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Building Ideas

Building Ideas

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Building Ideas is a podcast joined by passionate designers, leaders, and innovators who believe design and relationships have the power to make the world a better place. Join us as we discuss trending topics, innovative techniques and deep-seated traditions in the design, non-profit, and business worlds that leave a lasting impact on our lives and our communities. Subscribe to hear the latest monthly updates and special guest appearances on Wednesdays. Building Ideas is a podcast brought to you by MSA Design, an award winning national architecture and design firm headquartered in the Midwest committed to designing exceptional experiences and spaces.2024 MSA Design Art Economics Management Management & Leadership
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  • Episode 102_Terri Hanlon-Bremer
    Apr 15 2026

    Terri Hanlon-Bremer, MSN, RN, was named TriHealth’s incoming Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective in late June 2026.

    In her previous role as Chief Operating Officer (COO), Terri worked closely with clinical and administrative leadership teams to continue to elevate operational performance while driving the continued integration and acceleration of TriHealth’s leading population health strategy.

    Under Terri’s leadership, TriHealth’s operational rigor has been enhanced to ensure top performance in quality, service and financial strength. She has led system transformation through clinical redesign, achieving greater efficiency and effectiveness in care delivery. Additionally, Terri has spearheaded TriHealth’s consumerism efforts, aimed at evolving care delivery to meet the changing needs of patients. Her passion for delivering the TriHealth Way signature experience to every patient has contributed to TriHealth’s emergence as the region’s leading and most trusted healthcare provider. Her leadership in driving TriHealth’s population health initiatives continue to redefine healthcare delivery by improving patient outcomes and bending the cost curve.

    A registered nurse with a master’s degree in nursing administration, Terri has more than 30 years of healthcare experience. She started her career in 1987 as a cardiac nurse and joined TriHealth’s leadership team in 2007. Since then, she has assumed roles of increasing leadership responsibilities, including leading TriHealth’s population health strategy and overseeing its successful COVID vaccination program.

    Through balanced and thoughtful leadership, Terri’s ability to manage complex operational and strategic initiatives across TriHealth’s expansive delivery system has resulted in improved patient outcomes, industry-leading team member and physician engagement, and enhanced customer satisfaction.

    Terri has received regional and national awards and recognition for her achievements at TriHealth, including Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Innovators Award in 2022, and is a sought-after national voice on TriHealth’s population health journey. She is a member of Class 48 of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s Leadership Cincinnati program, the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), and the Mason Port Authority Board. Terri formerly served as Chair of the Cincinnati chapter of the American Diabetes Association. She dedicates her time and leadership skills to several community initiatives, including Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati as well as her church, further demonstrating her commitment to service and leadership.

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    33 mins
  • Episode 101_Doug Steimle
    Feb 18 2026

    Doug Steimle is Operations Leader and Principal at Schaefer, a Cincinnati headquartered Structural Engineering design practice.

    Doug is one of Schaefer’s senior level engineers with 23+ years of experience. He is recognized in the design of tall wood and hybrid-frame buildings both for mixed-use + multi-residential, and has shared his knowledge through presentations to architects and engineers across the country through Woodworks, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Structural Engineers Association of Ohio annual conference. Doug is passionate about the future of the wood industry and has emerged as a heavy timber advocate; he has designed 20+ mass timber projects, including the first and second CLT hotels in the United States.

    A Cincinnati native and graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Doug and his wife are raising eleven children.

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    36 mins
  • Episode 100_Jeff Mitchell
    Jan 21 2026

    Jeff Mitchell was introduced as the Cardinals’ Director of Athletics on February 6, 2023. A respected administrator with more than two decades of experience in higher education and athletics administration, Mitchell is currently in his third year as a member of the Ball State University senior executive team and leads an athletics department that sponsors 19 programs with more than 450 student-athletes.

    During his first two years at the helm, Mitchell’s leadership fostered significant competitive success, new standards of academic excellence, increased commitment to community engagement, enhanced growth in philanthropic support and revenue generation, and investment in comprehensive facility improvements. In 2024–25, Mitchell led Ball State to secure its first-ever Carol A. Cartwright Award, signifying the Mid-American Conference’s best overall athletics program, recognizing academic excellence, athletic success, and civic engagement.

    Ball State has claimed 10 conference championships under Mitchell’s leadership. Academically, Ball State established a new benchmark in 2024–25 as all 19 varsity programs recorded a team GPA above 3.0 in both semesters. The department achieved its highest spring semester GPA in the past decade (3.487) and its highest full-year GPA in 10 years (3.46). In the community, the Cardinals logged more than 4,200 hours of service in Muncie and across East Central Indiana.

    In addition to these competitive and academic milestones, Mitchell negotiated a new multimedia rights deal with Peak Sports MGMT valued at more than $10 million. Fundraising for Ball State Athletics also recorded its highest two-year total ever, with more than $17.9 million raised. Nearly all Ball State sports venues have undergone significant updates over the past two years, with completed or approved construction projects accounting for approximately $25 million in facility enhancements.

    Mitchell is the co-author of the textbook Sport, Ethics and Leadership, published in 2017, and previously served as an adjunct professor of business leadership at the University of Southern Mississippi. He earned his Bachelor of Arts (2001) and Master of Business Administration (2003) degrees from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, where he was a four-year member of the varsity baseball team. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2005, where he also served as a graduate assistant in the external relations unit, primarily working with the Ole Miss football and men’s basketball programs. Mitchell and his wife, April, are parents to a daughter, Harper Wynne (17), and a son, Carson (12).

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    50 mins
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