Salem Chamber Podcast

Salem Area Chamber of Commerce
Salem Chamber Podcast

Welcome to the Salem Chamber Podcast where we share conversations with local business leaders, policymakers, educators, and other influential members of our community.  If it’s affecting our businesses or our community, we’ll be talking about it. 

  1. MAR 21

    Salem Chamber Podcast - Episode 16 - Tammy Dennee

    In this episode, Tom chats with Tammy Dennee, Executive Director of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association, about Tammy's key role as one of Oregon's leading advocates for agriculturalists, farmers, and ranchers.Having spent her entire career in the ag industry (first in wheat, then dairy, and eventually in cattle), Tammy shares with us the vital work our farmers and ranchers do each day and the immense challenges they face with fluctuations in commodities and added burdens brought upon by strict...

    47 min

  2. FEB 29

    Salem Chamber Podcast - Episode 15 - Bill Riecke

    In this episode, Tom sits down with Bill Riecke II, Owner of Bark Boys, Inc., which was honored as the Salem Chamber’s Business of the Year in 2023. Along with sharing what that recognition means to him and his team, Bill talks about growing up in Salem, his time serving our country as a United States Marine after 9/11, his career with Empire Southwest in Arizona, and why he decided to leave that promising career for a return to Salem to run his family’s longstanding landscaping supply busine...

    1h 12m

  3. FEB 22

    Salem Chamber Podcast - Episode 14 - Gregg Peterson

    In this episode, Be-BLAC Foundation Executive Director and longtime Salem restauranteur and business owner Gregg Peterson shares his incredible life story.Gregg shares details of his upbringing in Compton, California, his battle with addiction in early adulthood, and how he leaned on the support of his family, community, and faith in God to transform his life. His rapid ascent as a retail store and restaurant manager and owner, to eventually becoming one of our community's most admired and tr...

    1h 26m

  4. FEB 8

    Salem Chamber Podcast - Episode 13 - Rhonda Rhodes

    In this episode, Tom sits down with Rhonda Rhodes, Principal of the Career Technical Education Center (CTEC), as the Salem community eagerly anticipates the arrival of the CTEC Aviation Program at the Salem Municipal Airport. Serving as the head of one of the nation's leading career technical training schools, Principal Rhodes discusses how she discovered her calling to build up future generations of students and the innovative approach CTEC takes to train our community's incoming workf...

    53 min

  5. FEB 1

    Salem Chamber Podcast - Episode 12 - Jon Moore

    In this episode, Tom sits down with Jon Moore, of The Physical Therapy Project, for a discussion that delves into Jon's formative years as a baseball player at Sprague High School, his undying love for sports, and his journey from athlete to physical therapist. After many years in the profession, he opened his own clinic in 2021 with a modern, non-traditional approach that prioritizes the comfort and well-being of his patients. Here, Jon reflects on how the profound lessons he learned from th...

    49 min

  6. JAN 25

    Salem Chamber Podcast - Episode 11 - Gladys Blum

    In this episode, Tom chats with Salem business and community icon Gladys Blum, a Principal Broker and Owner of one of the most respected and trusted real estate agencies in the Willamette Valley, Blum Real Estate. In touring us through her journey from childhood in rural Idaho to leading one of the most successful real estate agencies in the nation for decades, Gladys shares some of the many lessons she's learned in business and life, including how to glean and apply best practices into ...

    52 min

  7. JAN 16

    Salem Chamber Podcast - Episode 10 - Dr. John Mark Yeats

    A Conversation with Dr. John Mark Yeats, President of Corban UniversityIn this episode, Tom sits down with Dr. John Mark Yeats, who was announced as Corban University's 11th President in March of 2023. In welcoming John Mark to Salem, the two discuss the incredible benefits the Salem community has to offer, the vital role higher education plays in building a strong community, the experience of students at a Christian institution, and what many don't but should know about Corban.President Yeat...

    48 min

  8. 12/22/2023

    Salem Chamber Podcast - Episode 9 - Brent DeHart and Angie Villery

    A Conversation with Brent DeHart and Angie Villery of Fly SalemFollowing Salem Airport's first commercial flight in nearly 15 years, Tom sits down with two local leaders who helped make the historic moment happen, Brent DeHart (President of Salem Aviation Fueling) and Angie Villery (President/CEO of Travel Salem). In this episode, the trio share about their first flight experience from Salem to Las Vegas on October 5, 2023, and what commercial air service will mean for Salem and our local eco...

    55 min
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About

Welcome to the Salem Chamber Podcast where we share conversations with local business leaders, policymakers, educators, and other influential members of our community.  If it’s affecting our businesses or our community, we’ll be talking about it. 

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  • Creator
    Salem Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Salem Chamber Podcast
  • Show Website
    Salem Chamber Podcast

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