Episode 65_Tom Burton

02/15/23 • 46 min

Mr. Tom Burton, superintendent of Princeton City Schools, is a proven and dynamic school educator, well known and praised for his leadership. He believes that creating a collaborative environment with all stakeholders will help ensure that each child's needs are met. Serving as an educator since 1987 and at Princeton City Schools since 2015, Tom lives out the Princeton mission to empower each student for college, career, and life success. By being flexible, collaborative, and open to new learning, Tom feels we can truly inspire our students to be prepared for the real world and ensure that they make the world better than it is now. The Northwest Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce recently bestowed Tom the Community Champion Award for 2021. Tom credits his colleagues and teammates for being recognized as Business Person of the Year by the Sharonville Chamber of Commerce, winner of NASSP/MetLife Ohio Middle School Principal of the Year, Distinguished Young Alumni Award from Slippery Rock University, recipient of the Gordon Vars Lifetime Achievement Award, and Ohio Educator of the Year by the Ohio Middle-Level Association. He was inducted into the Cleveland Heights High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame and John Carroll University Athletic Hall of Fame (coach). A published author and contributor to educational columns, Tom is currently working on two books. He is a sought-after speaker with recent engagements at the American Association of School Administrators, Institute for Education Innovation, National Superintendent’s Forum, Harvard University, and others. Tom currently serves as a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's Educational Advisory Council, the Northern Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, and Sharonville Cultural Arts Center boards.

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Episode 64_Bob Fregolle - Season Three Premiere

Bob Fregolle was born in Detroit, Michigan and has been married to his Michigan sweetheart, Lori, for +41 years (married really young!) with two grown children and two grandchildren. Bob graduated with a BBA in 1979 from The Michigan Business School. Bob spent the next 35 years with Procter & Gamble, eighteen of those years abroad on seven international assignments across Europe and Asia and retired as the company’s Chief Sales Officer in 2014. Today, he’s Co-owner and Operating Partner of the Daytona Tortugas Professional Baseball Team, the Single-A Affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds playing out of historic Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida. He sits on the University of Michigan’s Ross School Dean’s Advisory Board, is a member of his Parish Council, is Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Cincinnati Museum Center, and Co-chair of the Tortugas Care Foundation. Bob's hobbies include cycling, scuba diving (instructor), snow skiing, hunting/fishing, travel and anything that has to do with the University of Michigan!

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Episode 66_Chelsea Sanders

Chelsea Sanders is the Director of Graphic Design and an Associate at MSA Design, a national architecture, interior design, graphic design, and historic preservation firm headquartered in Cincinnati with offices in Columbus and Atlanta. Chelsea is a Cincinnati native, spending her early childhood in the City's Pleasant Ridge neighborhood and her teenage years in the northeast suburb of Loveland. She is a graduate of the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design. She leads a multi-talented team that is responsible for award winning installations in a variety of project types. Before her time at MSA, had previous experiences working in the fields of web design, advertising, and branding before joining the team and specializing in experiential graphic design. She is an avid traveler and reader with a passion for googly eyes and cats wearing wigs.