Garrett Boorojian and Rhoda Griffis discuss relationship building in a team environment.

"... [T]his platform is fabulous Garrett, there is a door for everybody, and that's thanks to you." – Rhoda Griffis

Source: University of North Carolina School of the Arts

https://www.uncsa.edu/about/leadership/uncsa-board-of-trustees/board/rhoda-griffis.aspx

"Rhoda Griffis

Vice Chair

UNCSA Board of Trustees

A native of North Carolina, Rhoda Griffis has made her home and galvanized her professional career in the Southeast market. Rhoda is a professional working actress with over 40 years and 250+ credits in film, television, theatre, commercials, voice-overs and print.

Holding a B.F.A. from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she was a member of the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival Acting company for seven seasons, and toured the east coast teaching Shakespeare in schools. In between acting work, Griffis charges her artistic batteries teaching on-camera acting, theatre, voice-overs and assistant directs in the fine arts department of The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia."

Source: Rhoda Griffis

https://www.rhodagriffis.net/

"Rhoda Griffis is an Atlanta-based Actor

John Cusack: “I kept telling Rhoda she should move to LA and get her own sitcom… I guess LA’s loss is Atlanta’s gain.” (Runaway Jury)

Jackie Burch: “When I moved here from LA and met Rhoda, I remember a director jumping up, throwing his arms in the air with joy, from having an actor who is so solid and with quite the range. I was beaming.” (Casting Director)

Peter Hedges: “Rhoda IS the Meryl Streep of the South.” (The Odd Life of Timothy Green)

Andy Fickman: “Rhoda’s just an amazing local ATL actress and she came in for another role…(through her) this character was born and we started adding her to scenes in the movie - we just loved what she was doing.” (Parental Guidance)

For Full Resume go to: www.imdb.me/rhodagriffis"

Source: Rhoda Griffis - Biography - IMDb

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341421/bio/

"Rhoda Griffis has acted in more than 150 Film and Television projects, such as WALK THE LINE, ROAD TRIP, THE BLIND SIDE, RUNAWAY JURY, JUST MERCY and THE BANKER. Television credits include series ARMY WIVES, DROP DEAD DIVA, FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, MINDHUNTER and recently THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES and OZARK. Her extensive list of Regional Theatre credits include leading roles in MACBETH, RICHARD III, ANGELS IN AMERICA, PROOF, INTIMATE APPAREL, COLLECTED STORIES and DINNER WITH FRIENDS. Rhoda had the honor of playing friend of the Iconic Dolly Parton in A DOLLY PARTON MAGICAL MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS. Ms Griffis holds a BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where she serves on the Board of Directors. Rhoda loves being a working actor.- IMDb mini biography by: UNCSA"

Source: Rotten Tomatoes

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/rhoda-griffis

"Rhoda Griffis

Veteran character actress Rhoda Griffis has played everyone from Jacqueline Kennedy to Lady MacBeth, but she counts the scheming Lenore Ludwig Baker on "Army Wives" (Lifetime, 2007-14) as one of..."

Garrett Boorojian and Bryce Paup discuss relationship building in a team environment.

Source: Iowa State Football

https://cyclones.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/bryce-paup/2348

"Bryce Paup

• Title: Assistant Defensive Line
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: 515-294-6721

Bio

Bryce Paup spent the 2025 season as assistant defensive line coach at Iowa State after spending the previous seven seasons at UNI. In 2022, he was named assistant head coach in addition to his defensive line responsibilities.

In Paup's lone season in Ames, Iowa State went 8-4 and reached bowl eligibility. Defensive lineman Domonique Orange was a force on the defensive line, earning All-Big 12 Third Team honors. The Cyclone defense allowed just 20.2 points to rank 26th nationally in scoring defense.

In total, Paup spent 11 seasons on the coaching staff at his alma mater. Between stints, the Scranton, Iowa, native spent the 2017 season at Minnesota.

Five of Paup’s defensive linemen earned All-America accolades during his tenure with the Panthers, including first-team picks Karter Schult and Jared Brinkman. Ten times his defensive linemen earned spots on the All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team.

Paup had an outstanding NFL career, being named NFL Defensive Player of the Year and First-Team All-Pro in 1995 while playing for the Buffalo Bills. He was a four-time NFL Pro Bowler and had stints with Green Bay, Jacksonville and Minnesota, in addition to the Bills.

Paup totaled 545 career tackles and 75.0 sacks, including an NFL-best 17.5 sacks during his pro bowl season in 1995.

At UNI, Paup was a three-year starter at inside and outside linebacker, defensive end and nose tackle. He compiled 298 tackles and 15 sacks in his career as a Panther. In 1989, Paup was named All-Gateway Conference honors and was a Third-Team All-American by the Associated Press.

Following his collegiate career, Paup was a sixth-round pick in the 1990 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers.

Paup earned his bachelor’s degree from UNI in liberal arts in 2017.

Coaching Experience

2025 – Iowa State – Assistant Defensive Line

2022-24 – UNI – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line

2018-21 – UNI – Defensive Line

2017 – Minnesota – Defensive Line

2013-16 – UNI – Defensive Line

2007-12 – Green Bay Southwest HS (Wis.) – Head Coach

2004-06 – De Pere HS (Wis.) – Linebackers”

Garrett Boorojian and Trent Cooper discuss relationship building in a team environment.

Source: https://trent-cooper.com/

"TRENT COOPER

8X EMMY-WINNING DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR

Trent Cooper is a visionary filmmaker best known for his seven-year tenure as creative director and showrunner of NFL 360. His roots in narrative film infused the docuseries with cinematic style and emotional depth, elevating it into one of the most acclaimed storytelling brands in sports.

From 2021 to 2024, NFL 360 earned an industry-leading 42 Sports Emmy nominations and 10 wins.

Multiple Emmys went to films directed by Cooper, including the short documentaries—Heroes (2024), The Gift of Gaba (2021), and I Am Shaquem Griffin (2019)—each capturing deeply personal journeys of individuals overcoming extraordinary challenges. He also directed the feature-length, Emmy-winning Who If Not Us (2023), following American football players turned soldiers fighting on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine.

Most recently, Cooper created the Emmy-nominated Prime original series Raise the Flags (2025), chronicling the improbable rise of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers across their fifty-year history. Produced by Heroes & Fables, NFL Films, and Skydance Sports, the project debuted as Amazon’s most-engaged sports documentary to date and holds a 9.1 rating on IMDb.

Cooper is currently directing Titletown, ESPN’s six-part premium saga of the Green Bay Packers, produced by Omaha Productions, NFL Films, and Skydance Sports. Set to premiere alongside the Super Bowl in 2027, the series is a cinematic, character-driven telling of one of the great underdog stories in sports, shaped by Lombardi, Favre, and Rodgers and the mythology that fuels our love of the game."

Garrett Boorojian and Kimberly Williams discuss relationship building in a team environment.

Sources: The Fair Path Project

https://www.fairpathproject.com/

"Overcome Workplace Bullying. Build Psychological Safety.

The Fair Path Project helps employees and leaders fight toxic workplace culture and create organizations rooted in dignity, respect, and accountability."

https://www.fairpathproject.com/team

"Meet Our Founder

Kim Williams founded the Fair Path Project to confront the silent epidemic of workplace bullying and to help employees reclaim dignity at work. A veteran HR executive and survivor of workplace abuse, she witnessed first hand how workplace culture, gaslighting, and retaliation harm not only individuals but entire organizations. Determined to create change, Kim transformed her lived experience into a mission of accountability and healing. She equips employees with tools to document abuse, protect their rights, and recover their confidence, while guiding employers toward cultures rooted in psychological safety and integrity. Today, Kim is recognized nationally as a speaker, advocate, and thought leader dedicated to ending workplace abuse and building safer, more just workplaces for all."

https://www.fairpathproject.com/solutions

"Resources

A Collective for Courage, Care, and Accountability

The Fair Path Project is a one-of-a-kind collective designed to address workplace bullying from every angle. While bullying is often still lawful, there are proven ways to protect yourself, reclaim your voice, and chart a safer path forward.

Our services support people at every level of an organization—from company leaders struggling to respond to abusive executives, to HR professionals on the front lines, to employees carrying the heavy pain of mistreatment at work. We bring lived experience, practical tools, and compassionate guidance together to help you navigate what may feel impossible and move toward healing, dignity, and strength. Explore the sections to find tools, guidance, and support that can help you rise, shift the balance of power, and create workplaces built on dignity, psychological safety, and lasting accountability."

Source: Unveiling Workplace Dynamics: Insights from Kim Williams on Addressing Executive Abuse and Bullying

MARCH 16, 2026

BARBARA ZABAWA

https://wellnesslaw.com/blogs/news/unveiling-workplace-dynamics-insights-from-kim-williams-on-addressing-executive-abuse-and-bullying

Garrett Boorojian and Jay Harris discuss relationship building in a team environment.

Source: ESPN Press Room

https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/harris_ja/

"Jay Harris

SportsCenter Anchor

https://x.com/JayHarrisESPN

Jay Harris joined ESPN in February 2003 as an ESPNEWS anchor. He was chosen to anchor his first Sportscenter that May, and Sportscenter continues to be his main assignment. His schedule can be interesting, ranging from weekend mornings, to 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays. He’s also hosted Outside the Lines, NFL Live, Baseball Tonight and NBA Finals coverage. Away from ESPN, he is a sought-after event host, speaker and panelist.

Harris came to ESPN from WPGH-TV in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he worked his way up from “temporary” weekend reporter to main weeknight anchor.

He has more than 30 years of experience in television and radio news, including morning news anchor at WAMO-FM and national news at American Urban Radio Networks, both in Pittsburgh, and at WOWI-FM in Norfolk, Va.

A native of Norfolk, Va., Harris graduated from Old Dominion University with a bachelor’s degree in speech communication. In 2003 he was honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University. In 2004, he was the keynote speaker for Old Dominion’s 100th commencement ceremony and was honored to be chosen to speak at commencement again in 2022. He also served two terms on ODU’s Board of Visitors.

Among his other honors, Harris contributed to multiple Sportscenter Emmy Awards, he’s a recipient of a Silver World Medal from the New York Festival Awards, Robert L. Vann Award from the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation, and has an EXCEL Award from the Hampton Roads Black Media Professionals.

Married with two young adults, Harris enjoys mentoring young journalists, playing bass guitar, and is an avid golfer. He scored an ace in a charity tournament in Las Vegas in 2014, his first, winning a car in the process."

Garrett Boorojian and Buzz Peterson discuss relationship building in a team environment.

Robert Bower Peterson Jr. | Buzz Peterson:

– 1981 High School Basketball Player of the Year in the U.S. state of North Carolina

– 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball National Champion at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

– Men's Basketball Consultant at UNC

– Former roommate of Michael Jordan at UNC

– Former NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Head Coach (267 Division I Career Coaching Victories) at Appalachian State University, University of Tulsa, University of Tennessee, Coastal Carolina University, and University of North Carolina at Wilmington

– 2001 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) Champion at the University of Tulsa

– Former Assistant General Manager at the NBA's Charlotte Hornets

Women's Pro Baseball League Co-Founder Keith Stein:

• Served as Corporate Counsel for Toyota Canada, learned Japanese, and "created a Japanese North American Friendship Foundation for Young Professionals."
• Served as "the right-hand guy to the founder and chairman" at "the largest independent car parts manufacturer in the world" based in Canada.
• Owns Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (Canada).
• Named in the credits for his assistance in Chris Farley's and David Spade's movie "Tommy Boy."
• Discussed his time meeting former U.S. President Bill Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Doug Band, Gene Simmons, Jon Bon Jovi, Robbie Robertson, The Rolling Stones, U2, and Eric Clapton.
• One of the last people who saw and met with John F. Kennedy Jr., which was four days before JFK Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren passed away. July 12, 1999: JFK Jr. flew to Toronto to meet with Keith about a potential investment in "George" magazine.

https://www.dentons.com/en/keith-stein

"Keith joined Dentons as Counsel in 2014 after serving as Counsel at Heenan Blaikie from 2008 until February 2014. From 1994 to 2008, he was a senior executive with an international auto parts manufacturer reporting to the Chairman, and continued to act as a consultant reporting to the Executive Vice-Chairman until November 2010. Prior to becoming a consultant, Mr. Stein held the position of Senior Vice-President of Corporate Affairs.

Mr. Stein also served as Senior Corporate Counsel for Toyota Canada and Toyota Credit Canada.

Mr. Stein is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Bar in 1989. He has taught at the Law Society of Upper Canada and York University.

In addition to his work as a lawyer, Mr. Stein has a variety of business interests. Mr. Stein has been a board member of various publicly listed companies. He has also been a founding director of three capital pool companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.

His other business interests include real estate and a significant ownership interest in a well-known Canadian restaurant chain with locations in Ontario and Québec.

Mr. Stein was one of the founding partners, together with Gene Simmons, Universal Music Canada and others, of Simmons Records, a music label dedicated to Canadian artists. He was also one of the founders of the Toronto Phantoms indoor football team.

Aside from his professional activities, Mr. Stein was a Big Brother, a board member of Canada's Walk of Fame and Ontario Place, as well as a member of the Advisory Council for President William J. Clinton's 60th Birthday Fundraising Celebration. Together with Mark Tewksbury and others, he also founded OATH, an Olympic advocacy organization..."

https://www.womensprobaseballleague.com/2024/10/29/womens-pro-baseball-league-launching-in-america-in-2026/

"League Co-Founder, Keith Stein, is a lawyer and businessman with a history in professional sports leagues and team ownership.

“We believe that the success of other women’s professional leagues such as the WNBA and NWSL demonstrates the incredible interest and support for women’s sport,” commented Co-Founder, Keith Stein."

https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/why-a-toronto-businessman-is-launching-a-new-pro-women-s-baseball-league-with-help/article_b7dac1c4-96ff-11ef-90ff-a3aca9676e13.html

Garrett Boorojian and Jeanne Sheehan Zaino discuss relationship building in a team environment.

Garrett and Dr. Zaino, who's a Bloomberg News contributor, an Iona University political science and international studies professor, a book author, and a pollster, analyze the current state of our nation during these polarizing times where the federal government under both Trump Administrations have been sowing doubts in our free and fair democratic elections, undermining democratic norms, and dismantling democratic institutions. Dr. Zaino believes, and Garrett concurs, that the constructs of Congress and The White House need to be reimagined (redesigned) to prevent any future unconstitutional and authoritarian-style overreach originating from the Executive Branch.

Garrett and Dr. Zaino also speak about the political fallout of President Trump's role on January 6th, 2021, the immigration policy during President Biden's Administration, and the 2010 BP Oil spill during President Obama's first term.

Garrett believes that the federal government under Trump hasn't employed as many of the best and brightest compared to America's academic, financial, and corporate institutions. He further adds that not every leader at the federal level, although previously accomplished in the private sector, are effective, qualified, and competent. Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, and Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are cited as examples.

https://jeannesheehanzaino.net/

https://ash.harvard.edu/people/jeanne-sheehan-zaino/

https://www.iona.edu/faculty/zaino-jeanne

"JEANNE SHEEHAN ZAINO, PH.D.

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Phone:

(914) 633-2252

Email:

[email protected]

Degrees:

• Ph.D., Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• MA, Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• MPA, Survey Research & Data Analysis, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut, Storrs (now Cornell University)
• BA, University Scholar, Political Science & Mass Communications, University of Connecticut, Storrs

Biography

Dr. Jeanne Sheehan Zaino is a professor of Political Science & International Studies at Iona University (NY, USA). A pollster by training, she is also political contributor with Bloomberg News, a Senior Democracy Fellow with the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress [CSPC], an affiliated faculty member with the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies (ITPS), a member of the International Advisory Board for South Asia Research, and author of several books and articles, including her most recent book Sikander Hyat-Khan: Collected Papers of The Premier of United Punjab, 1928-1942 (Primus 2024) and the forthcoming America Democracy in Crisis: The Case for Rethinking Madisonian Government, Post-January 6 (Palgrave MacMillian 2025). Along with four colleagues at Iona who form the Data Science working group she was recently awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Division of Undergraduate Education for a project entitled "Data Science for Future Leaders."

More on Dr. Sheehan Zaino and her work can be found on www.jeannesheehanzaino.net."

Garrett Boorojian and Craig Minassian discuss relationship building in a team environment.

https://www.clintonfoundation.org/about-the-clinton-foundation/leadership#leadership-team/

"CRAIG MINASSIAN

CHIEF CONTENT, COMMUNICATIONS, AND MARKETING OFFICER

Craig Minassian brings a unique background in strategic communications, public affairs, brand marketing, programming and content development to advancing the work and impact of the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Craig served as assistant press secretary and director of television news in the White House for President Clinton, on numerous presidential campaigns and as a senior advisor to the Democratic National Convention Committees in 2008 and 2012. Craig spent a significant portion of his career as an executive, consultant and producer for HBO and other networks including Comedy Central, ABC and MTV, and served on the organizing committee in marketing for World Cup USA in 1994. In 2006, he launched Minassian Media, which advises a wide range of leading global private and public sector organizations in technology, media and global health and development. Craig serves on the Advisory Board for Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service, where he was Visiting Fellow, and the President’s Council, Dean’s Advisory Committee and Academic Review Committee for the School of Communication for the University of Miami, his alma mater, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences."

https://politics.georgetown.edu/profile/craig-minassian/

"Craig Minassian

Consultant, Comedy Central; Chief Content, Communications and Marketing Officer, Clinton Foundation; Former Producer HBO; Former White House Assistant Press Secretary and Director of Television News; Founder, Minassian Media. - Fall '23 Fellow"

https://sps.columbia.edu/person/craig-minassian

https://www.minassianmedia.com/who-we-are

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4156026/

https://x.com/MinassianMedia

Garrett Boorojian and Josh Fryday discuss relationship building in a team environment.

https://serve.ca.gov/josh-fryday-bio/

"Josh Fryday

GO-Serve Director and California Chief Service Officer

As a member of the Governor Gavin Newsom’s Cabinet, Josh Fryday leads the newly created Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement. He also serves in a leadership position with the California Governor’s Council for Career Education.

He oversaw the creation of the largest service force in the country—including the nation’s first statewide California Climate Action Corps, College Corps and Youth Service Corps.

Fryday is the former Mayor of Novato, his hometown. Fryday led the COVID-19 Task Force to support food insecure communities and food banks across the state. He also served as President of Golden State Opportunity (GSO), leading the expansion and implementation of the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC). Prior to GSO, he served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for NextGen Climate, a leading national organization focused on climate change.

Fryday served in the military as an Officer in the United States Navy (‘09-‘13) as a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG). He worked on the Military Commissions in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. He also served in Japan, where he augmented the Navy’s 7th Fleet’s Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief efforts during ‘Operation Tomodachi’ following the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear disaster. Fryday received his law degree from UC Berkeley School of Law, and clerked in the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, as well as the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office for then District Attorney Kamala Harris.

He is a founding Board Member of Amazon Frontlines, an emeritus board chair for Demos, a national think-tank focused on issues of economic, racial and political inequality. He is married to Mollye Fryday, an educator, and they have three energetic young boys, Shay, Calvin and Tam."

https://careereducation.gov.ca.gov/josh-fryday/

"Josh Fryday

California’s Chief Service Officer, California Volunteers

Josh Fryday serves as California’s Chief Service Officer within the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom to lead service, volunteer, and civic engagement efforts throughout California through California Volunteers.

He led the COVID-19 Task Force to support food insecure communities and food banks across the state and launching of the nation’s first statewide Climate Action Corps, #CaliforniansForAll volunteer initiative, the #CaliforniansForAll College Corps to help thousands of Californians who commit to serving for a year pay for college, and #CaliforniansForAll Youth Jobs Corps, a program to employ underserved youth across the state in critical issue areas. Fryday is the former Mayor of Novato, his hometown. He also served as President of Golden State Opportunity (GSO), leading the expansion and implementation of the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC). Prior to GSO, he served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for NextGen Climate, a leading national organization focused on climate change."