Shawn Lipe is an art gallery and action house owner. In this episode, he talks about how his collegiate exposure with Japanese culture changed his life, recognizing the moments to show up, knowing the kind of business you are in, the value in stories about your stuff, and the obligation of pivots.

About the Guest

Owner and gallery director at Woodard Lipe Fine Art and Auction, Shawn Lipe provides advisory strategies for private St. Louis art collections, gallery support, and facilitate institutional sales. Woodard Lipe auctions and Gallery provide a unique sales platform for art and fine collections, providing the highest level of representation. He appraises artwork for collection divestment or acquisition and work closely with a multidisciplinary staff to research and provide valuations of fine art, special collections, estate jewelry, vintage couture, classic automobiles, historic weaponry, fine Judaica, American folk, and American and European contemporary art, and sports memorabilia.

In support of this mission, Woodard Lipe Fine Art and Auction provides CAGA certified appraisals for insurance loss recovery, fiduciary and trust equitable assets distribution, or probate and estate tax documentation.

As a practicing artist and glass artist for the past 38 years, Shawn taught glassblowing as an adjunct professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Miami, Coral Gables campus and maintained a private studio in Fort Lauderdale participating in both group and solo exhibitions. Additionally, he has conducted art research and curation at Wolfsonian Museum, Florida International University, and Krannert Art Museum at University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.

Shawn received his Masters in Environmental Chemistry from SIU Edwardsville.. Professionally, he conducted research, chemical analysis, and drafted international regulatory documentation for Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and was a past contributing senior regulatory affairs consultant for Cardinal Healthcare and Pfizer.

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Dawn Pinnock is the President and CEO of The Center for Urban Community Services. In this episode, she talks about merit and fitness, a call to service, how to show-up, grassroots leadership, and humanizing your clients.

About the Guest

Dawn M. Pinnock has spent nearly 30 years in public service driving change and opening doors of opportunity for New Yorkers. As President and CEO of the Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS), she leads one of the city’s most effective social service organizations, supporting over 50,000 people each year on their path to housing stability, better health, and long-term well-being.

Before joining CUCS, Pinnock built a distinguished public service career across several of New York City’s largest municipal agencies, culminating in her appointment as Commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS). In this role, she created the city’s first community-based hiring model, advanced family-forward policies for more than 320,000 employees, managed 22 million square feet of city-owned and leased office space, and made New York greener through fleet electrification and large-scale energy efficiency upgrades. Outside of her role at DCAS, she built a reputation across city government for modernizing operations, fixing long-standing compliance gaps, and pushing forward equity initiatives that changed how agencies serve New Yorkers.

A graduate of Baruch College and The New School’s Milano Graduate School, Pinnock also completed Harvard University’s Senior Executives in State and Local Government program. She is a certified human resources professional and an active member of the Association for Talent Development.

Dawn's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-pinnock-84a893123/

CUCS:
Website: https://www.cucs.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cucs/posts/?feedView=all
IG: https://www.instagram.com/cucs_nyc/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/CUCSnyc/?checkpoint_src=any

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Kevin Wilson is the Executive Director of the Small Business Empowerment Center. In this episode, he talks about understanding unity through individual agendas, patterns of success for business leaders, raising expectations, impacting your community, and finding your purpose.

About the Guest

Kevin Wilson is the Executive Director of the Small Business Empowerment Center. This is a Missouri 501c3 Nonprofit Organization sponsored by the Greater St. Louis Empowerment Zone to serve as a one-stop shop to help urban entrepreneurs start and grow their own business enterprise.

For 20 years, Kevin has been a SBA technical assistance provider, helping prospective borrowers in developing viable loan packages, applying for tax credits, and creating business growth strategies. Kevin has his Masters of Public Administration and is certified as an Economic Development Finance Professional and a SBA 504 Loan Packager. He is an active participant and board member in numerous entrepreneurial associations and nonprofits.

SBEC: www.stlouissbec.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-wilson-0a78869/

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