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June Jones claims the title of the winningest coach in the history of the University of Hawaii’s football team. In his eight seasons with UH as head coach, June has also bagged the Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year twice, in 1999 and 2006. All these accomplishments stem from a consequential decision. After being offered a contract to continue as the San Diego Charger’s head coach, June opted to take the head-coaching job at Hawaii when it was offered, choosing an indelible challenge over a sizeable paycheck. In his many years of involvement with the sport as coach and player, June has been decorated with numerous awards and has helped other individuals reach their full potential in this gridiron sport. In 1982, June was a player coach in helping the Toronto Argos to a division title. In 1984, while coaching in the USFL with the Houston Gamblers, he had two receivers catch over 100 passes for the first time in professional history. Greater Good Radio brings to the limelight June Jones in a two-on-one interview, featuring the life in a day of a football coach. In this interview, June talks about the day-to-day duties of a team manager, which seems relaxed but is in fact characterized by constant pressure even on rest days. He also shares his miraculous survival after a major car accident, and how this has changed his life believing that it is only through divine intervention that he is still alive. “God saved me for a reason,” he says. “I didn’t know why I lived through that.” “It’s only divine intervention that I’m alive.” Find out more about the man behind UH’s successful bounce back to the top of their game. Listen now! BIO: In 2006, June was named the Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. That makes the second time in his 8 seasons at Hawaii he has won the award. In 1999 he won the award also. In that season he took a team that had lost 18 straight games and with the same players won 9 games, which broke the NCAA record for the biggest turnaround in NCAA history. This season his Hawaii team won 11 games, and in so doing his team set 8 all time NCAA records. This year in 2006 his quarterback, Colt Brennan, set an amazing 16 all time NCAA records. In his 8 seasons at Hawaii, he has won 8 games once, 9 games three times, 10 games once and 11 games this year. He has made 5 bowl appearances and won 4 of them. As a player, assistant coach, and head coach, June Jones has been a leader and winner at every level. He was a Kodak All American QB at Portland State while leading the Vikings to consecutive 8-3 records. He went from college to the Atlanta Falcons and was on the first playoff team in 1978 and was also a member of the NFL Western Champion in 1980. In 1982, June was a player coach in helping the Toronto Argos to a division title. The previous season Toronto was a last place team and in one season they made it to the finals and were runner up in the Grey Cup. In 1983, June was the QB coach for the University of Hawaii where his QB Raphel Cherry set 4 school records. In 1984, while coaching in the USFL with the Houston Gamblers, he had two receivers catch over 100 passes for the first time in professional history. The Gamblers became the first expansion team to ever win a division. Houston was the USFL’s top offense in 1984. QB Jim Kelly was named the league’s MVP. In 1985, after switching teams to the USFL’s Denver Gold as offensive coordinator, Jones’ team won the Western Division and again was the USFL’s number one offense. In 1987-88, Jones was hired to coach the QB’s with the Houston Oilers. He helped Warren Moon to his first of many Pro Bowl’s, along with two consecutive playoff appearances after a 10 year drought. Houston was one of the NFL’s top offense’s both of those seasons. In 1989-90, Jones became co-coordinator on offense for the Detroit Lions which had fini...

Brett Brewer - Founder of MySpace.com, President and member of the Board of Directors of Adknowledge

His colleagues call him “a true Internet visionary and an expert in online marketing”, and indeed Brett Brewer’s knowledge in the digital domain permeates in the World Wide Web as founder of Intermix Media, the publicly traded parent of Myspace.com. Today, he is president and Board member of Adknowledge, a leading online advertising agency firm. In December 2006, Brett was appointed to Trans World Entertainment Corp.’s Board of Directors. Brett has built several Internet businesses since graduating from UCLA in 1996, the largest of which was Intermix Media, which he sold to News Corp. fpr $673 million in October 2005. He is a leading Internet pioneer with an influential voice in the dynamic, growing online advertising industry. Brett’s experience has lead AdKnowledge to be recognized as a Red Herring Top 200 Company for 2006. He is an angel investor in several technology start-ups and active in a number of community and charitable organizations including Big Brothers of Los Angeles and Bizworld.org, a children’s education organization. Greater Good Radio proudly brings Brett Brewer and his story of building an Internet empire and developing a 21st-century pop icon with the online networking sphere, MySpace. In this interview, Brett talks about the challenges of starting Intermix and how he and his colleagues have overcome this to eventually bring the company to its public stage. He also mentions how MySpace, through careful deliberation, has overtaken its fiercest rival in the industry networking industry. “Sometimes in launching as many internet businesses we have over the years, it’s nice sometimes to be first but in most ways on the internet it’s actually fine to be second or third or fourth because you have the advantage of obviously seeing what’s working and seeing what’s not working,” he says. Listen to this interview and find out more about one man’s journey into the unknown world of the digital sphere and how he has risen to the top of the game. BIO: Trans World Announces Appointment of Brett Brewer to Company’s Board of DirectorsTuesday December 12, 11:21 am ET ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Trans World Entertainment Corporation (Nasdaq: TWMC – News) announced today that Brett Brewer has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Brewer is currently President and a member of the Board of Directors of Adknowledge, a leading online advertising technology firm. He previously served as President and co-founder of Intermix Media, the publicly-traded parent of Myspace.com. The appointment of Mr. Brewer increases the number of members of Trans World’s Board of Directors to nine. “Brett is a true internet visionary and expert in online marketing, bringing Trans World a unique perspective as the Company expands its focus on digital entertainment and aggressively develops new avenues to provide consumers with all things entertainment,” commented Robert J. Higgins, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Trans World Entertainment. “His experience and knowledge make him an important addition to our team. I am pleased to have Brett on our Board and look forward to working with him.” Mr. Brewer is a leading Internet pioneer with an influential voice in the dynamic, growing online advertising industry. He has built several Internet businesses since graduating from UCLA in 1996, the largest of which was Intermix Media which he sold to NewsCorp for $673 million in October 2005. In his latest venture at Adknowledge.com, Mr. Brewer is leading the growth of the behavioral based advertising company which was recognized as a Red Herring Top 200 Company for 2006. He is an angel investor in several technology start-ups and active in a number of community and charitable organizations including Big Brothers of Los Angeles and Bizworld.org,

Jeff Watanabe - Founding partner of Watanabe Ing & Komeiji LLC, Chairman of the Consuelo Zobel Alger Foundation

Jeff Watanabe is a tireless business and community leader, being member of the board of more than a dozen for-profit and non-profit organizations. He is a founding partner of Watanabe Ing & Komeiji LLC, which he established with colleagues in 1971. At this time, Watanabe Ing. and Komeiji LLC was the youngest of its kind which went head-to-head with the five biggest law firms in the state. Jeff is also the chairman of the Consuelo Zobel Alger Foundation, which works with hundreds of other non-profit organizations in Hawaii and the Philippines. Greater Good Radio brings back Jeff Watanabe, a man of considerable experience in social entrepreneurship. In this interview, he talks about his time in Washington working under Senator Daniel Inouye, and how the senior politician had influenced him in to going back to Hawaii and give back to the very people who brought him to his current standing. Jeff also shares his view on mentorship and how this significantly helps in the formation of values of the coming generation of leaders. “Mentors can help you judge how big a problem is which is very difficult to do when you see a new problem that you never saw before,” Jeff said. “So I think that’s one thing that people ought to be doing.” Listen to Evan and Kari’s interview with Jeff Watanabe, and find out more about his unflagging involvement in the community. Listen on Youtube:

Jeff Kleck and Wayne Mcvicker - Co-founders of Neoforma and Attainia Inc.

Greater Good Radio highlights Jeff Kleck and Wayne McVicker, founders and partners of Attainia Inc., an Internet-based management company dedicated to improving the management of the capital equipment lifecycle in healthcare. Prior to Attainia, Jeff and Wayne also successfully founded and ran Neoforma, the nation’s first significant Business-to-Business online marketplace for medical supplies and equipment. The partners draw their knack for entrepreneurship from their creativity, flexibility and focus, and as they walk along the path of success, they bring with them a sense of charity and oneness with the community. Jeff and Wayne met in the early 90s as employees of a Silicon Valley-based medical device company. Despite their dissimilar personalities, Jeff and Wayne shared the same passion, which prompted them to establish a name in the entrepreneurial world. For almost a decade, the duo has exhibited an unflagging fervor in their business endeavor, learning the ropes as they walk along the unpredictable reality of the market. “The key to successful partnership over time is to make sure that the skills are complementary; that we have as little overlap as possible,” Wayne said. “If we didn’t question each other continuously, we wouldn’t stretch the boundaries of what we’re capable of.” Jeff Kleck and Wayne McVicker offer practical advice to young entrepreneurs about finding the right employees. They also share how they contribute to the community and why they integrate philanthropy to their business culture. All these and more only on Greater Good Radio. BIO: Jeff Kleck Prior to Attainia, Jeff Kleck co-founded Neoforma (NASDAQ: NEOF), where he served as CEO and chairman until July 1999, and is credited as one of the founders of business-to-business eCommerce. Neoforma’s public debut became the 16th highest first day gainer in the history of IPOs on the NASDAQ. Kleck serves as Advisor and Board Member to Stanford University’s Department of Management Sciences & Engineering and Department of Interdisciplinary BioSciences, and Texas A&M University’s Department of Nuclear Engineering. Kleck received a BS and a MS from Texas A&M University in Nuclear Engineering;a MS from Stanford University in Engineering Management; and, a PhD in biomedical physics from UCLA. Kleck is a former member of the faculty of the UCLA School of Medicine. Wayne McVicker Wayne McVicker is a licensed architect and has 25 years of experience in the design, healthcare and information technology industries. McVicker was previously co-founder, president and board member of Neoforma, Inc.—the nation’s first significant B2B online marketplace for medical supplies and equipment. At the height of the dotcom boom, Neoforma was one of the handful of wildly successful IPOs in the healthcare space, boasting a $3.3 billion market cap. Neoforma remained a successful, profitable publicly traded provider of healthcare supply chain management solutions for the healthcare industry until its acquisition by privately held Global Healthcare Exchange in early 2006. “Starting Something,” the “roller coaster” story of Neoforma, won several awards, including the 2004 DIY Book Festival Book of the Year Award. Links: Attainia Inc. Listen on Youtube:

Richard "Dick" Gushman II - CEO of DGM Group, CEO of OKOA, Inc, Trustee of the Estate of James Campbell, Managing Partner of Summit Financial Resources

Richard “Dick” Gushman is Chief Executive Officer of DGM Group, one of Hawaii’s leading real estate development firms. Dick Gushman has owned and developed projects throughout Hawaii, the US mainland and Guam over the past 30 years. His latest real estate venture includes the Waikiki Beach Walk, a multi-million dollar retail complex, co-developed with Outrigger Enterprises, Inc. Dick is currently a trustee of the Estate of James Campbell, a $2 billion diversified real estate company, headquartered in Honolulu with investment real estate all over the United States, as well as significant holdings in Hawaii. He has also maintained a multi-faceted role in the community as member of different organizations including United Way of Washington, Aloha United Way, Boys and Girls Club of Honolulu, and University of Hawaii Foundation. Dick experienced his first taste of the Hawaii weather in 1971 as a merchant seaman on a marine research ship. In 1972, he came back to the Islands and started working through the real estate licensing process. A year later Gushman started his own real estate company. Greater Good Radio brings back a man of vision and principle. In this interview, Dick Gushman talks about his humble beginnings in real estate development and how he has formed a small company in to an empire. He also gives advice to young entrepreneurs about finding balance in life and career and how this can translate to establishing fulfillment as an indelible member of the community. All these and more only on Greater Good Radio. BIO: Richard W. Gushman Richard W. Gushman, II was born in Washington, DC in 1946, and raised in Lima, Ohio, where he graduated from Lima Shawnee High School as a scholar athlete. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University as a philosophy major and was an all-conference outside linebacker. In 1967, Mr. Gushman’s education was interrupted for two years of military service in the United States Army. He was honorably discharged in 1969 at the rank of Staff Sergeant E-6. Upon his discharge, Gushman was accepted into the School of Real Estate and Building Industry at the College of Business Administration, University of Denver, where he stayed for one additional year, from 1969-1970. Dick Gushman’s real estate career began early. From the beginning, his family environment was oriented towards real estate and development, as both of his parents were active in the business. His mother was a trained architect, graduating from Ohio State University, and his father was a developer and general contractor. Mr. Gushman began working on construction projects for the family at age 12, and stayed in the construction trades during high school and college. Before moving to Hawaii in 1972, Mr. Gushman, a licensed securities salesman, sold real estate investment trust shares and worked on commercial real estate leasing and development projects. In 1972, Gushman began his real estate career in Hawaii as a development project manager for the McCormack Land Company, then Hawaii’s largest residential brokerage company. In 1973, he left to start his own development practice, and which, sometimes partnering with other real estate investors and developers, has continued for over 31 years. Richard Gushman has owned and developed projects throughout Hawaii, the US mainland and Guam over the past 30 years. These ventures include single family housing, multi-family low rise condominiums, high-rise condominiums, resort condominiums, low to mid-rise office, single-user and multi-user industrial, specialty retail, neighborhood anchored retail, historic renovation and adaptive reuse, big box power centers, public storage, leased fee acquisitions, and a $250M participating mortgage business which he ran for several years with the Bank of Hawaii as a co-owner. Notable development projects include Waikele Center, Guam Shopping Center and Premier Outlets,

Kenton Eldridge - Co-founder of and Partner at Sennet Capital

With much experience to boot, Kenton Eldridge has brought talent and knowledge to Sennet Capital, a merchant bank focused on mid-market and emerging growth companies, where he is partner and co-founder. Prior to moving to the islands, Kenton has worked for more than two decades in the retail management sector. Kenton spent 10 years with Federal Department Stores and 15 years with Duty Free Shops (DFS) where he has developed and honed his skills in business management. His tenure with DFS has brought him to different locations around the globe. Kenton actively engages in community giving and vouches for the importance of giving back to the society one way or another. According to Kenton, he hopes that his partaking in community initiatives would encourage the business community and his personal connections to get involved. He says that involvement in the community can be enacted in several means, from the indirect way of mentoring business colleagues to the more demonstrable manner of participation in non-profit organizations. “I get more satisfaction I think, at this stage of my life, by giving back to non-profits because I think you can really make a difference. And I’ve seen it over time,” Kenton says. “I’ve been involved with the five non-profits and continue to be actively involved.” “It’s more than just giving money, it’s giving of your time, and to help make Hawaii a better place to live.” In this Greater Good interview, Kenton Eldridge shares his experience in Alaska during a natural calamity that prompted him to lay off or put to early retirement half of his subordinates. This experience has exemplified Kenton’s care and concern for the people that he worked with. And today, he practices deep involvement in the community as he ventures off along the entrepreneurial path. Here more about Kenton Eldridge’s life and career story, only on Greater Good Radio. BIO: Kenton T. Eldridge, Co-Founder and Partner, brings 40 years of business experience to Sennet Capital. Mr. Eldridge spent 25 years in retail management, 10 years with Federated Department Stores and 15 years with DFS (Duty Free Shoppers).He has extensive retail operating experience in the US and Asia. Prior to his retail career he spent 4 years as a US Army Intelligence Officer, serving in Europe and Vietnam. Mr. Eldridge has been actively involved in the investment community since retiring from DFS in 1997. In 2000 he was a founding board member of HiBeam (Hawaii Business and Entrepreneur Acceleration Mentors) and has served as a mentor and investor for several Hawaii start-up companies including Hoku Scientific, where he serves on the board of directors. He was a member of the IPO team that took Hoku Scientific public in 2005. Mr. Eldridge also serves on the board of directors of American Savings Bank, Assets School, HiBeam, Hoku Scientific and The Nature Conservancy. He received his BA, MA and MBA from University of New Hampshire. Links: Sennet Capital Listen on Youtube:

Nick Ng Pack - President and Chief Executive Officer of Milici Valenti Ng Pack

Nick Ng Pack is president and chief executive officer of Hawaii’s premier advertising agency, Milici Valenti Ng Pack. Starting his professional career in New York, Nick was hired in 1979 as account management trainee for BBDO Advertising where he worked on Gillette, Lever Brothers and General Electric. A year later he moved to Hawaii and worked for Milici Valenti. In less than two years, the company’s executives put their trust upon Nick’s skills and knowledge to handle the agency’s largest account, First Hawaiian Bank. In 1984, he was promoted to vice president of the organization, with more top-end accounts under his auspices. In recognition of his relationships and contributions to the industry, Nick was voted Advertising Man of the Year in 1993 and received the prestigious American Advertising Federation’s Silver Medal Award in 2000. Evan and Kari bring an exclusive Greater Good interview with the eloquent and talented, Nick Ng Pack. Nick shares how he started in the advertising industry and how his travels to Hawaii as a young man have eventually galvanized him to settle permanently in the islands. He also talks about how he has come to play an important role as member of the Hawaii community and the value he brings to the state as business and community leader. All these and more only on Greater Good Radio. BIO: Born in Trinidad and raised in London and New York, Nick was one of those citizens of the world who always dreamt about taking a Hawaiian vacation. He finally did it in 1978, returned several times over the next few years, and then decided to spend a six-month sabbatical here. That sabbatical turned into a year, then five years, then ten years, and well, you know how the story goes. For the past 26 years, Nick has been living his Hawai‘i dream, which now includes his wife Monica, their four children, and running Hawai‘i’s premier advertising agency. Nick graduated from Columbia University and then attended NYU for his MBA in Marketing. In 1979, he was hired as an account management trainee at BBDO Advertising in New York where he worked on Gillette, Lever Brothers and General Electric. He joined Milici Valenti Advertising in 1980, and by 1982 was running the agency’s largest account, First Hawaiian Bank. Two years later, he was promoted to VP, taking on additional client responsibilities with Kahala Hilton, Aloha Airlines, American Airlines, and the Hawai‘i Visitors Bureau. Nick continued his successful career path at Milici and has held titles of SVP, Director of Business Development, EVP, and Managing Director. Since 1994, his name has been on the door. He is now President & CEO of Milici Valenti Ng Pack. As the head of the agency, Nick ensures that all client-agency relationships remain strong. He works closely with clients and account teams, assisting with overall strategy, product development, and their profitability goals. In recognition of his relationships and contributions to the industry, Nick was voted Advertising Man of the Year in 1993 and received the prestigious American Advertising Federation’s Silver Medal Award in 2000. Nick is active in the local community, nurturing and creating friendships and partnerships. He serves as a trustee of the Contemporary Museum and the Blood Bank of Hawai‘i. Nick still gets around the world, whether seeking out business opportunities for MVNP and Firefly Interactive and their clients, or for personal pleasure. One could argue they are both one and the same for Nick. Links: Milici Valenti Ng Pack Listen on Youtube:

Dean McPhail and Greg Meier - President and CEO of Starbucks Coffee and Jamba Juice Hawaii, Coffee Partners Hawaii

From zero revenues, Dean McPhail and Greg Meier hit the one million dollar mark in 2005 nine years after introducing Jamba Juice and Starbucks to the state of Hawaii. Dean and Greg hold exclusive rights to the two brands for their Hawaii operations, all thanks to their persistence and determination. For more than a year, the partners had been dealing with Starbucks International who was at the time steadfast in their stand of not giving out franchises for their brand. Eventually, after realizing their goals and objectives, Starbucks executives gave Dean and Greg the green light to establish the brand in the State. Greater Good Radio brings Dean McPhail and Greg Meier, crème de la crème of entrepreneurs, and their story on how they were able to build an empire of more than 80 branches of Starbucks and Jamba Juice in the islands. Listen now and find out more only here on Greater Good Radio. BIO: Dean B. McPhail CEO Dean McPhail is the CEO and co-founder of a group of companies that include Coffee Partners Hawaii and Café del Caribe, the exclusive licensees of Starbucks Coffee for Hawaii and Puerto Rico, respectively, as well as JJC Hawaii, LLC and JJC Florida, LLC, the exclusive licensees of Jamba Juice for Hawaii and Florida, respectively. In 1996, Dean formed Coffee Partners Hawaii in Honolulu with his friend Greg Meier and brother Scott McPhail. After three years of rapid Starbucks Coffee growth, the three partners became the exclusive licensees of Jamba Juice in Hawaii, opening their first store in June 1999. Less than one year later, the group secured the rights for Jamba Juice for the state of Florida. As a result, Dean relocated to South Florida, and opened the first Jamba Juice Florida store in June 2000. The move to Florida lead to the group’s expansion of Starbucks Coffee in Puerto Rico in 2002. Dean resides in South Florida and oversees the development and daily operations of Café del Caribe and JJC Florida, LLC, while also providing support and direction to the Hawaii companies. Prior to establishing Coffee Partners Hawaii, Mr. McPhail was the president and CEO of Pacific Video Entertainment Corp., the Blockbuster Video franchisee in Hawaii and Guam. Pacific Video Entertainment Corp. owned and operated 16 Blockbuster Video stores in Hawaii and 2 in Guam and was sold to Viacom in March 1996. Before joining Pacific Video Entertainment Corp. in January 1989, Mr. McPhail was involved in the management of fine dining restaurants in South Florida. He worked with the C.A. Muer Corp. in several locations including Palm Beach, Sarasota and on the opening team at their location in Ft. Lauderdale. Other restaurant management positions also include The Pollo Grille in North Palm Beach and Joe Muer’s Seafood in Boca Raton. Dean holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Regis College in Denver, Colorado. Greg M. Meier President Greg Meier is the President and co-founder of a group of companies that include Coffee Partners Hawaii and Café del Caribe, the exclusive licensees of Starbucks Coffee for Hawaii and Puerto Rico, respectively, as well as JJC Hawaii, LLC and JJC Florida, LLC, the exclusive licensees of Jamba Juice for Hawaii and Florida, respectively. In 1996, Greg formed Coffee Partners Hawaii in Honolulu with his friends Dean McPhail and Scott McPhail. After three years of rapid Starbucks Coffee growth, the three partners became the exclusive licensees of Jamba Juice in Hawaii, opening their first store in June 1999. Less than one year later, the group secured the rights for Jamba Juice for the state of Florida. The move into Florida lead to the group’s expansion of Starbucks Coffee in Puerto Rico in 2002. Greg resides in Honolulu and oversees the development and daily operations of Coffee Partners Hawaii and JJC Hawaii, LLC,