Getting Neighborly - Town of Fairview

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6 - Trisha Cunningham: President & CEO North Texas Food Bank Dec 31, 2019

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Trisha Cunningham, president and CEO of the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB), is our guest for Episode 6. NTFB is one of the largest food acquisition and distribution organizations in the United States. Prior to her role at the Food Bank, Trisha's distinguished 30-year career at Texas Instruments included such leadership positions as director of Worldwide Company Communications and Chief Citizenship Officer. She has served on numerous boards of nonprofit organizations and has been recognized with a long list of honors and awards, including Dallas 500, Girl Boss 2019, Nonprofit Professional of the Year, Women Leading Greater Good and CSR Executive of the Year. A native of Kentucky, Trisha is a graduate of Murray State University. She and her family fell in love with Fairview, Texas more than 20 years ago, when they chose the community for its Lovejoy Independent School District ("almost like private school in a public system") and the opportunity to "live somewhere that felt like the country but had access to Metroplex amenities."

"After 30 years with TI, I knew I wanted to go on to do something like this. I wanted to lift up the community with [these skills that I had been so fortunate to get]. If you look at all the global work that we did, the one unifying factor was hunger."

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Trisha Cunningham

https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishacunningham/

North Texas Food Bank

https://ntfb.org/

Fairview, Texas

http://fairviewtexasedc.com/home.aspx

Lovejoy Independent School District

https://www.lovejoyisd.net/

5- John Adler -- Call Control Dec 31, 2019

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John Adler: CEO, Call Control

Episode 5 of "Getting Neighborly" features Fairview, Texas resident John Adler, co-founder and CEO of Call Control, a crowd-sourced solution that blocks millions of robocalls and scams worldwide, allowing consumers to personalize the calls they receive.

John's extensive information technology experience has ranged from multinational companies to startups. Not long after moving with his family to Fairview in 2001, John founded a technology committee to help bring better communications services, rates and choices to the community. He also served on the Fairview Town Council from 2014-18.

"Fairview is a quilt, in a lot of ways. Some folks like to have a lot of uniformity, but I view it as choice … What makes the town special is that you can really make a difference; you can reach out and connect with people."

4- Mayor Henry Lessner Dec 31, 2019

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Henry Lessner: Mayor of Fairview, Texas

In Episode 4 of "Getting Neighborly," you'll get to know Mayor Henry Lessner, a 30-year resident of Fairview, Texas, who has served his community as a Town Council member and mayor pro tem as well as through his work with his church, local schools, Allen Community Outreach, the Allen Philharmonic Orchestra & Symphony Chorus and the Allen Fairview Chamber of Commerce, among other organizations.

Mayor Lessner's years of community involvement have prepared him to speak to residents and groups about Fairview's strategically planned growth and outstanding quality of life. He is also a certified financial planner with Wealth Management Group LLC.

"I'm lucky; I get to follow through on great thinking that was done 15, 20 years ago … I've tried to be very open and transparent about what we're trying to do and why we're trying to do it."

3 - Alicia Bush Treasured Vessels Dec 17, 2019

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Alicia Bush: Founder & CEO, Treasured Vessels Foundation

The third episode of "Getting Neighborly" features Fairview resident Alicia Bush, founder and CEO of the Treasured Vessels Foundation, a residential community in North Texas that opened its doors in January 2020 to provide a long-term safe place and therapeutic aftercare program for survivors of domestic sex trafficking.

Alicia is the author of "Tenacious: Wave Maker to World Changer," now available on Amazon. She and her family are also international missionaries who have a goal of selling all of their belongings and sailing around the world in a catamaran.

Her exemplary service to others has been recognized with the Allen Fairview Chamber's 2019 Spirit of Fairview Award.

"I thought, what's my purpose? What was I born to do? I woke up on November 7, 2015 and I clearly heard in my spirit that I was to build an aftercare facility for girls rescued from sex trafficking."

2 - Don Braun Dec 17, 2019

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Donald Braun: President, HALL Group

In Episode 2 of our "Getting Neighborly" podcast, you will meet Donald Braun, president of the Dallas-based HALL Group, a private diversified investment company.

With nearly 40 years of experience in all aspects of commercial real estate and real estate finance, Don oversees and directs the implementation of the company's investment strategies and management of its core business operations.

He has served as an executive board member for nonprofit organizations including The Real Estate Council (TREC), the North Texas Center for Technology, the Collin County Business Alliance, the Business Council for the Arts and the Fairview Economic Development Corporation (FEDC).

Don brings to the FEDC table the unique perspective of both a highly experienced commercial real estate developer and a 20-year Fairview, Texas resident.

"[Economic development] is about managing growth according to community priorities, not trying to prevent it, because that doesn't work."

1 - Dave Quinn Dec 13, 2019

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Getting Neighborly Podcast Episode 1

Dave Quinn: Interim Community/Economic Development Manager, Fairview Economic Development Corporation

Dave Quinn, CEcD, brings a broad scope of valuable experience and measurable results to his position as interim manager of community/economic development for Fairview, Texas.

A Certified Economic Development Professional, Dave is a member of Day One Experts and founder of The Solutionist: An Economic Development Mastermind. Prior to his current role in Fairview, he held executive economic development positions in the Texas cities of Levelland, Bastrop and Frisco. Dave has also served as chairman of the statewide economic development marketing association Team Texas, board member for the Texas Economic Development Council and chairman of the regional economic development marketing coalition High Ground of Texas.

Known as a difference maker, Dave is a highly sought-after speaker and panelist at industry conferences on rural development, leadership, economic development, marketing and social media topics.

"The role of the economic developer is to take the vision of the community and bring it into reality. Economic development is about professional planning and execution to prevent out-of-control, undesirable change and, instead, foster healthy, desirable growth. In other words, plant with purpose and reap the rewards."

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