October 30/31 – Cory Countryman, Walnut Hill Medical Center and Gayle Nave & Luis Veras, Mi Escuelita

Our Guests for the October 30th/31st edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Cory Countryman, CEO, Walnut Hill Medical Center

Gayle Nave, Executive Director & Luis Veras, Board Chair, Mi Esculita

Join us every Friday afternoon at 3:00 and Saturday at 2:00 on 770 KAAM (KAAMRadio.com)

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Cory Countryman, CEO, Walnut Hill Medical Center

Cory_RH8_2428_rgb_CC_Leadership LargeHealthcare executive Cory Countryman is the Chief Executive Officer of the newly opened Walnut Hill Medical Center in Dallas.

Walnut Hill Medical Center is a 100-bed, acute-care hospital for adults who seek uncompromising patient care from renowned physicians and a compassionate staff. Walnut Hill Medical Center pledges to create superior outcomes and an unsurpassed patient experience.

Cory began his career as a Registration Clerk at Zale Lipshy University Hospital in Dallas after a tour in the US Navy. Over the next two decades Cory worked in various healthcare management positions progressing into roles as Chief Executive Officer at Cleveland Regional Medical Center and Weatherford Regional Medical Center.

WalnutHillMC.com

Phone: (972) 863-6000

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Gayle Nave, Executive Director & Luis Veras, Board Chair, Mi Esculita

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Galyle Nave joined Mi Escuelita as Director of Administration in 1999 and was promoted to the position of Executive Director in 2006. Luis Veras serves as Board Chair for Mi Escuelita and is a Pizza Hut Franchisee operating stores in the North Dallas area.

Mi Escuelita Preschool is a Dallas non-profit that provides a unique service to low-income families with children considered to be “at-risk.”

Mi Escuelita began providing early childhood education to low income at-risk children in 1978 serving children ages 2½ to 5 years. Today Mi Escuelita has 560 children in 26 classrooms at six locations throughout Dallas.

MiEscuelita.org

Phone: (214) 526-0220

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Host, Steve A Klein

October 23/24 – Calvin Carter, Bottle Rocket and Kirk Berridge, Fan Media Network

Our Guests for the October 23rd/24th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Calvin Carter, CEO, Bottle Rocket

Kirk Berridge, CEO, Fan Media Network

Join us every Friday afternoon at 3:00 and Saturday at 2:00 on 770 KAAM (KAAMRadio.com)

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Calvin Carter, CEO, Bottle Rocket

Calvin's Headhshot_PPCalvin Carter is the founder and CEO of Bottle Rocket, an award-winning mobile strategy, design and development company focused on connecting users with information, brands and entertainment.

Carter, who was recently named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 for the Southwest Area North Region, has grown Bottle Rocket to over 180 Rocketeers and completed more than 180 (and counting) iOS and Android apps since the company’s founding in 2008 as well as passionately building experiences for streaming devices, wearables, VR headsets and connected TV.

The company’s apps have won numerous awards including an unprecedented number of Apple Hall of Fame awards, and frequently appear at the top of their categories on the App Store. Their clients include NBCUniversal, Coca-Cola, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, PetSmart and Mary Kay.

BottleRocketStudios.com

Phone: (214) 310-1800

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Kirk Berridge, CEO, Fan Media Network

Kirk Berridge HeadshotKirk Berridge is a sports media veteran who has spent most of his career in Silicon Valley and San Francisco where he worked in corporate sponsorships and digital media for the San Francisco 49ers, San Jose Sharks and his first company, SportsAdMarketplace.

His latest pioneering move is founding Fan Media Network, a mobile app and a competitive social network that is building a network of iPhone video correspondents, through competition and voting, for sports fans everywhere to connect and share entertaining :30 and :60-second iPhone videos about any of the top 200 NFL, NCAA, NBA, NHL, MLB and MLS teams across the U.S. and Canada as an independent news and entertainment media company.

Fan Media Network is the first media company in the world where the viewers vote to help determine the network’s correspondents. This is a mobile social network, anchored by organized and entertaining 30-second videos.

FanMediaNetwork.com

Download Fan Media Network for free in the App Store:

http://apple.co/1HhY2QQ http://fanmedianetwork.com

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2015-10-20 11.00.06Host, Steve A Klein, Kirk Berridge