Central PA
Central PA Episode 32 – John Gilliland – Never Give Up
John Gilliland / The Investment Real Estate Group
John H. Gilliland is president and founder of The Investment Real Estate Group of Companies including, Investment Real Estate, LLC, Investment Real Estate Management, LLC, Investment Real Estate Construction, LLC and Moove In Self Storage.
Mr. Gilliland is a Pennsylvania native with roots in the State College area. He graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. During his tenure in California with The Hanes Company and Sperry Van Ness, he specialized in selling multi-family and investment real estate properties. Mr. Gilliland returned to his home state to work in the commercial real estate field for Bennett Williams in York, PA and High Associates in Lancaster, PA.
Central PA Ep. 21 – Mark Everest – President and CEO of Occupational Athletics, Inc.
Mark Everest / Occupational Athletics, Inc.
Mark A. Everest is President and CEO of Occupational Athletics, Inc. (OAI), a Pennsylvania- based company specializing in injury, accident, and illness prevention. Mark is the creator of the Human Maintenance System® (HMS), which is a sports medicine approach to employee health and safety utilizing Certified Athletic Trainers who proactively deliver health and safety initiatives onsite. This system has a significant ROI of up to $6 for every $1 invested. In addition to the Certified Athletic Trainers, the HMS team includes physicians with areas of expertise in sports medicine, orthopedics, occupational and internal medicine. read more…
Central PA Ep. 20 – Tracy Salinger – President and CEO of Unique Limousine
Tracy Salinger / Unique Limousine
Tracy Salinger is a force of nature. She’s got curly red hair, her mom’s blue/green eyes, and that fiery spirit that’ll go toe to toe with the devil and laugh about it. Best of all, there’s always a smile on her face, and she is making every moment count. read more…
Central PA Ep. 18 – Ashley Winch & Jason Thomas – Co-Owners of Harrisburg Golf Simulator
Ashley Winch & Jason Thomas / Harrisburg Golf Simulator
Harrisburg entrepreneurs Ashley Winch and Jason Thomas have opened a high-tech golf simulator in the central PA area. Before going into business together Ashley and Jason competed together on the golf team at Central Dauphin High School. Jason has spent the last 10 years as a professional poker player and competitive golfer living in Mexico. read more…
Central PA Ep. 19 – Rachelle Schenk-Womer & Kendall Schenk-Tippett – The Pennsylvania Bakery
Rachelle Schenk-Womer & Kendall Schenk-Tippett / The Pennsylvania Bakery
Baking has been a very important part of the Schenk Family since the early 20th century, when John Schenk first began the trade in Germany. Eager to take advantage of the land of opportunity, John Schenk and his wife, Pauline, packed their belongings, along with the Schenk’s Family recipes and immigrated to the USA in pursuit of the American dream. read more…
Central PA Ep. 17 – Adam Vasquez – Founder and CEO of Merit
Adam Vasquez / Merit
Adam Vasquez is the first to fully identify and describe the process of Market Invention. He is the founder of Merit, the world’s leading Market Invention company, where he currently serves as the company’s CEO. read more…
Central PA Ep. 16 – George Book Jr. – President and CEO of the West Shore Chamber of Commerce
George Book Jr. / West Shore Chamber of Commerce
George grew up in South Central PA just outside of Chambersburg. He attended Messiah College and graduated with an undergraduate degree in Psychology. Following graduation, he went to work for a financial institution and was there for 15 years before becoming the President and CEO for the West Shore Chamber of Commerce in 2012. read more…
Central PA Ep. 15 – Ryan Glenn & Nathan Hoover – Woodcraft of Harrisburg
Ryan Glenn / Woodcraft of Harrisburg
Ryan Glenn serves as Director of Statewide Initiatives for the Ben Franklin Technology Partners. In this role he coordinates all marketing, funding and outside partnerships that the four regionally-based Ben Franklin centers undertake as a network. Mr. Glenn brings with him more than 16 years of professional experience in varying roles including business development read more…
Central PA Ep. 14 – Susan Bradley – Founder of Sudden Money Institute, Author of Sudden Money: Managing a Financial Windfall
Susan Bradley / Sudden Money Institute
Susan is the founder of the Sudden Money® Institute, which began 17 years ago as a community of practice seeking to better serve their financial planning clients by developing process and tools for the personal side of money and for clients going through transitions. read more…
Central PA Ep. 13 – Laura Martin – Managing Director of SVN Latus Commercial Realty Group
Laura Martin / SVN Latus Commercial Realty Group
Laura was born and raised in Newport, Rhode Island. She attended Messiah College where she earned a BS in Marketing. Laura has also obtained two designations in Commercial Real Estate; CPM and CCIM. After college, Laura worked for the Ortenzio family until she had kids and wanted more flexibility. read more…
Central PA Ep. 12 – Henry Zumbrun – Morehouse Instruments
Henry Zumbrun / Morehouse Instruments
Henry Zumbrun is president of Morehouse Instrument Company. The key to our success is offering products with the lowest measurement uncertainties available. Ultimately, this helps our customer base make more accurate measurements, which saves on cost, reduces risk, and increases quality. read more…