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Ep. 86 – “The New Annual Report” Featuring Castlen Kennedy and Gary Clark
We have a potpourri of topics for this week’s session and are very excited to share them with you all. First, we were delighted to welcome Castlen Kennedy, Vice President, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs and her colleague Gary Clark, Vice President of Investor Relations & Market Intelligence at Apache Corporation. We have all admired…
Ep. 80 – “Culture & Financial Performance” Featuring Les Csorba & Mark Zorbas
Heidrick & Struggles recently released a new report we think you will all find interesting and informative! The report, “Aligning Culture with the Bottom Line: How Companies Can Accelerate Progress,” includes results from surveying 500 CEOs from around the world about how they define culture and how it influences financial performance. We had the pleasure…
Special Edition – On the Road: Brownsville, Texas – The Hub for Humanity’s Growth as an Interplanetary Species
With so much in the news recently about the private “Race to Space,” you may share a curiosity of ours, and that is “how far along are the commercial space businesses that have planted roots in Texas?” We have specifically been drawn to the exciting developments rapidly unfolding at Boca Chica, Texas just outside Brownsville….
Ep. 67 – Featuring Barry Russell, Dan Naatz, and Mallori Miller
We hit a triple today with this week’s guests! We were thrilled to welcome three leadership members from the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA). We had the pleasure of hosting Barry Russell, President and CEO, Dan Naatz, EVP of Government Relations and Political Affairs, and Mallori Miller, VP of Government Relations. The IPAA is…
Ep. 65 – Featuring J.P. Bauman, Kelcy Pegler, and Yann Brandt
For this week’s session, we had the opportunity to visit with a great friend of the firm: J.P. Bauman, Principal at Altira Group. As you may know, Altira Group is a Denver-based venture capital firm that takes earned pride in building companies focused on the technology and software that will underpin the sustainable, vibrant, and…
Ep. 62 – “Texas Sustainability” Featuring Dick Weekley (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Texans have forever prided themselves on our hardworking, gritty and friendly nature. We were lucky enough to visit with Dick Weekley this week who embodies all of those qualities and more. Dick is a true champion for the State of Texas – as a Texas Business Hall of Fame honoree, a philanthropist with several Texas…
Ep. 60 – “Consider the Sinks, Not Just the Sources” Featuring the Salk Institute Harnessing Plants Initiative
This week’s session was truly remarkable. We had the honor of hosting the Salk Institute Harnessing Plants Initiative team comprised of some of the brightest minds working to mitigate climate change with perhaps the most genius idea since Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine: harnessing the natural power of plants to rebalance our carbon cycle. The Harnessing…
Ep. 57 – “Adapt and Be Adept” Featuring Terry Anderson
You never know who you might meet on the ski chairlift! As you’ll hear, today we had the pleasure of hosting Terry Anderson, a great friend, author and scholar. Terry is the John and Jean De Nault Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and is the author or editor of nearly 40 books. Terry…
Ep. 56 – “Random But Interesting, Wonky But Important” – COBT Sits Down with Brian Sullivan of CNBC
Today was really fun! We got the chance to spend an hour with Brian Sullivan, host of CNBC’s “Worldwide Exchange” and a great friend of the firm. Brian has over 20 years of financial journalism and television experience, including serving as an anchor at Fox Business News as well as a producer, reporter and anchor…