political Science.
Outside of the firm, he works with several non-profits in support of
education, health and human services, and youth athletics. Dewey and his
wife Amanda reside in Charlotte, North Carolina and have two adult children.

Find him here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dewey-norwood-jr-a50a3ba/

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Welcome back to the Square Pizza podcast. This week, Greg got to connect with Barry White Jr. a passionate educator located in Charlotte, NC but also known around the world as The Handshake Teacher because of a viral video. We at SchermCo had the pleasure of working with Barry while he was a fifth-grade teacher at Ashley Park. He's now the Dean of Students at University Park Creative Arts School and today he shares with us:

- Why The Office will forever be his favorite show

- Why he started his signature handshake connection with students and what it was like being interviewed by stars such as Steve Harvey and Kevin Hart

- and finally, some of the technologies that are helping him connect with students during this time of remote learning

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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Ending our 6-part series by sending a sincere thank you. 

More to do. More to come.  

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Thanks for checking out the Square Pizza Pod. 

This is the fifth of six episodes in our special series as we celebrate 6 years of SchermCo. In this episode, we discuss our lessons learned as well as our vision for the next 6 years and beyond. 

What do you think the future holds for education? Leave us a comment - we'd love to hear from you. 

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Thanks for checking out the Square Pizza Pod. 

This is the fourth of six episodes in our special series as we celebrate 6 years of SchermCo. In this episode, we discuss our own highlights from the past 6 years as we've worked across 16 states and supported 40+ game-changing organizations.  

Let us know what you think about the episode. 

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Welcome back to the Square Pizza Podcast. Today we're talking to Sharif El-Mekki, Founder and CEO of The Center for Black Educator Development.

In this episode, Sharif shares about:

• How his upbringing shaped him (spoiler his parents were both members of the Black Panther Party)
• The origin story of The 8 Black Hands podcast, a podcast he cohosts
• His work at The Center for Black Educator Development

Enjoy this episode!

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Thanks for checking out the Square Pizza Pod. 

This is the third of six episodes in our special series as we celebrate 6 years of SchermCo. In this episode, we go into the specifics of the Square Pizza Pod, why we started it, and how we plan to use it moving forward.  Hope this gives you more insight about us. 

Let us know what you think about the episode. 

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