The Good Athlete Podcast

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For today’s episode, Jim sits down with Paul Donaher. Paul Donaher is a global leader with a track record of growing and transforming organizations with innovation at their core. He combines strategic vision, operating excellence, and a creative mindset to achieve results. Paul’s leadership style is the hallmark of his success, and the success of those he leads. He is focused on ensuring a high performance, stimulating work culture through collaboration, motivating team, and championing inclusion and diversity. Paul has held senior executive positions at Apple, Beats by Dre, and Sotheby’s. As an agency president and partner, he has advised esteemed brands as diverse as Four Seasons hotels, Goldman Sachs, GAP, and Harvard Business School. Paul is committed to sharing his leadership skills and business acumen with community and non-profit organizations, especially those focused on equality and justice.

Visit Paul Donaher’s website: https://www.pauldonaheradvisory.com/

Tim Dohrer Email: [email protected]

Northwestern Master of Science in Education in Teacher Leadership:

https://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/teacher-leadership/master-of-science-in-education-in-teacher-leadership/index.html#:~:text=The%20Master%20of%20Science%20in,practicum%20and%20take%20one%20elective.

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For today’s episode, Jim sits down with Becky Moran. Becky Moran, CMAA is the Athletic Director at Round Lake High School. She has served in this capacity for 3 years and has worked in interscholastic athletic administration for 19 years at various high schools in the Chicagoland area. She has coached soccer and volleyball at the high school and collegiate level. She earned a BS in Sport and Fitness Management from the University of Wisconsin – Parkside. She then furthered her education at Dominican University and Ohio University where she earned a master’s in educational leadership and athletic administration respectively. In addition to her role as a high school athletic director, she serves her professional associations on the Board of Directors at both the state and national level. She serves the Illinois Athletic Director’s Association as the professional development coordinator, a position she has had for the last fourteen years. She was recently recognized by the association as the 3A/4A Athletic Director of the Year for the work she has done in her school and state. She is also the current President-Elect for the NIAAA Board of Directors after being selected as an at-large candidate in 2020. She has presented courses and workshops at multiple state and national conference and continues to look for ways to grow as a professional while simultaneously growing and promoting the profession of athletic administration. She is a lifetime resident of Lake County, Illinois where she with her husband, Patrick, and two children, Wyatt 16 and Halle 15.

Follow Becky Moran on Twitter: @ADMoranCMAA

Tim Dohrer Email: [email protected]

Northwestern Master of Science in Education in Teacher Leadership:

https://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/teacher-leadership/master-of-science-in-education-in-teacher-leadership/index.html#:~:text=The%20Master%20of%20Science%20in,practicum%20and%20take%20one%20elective.

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For today’s episode, Jim sits down with Caroline Williams, the author of Move!: The New Science of Body Over Mind. Caroline is a UK-based science writer with over 20 years’ experience in magazine and radio journalism. She regularly writes for New Scientist Magazine and is also a feature editor working on neuroscience, health, and nature-based stories. Caroline is the author of two books: Move! And Override, and the editor of two New Scientist’s Instant Expert Guides. She also produced and presented radio programs and reports for BBC, across Science, Natural History, and Children’s Radio. Her passion is to learn new and exciting things, and share them in the most entertaining way possible.

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Visit Caroline Williams’ Website: https://www.carolinewilliams.net

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For today’s episode, Jim sits down with Abby Seitz, an active-duty Marine. Abby is originally from the Midwest and grew up playing high school sports. With a love for fitness, language, and travel, she found military service to be a natural fit. She’s been an active-duty Marine for ten years and lives in Southern California with her husband and son. She speaks three languages and is currently pursuing a Batchelor’s Degree in Psychology.

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For today’s episode, Jim and Joe discuss the early years of the Illinois High School Powerlifting Association (IHSPLA) while sharing their own experiences as a Youth Athlete in a quickly growing sport.

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For today’s episode, Jim sits down with Dr. Matt Wiest, a chiropractor and the owner of The Center of Movement which has multiple locations throughout Minnesota. Matt grew up in Enchant, Alberta, Canada, a small farming community just east of the Rocky Mountains. After high school, Matt spent three years in Vancouver playing junior hockey before moving to Wisconsin to play college hockey at the University of Wisconsin – Superior where he earned his Bachelor of Exercise Science in Wellness and Fitness Management. During his time at the University of Wisconsin – Superior, Matt was on the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) All Academic Team as well as serving on the student government as Communications Director for the University representing the voice of the student body. Matt continued his education in Davenport, Iowa at Palmer College of Chiropractic where he earned his Doctorate of Chiropractic (D.C.) degree. It was through his experience in athletics that Matt’s passion for chiropractic grew. Through personal experience as well as witnessing first hand numerous teammates benefit from care on and off the field, Matt knew that this is what he was meant to do.

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For today’s episode, Jim sits down with Eric McMahon, the Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager at the NSCA Headquarters in Colorado Springs. He joined the NSCA Staff in 2020 with over 15-years of coaching experience, including roles with the Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, and the MLB Europe Programs. From 2009-19, McMahon was a Strength and Conditioning Coach in the Texas Rangers Organization. He served as the Assistant Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator from 2016-17, and was promoted to Major League Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach in 2018-19. McMahon began working in professional baseball with the Milwaukee Brewers as a Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coach from 2006-08. He holds the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) certification and Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach with Distinction (RSCC*D) designation from the NSCA. McMahon holds a masters in Exercise Science from Springfield College, where he served as an Anatomy and Physiology Instructor, and Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach with baseball, football, golf, men's lacrosse, men's soccer, and women's volleyball from 2005-07. Prior to Springfield, in 2004-05, he was an Assistant Football / Strength and Conditioning Coach at Middlebury College in his home state of Vermont. As an undergraduate at St. Lawrence University, McMahon majored in biology while playing center for the football team.

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For today’s episode, Jim sits down with Dr. Lauren Casella, Academic Program Director for the Catholic School Leadership Academy and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Administration in the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University. Before entering higher education, Dr. Casella served Catholic elementary schools within the Chicago Archdiocese for ten years as a teacher at St. John of the Cross Parish School in Western Springs IL and as a teacher, administrator, and Principal at The Frances Xavier Warde School in Chicago, IL. Prior to joining LMU as a full-time faculty member, Dr. Casella served as a faculty lecturer in SOE’s Elementary and Secondary Education Department. In the role, she taught courses on curriculum and instructional leadership and earned senior lecturer status. Dr. Casella holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies from LMU, a master’s degree in Leadership and Supervision from Loyola University Chicago, and a Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership and Teacher Education in Multicultural Societies from University of Southern California.

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For today’s episode, Jim sits down with Dr. Timothy Dohrer, director of the Master of Science in Education program at Northwestern University. He is the former principal of New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, Illinois. In a career spanning more than 25 years, Dohrer has taught middle school, high school and college students in rural, urban, and suburban settings and served as a long-term New Trier administrator and teacher. He first became an instructor in the Master of Science in Education program in 2004 while he was teaching English at the Northfield campus of New Trier High School. Since then, Dohrer worked in the areas of curriculum and instruction as well as research and academic services at New Trier. As New Trier principal, Dohrer led one of the largest and most successful schools in the country, supervising a staff of 450 employees and a student population of 3,100 sophomores, juniors, and seniors. His current areas of research include teacher education, teacher leadership, curriculum & instruction, assessment, literacy, school climate, and social & emotional learning. Dr. Dohrer earned his BA in English and Journalism from Indiana University, his MA in English from Northwestern University, and his PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Penn State University.

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For Today's episode, Jim is joined by Molly Gosline, Coordinator of Social Emotional Learning at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois. In her role at Stevenson, she works within the professional learning community to build an SEL culture. She is the Executive Director of SEL4IL and the founder of SEL School Consulting. Molly earned an Ed.M. in the risk & prevention division of the human development and psychology program from The Harvard Graduate School of Education and is currently a doctoral student in the Mid-Career Education Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

You can follow Molly on Twitter: @MollyGosline

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