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Tucson Business Radio: Conscious Capitalism Ep 10

July 17, 2019 by angishields

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Skya Nelson COO & Creative Director at Fed By Threads 

Skya began his career in the apparel industry in 1987.  He became active in sustainable products in 2004 and currently drives strategy and innovation for Fed By Threads, the leading Eco-Corporate Apparel company in the United States.  Skya is a native of Hawaii, where he developed an aloha style management as part of his island culture.  He loves his adopted home of Tucson where has lived for nearly 20 years.  Since 2016, he has been responsible for R&D and business development, stewarding the transition to Circular Economy and vertical supply chain integration.  Previously he was the Creative Director for Raytheon Corporation, Art Director of Host-Marriott Services, and he has been an influential voice at SGIA, ThreadX, Social Enterprise Conference at Harvard, and for the U.S. Department of State. 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/skyanelson/ 
Skya@fedbythreads.com 

Dorie Morales Publisher & Editor Green Living Magazine 

Dorie has been in the magazine industry for over 20 years, starting in magazines for the multi-family industry. She worked for the Apartment Guide as a salesperson and then Publisher. In 2004, Dorie and her former business partner started Apartment Showcase. They later sold to Apartment Finder in 2007 where Dorie stayed on as Publisher until starting Green Living Magazine. Green Living Magazine was a business opportunity that brought her back to her roots.  Dorie grew up in NJ in a home with an acre garden and always loved changing of the seasons. However, it was witnessing the birth of baby cow as a foreign exchange student in Espelette France that changed her life and shaped a deep appreciation of the earth. Dorie is very passionate about an eco-conscious lifestyle and sustainability because she has lost all of her immediate family members to cancer, dementia, and medications going toxic in their body. She takes it as a personal mission to teach everyone that there are simple solutions that they can do in their daily life to create change and make an impact. 

dorie@greenlivingaz.com I greenlivingaz.com  

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About Your Hosts

Sarah-McCrarenBioshotMcCraren Compliance
sarah@mccrarencompliance.com

Sarah McCraren is CEO and President of McCraren Compliance and is a Tucson native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in the operational analysis, measurement and accountability systems, project management and software implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community. She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah leads the McCraren Compliance team by keeping everyone focused on their primary purpose and balancing the needs of all their stakeholders.

Sarah serves on the Board for the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Tucson Chapter, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Conscious Capitalism Arizona and are active with the Arizona Builders Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association and Arizona Transportation Builders.

Follow McCraren Compliance on LinkedIn and Facebook.

JeremyDeisHostConsciousCapitalismEp1Retirement Evolutions
jneis@retevo.com
www.retevobiz.com

Jeremy Neis is an Investment Advisor with Retirement Evolutions and a small business operator fueled by the desire to enrich the life experience. He grew up in the Chicago area and chased the sun to get a degree at the University of Arizona in human and organizational communications. After doing so, he returned to Illinois where over the next 15 years he would find joy in co-launching and growing a technology solutions company and establishing a family. In 2014 he returned to the desert to join his current venture, Retirement Evolutions, where his focuses are: (1) Conduct planning with individuals and families so that they can maximize the likelihood of leading secure and comfortable retirements. (2) Through the business services arm, Resourceful, empower business leaders to care for the people that they will rely upon to be thriving, sustainable organizations.

Jeremy is a proud contributor to the Conscious Capitalism movement as he views it as a powerful vehicle to bring about greater prosperity and reduced suffering for our human family. Over his career, he has had the privilege to work closely with hundreds of different enterprises across many markets and industries. A common theme emerges among those firms that he’s seen excel and that is to be great not just with what they are bringing to market, but also with the manner in which they are doing so.

Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn and follow Retirement Evolutions on Facebook.

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Tucson Business Radio: Conscious Capitalism Ep 9

June 13, 2019 by angishields

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Wendy Werden, Manager of Community Investment and Philanthropy TEP
 WWerden@tep.com 

Wendy Erica Werden is an award-winning community engagement manager with more than 25 years of outreach, marketing, media, and strategic development experience. She began her career with the Fox TV affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio – then moved to Tucson, Arizona where she has worked with associations and businesses, an environmental non-profit, and media entities including PBS and NPR affiliates through the University of Arizona.  She joined Arizona Congressman Ron Barber’s office as Outreach and Deputy District Director in 2012 and re-joined the Tucson Electric Power/UniSource Energy team in early 2015 as the manager of Community Investment where she manages donations totaling more than $2 million annually. In her personal time, she enjoys volunteering with animal rescue and the outdoors as a trail builder and section steward of Arizona National Scenic Trail. She is proud of her work and commitment to improving Arizona but also loves being on her horse with her trail dog on a mountain far away from the reach of her mobile phone. 

  

Ciara Garcia | Chief Executive Officer
SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS TUCSON
5049 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 233 | Tucson, AZ 85711
Direct 520.209.2878 | Main  520.622.8476 | Cell  520.449.0169
Ciara@svptucson.org 

Ciara is CEO of Social Venture Partners Tucson – a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting individuals and businesses with true community impact. Using a venture philanthropy model, SVP Partners invest their time and money in vetted nonprofits through multi-year grants and capacity building projects. SVP has a 12-year track record of strengthening and scaling nonprofits – maximizing their impact in the Tucson community. 

Ciara has more than 14- years’ experience leading nonprofits through strategic growth and transformation. As a community leader, Ciara recognizes the expanded impact that occurs when people come together to leverage their strengths and resources for a greater good. “The opportunity to support the Tucson community at this juncture is exciting to me,” says Ciara. “In fact, it is what I am most passionate about–bringing people together to create impact. There is so much potential when we bring the business, nonprofit and philanthropic communities together to address community issues.”  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciara-garcia-3078a28/ 

 

About Your Hosts

Sarah-McCrarenBioshotMcCraren Compliance
sarah@mccrarencompliance.com

Sarah McCraren is CEO and President of McCraren Compliance and is a Tucson native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in the operational analysis, measurement and accountability systems, project management and software implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community. She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah leads the McCraren Compliance team by keeping everyone focused on their primary purpose and balancing the needs of all their stakeholders.

Sarah serves on the Board for the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Tucson Chapter, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Conscious Capitalism Arizona and are active with the Arizona Builders Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association and Arizona Transportation Builders.

Follow McCraren Compliance on LinkedIn and Facebook.

JeremyDeisHostConsciousCapitalismEp1Retirement Evolutions
jneis@retevo.com
www.retevobiz.com

Jeremy Neis is an Investment Advisor with Retirement Evolutions and a small business operator fueled by the desire to enrich the life experience. He grew up in the Chicago area and chased the sun to get a degree at the University of Arizona in human and organizational communications. After doing so, he returned to Illinois where over the next 15 years he would find joy in co-launching and growing a technology solutions company and establishing a family. In 2014 he returned to the desert to join his current venture, Retirement Evolutions, where his focuses are: (1) Conduct planning with individuals and families so that they can maximize the likelihood of leading secure and comfortable retirements. (2) Through the business services arm, Resourceful, empower business leaders to care for the people that they will rely upon to be thriving, sustainable organizations.

Jeremy is a proud contributor to the Conscious Capitalism movement as he views it as a powerful vehicle to bring about greater prosperity and reduced suffering for our human family. Over his career he has had the privilege to work closely with hundreds of different enterprises across many markets and industries. A common theme emerges among those firms that he’s seen excel and that is to be great not just with what they are bringing to market, but also with the manner in which they are doing so.

Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn and follow Retirement Evolutions on Facebook.

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Tucson Business Radio: Conscious Capitalism Ep 8

May 14, 2019 by angishields

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Danny Knee ( dannyk@cictucson.com ) 
Executive Director – Community Investment Corporation 
Website: www.cictucson.org 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cictucson.org/ 

 Danny has two decades of experience in the public and non-profit sectors with a focus on community & economic development. In his current position as Executive Director of Community Investment Corporation (CIC), a nonprofit local economic development organization and alternative lender, Danny launched a Social Impact Lending program which incentivizes community-minded borrowers through preferred rates and terms. CIC also helps nonprofit partners including the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, the YWCA, Catholic Community Services, Pio Decimo, and Local First Arizona, make loans to their clients in furtherance of their respective missions.   
  

As co-founder of Single Focus Web, a website development company he started with his wife, Cecily, Danny also brings the perspective of an entrepreneur to his work. He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University where captained the nationally ranked Division III men’s basketball team.  He holds masters’ degrees in City and Regional Planning and Business Administration from Rutgers University and the University of Arizona respectively. He was named one of Biz Tucson’s “40-Under-40” in 2007 for contributions to his profession and the community.  Following in the footsteps of his dad who was a lifelong educator, Danny was a kindergarten and middle school teacher early in his professional career, and to this day ranks middle school English teacher as the best job he ever had. 

Kevin Koch ( kevin@tfssolar.com) 
Co-Founder & Co-Owner – Technicians For Sustainability 
Website:  www.tfssolar.com 
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tfssolar 
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/TFSSolar 

Kevin is one of the leaders at (TFS) Technicians for Sustainability which he helped co-found in 2003.  TFS is a mission-driven company specializing in renewable energy and sustainable technologies for residential and commercial settings.  TFS is a Tucson based, employee-owned cooperative that has also achieved the designation of a certified B Corp. 

 With a background as a neuroscientist and mountaineer, Kevin came to sustainability through his connection to nature. He believes in living symbiotically with his environment, which has led him to spend over eighteen years in the renewable energy field. He is NABCEP certified in Photovoltaics (PV). He and his family live with PV, solar hot water, and greywater systems. 

About Your Hosts

Sarah-McCrarenBioshotMcCraren Compliance
sarah@mccrarencompliance.com

Sarah McCraren is CEO and President of McCraren Compliance and is a Tucson native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in the operational analysis, measurement and accountability systems, project management and software implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community. She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah leads the McCraren Compliance team by keeping everyone focused on their primary purpose and balancing the needs of all their stakeholders.

Sarah serves on the Board for the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Tucson Chapter, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Conscious Capitalism Arizona and are active with the Arizona Builders Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association and Arizona Transportation Builders.

Follow McCraren Compliance on LinkedIn and Facebook.

JeremyDeisHostConsciousCapitalismEp1Retirement Evolutions
jneis@retevo.com
www.retevobiz.com

Jeremy Neis is an Investment Advisor with Retirement Evolutions and a small business operator fueled by the desire to enrich the life experience. He grew up in the Chicago area and chased the sun to get a degree at the University of Arizona in human and organizational communications. After doing so, he returned to Illinois where over the next 15 years he would find joy in co-launching and growing a technology solutions company and establishing a family. In 2014 he returned to the desert to join his current venture, Retirement Evolutions, where his focuses are: (1) Conduct planning with individuals and families so that they can maximize the likelihood of leading secure and comfortable retirements. (2) Through the business services arm, Resourceful, empower business leaders to care for the people that they will rely upon to be thriving, sustainable organizations.

Jeremy is a proud contributor to the Conscious Capitalism movement as he views it as a powerful vehicle to bring about greater prosperity and reduced suffering for our human family. Over his career he has had the privilege to work closely with hundreds of different enterprises across many markets and industries. A common theme emerges among those firms that he’s seen excel and that is to be great not just with what they are bringing to market, but also with the manner in which they are doing so.

Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn and follow Retirement Evolutions on Facebook.

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Tucson Business Radio: Conscious Capitalism Ep 7

April 10, 2019 by angishields

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Goodman Interior Structures
Jeff Kiewel
Email: you-jkiewel@goodmans.com&michelew@goodthreads.net
https://www.goodmans.com/
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter |

Jeff is a Tucson native and a graduate of the University of Arizona where he received his degree in Business Administration while becoming a three-year letterman for Arizona Football. Jeff was an All Pac10 performer that has gone on to earn his Masters of Business Administration from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Along the way, Jeff has held leadership positions at some of the biggest brands in the golf industry. In 2015, Jeff joined Goodmans Interior Structures to be a part of their mission “At Goodmans, we will change our community”. Goodmans is officially a Benefit Corporation that is focused on our community, environment, and employees as well as our shareholders. We are active supporters of Local First and our own GoodTHREADS (collecting and redistributing clothing to the foster and kinship community of Southern Arizona). Jeff is a big supporter of local community outreach, is a graduate of the Greater Tucson Leadership class of 2018, and an active member in the Chamber of Commerce, Metropolitan Pima Alliance and other local associations that aim to make Tucson a better place to live and raise a family.

GoodTHREADS
Michele Wright
http://www.goodthreads.net/ 
SOCIAL MEDIA: LinkedIn |

As a foster and adoptive parent, Michele had a deep personal understanding of the challenges foster, adoptive and kinship families face in Arizona. She had an idea and brought it to her employer, Goodmans Interior Structures, a local 64-year-old, 3rdgeneration, family-owned business. Goodmans supported her personal mission with an investment of company resources such as warehouse space, delivery trucks, donation bins, marketing support and by encouraging employee volunteer participation. Together with the Goodmans Tucson team, GoodTHREADS has clothed over 12,000 kids and enjoyed watching them benefit from the warmth, dignity, pride, and sense of community that comes with the nice clothing and accessories provided by GoodTHREADS and the experience of attending a GoodTHREADS exchange event.

About Your Hosts

Sarah-McCrarenBioshotMcCraren Compliance
sarah@mccrarencompliance.com

Sarah McCraren is CEO and President of McCraren Compliance and is a Tucson native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in the operational analysis, measurement and accountability systems, project management and software implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community. She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah leads the McCraren Compliance team by keeping everyone focused on their primary purpose and balancing the needs of all their stakeholders.

Sarah serves on the Board for the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Tucson Chapter, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Conscious Capitalism Arizona and are active with the Arizona Builders Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association and Arizona Transportation Builders.

Follow McCraren Compliance on LinkedIn and Facebook.

JeremyDeisHostConsciousCapitalismEp1Retirement Evolutions
jneis@retevo.com
www.retevobiz.com

Jeremy Neis is an Investment Advisor with Retirement Evolutions and a small business operator fueled by the desire to enrich the life experience. He grew up in the Chicago area and chased the sun to get a degree at the University of Arizona in human and organizational communications. After doing so, he returned to Illinois where over the next 15 years he would find joy in co-launching and growing a technology solutions company and establishing a family. In 2014 he returned to the desert to join his current venture, Retirement Evolutions, where his focuses are: (1) Conduct planning with individuals and families so that they can maximize the likelihood of leading secure and comfortable retirements. (2) Through the business services arm, Resourceful, empower business leaders to care for the people that they will rely upon to be thriving, sustainable organizations.

Jeremy is a proud contributor to the Conscious Capitalism movement as he views it as a powerful vehicle to bring about greater prosperity and reduced suffering for our human family. Over his career, he has had the privilege to work closely with hundreds of different enterprises across many markets and industries. A common theme emerges among those firms that he’s seen excel and that is to be great not just with what they are bringing to market, but also with the manner in which they are doing so.

Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn and follow Retirement Evolutions on Facebook.

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Tucson Business Radio: Conscious Capitalism Ep 6

March 26, 2019 by angishields

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Todd Hanley – General Manager – Hotel Congress
Maynards Market & Kitchen

Tucson’s central hub for music, great food and culture is the family owned and operated Hotel Congress. Leading the pack of this iconic locale is 2008 Copper Cactus Leader of Year Todd Hanley.

A lifelong Midwesterner and former college football player, Todd graduated from Western Michigan University with a degree in Exercise Physiology and Biology. Todd has been in Arizona since 2001 and in 2003 moved to Tucson to operate Hotel Congress, the family business of his wife Rebecca, oldest daughter of owners Richard and Shana Oseran.

Todd has been instrumental in the continued success of Hotel Congress and sister restaurant Maynards Market & Kitchen. Todd is passionate about the growth of downtown Tucson and stays connected and shows support for the community with board memberships including Downtown YMCA, former President of Tucson Originals and DT Partnership.

Todd has championed sustainable practices for both businesses over the last decade, earning awards from AZHLA, Mrs. Greens World and City of Tucson for green initiatives. Sustainable partnerships like Refresh Wine Glass, Eco Blue, Compost Cats, and Solar Store have helped Hotel Congress become the only historic hotel in Arizona with the Trip Advisor Green Leaf gold level designation.

Todd is also the founding Director of the Agave Heritage Festival, the Tucson community-wide celebration of the cultural, commercial and culinary significance of Agave.

About Hotel Congress

Hotel Congress, a historic hotel, is home to the award-winning The Cup Café restaurant, famous Club Congress, and beautiful Copper Hall, located in the center of Downtown Tucson’s Historic East End.

For more information call (520) 622-8848 or visit www.hotelcongress.com

About Maynard’s Market + Kitchen

Located in the historic train depot, Maynards Market & Kitchen offers an authentic dining experience in Downtown Tucson’s Historic East End. The Market boasts locally-sourced products and an impressive selection of wines. Maynards Kitchen, described in the New York Times as “dark and handsome” features home-style haute cuisine, hand-crafted cocktails, and an award-winning wine list. To learn more, call 520-545-0577 or visit www.maynardstucson.com

Jonathan Lutz, Executive Director, of the Tucson Audubon Society.

SOCIAL MEDIA: LinkedIn | Twitter | FaceBook |

Jonathon is an experienced environmental non-profit director with a decade-long history advocating and educating on behalf of wildlife.

He is skilled in advocacy, fundraising, financial management, marketing, media relations, and developing education programs.

Jonathan served as the Executive Director for the Michigan Audubon Society and Director of the Montana Audubon Center.

He co-leads winter birding tours in Michigan’s Eastern Upper Peninsula, sharing Endangered Kirtland’s Warblers with visitors from around the world, and guides residents on owl prowl along the Yellowstone River.

Jonathan has a BS in environmental policy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

 

About Your Hosts

Sarah-McCrarenBioshotMcCraren Compliance
sarah@mccrarencompliance.com

Sarah McCraren is CEO and President of McCraren Compliance and is a Tucson native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in the operational analysis, measurement and accountability systems, project management and software implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community. She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah leads the McCraren Compliance team by keeping everyone focused on their primary purpose and balancing the needs of all their stakeholders.

Sarah serves on the Board for the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Tucson Chapter, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Conscious Capitalism Arizona and are active with the Arizona Builders Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association and Arizona Transportation Builders.

Follow McCraren Compliance on LinkedIn and Facebook.

JeremyDeisHostConsciousCapitalismEp1Retirement Evolutions
jneis@retevo.com
www.retevobiz.com

Jeremy Neis is an Investment Advisor with Retirement Evolutions and a small business operator fueled by the desire to enrich the life experience. He grew up in the Chicago area and chased the sun to get a degree at the University of Arizona in human and organizational communications. After doing so, he returned to Illinois where over the next 15 years he would find joy in co-launching and growing a technology solutions company and establishing a family. In 2014 he returned to the desert to join his current venture, Retirement Evolutions, where his focuses are: (1) Conduct planning with individuals and families so that they can maximize the likelihood of leading secure and comfortable retirements. (2) Through the business services arm, Resourceful, empower business leaders to care for the people that they will rely upon to be thriving, sustainable organizations.

Jeremy is a proud contributor to the Conscious Capitalism movement as he views it as a powerful vehicle to bring about greater prosperity and reduced suffering for our human family. Over his career he has had the privilege to work closely with hundreds of different enterprises across many markets and industries. A common theme emerges among those firms that he’s seen excel and that is to be great not just with what they are bringing to market, but also with the manner in which they are doing so.

Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn and follow Retirement Evolutions on Facebook.

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Tucson Business Radio: Conscious Capitalism Ep 5

March 13, 2019 by angishields

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Frank Velásquez Jr.
Executive Director, Job Path, Inc.
https://www.jobpath.net/
SOCIAL MEDIA:  Facebook | Instagram 

Inspired to “dare greatly,” Frank Velásquez Jr. leads and collaborates with passion, authenticity and an open mind. A racial equity and social justice advocate, he connects to the stories that make each of us who we are and the stories that inextricably connect us to each other. A natural storyteller, he loves the task of bringing greater local, statewide, and national attention to poverty and inequity through JobPath’s work. Additionally, he strives to never talk in the third person and to never have a long-winded biography.

Hailey Thoman
Associate Director – DIRECT Center for Independence, Inc. & Counseling Directions
https://www.linkagesarizona.org/
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook (LinkagesAZ) | Facebook (Center for Independance | LinkedIn | 

Hailey Thoman is the Executive Director for Linkages. She is originally from Michigan and earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Central Michigan University.  In 2007 she moved to Tucson and has spent over 10 years in the non-profit sector. Over 7 of those years were working at Linkages where she ultimately led the organization as their Executive Director. This work allowed her to educate employers on the benefits of hiring individuals with disabilities and then linking those businesses to resources where they can connect with job seekers.

Currently, Hailey is the Associate Director at DIRECT Center for Independence where Linkages is now a program of their work. She also serves as a Commissioner on the Tucson Mayor and Council’s Commission on Disability Issues, is a founding board member of the AZ APSE Chapter, and as a Board Member for the Autism Society of Southern Arizona. Hailey believes the best communities are where everyone has an opportunity to be productive and that the most effective companies have a diverse corporate culture. She has a passion for helping businesses make this diversity possible through employing people with disabilities.

 

About Your Hosts

Sarah-McCrarenBioshotMcCraren Compliance
sarah@mccrarencompliance.com

Sarah McCraren is CEO and President of McCraren Compliance and is a Tucson native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in the operational analysis, measurement and accountability systems, project management and software implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community. She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah leads the McCraren Compliance team by keeping everyone focused on their primary purpose and balancing the needs of all their stakeholders.

Sarah serves on the Board for the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Tucson Chapter, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Conscious Capitalism Arizona and are active with the Arizona Builders Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association and Arizona Transportation Builders.

Follow McCraren Compliance on LinkedIn and Facebook.

JeremyDeisHostConsciousCapitalismEp1Retirement Evolutions
jneis@retevo.com
www.retevobiz.com

Jeremy Neis is an Investment Advisor with Retirement Evolutions and a small business operator fueled by the desire to enrich the life experience. He grew up in the Chicago area and chased the sun to get a degree at the University of Arizona in human and organizational communications. After doing so, he returned to Illinois where over the next 15 years he would find joy in co-launching and growing a technology solutions company and establishing a family. In 2014 he returned to the desert to join his current venture, Retirement Evolutions, where his focuses are: (1) Conduct planning with individuals and families so that they can maximize the likelihood of leading secure and comfortable retirements. (2) Through the business services arm, Resourceful, empower business leaders to care for the people that they will rely upon to be thriving, sustainable organizations.

Jeremy is a proud contributor to the Conscious Capitalism movement as he views it as a powerful vehicle to bring about greater prosperity and reduced suffering for our human family. Over his career he has had the privilege to work closely with hundreds of different enterprises across many markets and industries. A common theme emerges among those firms that he’s seen excel and that is to be great not just with what they are bringing to market, but also with the manner in which they are doing so.

Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn and follow Retirement Evolutions on Facebook.

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Tucson Business Radio: Conscious Capitalism Ep 4

January 14, 2019 by angishields

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AliceTempletonEp4ConsCapBarker Contracting
2127 East Speedway, STE 101
Tucson, AZ 85719
info@barkerone.com

Alice Templeton is the Business Development Director for Barker Contracting. Alice has decades of experience in enhancing business practices and communications on behalf of the A/E/C industry.

A Tucson native, Alice brings long standing relationships and a solid understanding of our community to every effort she pursues. As a former president and current board member of the Metropolitan Pima Alliance, Alice has insight into and knowledge of the real estate development community and knows how to bring diverse interests together to find common ground solutions.

Alice is equally at ease working with all sectors of the public, whether government staff, developers, businesses or neighborhoods. She is a dynamic speaker who has presented at regional and national conferences on a variety of subjects including client relations and project management.

Connect with Alice on LinkedIn.

ConsCapEp41819Mrs. Green’s WORLD
520-230-3911
info@mrsgreensworld.com

Gina Murphy-Darling is the Founder and CEO of Mrs. Green’s World. Gina is a dreamer at heart. But she doesn’t just dream – she makes things happen. She has spent most of her adult life working to improve the lives of at-risk children and families, and now our at-risk planet. She is madly and passionately in love with this great planet of ours and is tireless in her efforts to preserve it.  Her big dream?  Raise the consciousness, of every human being on this planet, about the reality of our climate and the health of our planet. Then, educate, inspire and engage them to be the change they wish to see in the world. 

Gina hosts a global podcast dedicated to preservation of planet & interviews guests from all over the globe. The tag line is “We don’t tell you what to think. We just want you to. 

In addition to hosting the show, Gina represents clients at national & local green living events, provides clients with partnership opportunities and green consulting services.   She is also a public speaker and author.  Her most recent book is – Your Mother Called: Mother Earth. You’d Better Call Her Back

The Mrs. Green Team also maintains a blog and are active on LinkedIn, Google+, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest & Instagram – all of which are dedicated to promoting eco-friendly practices & sustainability in every aspect of life. 

Gina is a game changer, early adopter & an international spokesperson for sustainability.  Gina is The Disruptor for Good.

About Your Hosts

Sarah-McCrarenBioshotMcCraren Compliance
sarah@mccrarencompliance.com

Sarah McCraren is CEO and President of McCraren Compliance and is a Tucson native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in the operational analysis, measurement and accountability systems, project management and software implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community. She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah leads the McCraren Compliance team by keeping everyone focused on their primary purpose and balancing the needs of all their stakeholders.

Sarah serves on the Board for the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Tucson Chapter, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Conscious Capitalism Arizona and are active with the Arizona Builders Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association and Arizona Transportation Builders.

Follow McCraren Compliance on LinkedIn and Facebook.

JeremyDeisHostConsciousCapitalismEp1Retirement Evolutions
jneis@retevo.com
www.retevobiz.com

Jeremy Neis is an Investment Advisor with Retirement Evolutions and a small business operator fueled by the desire to enrich the life experience. He grew up in the Chicago area and chased the sun to get a degree at the University of Arizona in human and organizational communications. After doing so, he returned to Illinois where over the next 15 years he would find joy in co-launching and growing a technology solutions company and establishing a family. In 2014 he returned to the desert to join his current venture, Retirement Evolutions, where his focuses are: (1) Conduct planning with individuals and families so that they can maximize the likelihood of leading secure and comfortable retirements. (2) Through the business services arm, Resourceful, empower business leaders to care for the people that they will rely upon to be thriving, sustainable organizations.

Jeremy is a proud contributor to the Conscious Capitalism movement as he views it as a powerful vehicle to bring about greater prosperity and reduced suffering for our human family. Over his career he has had the privilege to work closely with hundreds of different enterprises across many markets and industries. A common theme emerges among those firms that he’s seen excel and that is to be great not just with what they are bringing to market, but also with the manner in which they are doing so.

Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn and follow Retirement Evolutions on Facebook.

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Tucson Business Radio: Conscious Capitalism Ep 3

December 13, 2018 by angishields

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CJAgbannawagHeadshotCJ Agbannawag is the Local First Arizona SCALE UP Program Manager. CJ graduated from the Sustainable Built Environments program from the University of Arizona’s College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture. The SCALE UP Program is a sustainability workshop series for locally owned business, where participants receive education, and then plan for efficiency improvements. Through education and implementation of appropriate sustainability projects, SCALE UP is helping businesses improve their environmental footprint while reducing operating costs.

MikePeelHeadshotMichael Peel is the Southern Arizona Director for Local First Arizona. In this role, Peel is responsible for managing LFA operations, membership, and programs in Tucson and the encompassing region. Peel has spent his career developing and facilitating community-based partnerships and collaborations, creating innovative long-lasting programs responsive to community issues lacking needed support, and bringing key partners together to create community and statewide solutions. As Community and Government Relations Liaison at Pima Community College District, Peelwas responsible for building and maintaining partnerships through community outreach, as well as developing legislative advocacy networks to collaborate with state, federal, and local elected officials, governmental and community agencies, business groups and coalitions, faith-based establishments, nonprofit organizations, administrators, staff, students, and the general public. As Development and Jobs Director of Uncommon Good, a grassroots non-profit organization, Peel led the formation of a regional coalition that successfully competed for federal funds of nearly $900,000 for a green jobs program. Peel has also served on a variety of boards, including most recently the Tucson City of Gastronomy, the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), Tucson Emerging 2030 District, and Tucson Clean and Beautiful.

JohnEiseleHeadshotJohn Eisele is a 38-year resident of Tucson and is passionate about sustainability and environmental issues, particularly as it relates to “green” buildings and homes. After earning a BS Engineering degree from the University of Michigan, John has had a wide-ranging career, including 22+ yrs with IBM, owning several businesses and marketing a variety of environmental products over the years. John was involved in the early stages of the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and helped establish the first local USGBC chapter to Arizona. John is an enthusiastic member of the environmental community and is deeply committed to the establishment and growth of the Tucson 2030 District as the Executive Director. He holds the vision of increasing the number of high efficiency buildings in Tucson, which will lower their energy footprint, leverage a growing economy and ultimately assist in mitigating the effects of climate change.

PeterDobrovolnyHeadshotPeter Dobrovolny is a retired architect and planner now living in Tucson.  With a continuing commitment to contribute solutions to the challenges of climate change in the built environment, Peter has helped facilitate creation of a 2030 District in Tucson.

Prior to retirement in February 2014, Peter Dobrovolny was the Seattle 2030 District Liaison, acting as Project Manager for a three year EPA Climate Showcase Communities grant, Activating the Seattle 2030 District, a Public-Private Alliance to Achieve Carbon Reduction.  Beginning in 2000, Peter was a part of the City of Seattle’s Green Building Program and worked with the private sector development community to fulfill the mission of the City’s Sustainable Building Policy and other City of Seattle initiatives to accelerate green building in the private sector of Seattle.

Peter has over twenty years of experience as a solar architect, practicing in Basalt, Colorado.  He is the recipient of a number of local and national awards for energy efficient design projects.  Peter has participated in the American Solar Energy Society, as well as in numerous local community planning and energy issues.  Peter has a Bachelor of Architecture from CU and Master of Urban Planning from UW.  Between 2002 and 2010 Peter was a board member of the Cascadia Region Green Building Chapter.

Follow Local First Arizona and Tucson Emerging 2030 District on Facebook.

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Sarah-McCrarenBioshotMcCraren Compliance
sarah@mccrarencompliance.com

Sarah McCraren is CEO and President of McCraren Compliance and is a Tucson native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in the operational analysis, measurement and accountability systems, project management and software implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community. She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah leads the McCraren Compliance team by keeping everyone focused on their primary purpose and balancing the needs of all their stakeholders.

Sarah serves on the Board for the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Tucson Chapter, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Conscious Capitalism Arizona and are active with the Arizona Builders Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association and Arizona Transportation Builders.

Follow McCraren Compliance on LinkedIn and Facebook.

JeremyDeisHostConsciousCapitalismEp1Retirement Evolutions
jneis@retevo.com
www.retevobiz.com

Jeremy Neis is an Investment Advisor with Retirement Evolutions and a small business operator fueled by the desire to enrich the life experience. He grew up in the Chicago area and chased the sun to get a degree at the University of Arizona in human and organizational communications. After doing so, he returned to Illinois where over the next 15 years he would find joy in co-launching and growing a technology solutions company and establishing a family. In 2014 he returned to the desert to join his current venture, Retirement Evolutions, where his focuses are: (1) Conduct planning with individuals and families so that they can maximize the likelihood of leading secure and comfortable retirements. (2) Through the business services arm, Resourceful, empower business leaders to care for the people that they will rely upon to be thriving, sustainable organizations.

Jeremy is a proud contributor to the Conscious Capitalism movement as he views it as a powerful vehicle to bring about greater prosperity and reduced suffering for our human family. Over his career he has had the privilege to work closely with hundreds of different enterprises across many markets and industries. A common theme emerges among those firms that he’s seen excel and that is to be great not just with what they are bringing to market, but also with the manner in which they are doing so.

Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn and follow Retirement Evolutions on Facebook.

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Tucson Business Radio: Conscious Capitalism Ep 2

November 19, 2018 by angishields

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Megan EverettMegan Everett is Director of Marketing for Mister Car Wash and began her career with the company in 2014. In her current role, she oversees all aspects of the marketing team and is responsible for the customer brand experience team, customer insights, and community relations.

She began her career with Mister Car Wash as the Social Media Manager and was later promoted to Brand Manager.

Before joining Mister Car Wash, Megan worked in a variety of roles in retail. Prior to MCW she was a member of the purchasing team at Meijer, a Brand Management Intern at Henkel, and an Assistant store manager at Maurice’s.

Megan graduated from Southern Utah University with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Marketing and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Arizona.

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Pam CrimPamela Crim has extensive experience in non-profit work and has also owned her own businesses which has given her a unique edge in preparation for her position of CEO of BBB Serving Southern Arizona. Her most well-known business is the regional internet service provider Dakotacom.net, which she owned and operated for over eight years. During her time there, she orchestrated the acquisition of the DSL segment of a large local internet service provider, AZStarnet. She also secured long-term contracts with big names such as University of Arizona, Canyon Ranch, Krebs Engineers, and Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum. Before selling Dakotacom.net she earned two Copper Cactus Awards for Best Place to Work and the Business Growth Award.

Before joining BBB, Crim was the Director of Sales for Southern Arizona at Cox Business Arizona, in this role she developed and maintained strategic relationships with community outreach partners, set strategy of capital investment for Cox Business network’s downtown expansion, and led the sales team in the Southern Arizona marketplace.

Crim has lived all over the country while working for Baxter Healthcare for 15 plus years but has been in Tucson for 25 years. She loves the Southern Arizona community and has served on several different non-profit boards. Currently she serves as Chair of La Frontera Behavior Health and as Chair of “Woman at the Top” one of the largest Tucson’s Women’s Business Groups. Throughout the years Crim has also served on the boards of Make A Wish AZ, Junior Achievement, Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and served as a Small Business Commissioner for the city of Tucson.

During the last three years at BBB, her leadership has grown the BBB’s Accredited Business base and focused extensive efforts for outreach to our rural and border communities. Additionally, the BBB now plays an active role educating and safe guarding our military population from being victims of fraud and scams. The recent re-launch of BBB’s Charity Review to the So AZ non-profit community on March 1, 2018, has been well embraced by our community and a critical resource for wise giving!

‘My continued vision for the BBB of Southern Arizona is to ensure that we are reaching the entire community not just our current members. We want the new entrepreneurs and young consumers to better get to know us and truly understand all we have to offer Southern Arizona. We take our mission very seriously and we need to be creative in finding ways to reach all businesses and consumers.” Pam Crim

Crim has a 25-year-old son attending the University of AZ who keeps her on her toes. He is a real-life resource of insight into the generation she aims to reach for future BBB initiatives.

Connect with Pam on LinkedIn, and follow BBB Serving Southern Arizona on Facebook.

About Your Hosts

Sarah-McCrarenBioshotMcCraren Compliance
sarah@mccrarencompliance.com

Sarah McCraren is CEO and President of McCraren Compliance and is a Tucson native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in the operational analysis, measurement and accountability systems, project management and software implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community. She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah leads the McCraren Compliance team by keeping everyone focused on their primary purpose and balancing the needs of all their stakeholders.

Sarah serves on the Board for the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Tucson Chapter, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Conscious Capitalism Arizona and are active with the Arizona Builders Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association and Arizona Transportation Builders.

Follow McCraren Compliance on LinkedIn and Facebook.

JeremyDeisHostConsciousCapitalismEp1Retirement Evolutions
jneis@retevo.com
www.retevobiz.com

Jeremy Neis is an Investment Advisor with Retirement Evolutions and a small business operator fueled by the desire to enrich the life experience. He grew up in the Chicago area and chased the sun to get a degree at the University of Arizona in human and organizational communications. After doing so, he returned to Illinois where over the next 15 years he would find joy in co-launching and growing a technology solutions company and establishing a family. In 2014 he returned to the desert to join his current venture, Retirement Evolutions, where his focuses are: (1) Conduct planning with individuals and families so that they can maximize the likelihood of leading secure and comfortable retirements. (2) Through the business services arm, Resourceful, empower business leaders to care for the people that they will rely upon to be thriving, sustainable organizations.

Jeremy is a proud contributor to the Conscious Capitalism movement as he views it as a powerful vehicle to bring about greater prosperity and reduced suffering for our human family. Over his career he has had the privilege to work closely with hundreds of different enterprises across many markets and industries. A common theme emerges among those firms that he’s seen excel and that is to be great not just with what they are bringing to market, but also with the manner in which they are doing so.

Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn and follow Retirement Evolutions on Facebook.

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