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Amber Barbach is the founder and director of the Glioblastoma Research Organization, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization raising awareness and funds for new global, cutting-edge research to find a cure for glioblastoma. Glioblastoma is an aggressive and treatment-resistant form of brain cancer that accounts for 48 percent of all primary malignant brain tumors. 

Amber is originally from Miami. She has extensive expertise in community development and brand management after nearly a decade of working in branding partnerships and event marketing for global brands such as VanDutch, David Stark, V2 Jets, and Ultra Music Festival. She earned a bachelor's degree in communications and business administration from Florida International University and is currently pursuing a master's degree in nutrition education from American University.

In this episode, Amber explains the reason she was compelled to start this nonprofit, the importance of clinical trials and new research for brain cancer, tools and tips for nonprofit leaders who are early in their careers, and what some of her first encounters were like with major cancer centers that her nonprofit has provided funding for like the Cleveland Clinic, Lenox Hill Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Amber shares many lessons she has gathered first-hand which help nonprofit leaders be more effective at helping others, and she shares her personal why, habits, rituals and routines.

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Dozie Oheri is the Founder and CEO of Choose To DO, Inc., a Houston, Texas based 501 (c)3 non profit organization that that helps youth with underutilized potential, empowers them and gives them the skills they need to succeed. Through programs like "Breaking the Cycle," Choose To DO, Inc. teaches inner city youth important skills like self-love and empowerment, leadership development and respect for their community in order to improve their outcomes. It is a mental health and wellness organization for youth aged 9-19. Millions of teens across the country experience low self esteem and nearly 20% experience depression before they reach adulthood. 

Dozie Oheri has a passion for service and years of experience in child development. Over the past few years, she has frequently volunteered her time to organizations for causes like Breast Cancer Awareness events, Relay for Life (a rally for the American Cancer Society), the Women’s Shelter, the Make A Wish program and Dress for Success Worldwide. Dozie created this non profit just over 5 years ago to help youth successfully navigate life.

In this episode, Dozie explains her why behind helping others, her journey from being bullied and having depression at a young age to her years of therapy, personal development and education and what currently motivates her and drives her service for helping youth in such a big way.

This February, the State of Texas was pushed into crisis when a severe winter storm and electrical power outage resulted in mass shortages of food, water and heat. 

Mark Monchek is the Founder of The Opportunity Lab, a strategy consulting firm which empowers leaders focused on conscious and sustainable growth.

Mark is the author of the Amazon bestseller, Culture of Opportunity: How to Grow Your Business in an Age of Disruption, and he has worked with leaders from Google, Apple, Columbia University, Warby Parker, the United Nations, General Electric, NBC, The NYTimes, and others.

Mark has also been featured in Real Leaders Magazine, The LifeTime Network, Conscious Talk Radio, NewsDay, The San Francisco Chronicle and various other media publications and interviews.

How do we create great companies that make a difference? How do companies take an expanded view of their stakeholders and define mission statements that succeed in today’s shifting economy? What does it take for an organization to succeed and be sustainable over time? And how does one find opportunity amidst major life disruptions, like the pandemic, which has taken a major toll on the economy and small businesses?

In this episode, Mark Monchek shares how he went through a spiritual awakening at the time of the Great Recession, and experienced theft from his company which led to a depression resulting in him getting treatment and feeling a deep sense of gratitude and opportunity. As he recounts in his Amazon bestselling book, doing this reflection led him to notice what companies that succeeded during this time were doing differently. His strategic consulting firm offers a variety of tools to help businesses cope with disruption, adapt to changes, and succeed in any economy. 

Mark has spent a large part of his life supporting others, specifically companies that rebuilt after 9/11, university students and social enterprises.

Mark Monchek and Host Sean Riley discuss ShareLab, The Opportunity Community, his book Culture of Opportunity, SuccessDNA, and dive into the deeper layers behind his compassion, and generosity by discussing his personal side, adversity, upbringing and rapid fire questions.

"We often say at our facility, 'the opposite of addiction is connection.' Because with connection, that's how we help each other. We were put on this planet as tribal communities to help each other. We were not put here to be in isolation." -Rachel Graham

In this episode, Virginie Drouot (pronounced Droo-oh), social entrepreneur and Founder of EcoMind Set Inc explains the situation facing Hollywood as production begins reopening under a new set of safety provisions due to COVID-19.

Her start up, EcoMind Set, which she founded in 2018, establishes both a COVID-19-compliant production environment and green, innovative and affordable supplies and services such as recyclable trash bags and paper towels and compostable cups, lids, utensils, straws and bowls to minimize waste in the film and commercial business for a wide range of high profile clients.

With a background of 20 years in production, having worked on production for major films and with a producing history of her own, she provides her own life lessons, advice and findings on how to improve and sustain energy, tools and tips for budding social entrepreneurs and the importance of protecting the natural wonders of the planet.

This episode includes: 

- New COVID-19 guidelines for production companies (1:24-)

-Reducing waste and creating EcoMind Set, Inc, an environmentally conscious company (5:43-)

-Upcyclea and a circular economy (10:11-)

-Stellar Co. and the importance of a team to scale (14:10-)

-Working on feature films and commercials (16:28-)

-The Torrey Project Bootcamp and social entrepreneurship (19:47-)

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Host Sean Riley discusses the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic of which 132,000 cases have been reported from 123 countries with now over 6500 deaths worldwide and no signs of slowing yet. Outside of China, it is still growing at an exponential rate. According to the World Health Organization, “Europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic, with more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined.”

In the U.S. alone, according to CNN and verified by the CDC, there are over 3,400 infections in the US, and 65 people have died. 

-What is the World Health Organization's 8 Pillar Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan for businesses, governments and individuals (3:27-)

-What is telemedicine? How can it help provide infectious disease care during this crisis? (7:20-)

-How to help others during this public health crisis (9:39-)

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