Chuck Alley

cellular immunologist

Chuck Alley received his B.S. and M.A. in Biology from the College of William and Mary and his Ph.D. from the Department of Anatomy of VCU/Medical College of Virginia. His teaching and research career included three institutions; VCU/MCV, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Alabama in Birmingham Medical Center. As a cellular immunologist, Chuck’s interests were concentrated in the areas of mucosal immunology and autologous bone marrow transplantation.

Through his involvement in Young Life and the church, he discerned a call to ordained ministry. In 1991, he received an M. Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary and was in parish ministry for 26 years. In addition to parish ministry, he served on the design committee for the Community Forums on Science and Religion (VCU/MCV), as Chairman of the Communion Partner Clergy Advisory Board, a member of the Board of Directors for the Anglican Communion Institute, the Board of the Cramner Institute, and the Board of Langano Harvest Farm. In his retirement, Chuck has return to teaching as an adjunct Associate Professor of Anatomy at VCU/MCV.

Chuck and his wife, Scottie, live in Richmond, VA. They have three children and nine grandchildren.

 


A Community Of Servants

 

A Community Of Servants

We are so grateful to Chuck for sharing his devotionals with us. He shares, “Our equality is not a matter of making things “fair” in this world, but rather our equal stature before the Lord as sinners. A mature Christian does what Christ did. He first served his Father’s will and then the needs of all…”


TITUS 2:1-5 - Word & Deed

 

TITUS 2:1-5 – Word & Deed

We are so grateful to Chuck for sharing his devotionals with us. They are not just relevant but powerful as we frame and re-frame our work as entrepreneurs. The prayer at the end of each piece is a beautiful synthesis of thanks and requests to God.


What is your Vantage Point?

 

What is your Vantage Point?

We are so grateful to Chuck for sharing his devotionals with us. They are not just relevant but powerful as we frame and re-frame our work as entrepreneurs. The prayer at the end of each piece is a beautiful synthesis of thanks and requests to God.


Working for Jesus

 

Working for Jesus

We are so grateful to Chuck for sharing his devotionals with us. They are not just relevant but powerful as we frame and re-frame our work as entrepreneurs. The prayer at the end of each piece is a beautiful synthesis of thanks and requests to God.

Cory Carlson

Author of Win at Home First and Rise and Go

As an entrepreneur, former executive, husband, and father of three, Cory Carlson understands the pressures working parents face. He is passionate about helping business leaders win at home and work.

Twenty years in corporate America gave Cory amazing opportunities as he worked his way up to the executive level. But he also saw brokenness: work without purpose, burnout, lack of focus, strained marriages, and absentee parents. Business leaders especially were often not living life to the fullest.

When Cory discovered coaching, it helped him become a better leader, husband, and father. So he left his corporate career to help other leaders win at work and at home. Cory does this through executive coaching, speaking, and writing.

Currently, Cory lives in Cincinnati with his awesome wife and three amazing children.

Cory has a Civil Engineer degree from the University of Missouri and an MBA from Rockhurst University.

His first book released in June 2019 titled, Win at Home First, and is an inspirational guide for work-life balance.  His book was Amazon #1 New Release in 3 Categories and listed in FORBES as ‘7 Books Everyone On Your Team Should Read’.

Cory just released his second book, Rise and Go. This book is a resource to help leaders get back up quicker after getting knocked down from the challenges of leadership and life.

He hosts the leadership podcast, Win at Home First, a Top 1.5% global podcast per ListenNotes.

Follow Cory on social media (@carlsoncory) and www.corymcarlson.com.

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How Can You Be Intentional This Season?

 

How Can You Be Intentional This Season?

Like you and me, Paul had his good days and his bad days as he interacted with others. Paul was obedient however, it was not easy. There were days of frustration as some people rejected Paul’s teaching. Even though Paul was being obedient and doing his job, he must have felt some- times like he was swimming upstream.


Who Are You?

 

Who Are You?

If you do not understand who you are, you will always be looking in other places for the answer. You will take your questions of identity and self-worth to your job or your spouse or another man or woman.


Are You in the Waiting Room?

 

Are You in the Waiting Room?

One of the hardest things many of us experience is waiting for what is next. For what’s to come. When will I get the promotion? When will I get the job? When will I get the new clients? When will this business start to take off? Why is it taking so long?


Why am I Doing This?

 

Why am I Doing This?

I realized what I did no longer mattered. Instead, why I did my job was going to be my driver. Whether I worked at this company or another, my why was going to be about impacting others.


The Power of a Coming-of-Age Celebration for Your Children

 

The Power of a Coming-of-Age Celebration for Your Children

We spend a lot of time looking for people to go and build into, but if we’re not careful, we can completely overlook our own kids! Intentional investments into our kids will have a greater impact than anything else we do. Kids want our time more than anything. Our presence over our provision.


Be Present -- Both Mentally and Physically

 

Be Present — Both Mentally and Physically

The motto in our house is: “Don’t give others the best, and we get the rest.” Give your family more because they deserve it and because it sets them up for greater success in life.


Pursue Your Spouse

 

Pursue Your Spouse

One of the major reasons for my affair earlier in our marriage is Holly and I stopped dating each other. We went out together all the time, but it was in groups or double dates. We stopped being intentional with one another. We stopped making time to ask each other questions about ups and downs, hopes and dreams.

Brett Hagler

CEO and Co-Founder of New Story

CEO and Co-Founder of New Story, Y Combinator alum, Praxis fellow, author, cancer survivor, and a 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur. Under his leadership, New Story was recognized as one of Fast Company’s 2017 “Most Innovative Companies In The World.”

Brett writes about entrepreneurship, leadership and New Story’s journey on LinkedIn. For fun, he oddly enjoys doing burpees and CrossFit early in the morning.

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The Only Thing We Can Control

 

The Only Thing We Can Control

Despite a massive surge in unemployment, past due rent payments, and bankruptcies, my team learned one incredibly important lesson: There’s only one thing we can control… Our character. We have to trust God for the rest.


Abiding Over Striving

 

Abiding Over Striving

I fell for the oldest lie — the lie that’s been around since the garden of Eden. I thought I would not be satisfied unless I worked hard enough to achieve something new and grand. Then I’ll be worthy and accomplished.


The World's First 3D-Printed Neighborhood is Being Built in Mexico

 

The World’s First 3D-Printed Neighborhood is Being Built in Mexico

In rural Mexico, fifty 3D printed homes are being built under the leadership of our most recent podcast guest, New Story CEO, Brett Hagler. The innovative project that’s the first of its kind is part of New Story’s larger goal of combatting global homelessness. This 3D printed neighborhood is set to house local families living on less than $3 a day.


Inside-Out Intimacy

 

Inside-Out Intimacy

I’ve been reading Psalm 127 that talks about God’s grace. It says don’t labor in vain to build a house, which, you know, you can say, okay, that’s cool. Then it goes on to say how many of us work so hard from early morning to late night, toiling to make a living for fear of not having enough.


Podcast Episode 93 - 3-D Printing an Entire Village with Brett Hagler of New Story

 

Podcast Episode 93 – 3-D Printing an Entire Village with Brett Hagler of New Story

Today’s episode features a unique entrepreneurial journey that includes 3-D printing of homes. Yeah, you heard that right. Printing homes. Brett Hagler is the CEO and Co-Founder of New Story. He’s a Y Combinator alum, Praxis fellow, author, cancer survivor, and a 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur. The list goes on and on, and you’ll be glad you heard what he had to share…


Going Out on More Limbs

 

Going Out on More Limbs

I’m the CEO and Co-founder at New Story – a nonprofit that builds homes and communities for the world’s poor internationally. This year, we’ll surpass 2,000 homes building 17 communities collectively, since our founding in 2015.

Bryant Ambelang

President and CEO of NatureSweet, Ltd.

Bryant Ambelang is the President and CEO of NatureSweet, Ltd., the largest greenhouse producer of tomatoes in North America. Currently, NatureSweet operates seven facilities—six in Mexico and one in the U.S.—and pursues its mission of “unleashing the power of people” through a vertically integrated production model that offers full-time direct employment to over 8,000 associates. NatureSweet’s products are distributed in major grocery stores in all 50 states and across Mexico and Canada. Bryant holds a B.A. from the University of Texas-Dallas and an MBA from the University of Denver.

Bryant and his wife, Mary, have five children and live in San Antonio.

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Episode 48 - Unleashing the Power of People and Increasing Productivity 300%: Bryant Ambelang, CEO of NatureSweet


Episode 48 – Unleashing the Power of People and Increasing Productivity 300%: Bryant Ambelang, CEO of NatureSweet


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Today we’re on the road, connecting with Bryant Ambelang, President and CEO of NatureSweet, the largest greenhouse producer of tomatoes in North America. Bryant shares with us the ways he has cared for his employees by doing a better job of connecting their purpose and passions to their work.


Carnela Renee Hill

CEO and Principal Designer of CR Hill Design Group

Award winning interior designer and inspirational strategist, Carnela Renée Hill, is the CEO and Principal Designer of CR Hill Design Group (CRHDG), LLC.  She is a 2015 White House Decorator and a top designer in the North Carolina area. She has been a guest on the HGTV White House Christmas special.

Carnela is a social media influencer with three podcast shows. She has been identified in The Wall Street Journal as “One of the 111 Most Promising Business Leaders“. Carnela’s book “Walking Afraid” and the “Walking Afraid – Action Plan”, chronicles Ms. Hill’s journey from Corporate America to full time entrepreneurship, health issues, depression and relationships. The action plan helps you document your journey and face those hard areas while giving you the “Courage to Act”.

Carnela shares her 20 years of corporate and entrepreneurial experiences on a global level.  She challenges her audience to stop settling and walking in fear. She enjoys coaching business owners. Carnela has an electric way of attracting people to her across various platforms. She is passionate about mentoring the youth and young adults and spends time encouraging and guiding them through life issues.  The other hat, Carnela wears is advising candidates and speaking to legislators on various topics impacting entrepreneurs and interior designers.

Carnela’s desire is to keep going into the marketplace to spread the Word of God in those nontraditional places by inspiring people to walk life out by faith. One of her favorite scriptures, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” keeps her grounded in her faith. People describe Carnela as resilient, a true fighter, and a humble servant that helps others WIN.


Mindset of Making It

 

Mindset of Making It

With any change, you cannot keep doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome. You must change your mind and your actions.


Better and Better

 

Better and Better

I never saw it coming. I started my business part-time in January, 2000, and I completed my MBA in September of the same year. I purchased my second new construction home. Things were going well, and I could not have been happier.

Chris Chancey

CEO and Founder, Amplio Recruiting

In 2013, Chris and his wife Sarah moved to the fringe of a refugee resettlement community in the Atlanta metro area. After a year of learning from their refugee neighbors, they believed there were an ample amount of refugees looking for good jobs and knew there were an ample amount of companies looking to hire dependable employees. They launched Amplio Recruiting in 2014, to help great companies hire dependable employees for the refugee workforce.

Chris is focused on achieving Amplio’s vision of staffing companies in 25 locations by 2025 and provides operational and financial support to the Amplio team.

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We Care Because We’re Cared For

 

We Care Because We’re Cared For

Right now, we’re in a unique position as a team. We have such an incredible team around the country. And, you know, I don’t ever want to make it seem like, you know, I’m doing anything. We just have an incredibly gifted team.


Podcast Episode 78 - Terrorist Threat, Charity Case, or Refugee Workforce? with Chris Chancey of Amplio Recruiting

 

Podcast Episode 78 – Terrorist Threat, Charity Case, or Refugee Workforce? with Chris Chancey of Amplio Recruiting

Today, we’re talking to Chris Chancey, Found and CEO of Amplio Recruiting. Amplio is a multi-city staffing agency helping companies like Chick-fil-a, WeWork, and others find dependable talent in a surprising place—the refugee workforce. This is coming at a time where we all know the labor shortage in America is at an all-time high, and as Chris shared with us, this may be one of the most emotionally-charged debates in our country. But it may also be the source of one of the best kept secrets for the American economy. Listen in to hear what Chris has to share that might have a lasting effect on faith driven entrepreneurs…


Upcoming book - "Refugee Workforce: The Economic Case for Hiring the Displaced"

 

Upcoming book – “Refugee Workforce: The Economic Case for Hiring the Displaced”

Releasing soon in Fall 2019 — “Refugee Workforce: The Economic Case for Hiring the Displaced” is a book written by Chris Chancey who has spent the last 5 years running a staffing agency to help companies all over the US hire refugees who have already legally resettled in America.