Great News with GreatNews.Life
Good news matters. It’s just that simple. GreatNews.Life Executive Director Jenny Craig-Brown and Founder Chris Mahlmann sit down with Region residents to feature the poignant, heart-felt stories and life experiences that help make everyone better. Listen on to hear everything that makes the Region and its residents worth following!
Episodes
106 episodes
Leadership Life with Mark Murray (2019)
Mark Murray President/CEO at Center for Hospice Care, has been with the organization for more than 30 years, offering an important leadership quality he undoubtedly has mastered: consistency. Murray has been President/CEO since 1997 following s...
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9:26
Leadership Life with Aco Sikoski (2019)
In this latest edition of Leadership Life, Aco Sikoski shares his perspective on how the Ivy Tech system seeks to inspire and motivate students to discover meaningful careers, using real-life educational opportunities and technology to propel t...
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7:45
Leadership Life with Mark Chamberlain (2019)
In this episode of Leadership Life, GreatNews.Life founder Chris Mahlmann sits down with CEO of Lakeside Wealth Management, Mark Chamberlain. From servant leadership as a community member and growing the next generation of the workforce to repl...
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6:43
Leadership Life with Amy McCormack (2019)
GreatNews.Life founder Chris Mahlmann sits down with Dr. Amy McCormack, president of Calumet College of St. Joseph (CCSJ). In this episode, Chris explores McCormack's strategy for student success as well as the college's focus on connecting wit...
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11:01
Leadership Life with Chris Mahlmann
Get to know GreatNews.Life founder Chris Mahlmann! In this kickoff of the official Leadership Life podcast, GreatNews.Life executive director Jenny Craig-Brown flips the script to discuss the inspiration behind the Leadership Life series and wh...
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Episode 7
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28:00
Leadership Life with La Porte County Educational Leaders
GreatNews.Life founder Chris Mahlmann sits down with two La Porte County superintendents — Wendell McCollum (Michigan City) and Sandra Wood (La Porte) — to talk about leadership and education. From positive community impact to success stories w...
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Episode 6
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40:30
Leadership Life with Josh Huddlestun and Brian Snedecor (2024)
GreatNews.Life Founder Chris Mahlmann sits down with the current and former mayors of Hobart. Listen along as Mahlmann, Huddlestun, and Snedecor discuss their relationship, local politics, national divide, and coming together as people for the ...
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21:08
Leadership Life Region Leader Roundtable
GreatNews.Life Founder Chris Mahlmann sits down with the Region’s leaders to discuss current projects, positive changes happening within our local communities, and how change can lead to success. City of La Porte’s Mayor Tom Dermody, City of La...
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Episode 5
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53:36
Leadership Life with Janice Wilson (2019)
In this segment of the Leadership Life Series, Janice Wilson, CEO of NorthShore Health Centers, gives GreatNews.Life founder Chris Mahlmann an inside perspective on what it means to provide care first, before anything else, and how she relies o...
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7:02
Leadership Life with Bob Franko (2019)
In this edition of Leadership Life, Franko shares how the experience of seeing his father through hospice care helped solidify the importance of the hospice mission for him, and how not-for-profits in the healthcare world must find that healthy...
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6:30
Leadership Life with Bert Cook (2019)
In an organization where you’re bringing together stakeholders from across the board to collaborate – public, private, community, and political sectors – it’s super important to have a strong foundation of relationship development and leadershi...
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5:41
Leadership Life with Bill Hanna (2019)
Bill Hanna, President and CEO of the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA), is one of the first people who knew about Life Site founder Chris Mahlmann’s vision to create a media company centered around positivity. Knowing the v...
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11:41
Leadership Life with CEO Chris Iliff
GreatNews.Life Founder Chris Mahlmann sits down with the CEO of Midwest Center for Youth & Families, Chris Iliff, to talk about leadership. From growing up in Valparaiso to success stories from his practice and everything in between, Chris ...
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Episode 4
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51:50
Leadership Life with NWI Superintendents
Join Chris Mahlmann for an engaging interview with four distinguished superintendents: Dr. Peggy Buffington (School City of Hobart), Dr. Todd Terrill (Crown Point Community Schools), Dr. Tom Cripliver (Lake Station Community Schools), and Dr. S...
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Episode 3
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49:04
Leadership Life with Dr. Brent Lakia
GreatNews.Life Founder Chris Mahlmann sits down with Vale Park Animal Hospital's Dr. Brent Lakia to talk all things leadership. From growing up in the Region to owning a veterinary practice and everything in between, Dr. Lakia dives right into ...
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Episode 2
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27:57
Leadership Life with Tom, Aaron, and Brett McDermott
GreatNews.Life Founder Chris Mahlmann sits down with the McDermott brothers to talk about leadership and life. From growing up as the sons of a mayor to forging their own paths and everything in between, Chris dives into everything that has mad...
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Episode 1
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48:14
Northwest Indiana Goes Red: Fighting Heart Disease Together
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death, but 80% of cases are preventable with education and action. In this episode, GreatNews.Life Founder, Chris Mahlmann sits down with Dave Brubaker, General Manager at Team Chevrolet and this year’...
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Episode 1
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19:36
Leadership Life with Jeff Strack
CEO of Strack & Van Til Jeff Strack visits GreatNews.Life to talk with Founder Chris Mahlmann about the challenges of leading, being a staple of the community, and what Strack & Van Til means to Northwest Indiana. Jeff and Chris also to...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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13:59
Leadership Life with John Jordan and Mark Powers of CertaPro Painters of NWI
John Jordan and Mark Powers from CertaPro Painters of NWI stop by to talk to Chris Mahlmann about their years of working together, building and maintaining a team, their core values, and more!
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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30:54
Leadership Life with Mike Jessen
Mike Jessen, President and CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana sits down with GreatNews.Life Founder Chris Mahlmann to talk about his influences growing up, making the decision to go to college, serving as Valparaiso ci...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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52:32
Leadership Life with Aaron McDermott
Aaron McDermott, CEO and President of Latitude Commercial sits down with GreatNews.Life Founder Chris Mahlmann to talk about his realty business, what it takes to be a leader, being a "Region Guy", having a family that's involved in polit...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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58:19
Governor Eric Holcomb visits GreatNews.Life for an update on Indiana's good news
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb traveled to Valparaiso on Tuesday, February 21 to congratulate both the Valparaiso Vikings State Championship Football Team and visit the GreatNews.Life office. Continuing his support of Northwest Indiana (NWI), Ho...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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9:02
Leadership Life with Dave Uran
SSCVA President/CEO Dave Uran sits down with GreatNews.Life Founder Chris Mahlmann to discuss a wide array of topics, including the growing tourism industry in Northwest Indiana and his lifelong involvement with sports. The South Shore Conventi...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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44:34
GreatNews.Life Exclusive Interview with Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers
Days before kicking off a nationwide tour, Joe Hertler of Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers sat down for an all exclusive virtual interview with GreatNews.Life Executive Director Jenny Craig-Brown. Originally from Lansing, Mich., the band g...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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27:24
Leadership Life with Scott Samlan
GreatNews.Life is shining a spotlight on NW Indiana ER & Hospital CEO Scott Samlan this week! With more than 15 years of practice, Dr. Samlan is Board Certified and recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Medicine.
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Episode 10
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