The Jimmy Rex Show

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Partner & Chief Compliance Officer
John Pennington serves as Partner and Chief Compliance Officer for Bridge Investment Group. Mr. Pennington is the point of contact for all inquiries regarding U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) compliance, regulations and audits. Additional roles include; i) the secretary for Bridge Investment Group’s Board of Directors, ii) voting member of the ROC Fund I Investment Committee, iii) secretary for the Bridge Executive Committee, iv) secretary for the Bridge ALCO Committee, v) the President of over 100 Bridge controlled corporations in Delaware, vi) and as financial corporate backup when Bridge Investment Group’s CFO is away from the office. He brings experience in real estate finance, private equity fund management, public company management, securities broker/dealer management, corporate formations, international regulatory, real estate loan underwriting and SEC financial reporting & compliance beginning in 1994. From 2005 to present, Mr. Pennington is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Bridge Loan Capital Fund, LP, responsibilities include: capital raising, bank relationships, budgets, financial reports, SEC filings, fund formation, compliance, administration, annual audits, and REO real estate dispositions. Prior, Mr. Pennington was Co-Founder and President of USAT Inc., an import/export company, which has transacted business in over 17 countries, subsequently, he was the Co-Founder & Co-Owner of businesses located in Spain, Canada, Germany and Puerto Rico. From 1997 through 1999, he was Chief Operating Officer and Co-Owner of a publicly held company with 140 employees. He was responsible for audits, SEC reporting, and international sales. This led to his co-ownership, acquisition and subsequent successful sale of a foreclosed, real estate distressed housing development, including a full-service golf course and country club. Mr. Pennington earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Utah in 1988. Mr. Pennington has served on the Advisory Board of the Westminster College School of Business in Salt Lake City, Utah, and as the director of fundraising for the Utah Special Olympics program, a charitable organization for special needs children. He is currently filed with FINRA as an investment advisor and holds a Series 65.

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Tucker Max is the co-founder of Scribe Media, a company that helps you write, publish, and market your book.

He's written four New York Times Best Sellers (three that hit #1), which have sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. He's credited with being the originator of the literary genre, “fratire,” and is only the fourth writer (along with Malcolm Gladwell, Brene Brown and Michael Lewis) to have three books on the New York Times Nonfiction Best Seller List at one time. He was nominated to the Time Magazine 100 Most Influential List in 2009.

He received his BA from the University of Chicago in 1998, and his JD from Duke Law School in 2001. He currently lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Veronica and three children.

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His mother named him Jeffrey, but his friends call him Griff. He is currently in a wheelchair, but not forever!

Jeff always dreamed of playing sports on the ‘big stage’! As a kid he envisioned playing college football as a receiver. He was one step closer to fulfilling his dream when a construction accident left him broken and paralyzed from the waist down. His life and dreams were shattered but not defeated. During those dark days he had a decision to make: he could stay down and quit or get back up and succeed. He chose the latter.

As an ordinary man living life from a wheelchair, Jeff has accomplished some extraordinary things. He played in the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece, and is a silver medalist for the USA men’s wheelchair basketball team. Griff is a national champion who played for the Utah Wheelin’ Jazz and is a four-time All-Star MVP. He was the number one men’s wheelchair tennis player in the state of Utah, won the St. George Marathon, has two Guinness Book of World Records, and is the author of the award-winning book I’Mpossible: Desire. Dream. Do. He believes everyone has the power and potential to accomplish the impossible if they take the proper steps.

During his 16-year career, Griffin’s teaching style, humor, and personality have made him one of the most liked and sought-after teachers. He earned his master’s degree in education and curriculum and created a worldwide peer-to-peer leadership program for Third-World countries that was recognized at the United Nations in New York City. Griff considers publishing his book one of his greatest accomplishments since he got a D- in English and was told he would never be able to write a coherent sentence.

Griff started two successful businesses and created a nonprofit organization called the ‘Road to Recovery’, which impacts thousands of injured vets and physically disabled persons. He is passionate about progress, enjoys mentoring youth, distributing wheelchairs to those in need, and giving hope through his humanitarian efforts. Griff married his best friend Emily and together they have four beautiful children. He enjoys eating pizza, playing games, and exercising.

These successes, although impressive, do not define who Griff is. What really defines him is his ability to amplify your power and potential, as a Sherpa of sorts, by not only telling you how to turn the impossible into the possible, but by showing you one step at a time.

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Mark Pope was hired as head men’s basketball coach at BYU on April 10, 2019. He is the 19th head men’s basketball coach since the Cougars’ inaugural season in 1902-03. Pope came to Provo after serving as head coach at Utah Valley University for the previous four seasons.

“We are excited to announce Mark as our new head men’s basketball coach and welcome him and his family back to BYU,” BYU director of athletics Tom Holmoe said of Pope’s hiring. “Mark is an outstanding leader and coach. He is also an exceptional recruiter, who recognizes BYU’s unique opportunities for success. We look forward to having him build on the great tradition of BYU basketball.”

Pope’s coaching career has included stints as an assistant coach at Georgia, Wake Forest and BYU before he was named the head coach at Utah Valley. As a player, Pope helped Kentucky win the 1996 NCAA National Title before enjoying a professional career that included stints in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets.

“I’d like to thank the BYU administration,” Pope said at his introductory press conference. “It’s been an unbelievable opportunity for me to go through this process and see the vision. This place is like nowhere else. It’s such an honor and privilege to be the head basketball coach at BYU. There’s a standard of excellence on this campus and with this program. Those high expectations are one of the things that excites me the most about being here.”

In four years at Utah Valley, Pope’s Wolverine teams made improvements each season, going from 12 wins in 2015-16 to 25 victories in 2018-19. He also led Utah Valley to three-straight postseason appearances (2017, 2018, 2019) and back-to-back 20-win seasons (2017-18, 2018-19)—both are Wolverine records.

The 2018-19 season was highlighted by a program-record 25 wins and an 11-4 non-conference record, the best non-league record in UVU history. His team finished 14-1 at home and owned a 22-game home win streak — also a Wolverine record and the second-longest streak in the country at the time. In addition to the team success, Pope coached the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year.

Pope’s 2017-18 campaign finished with a 23-11 record, including the best home mark in school history of 16-1. The season began with what was known as the #Toughest24 as Pope and the Wolverines opened on the road at No. 4 Kentucky and No. 1 Duke on consecutive nights. That season ended with a trip to the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational.

In 2016-17, Pope led Utah Valley to 17 wins and a trip to the CBI. The Wolverines won a pair of road games — the school’s first-ever postseason victories — to reach the semifinals of the CBI.

While on Dave Rose’s staff at BYU from 2011-15, Pope helped the Cougars to four-straight 20-win seasons and four-straight postseason appearances – including three bids to the NCAA Tournament and trip to the semifinals of the 2013 NIT. Prior to coaching at BYU, Pope was director of basketball operations for Mark Fox at Georgia in 2009-10 and an assistant under Jeff Bzdelik at Wake Forest in 2010-11.

A 6-foot-10 post player, Pope helped Kentucky claim the 1996 NCAA National Championship and enjoyed a nine-year professional career that included seven seasons in the NBA and two in Turkey. Pope was drafted in the second round of the 1996 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers. Following the draft, Pope played his first season as a professional in Turkey for Efes Pilsen. He then played two seasons for the Indiana Pacers under head coach Larry Bird and helped the Pacers to the 1998 Eastern Conference Finals.

In 1999-00, Pope split time between the La Crosse Bobcats of the CBA and Ulkerspor in Turkey. He returned to the NBA the next season, playing for the Milwaukee Bucks under head coach George Karl. In 2000-01, he started 45 games and helped the Bucks reach the Eastern Conference Finals. After two seasons with the Bucks, Pope spent the 2002-03 season on injured reserve with the New York Knicks. He concluded his NBA career playing two seasons with the Denver Nuggets from 2003-05.

Pope began his collegiate career playing at Washington. As a freshman in 1991-92, he earned Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors after setting a Washington freshman single-season record with 8.1 rebounds per game. He earned All-Academic honors from the Pac-10 as a sophomore in 1992-93.

Following his sophomore season, Pope transferred to Kentucky where he played for Rick Pitino. After redshirting in 1993-94, Pope helped the Wildcats win back-to-back SEC titles, advance to the NCAA Elite Eight in 1995 and win the NCAA National Championship in 1996. He averaged 7.6 points and 5.2 rebounds and was a team captain during Kentucky's championship season. Pope earned Academic All-SEC honors in 1995 and graduated from Kentucky with a degree in English in 1996.

Before joining the basketball staff at Georgia, Pope completed two years of medical school at Columbia University in New York. He did much of his pre-med course work while playing in the NBA. Pope and his wife Lee Anne have four daughters: Ella, Avery, Layla and Shay. Lee Anne worked at ESPN before serving as David Letterman's personal assistant for four years.

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Owner of one of the fastest growing companies in the state of Utah, Action Auto, Jason has found tremendous success through building an elite car dealership.

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John Assaraf is one of the leading mindset and behavior experts in the world.

His latest bestselling book Innercise: The New Science to Unlock Your Brain’s Hidden Power, helps individuals recognize and release the mental and emotional blocks that prevents them from achieving their life’s biggest goals and dreams.

John has built 5 multimillion dollar companies, written 2 New York Times Bestselling books and featured in 8 movies, including the blockbuster hit “The Secret” and “Quest For Success” with Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama.

Today, he is founder and CEO of NeuroGym, a company dedicated to using the most advanced technologies and evidence based brain training methods to help individuals unleash their fullest potential and maximize their results.

Amy Spencer is a young women who has a passion and a massive why that drives her success. At just 25 years of age, Amy is one of the most successful individuals in her difficult industry that is usually filled of men.

Amy has taken all doubts and used that to her advantage as she sells over 1,200 pest accounts a year going door to door while managing one of the most successful teams in the entire country.

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Paul Benson has been consistently ranked as a top producing agent both locally and internationally since 2005. Named number 1 agent by the Park City Board of REALTORS® for the last seven years. Named number 1 agent world-wide for all of Engel & Völkers Network in 2017. WSJ recently ranked him as 45th of 250 agents on the Top Sales by Volume list.

Paul has established a solid reputation and track record representing luxury real estate buyers, sellers and developers from across the globe. As a seasoned sales, business development and marketing executive with 20 years of experience in the luxury market, Paul has successfully negotiated the sales of multi-million dollar properties including the 2011 purchase of 5,000 acres at the Canyons® Ski Resort and the marketing of a 1,400 acre large density Bahamian island project.

With one of the largest international marketing budgets of any broker, Paul's luxury listings have graced the cover and pages of regional and international magazines and publications such as the Robb Report, Variety, DuPont Registry, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, to name a few. Paul also hosts a number of annual events for high net worth clients, including Sundance Film Festival, American Century Golf Tournament in Lake Tahoe, and the 2016 Pebble Beach Golf Tournament, creating even more exposure for his business. Paul and his team currently have over 80 luxury home and land listings with over a half billion in dollar volume. The Benson team has successfully sold over 2,000,000,000 dollar in volume, closing over 1000 transactions in the past ten years.

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Cody Sperber is widely acclaimed as one of the most successful real estate investors and leading educators in the U.S. today. He started with no money to his name, sitting at his laptop in his then-girlfriend’s (now wife’s) kitchen, trying to flip properties to a small email list he managed to finagle together. After a few years of trial and error, including more than a few painful mistakes and shaping lessons in the school of hard knocks, he eventually cracked the code and has since been on a massive profit and growth track.

Today Cody has flipped 1,000+ deals and counting, worth around $200M or so thus far. In the process he’s had his hands in all manner of real estate transactions including wholesale deals, short sales, multi-unit, subject to, lease options and his own proprietary investing strategy, the Reverse Short Sale.

Today he’s widely known as “The Clever Investor” by his friends and colleagues, a nickname he earned for his use of highly creative strategies, innovative thinking, and an uncanny ability to generate buyer and seller leads at will.

Cody lives in Phoenix, Arizona with his best friend (his wife) and their two beautiful children (Hudson and Brynlee). They are his “reason why”.

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Violet went from struggling with dating -- being ghosted, breadcrumbed, left after a few weeks or months, dating down / settling, being in her masculine energy, attracting narcissists, going through a divorce, trying all the apps and failing, being too shy to flirt -- to attracting the man of her dreams and building an incredible life with him, including getting engaged in only 8 months after they met and now being pregnant with a beautiful baby girl.

Violet has inspired thousands of women with her incredible transformation and has made it her life's mission to guide women on how to become the woman you’ve always wanted to be in love, and will help you to attract a partner who adores you and treats you like a queen. If you’re ready to find a love that gets better every day and to embody your most deeply powerful self, then you’ve come to the right place.

Violet is dedicated to providing the best knowledge and services in creating fulfilling, lasting relationships. Violet is not a matchmaker — She is a mentor. She empowers you with the tools you need to find and keep a fantastic relationship for the rest of your life.