Being a Servant Leader EP 35
Don’t miss this conversation with Nancy Padberg as she shares valuable advice on building a healthy work culture. Nancy discusses what is means to be a servant leader and developing an environment where people are valued. Leaders should have empathy to understand what is feels like to not be heard and know that communication and transparency is key to making employees feel informed, secure, valued, and involved.
Being a servant leader means removing your ego, removing barriers, and having empathy. It requires constant work to improve and finding meaningful ways to make a healthy culture. Find out how Nancy does this by listening to this full episode.
Catholic Education Arizona is 23 years old and the #1 School Tuition Organization of approximately 60 in Arizona. They have served over 138,000 scholarships and provided $268 million in assistance to students in Arizona. The mission is to provide scholarships to underserved children to change lives, serve society and transform culture.
They provide assistance to the Diocese of Phoenix 37 Catholic schools in Arizona. Catholic High Schools have a 99.4% graduation rate with 97% of graduates matriculating to higher education or military service. Arizona is one of estimated 19 states that have Tax Credit contributions.
There are 4 revenue streams for Catholic Education Arizona: 1. Individual Tax Credits 2. Corporate Tax Credits 3. Matching Gifts from Corporations and 4. Individual/Foundation/Corporate Donations.
Nancy Padberg, MBA is the President & CEO of Catholic Education Arizona. She has been in the role for almost two years. She earned her BS at Iowa State University and MBA at Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business with the point of view of service, purpose and leadership.
She built her career in Santa Monica and San Francisco leading media companies and integrated marketing agencies. She worked on strategy, brand and execution for PETCO, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Whole Foods Markets, Pepperdine University, Tahiti Tourism, USF, SF State. She has been fortunate to work with entertainment brands as Food Network, Disney and Universal Studios.
Nancy’s expertise is servant leadership, digital marketing and building healthy cultures through trust, respect, communication and consistent behavior. She was nominated by Los Angeles Business Journal, “Women Making a Difference,” nominated for an Athena Award in Phoenix and most recently on the cover of Arizona Business Magazine for leadership with CEO’s of Blue Cross/Blue Shield, FirstBank and SRP.
She served on the Board of Advisors, Pepperdine University and Iowa State University’s Greenlee School of Journalism & Communications. She currently serves on Board of Directors, Catholic Charities. Nancy is married to David, has three children, played Big 12 Collegiate Golf, is a Kappa Delta, loves to travel and walk their dogs, Snickers and Buttercup.
Connect with Nancy on LinkedIn and Twitter, and follow Catholic Education Arizona on Facebook and Instagram.
About Your Hosts
Austin Peterson is a Comprehensive Financial Planner and owner of Backbone Financial in Scottsdale, AZ. Austin is a registered rep and investment advisor representative with Lincoln Financial Advisors. Prior to joining Lincoln Financial Advisors, Austin worked in a variety of roles in the financial services industry.
He began his career in financial services in the year 2000 as a personal financial advisor with Independent Capital Management in Santa Ana, CA. Austin then joined Pacific Life Insurance Company as an internal wholesaler for their variable annuity and mutual fund products. 
After Pacific Life, Austin formed his own financial planning company in Southern California that he built and ran for 6 years and eventually sold when he moved his family to Salt Lake City to pursue his MBA.
After he completed his MBA, Austin joined Crump Life Insurance where he filled a couple of different sales roles and eventually a management role throughout the five years he was with Crump. Most recently before joining Lincoln Financial Advisors in February 2015, Austin spent 2 years as a life insurance field wholesaler with Symetra Life Insurance Company. Austin is a Certified Financial Planner Professional and Chartered Life Underwriter.
Austin and his wife of 21 years, Robin, have two children, AJ (19) and Ella (16) and they reside in Gilbert, Arizona. He is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelor of Arts in French and of Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management with a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in sales and entrepreneurship.
Connect with Austin on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Landon Mance is a Financial Planner and founder of YourFuture Planning Partners out of Las Vegas, Nevada. His firm came to life in 2020 after operating as Mance Wealth Management since 2015 when Landon broke off from a major bank and started his own “shop.”
Landon comes from a family of successful entrepreneurs and has a passion and excitement for serving the business community. This passion is what brought about the growth of YourFuture Planning Partners to help business owners and their families. At YourFuture, we believe small business owners’ personal and business goals are intertwined, so we work with our clients to design a financial plan to support all aspects of their lives.
In 2019, Landon obtained the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) designation through the Exit Planning Institute. With this certification, YourFuture Planning Partners assists business owners through an ownership transition while focusing on a positive outcome for their employees and meeting the business owner’s goals. Landon is also a member of the Business Intelligence Institute (BII) which is a collaborative group that shares tools, resources and personnel, and offers advanced level training and technical support to specifically serve business owners.
Landon enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife, stepson, and new baby twins. He grew up in sunny San Diego and loves visiting his family, playing a round of golf with friends, and many other outdoor activities. Landon tries make a difference in the lives of children in Las Vegas as a part of the leadership team for a local non-profit. He regularly visits the children that we work with to remind himself of why it’s so important to, “be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
Landon received his B.S. from California State University Long Beach in business marketing and gets the rest of his education through the school of hard knocks via his business owner clients.
Connect with Landon on LinkedIn.
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