Humble Beginnings
The CEOs and senior GovCon leaders of today weren't always sitting in the corner office. They weren't born in suits with a handbook for success and a direct path to leadership. In fact, before many of these executives came into positions of powers, they had rather humble beginnings -- no corporate family tree or unlimited access. Many had to find their way on their own with little to fall back on. This podcast will share the stories of high school part-time work, first jobs and early-career decisions, decades before the CEO appointments and the board memberships. We'll learn about the unconventional paths to success, the ones most of us can relate to.
Humble Beginnings
Exposure, Loss, Opportunity & Diligence: The Making of Acentra Health's CEO Todd Stottlemyer
WashingtonExec's Amanda Ziadeh and co-host Mark HuYoung, managing partner of executive advisory firm Northwind Partners, sit down with guest Todd Stottlemyer as he shares what it was like growing up in a duplex just outside New York City as the son of a U.S. Foreign Service member and stay at home mom.
Stottlemyer is the CEO of Acentra Health, and his perspective is heavily influenced by his family's emphasis on education, mental health and civil rights; his exposure to the world; his appreciation for different cultures; and the importance of family and hard work. Each of these notions follows Stottlemyer throughout his life's experiences, which have included the loss of a family member too soon; assembling the New York Times early in the morning for paper deliveries at 13 years old; meeting President Ford at the White House the day of his debate to the then Governor Carter; losing longtime friends during the Sept. 11 attacks; and many more influential life moments.
Tune in to hear how these moments have molded who Stottlemyer is as a leader, father and husband today.