Jan McInnis

On this episode of Intentionally Overheard, I have a conversation with Nigel Barker about his modeling/photography career, giving back, to worthy causes,  and embracing the moment by being in the present.
   
About Nigel:

Nigel Barker is an internationally renowned photographer, creative director and entrepreneur who opened his New York studio in 1996. He served 17 seasons as photographer and judge on the hit TV show, America’s Next Top Model, which aired in over 140 countries, and hosted Oxygen Network’s modeling competition series, The Face, starring alongside Naomi Campbell. Barker also created the VH1 Reality show The Shot, his podcast The Shaken & Stirred Show is currently in production for it’s TV release. His latest hit show Top Photographer premiered to rave reviews and a second season is in the works. 

 Barker’s presence in the fashion and entertainment industry has resulted in an array of exciting projects including the creation of his own furniture line the NB1 & NB2 Collections, A skate board collection with ShutNYC, 3 signature fragrances with Demeter, a unique custom NB Photobooth, and as Ambassador for AC Hotels by Marriott he created the first ever specialty Gin & Tonic glass and many more innovative projects. 

 As Creative Director, Barker currently works with 21c Hotel Chicago and the Sustainable Fashion Brands EcoFashionCorp and YesAnd. He is also a Founder and partner in the NYC/LA gym, The DOGPOUND.

 Barker has directed and produced films, documentaries and commercials for Hollywood clients to international charitable organizations and was awarded the “Film Heals” Award for Humanitarianism at the 6th Annual Manhattan Film Festival for Dreams Are Not Forgotten. Using the power of photography and motion pictures he has been able to spread his humanitarian message to vast audiences through films, PSA’s and traveling exhibitions.  He has worked with several charitable organizations including the Special Olympics where he serves as a Champion Ambassador, The Humane Society of the United States, The Humane Society International, Make A Wish Foundation, The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (as a 2 term board member), Jumpstart (where he serves as a board member)The Edeyo Foundation (board member) and the USO where he serves as a digital advisory committee member. 

 Drawing upon his 20+ years of experience in the fashion and beauty industries, he has two books—The Beauty Equation, published by Abrams, and his latest book, New York Times Best Seller Models of Influence published by Harper Collins. Nigel currently lives in Woodstock NY with his wife and renown Yogi, Cristen AKA @ChinTwins

Today, my guest is Tyrone Brewer.  Tyrone Brewer is President, US Oncology at Johnson & Johnson. He is responsible for leading the company’s fastest growing therapeutic area and continually advancing the organization’s oncology portfolio and pipeline. He is also a member of the Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Americas Leadership Team, where he collaborates with other leaders across the organization to deliver results on behalf of patients. With more than 30 years of experience across the healthcare industry, Tyrone is known as a strong leader and passionate advocate for talent development and advancing diversity and inclusion within the workplace.

We caught up to talk about his work at Johnson & Johnson, coaching and teamwork, Life's purpose, and the upcoming Blue Jacket Fashion Show event to raise awareness of prostate cancer.  

Kelsey is a published author and a mental wellness advocate. In her first book, Strong
Calm Confident You, Kelsey shares her personal journey with anxiety that manifested as people-pleasing and perfectionism. Once she recognized these patterns and learned how to cope with her own anxiety, she began to notice these issues in women around her, and she wanted to help. That’s how the idea for the book was born. Kelsey shares her story, along with practical tips to help women stop the endless cycle of pleasing, perfecting and performing and learn to build a more authentic and happy life on their own terms.
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her on Instagram @StrongCalmKelsey and join her email list at strongcalmkelsey.com.
Kelsey earned a master’s degree in communications from Rutgers University and a
bachelor's degree in public relations from Penn State University. She lives in Lawrence, NJ
with her husband, Chris, their daughter Sophie, and dog Zoe.

Today,  I have a conversation with the legendary Burt Watson who is known in the boxing and MMA community.  

Burt’s rise in the boxing business started when he became the business manager for his close friend, Smoken’ Joe Frazier.  

It didn’t take long for Burt to become recognized for his managerial and organizational skills. He quickly became one of the industry’s most sought-after event coordinators.  

He has worked of course, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali Larry Holmes, George Foreman, and Ken Norton, Mike Tyson, Oscar De La Hoya, Sugar Ray Leaonard, Roberto Duran, Julio Chavez, Roy Jones, and when I say the list goes on...believe me ….it goes on!  

In 2021 Burt joined Bellator MMA- where he inspires and motivates fighters to give their best effort in the ring, cage, and in life.   

Burt also makes time to share his energy, enthusiasm, and his story about his prostate cancer journey-a fight he never thought he would have to take on. He’s made it part of his life’s mission to educate men and their families about the disease, so that men won’t have to take on a fight against an opponent they know nothing about.   

Burt and I caught up to talk about life, decision making, and life’s purpose.  

STEVEN M. (“STEVE”) ABBOTT

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – THE CINCINNATI CANCER FOUNDATION, INC. (“CCF”)

Steve’s career has been quite varied, encompassing finance, accounting, treasury operations, capital markets, business development, marketing and sales, across a variety of industries and ownership structures. This has put him in a uniquely good position to lead CCF, which is the funding engine for Cincinnati Cancer Advisors (“CCA”), a mission-driven oncology practice providing platinum-level care,
free of charge to more than 400 cancer patients in the Greater Cincinnati area each year. Steve is responsible for all of CCF’s functional areas with the exception of clinical practice and operations.

Steve is the founder of CCA’s inventive “Medical Minute” podcast series, which is designed to improve patient outcomes by simplifying the information that is given to patients as part of their treatment decision-making process. Medical Minute’s first podcast was released in November 2021 and though growth has been modest, there are now more than 750 subscribers to the Medical Minute YouTube  channel and viewer response has been very favorable to date.

He is also the founder of the Cincinnati Cancer Consortium (“CCC”), a collaboration of some of Cincinnati’s most revered cancer care organizations. The goals of CCC are to promote awareness of each participating organization’s unique, patient-focused programs, and to optimize each organization’s financial health through resource sharing and fundraising collaboration.

Steve’s past volunteer efforts have benefited the University of Cincinnati (UC) Cancer Center, UC Health, the American Cancer Society, ZERO Prostate Cancer, and the V Foundation, among others. He and his wife Diana – also a cancer survivor – have spoken on cancer-related topics at a variety of oncology conferences throughout the Midwest region (all honoraria received from these speaking engagements have been donated to charity).

A ten-year prostate cancer survivor, Steve serves as a consumer reviewer for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Prostate Cancer Research Program, a program that has funded some of the most groundbreaking drugs for advanced prostate cancer in the past quarter-century. Steve and his fellow volunteer lobbyists have not only been successful in keeping funding alive for this vital, life-saving research program, but their collective efforts have resulted in $30 million in additional funding over the last six-year period. Steve is also a member of the Prostate Cancer Lab, an organization of advanced
prostate cancer patients focused on a better understanding of applying next generation sequencing techniques to improve for these patients, as well as all prostate cancer patients.

On this episode of Intentionally Overheard, Chris and I talk about entrepreneurship, following one's passion, finding one's purpose, and living in the present. 


Chris' bio: 

With a 25+ year history in the music industry with Sony, driven and passionate entrepreneur Chris Stone founded the Podcast and Live Streaming Consultancy Cast Ahead after the success of his own co-hosted podcasts changed his life. 
At Cast Ahead, Chris thrives on enabling driven entrepreneurs, influencers, thought
leaders and enterprises to express their story and elevate their reach.
In the same way Chris was able to work with multi-platinum artists, record label executives and creatives of all levels – he’s found great joy seeing other Live Streamers, Keynote Speakers and Podcasters achieve their own creative, financial, physical and spiritual success. He’s produced videos for keynote speakers like Victor Antonio and Sam Silverstein, produced virtual, physical and hybrid live conferences for corporations, consulted, developed and produced podcasts like Sales Influence, The Big Ticket Life, The Sales Energizer, The Pete Primeau Show, Lancaster Connects and many more.
Chris also co-hosts an Amazon Live show “Dealcasters” with Jim Fuhs of Fuhsion Marketing. Dealcasters are Livestreaming Amazon Influencers who interview experts and entrepreneurs while training Amazon customers how to overcome the fear of technology, start and flourish in their content creator journeys.
 In just over a year, Dealcasters have established themselves as a trusted authority not only in the live video and podcasting space, but also in the education of the Amazon Influencer program and the development of Influencers already on the platform. They’ve spoken on stages and virtually at PodFest Expo, VidFest Expo, StreamYard Industry Showcase, Agorapulse Agency Summit, MidWest Digital Marketing Conference, Social Media Week Lima and headed up an entire day at the PodFest & VidFest Global Conference for the Amazon Influencer Program.
Chris also has led, assisted and coordinated remote livestream production teams with clients such as Disney, IBM, StreamYard, United Nations Global Compact, MIT, Toastmasters International, Jamaican Chamber Of Commerce and USABizParty which has included speakers such as Gary Vaynerchuk, Seth Godin, Darren LaCroix and many more.
“I truly believe that everyone deserves to be heard by using their own voice in their own way,” Chris states, “My goal is to be a team member with other passionate entrepreneurs & ambitious businesses by integrating podcasting and/or live streaming into their business goals, educate their customers in a creative way – which
will in turn attract more listeners, viewers & customers.”

Thank you to all the dreamers and doers who never give up!  

It was great to catch up with world renowned drummer/musician and educator, Clarence Penn to talk about pursuing his dream of a career in music, his life's journey, and operating and living his purpose. Of course we talked about music, and so much more. 

Clarence's bio:

 Clarence Penn is one of the busiest jazz drummers in the world, a leader of multiple bands, a composer, a prolific producer, and an educator.

Since 1991, when he arrived in New York City, Penn has placed his unique blend of mega-chops, keen intellect, and heady musicianship at the service of a staggering array of A-list artists—a chronological short-list includes Ellis and Wynton Marsalis, Betty Carter, Stanley Clarke, Steps Ahead, Makoto Ozone, Michael Brecker, Dave Douglas, Maria Schneider, Luciana Souza, Richard Galliano, and Fourplay. Penn’s impressive discography includes several hundred studio albums (including the Grammy-winning recordings 34th and Lex by Randy Brecker and Concert in the Garden and Sky Blue by Maria Schneider) representing a 360-spectrum of jazz expression, and he’s toured extensively throughout the United States, the Americas, Europe, Japan, and Southeast Asia. He’s composed music for films and commercials, and produced tracks for numerous singers in the pop and alternative arenas. He earned a “Ten Best of 1997” accolade from the New York Times for his first leader recording, Penn’s Landing.

A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, where he was a protégé of Ellis Marsalis, Penn is active as an educator and drum clinician. From 2004 to 2012, he taught on the faculty of the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music. He’s also served on faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop, the Saint Louis College of Music in Rome, Italy, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Intensive Jazz Institute.

Penn currently leads several ensembles. His most recent “rhythmically intoxicating” recording is 2014’s “Monk The Lost Files”arrangements of the music of Thelonious Monk. Released on the Origin record lable, an amazing quartet comprising saxophonist Chad Leftkowitz-Brown, Pianist Gerald Clayton/Donald Vega, and bassist Yasushi Nakamura performing the music of Thelonius Monk with today’s modern jazz sensibility. Near completion is a “world music” studio project of songs and instrumentals that melds background voices—including his own—with a world class band.

Whether Penn is leading his own band or performing as a sideman, he brings to the table unfailing versatility and professionalism, an ability to find creative ways to interpret a global array of styles and idioms, and a stated intention “to play music that’s warm and organic for the people and for myself.”

His motto: “When people hear my name, I want them to think, ‘I don’t know what band he’s playing with tonight or what he’ll be doing, but it’s going to be good, it’s going to be musical.’”