NC State

Dec 5, 2017

First in Future: Golden LEAF Foundation President Dan Gerlach

Summary: In the late 1990’s, North Carolina leaders did something remarkable. As part of the national settlement agreement with tobacco companies, North Carolina was projected to receive an estimated $4.6… 

Nov 28, 2017

First in Future: Center for Creative Economy Executive Director Margaret Collins

Summary: What sector of North Carolina’s economy is comprised of 380,000 people, pays $16 billion in wages each year, and generates another $200 million in tax revenue? This week’s guest… 

Nov 21, 2017

First in Future: NC Department of Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler

Summary: This week’s podcast promotes domestic harmony. You’ll be able to use what you hear around the table to change the subject if one of your relatives brings up something… 

Nov 14, 2017

First in Future: Leadership North Carolina President Brian Etheridge

Summary: Brian Etheridge, the president of Leadership North Carolina, each year finds a new crop of 50-some individuals from business, nonprofits, education and government and feeds them a firehouse of… 

Oct 17, 2017

First in Future: NC League of Municipalities’ “Municipal Equations” Host Ben Brown

Summary:  When solving big problems, local folks are the canaries in the coalmine – they are likely to notice a problem before anyone else, and more likely to be able to… 

Oct 10, 2017

First in Future: The N.C. Rural Center President Patrick Woodie

Summary: In the late 1990’s, I worked on a project called the North Carolina Rural Prosperity Task Force. The idea was to develop a series of recommendations that could make… 

Oct 3, 2017

First in Future: RTI International President and CEO Wayne Holden

Summary: From the beginning, it was a romantic idea. In 1954, a building contractor named Romeo got together with North Carolina’s state treasurer and a bank president to hatch a… 

Sep 19, 2017

First in Future: Envested Founder and CEO Isa Watson

Summary: If you are a nonprofit wondering how to raise money more effectively, this episode is for you. If you are a business trying to figure out how to get… 

Sep 12, 2017

First in Future: NC State University Dean for College of Education Dr. Mary Ann Danowitz

Summary: The hardest job I’ve had in my life was my first job out of college. I worked regular 80-90 hour weeks – 106 was my record. The customers had… 

Aug 15, 2017

First in Future: North Carolina State University Chancellor Randy Woodson

Summary:  Tomorrow, about 34,000 students, 2,300 faculty and 6,700 staff will run into each other at North Carolina State University, the start of another year for the state’s largest university.…