Pod Cast #11 – Mayor Jeff Lehman
Jeff Lehman is the 46th Mayor of the City of Barrie, having been re-elected to a third term in 2018 with 91% of the popular vote. As the head of Council, he is leading Barrie through a period of rapid change. During his first term in office, Barrie led all metropolitan areas east of Alberta in the rate of job creation. From 2014-2017, Lehman chaired Ontario’s Big City Mayors’ Caucus (LUMCO), representing Ontario’s 28 largest cities. In 2015, Barrie was named the safest big city in the country, and was just named Canada’s 3rd most entrepreneurial city by the Financial Post. Mayor Lehman is also a founding director of Alectra, the second largest community-owned utility in North America, serving more than a million customers in southern Ontario.
He holds a B.A. from Queen’s University, and a Master’s Degree with first class honours from the UK’s London School of Economics. As an economist, he worked with cities across the country to manage redevelopment and invest in their urban infrastructure, and writes and speaks frequently on issues affecting Canada’s cities. In 2017, he was awarded the Gil Bennett Award by the Conference Board of Canada for excellence in corporate governance education through the Director’s College. He was also named the 2017 Community Leader Influencer of the Year by the Economic Developers Council of Ontario. In 2019, the prestigious US business magazine Fast Company named Lehman number 26 in its top 100 Most Creative People in Business for his innovative solutions in government. Mayor Lehman is a passionate believer in transforming urban economies through public and private entrepreneurship.
Pod Cast #10 CTMA – Adam Growe
Adam Growe has become a familiar face in households across Canada as the witty host of Cash Cab. A natural storyteller, Adam can fully customize his content to deliver a unique brand of comedy and hosting.
For over 30 years, Adam Growe has been performing on radio, television, stage, and at conferences and events. In addition to hosting Discovery Channel’s Cash Cab, Adam is an accomplished stand-up comedian starring in Just for Laughs, Comedy NOW!, COMICS!, CBS’s Star Search, and Comedy Central’s Premium Blend. His career portfolio includes Host/MC, moderating panels, keynote presentations, one-man shows, and public speaking coaching. Adam is also a certified Red Cross First Aid Instructor.
Adam brings energy and clean, intelligent comedy and trivia to the stage. He delivers a fun and highly engaging performance to meet the interests and needs of his audience and many repeat clients. He lives in Toronto with his wife and three kids, where they foster babies with the Children’s Aid Society.
Pod Cast #9 Dr. Greg Wells Phd
Dr. Greg Wells Phd
Physiologist, Scientist, Broadcaster and Author
As a scientist, broadcaster, author, coach and athlete, Dr. Greg Wells has dedicated his career to understanding human performance and how the human body responds to extreme conditions.
Throughout his career, Dr. Wells has coached, trained and inspired dozens of elite athletes to win medals at World Championships, the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics.
Dr. Wells is the author of the best-sellers Superbodies: Peak Performance Secrets from the World’s Best Athletes and The Ripple Effect: Sleep, Eat, Move and Think Better.
A sought after speaker on the topic of human performance, Dr. Wells has spoken at top events like TEDX and the Titan Summit, alongside Robin Sharma, Steve Wozniak and Sir Richard Branson.
Dr. Wells has been an expert source to other top media outlets like ABC News, “20/20,” The Discovery Channel, TSN, CBC and CTV. He also served as the sports medicine analyst for the Canadian Olympic Broadcast for the 2010 & 2012 Olympic Games.
