Connect & Collaborate Hosts for January 30 - February 3, 2017

January 26, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

January 30 – Robin Wise – Launch My Career Colorado Robin Wise

Robin Wise, President & CEO of Junior Achievement – Rocky Mountain, Inc., joins us to discuss the Launch My Career Colorado web tool. The web tool is aimed at high school students to help them plan for their educational and financial futures. Robin’s experience working with students in Junior Achievement provides a unique perspective on their expectations.

January 31 – Operation Stimulus – Logistics Careers

Operation Stimulus is both a forum and a conference which includes high school and college students pursuing careers in transportation. Our guests are key leaders in logistics, Bob Forshay, Supply Chain Architect, and Derrick Knudsen, Executive Recruiter for Ajilon. They will speak with students at the Operation Stimulus event about professional development and education and best practices for a job search in logistics.

February 1 – Stephanie Veck – Workforce Development

Stephanie Veck, Director of the Colorado Workforce Development Council, talks with us about TalentFOUND and progress toward closing the skills gap in Colorado. We’ll also hear from Colorado BioScience Association. (LIVE 4100)

February 2 – Carol Carter – GlobalMindED

Carol Carter, Founder and Executive of GlobalMindED, joins us to discuss innovation and entrepreneurship, why new graduates must be Workplace Entrepreneurs, and how colleges can promote that ability. Carol talks with Eric Glustrom, Founder and President of Watson University; Bree Langemo, J.D., President of The Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative; and Dominque Tucker, a Master of Science student who will share her experiences.

February 3 – Peter Moore – VITAL for Colorado

Peter Moore, President and CEO of VITAL for Colorado, joins us to talk about energy development in the state. Peter welcomes Tracee Bentley, Executive Director of the Colorado Petroleum Council. Tracee and host Peter Moore will discuss the landscape for oil and gas in 2017 and issues pertinent to the day.

Listen at KDMT 1690 AM Denver's Money Talk from 4-5 p.m. Monday through Friday or live stream online. Podcasts are available at www.cobrt.com/radio and on your favorite podcast app the day after live airing. Listen and live tweet @ColoradoBRT

Legislative Preview

January 26, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

COBRT takes a look at the issues on the minds of our state legislators, two weeks into the 71st General Assembly convened in the Colorado legislature. We will review Governor John Hickenlooper’s State of the State Address and share an interview with Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne. We also check-in with some of our state congressional delegates about their goals for this year.

Manufacturing Matters

January 25, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Colorado Business Roundtable brings together leaders in manufacturing with educators who are training the next generation of makers. Today’s show is a glimpse into our Manufacturing Matters event which will be starting at the same time. We’ll launch the statewide manufacturing coalition, Dream It Do It Colorado, with Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne. and start our COBRT Author Series with Alvaro E. Espinosa.

CBCA - Business for the Arts Awards

January 24, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Meredith Badler, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA) Program Manager, join us on Connect and Collaborate to discuss the upcoming CBCA 2017 Business for the Arts Awards Finalists. We'll be joined by Will Chan, 2017 Judge and 2016 EY Next Wave Leadership Award Winner.

Latino Leadership Institute - DACA and BRIDGE Act

January 23, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Joelle Martinez, Executive Director of the Latino Leadership Institute (LLI) at the University of Denver, and LLI Program Coordinator Marco Dorado join us to discuss concerns that Deferred Action for Childhood

Arrivals (DACA) might be repealed under a Trump Administration. Similarly, we’ll discuss the proposed BRIDGE Act which will provide work authorization and temporary relief from deportation to undocumented youth.

VITAL for Colorado - Resource Rich Colorado

January 20, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Peter Moore, President and CEO of VITAL for Colorado, joins us to discuss the importance of energy production in our state. His guest will be Scott Prestidge, from Metro Denver EDC. They'll discuss Resource Rich Colorado, Metro Denver EDC's annual study measuring Colorado's competitive position in the oil, natural gas, coal, renewable energy, alternative-fuel vehicles and sustainability sectors of the energy industry.

Connect & Collaborate Hosts for January 23-27, 2017

January 19, 2017 Contributor

January 23 – Latino Leadership Institute – BRIDGE Act
Joelle Martinez, Executive Director of the Latino Leadership Institute at the University of Denver, joins us to discuss concerns that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) might be repealed under a Trump Administration. Similarly, we’ll discuss the proposed BRIDGE Act (Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy) which will provide temporary relief from deportation and work authorization to undocumented youth.

January 24 – Meredith Badler – Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
Meredith Badler, Program Manager for Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA), joins us to discuss the Business for the Arts Awards. These statewide awards recognize outstanding arts and business partnerships, honoring both individual leaders and companies for their engagement with and support of the arts. There are 14 finalists this year across 5 different categories, to be awarded at the CBCA Awards Luncheon on March 15.

January 25 – Jeff Wasden, COBRT – Manufacturing Matters
Colorado Business Roundtable brings together leaders in manufacturing with educators who are training the next generation of makers. Today’s show is a glimpse into our Manufacturing Matters event which will be starting at the same time. We’ll launch the statewide manufacturing coalition, Dream It Do It Colorado, with Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne. At the event, we’ll also start our COBRT Author Series with Alvaro E. Espinosa and have a happy hour. Tune in to hear from speakers and guests live from ICOSA Event Center.

January 26 – Legislative Preview
We take a look at the issues on the minds of our state legislators, two weeks into the 71st General Assembly convened in the Colorado legislature. We will review Governor John Hickenlooper’s State of the State Address and share an interview with Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne. We also check-in with some of our state congressional delegates about their goals for this year.

January 27 – Andrea Young – Colorado Technology Association
Colorado Technology Association (CTA) leads the network of companies that propel Colorado's economy with technology. We'll talk with Andrea Young, CEO of Colorado Technology Association, about the upcoming C-Level at Mile High. CTA’s largest fundraiser, C-Level at Mile High gathers tech companies and influential IT leaders in the perfect setting for collaboration.

Listen at KDMT 1690 AM Denver's Money Talk from 4-5 p.m. Monday through Friday or live stream online. Podcasts are available at www.cobrt.com/radio and on your favorite podcast app the day after live airing. Listen and live tweet @ColoradoBRT

U.S. Export Assistance Center - SelectUSA

January 19, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Paul Bergman, Director of the United States Commercial Service - Denver Export Assistance Center, joins us to discuss the latest news in exporting and commerce in a feature we call, "The World Comes to Colorado.” His is guest is Vinai Thummalapally, Executive Director of SelectUSA, part of the International Trade Administration. He will discuss foreign direct investments into Colorado, his time as a U.S. Ambassador to Belize, and his homecoming to Colorado Springs after serving in the Obama Administration.

Operation Stimulus - Future of Transportation

January 18, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Doug Draper, Committee Chairman for Operation Stimulus, joins us to talk about the upcoming 36th annual logistics conference, The Future of Transportation: Work Smarter, Not Harder. The conference runs February 2-4, 2017, and it brings undergraduate students from schools across North America to Denver to participate in a case competition. Together with the Denver Transportation Club, Operation Stimulus awards the Terry Priest Scholarship to deserving students through its endowment and continuing support from sponsors.

Manufacturing in Colorado

January 17, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Colorado Business Roundtable brings attention to manufacturing in Colorado. We will talk with leaders in manufacturing in our state and share the importance of workforce development in the manufacturing industry. From Colorado Community College System, we'll be joined by Sarah Heath, Assistant Provost - State Career and Technical Education Director, and Jennifer Jasinowski, Program Director for Skilled Trades & Technical Sciences. We’ll also tell you about the Manufacturing Matters event to be held January 25, where we’ll launch the statewide manufacturing coalition, Dream It Do It Colorado, with Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne.

Colorado MicroBusiness Alliance - Common Mistakes of Tiny Businesses

January 16, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Greg Bashaw is Executive Director of the Colorado MicroBusiness Alliance (CMBA), which is both a resource and a voice for tiny businesses. Greg’s guest is a legal resource in the business community, attorney Justin Vaughn. They will discuss the three most common legal mistakes made by small businesses.

Connect & Collaborate Hosts for January 16-20, 2017

January 13, 2017 Tara Alexander

January 16 – Greg Bashaw – Colorado MicroBusiness Alliance
Greg Bashaw is Executive Director of the Colorado MicroBusiness Alliance (CMBA), which is both a resource and a voice for tiny businesses. Greg’s guest is a legal resource in the business community. His guest is attorney Justin Vaughn who works with several small businesses and is the former Board Chair of the Highlands Ranch Chamber of Commerce. They will discuss issues that concern microbusinesses.

January 17 – Jeff Wasden, COBRT – Manufacturing in Colorado
Colorado Business Roundtable brings attention to manufacturing in Colorado. We will talk with leaders in manufacturing in our state and share the importance of workforce development in the manufacturing industry. From Colorado Community College System, we'll be joined by Sarah Heath, Assistant Provost - State Career and Technical Education Director and Jennifer Jasinowski, Program Director for Skilled Trades & Technical Sciences. We’ll also tell you about the Manufacturing Matters event to be held January 25, where we’ll launch the statewide manufacturing coalition, Dream It Do It Colorado with Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne.

January 18 – Doug Draper – Denver Transportation Club
Doug Draper, Committee Chairman for Operation Stimulus, tells us about the upcoming 36th annual logistics conference, The Future of Transportation: Work Smarter, Not Harder. Coming up February 2-4, 2017, the conference brings undergraduate students from schools across North America to Denver to participate in a case completion. Together with the Denver Transportation Club, Operation Stimulus awards the Terry Priest Scholarship to deserving students through its endowment and continuing support from sponsors.

January 19 – Paul Bergman – Denver Export Assistance Center
Paul Bergman, Director of the United States Commercial Service – Denver Export Assistance Center, joins us as a guest host. Paul introduces us to key players in Denver who work together to help make exporting easy and profitable for businesses of all sizes.

January 20 – Peter Moore – VITAL for Colorado
Peter Moore, President and CEO of VITAL for Colorado, joins us to discuss the importance of energy production in our state. His guests will be Scott Prestidge, Director, Energy Industry at Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, and Brian Payer, Program Manager for Strategic Operations at Sphera and co-chair of the Colorado Energy Coalition’s Resource Rich Colorado Committee. They'll discuss Resource Rich Colorado, Metro Denver EDC's annual study measuring Colorado's competitive position in the oil, natural gas, coal, renewable energy, alternative-fuel vehicles and sustainability sectors of the energy industry.

Advanced Manufacturing - Community College of Denver

January 13, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Kristen Muzzy, Executive Vice President of Business Development for Leading2Lean, advocates for manufacturing progress in Colorado and nationwide. Her guests are Janet Colvin, Manufacturing Pathways Campus Coordinator for the Community College of Denver and a board member for Women in Manufacturing, and Tony Rubino, Director of Advanced Manufacturing at Community College of Denver.

Edgar Johansson - Aerospace Advocate

January 12, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Edgar Johansson, Colorado Business Roundtable's Aerospace Advocate, joins us to discuss progress in Colorado’s aerospace industry. He'll talk with Rene Simard, Executive VP and Chief of Military Affairs at the Aurora Chamber of Commerce. They’ll discuss aerospace and defense as it relates to Aurora’s development.
Scott Palo, Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, will also join us to discuss a number of programs he’s working on with engineering students.

Immigration Reform

January 11, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Andrew Moriarty of FWD.us joins Jeff Wasden, President of the Colorado Business Roundtable and a member of the new statewide coalition called Coloradans for Immigration Reform, to discuss current efforts to help pass comprehensive immigration reform. We will talk with Brithany Gutierrez, 18-year-old Colorado State University sophomore, about her experience with DACA (Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals). We’ll hear from Susana M. Muñoz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Ethnic Studies Faculty Associate, Colorado State University and Elias G. Quiñonez, MA, CSU Colorado Challenge Counselor, The Colorado Challenge, Colorado Department of Higher Education.

DORA - Financial Literacy

January 10, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Jill Sarmo from the Division of Securities, Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), talks with Natriece Bryant with the Banking and Financial Services Divisions about financial literacy. DORA’s Senior$afe program now includes a program designed to teach financial professionals how to spot elder financial abuse. We’ll discuss efforts to provide information on financial literacy through life stages - two initiatives, Smart$tart and $tepUp – that will launch in March.

Vistage - Pat Maley

January 9, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Pat Maley, Chair of Vistage, a CEO Peer Group, will talk with Vistage members Rob Bohacs and Eric Schraufnagel, co-founders of ClinTrial. They’ll discuss how technology is changing the flow of information in clinical drug trials and the resulting improvement in patient outcome. Later in the show, Neil Anderson will share a Chief Outsiders conversation about how companies can improve their marketing investment outcome.

VITAL for Colorado - Cathy Proctor

January 6, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Peter Mooreof VITAL for Colorado talks with Cathy Proctor, Energy and Transportation Reporter for the Denver Business Journal. They'll talk about the specific challenges of covering the energy industry and what we can expect in oil and gas legislation in 2017.

Connect & Collaborate Hosts for January 9-13, 2017

January 6, 2017 Tara Alexander

January 9 – Pat Maley – Vistage
Pat Maley, Chair of Vistage, a CEO Peer Group, will talk with Vistage members Rob Bohacs and Eric Schraufnagel, co-founders of ClinTrial. They’ll discuss how technology is changing the flow of information in clinical drug trials and the resulting improvement in patient outcome. Then, Neil Anderson will share a Chief Outsiders conversation about how companies can improve their marketing investment outcome.

January 10 – DORA – Financial Literacy
Jill Sarmo from the Division of Securities, Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), talks with Natriece Bryant with the Banking and Financial Services Divisions about financial literacy. DORA’s SeniorSafe program now includes a program designed to teach financial professionals how to spot elder financial abuse. We’ll discuss efforts to provide information on financial literacy through life stages - two initiatives, Smart$tart and $tepUp – that will launch in March.

January 11 – Andrew Moriarty – Immigration Reform
Andrew Moriarty of FWD.us joins Jeff Wasden, President of the Colorado Business Roundtable and a member of the new statewide coalition called Coloradans for Immigration Reform, to discuss current efforts to help pass comprehensive immigration reform. We will talk with Brithany Gutierrez, 18-year-old Colorado State University sophomore, about her experience with DACA (Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals). We’ll hear from Susana M. Muñoz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Ethnic Studies Faculty Associate, Colorado State University and Elias G. Quiñonez, MA, CSU Colorado Challenge Counselor, The Colorado Challenge, Colorado Department of Higher Education.

January 12 – Edgar Johansson – Aerospace Advocate
Edgar Johansson, COBRT Aerospace Advocate, joins us to discuss progress in Colorado’s aerospace industry. His guests are Rene Simard, Executive VP and Chief of Military Affairs at the Aurora Chamber of Commerce, and Roger McNamara, Director, Launch Abort and Service Module System on the Orion project for Lockheed Martin. They’ll discuss aerospace and defense as it relates to Aurora’s development, and they discuss progress on Orion.

January 13 – Kristen Muzzy – Manufacturing
Kristen Muzzy, Executive Vice President of Business Development for Leading2Lean, advocates for manufacturing progress in Colorado and nationwide. Her guest is Janet Colvin, Manufacturing Pathways Campus Coordinator for the Community College of Denver and Women in Manufacturing board member. Together, they’ll discuss the Advanced Manufacturing Program at Community College of Denver – helping manufacturers narrow the workforce skills gap and giving workforce an alternative pathway for a rewarding career.

Trade Panel

January 5, 2017 Tammy Schaffer

Jeff Wasden, President of the Colorado Business Roundtable, joins us with a recap of a panel discussion, “The importance of International Trade,” which was sponsored by City and County of Denver, Denver International Airport, COBRT, CACI and the Chamber of the Americas.

Tune in to hear from Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, Consul General of Canada in Denver Stéphane Lessard, COGA’s Dan Haley, Global Chamber Denver’s Jeff Campos, World Trade Center Denver’s Karen Gerwitz, as well as panelists Abdul Sesay, Chad Vorthmann and Tyler Rauert.

Listen to Connect & Collaborate today at 4:00 on Denver's Money Talk 1690

You can watch the entire panel discussion in the video below