Podcast

Apr 16, 2019

First in Future: Vice President for Resource Development and Partnerships at DHIC Yvette Holmes: Podcast 1 of 2

Summary: Rural areas can not get enough quality housing built. Urban areas have trouble finding land affordable enough in neighborhoods safe enough. An easy solution from a price point is… 

Apr 9, 2019

First in Future: President of the North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals Marco Zarate

Summary: Twenty years ago, three Latino couples, made up of an engineer, a scientist, an IT professional and three teachers, took a look at what was going on with Latino… 

Mar 26, 2019

First in Future: Chief Executive Officer and President of the Piedmont Triad Partnership Stan Kelly

Summary: A new word to learn is agglomeration; the trend toward increasing concentration of people and jobs in more centralized regions. North Carolina is seeing this as the major metropolitan areas,… 

Mar 19, 2019

First in Future: President and CEO of the NC East Alliance John Chaffee

Summary: This week’s First in Future guest, John Chaffee has a lifetime of stories about recruiting outside companies to relocate in eastern North Carolina. That’s what any economic developer does.… 

Mar 12, 2019

First in Future: Director of Growth and Communications RIoT Sarah Glova

Summary: In 1982, a revolution began very very quietly, when somebody figured out how to connect a drink machine to the then-fledgling Internet. The drink machine was able to signal… 

Feb 19, 2019

First in Future: Growing Outdoor Partnership Sophie Paulos & Noah Wilson

Summary: Today’s First in Future podcast guests Sophie Paulos, Graham County, economic development director and Noah Wilson, Project Manager, Growing Outdoors, Mountain BizWorks are all about changing the way you think… 

Jan 15, 2019

First in Future: Principal Founder of Community Food Lab Erin White

Summary: Agriculture is an $84B industry in North Carolina that supports more than 600,000 jobs. North Carolina has set a goal of growing that industry by 20% in the next few… 

Jan 8, 2019

First in Future: President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Dr. Patrick Conway

Summary: Think about these five guiding leadership principles: family first, health impact, people and culture, learning, and joy in work, that is what this week’s First in Future guest, Dr. Patrick… 

Dec 27, 2018

First in Future: Vice President of Culture, Engagement & Stewardship for Coca-Cola Consolidated Reginald Bean

Summary:  Growing up in the streets of Detroit, you could become a victim or become a victor. Reginald Bean chose to become a victor. He is now vice president of… 

Dec 11, 2018

First in Future: Chief Content Officer with UNC-TV and Public Media North Carolina Travis Mitchell

Summary:  How do you keep people’s attention in a discarded world? There is the “addiction” model of telling people what they want to know, watch or listen, and then offer…