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Host Richard Kemp speaks with Representative Chris Pearson (P), an incumbent seeking re-election in district Chitt. 6-4 Burlington, and an organizer for National Popular Vote, working to fix the county's broken electoral system.

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Host Peggy Luhrs speaks to issues of the day.

Host Patricia Crocker speaks with Dan Feliciano (L), candidate for Vermont Governor, on one of the major issues he will be addressing, healthcare. Sponsored by Green Mountain Patriots.  greenmountainpatriots.org

Dan Feliciano has spent his career at the crossroads of finance, operations, and technology–teaching, coaching & mentoring clients in strategy, finance, and operations. A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, he has worked for the Medical College of Virginia, Cigna Healthcare, Aetna, and GE Healthcare IT. Dan has a broad and extensive background in healthcare from provider, to payer, to healthcare IT. He has successfully led numerous turnarounds and strategic initiatives ranging from the creation of new solutions to automate financial, healthcare, and ecommerce transactions. Additionally, he has led the development of integrated dynamic portals (to track and pay claims), implementation of Business Process Management systems and the redesign of service center’s yielding millions of dollars in benefits. At a national insurance company, Dan redesigned a service center using a combination of process redesign, process improvement, and technology to improve productivity and quality by more than 20%. At a national healthcare insurer, he led the development of the straight thru processing system to auto adjudicate claims and data to improve decision making, reduce errors and reduce costs and redesigned, in less than three months, a Service Call Center saving $2.65M, after one time charge adjustments.
At another healthcare insurer, Dan was responsible for utilization management and reporting. In this role, he improved utilization, disease management modeling, financial reserving, costs and outcomes.

Jim Drown, Director, BSD Summer SOAR Program and Christy Gallese, Extended Learning Director with the BSD, speak of the benefits of SOAR (Summer Opportunities Academics and enRichment) Program.  For more information visit the district web site:  www.bsdvt.org

Hosts Vivian Mason and Susan Linskey kick-off their every other month show on issues about race with a conversation with Donna Day.

Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks with Sharon Combes-Farr, Project Director with the Vermont Digital Economy Project, on the organizations goals and their upcoming conference, September 23. 

VCRD’s Vermont Digital Economy Project will be hosting a conference on September 23rd at the Montpelier State House, called “Vermont Connected: Envisioning the Future of Vermont’s Digital Economy.”

The conference, which will be opened by Governor Peter Shumlin, will involve a variety of sessions. In the morning, speakers will share their ideas, experiences, and stories in short 10-minute increments. These talks will be followed by teaching workshops, where conference participants will have the opportunity to dive more deeply into a particular area of interest, and learn some hard and fast skills. The afternoon will focus on the future of Vermont’s digital economy, where conference attendees will formulate ideas for the future and craft policy suggestions.

The Vermont Connected conference will focus on four tracks: Educating for a Digital World, Building Effective Organizations, Creating Resilient Communities, and Steering Vermont’s Digital Future. There will be multiple sessions in each track.

Host Ron Wanamaker speaks with co-authors Adam Krakowski and Kurt Staudter on their recently released book 'Vermont Beer: History of a Brewing Revolution'.  Their book is intended to establish a definitive history on the subject and set a foundation for further research as documents and information is discovered.  Monthly call in show hosted by Preservation Burlington. 

Adam Krakowski is a decorative and fine arts conservator in Quechee, Vermont. He holds a BA in art history, a minor in museum studies from Hartwick College and an MS in historic preservation from the University of Vermont. He has worked at museums, historical societies, art galleries and restoration firms all over New York and New England, and was the recipient of the 2010 Weston Cate Jr. Research Fellowship from the Vermont Historical Society on the project A Bitter Past: Hop Farming in Nineteenth-Century Vermont.

Kurt Staudter is the executive director of the Vermont Brewers Association, representing all of the breweries in the state. He and his wife, Patti, run the association from Springfield, Vermont. He is the Vermont columnist for Yankee Brew News, and has written about beer and politics in the Vermont Standard and Vermont Magazine. He learned about beer from his first-generation German-American father, who ensured his love for good food, great beer and family were passed on to the next generation.

James Ehlers, Executive Director of Lake Champlain International, Inc., speaks to the organizations mission and current status of the Lake Champlain waters.

Jan Schultz, Lisa Marchetti and Harry Atkinson, members of Burlington District Energy Service Committee, have been part of a group of Burlington citizens exploring the potential of a District Heating System, taping into the by-product of the McNeil Station electric generation.  They share the evolution and status of this promising project.

Copies of the latest feasibility study available at:  http://burlingtondistrictenergy.org   Questions to BURDESinfo [at] burlingtontelecom [dot] net

Emma Long, Communications Manager, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission is joined by Infinite Culcleasure, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission – Burlington (Alternate) and Sara Martinez de Osaba, Social Justice Advocate to discuss public engagement resources.  ECOS is a project of CCRPC.org  www.ecosproject.com

Host Melinda Moulton speaks with Cathleen Barkley (Wilson), Executive Director of H.O.P.E. Works (ending sexual violence through Healing, Outreach, Prevention, and Empowerment) on their work in the community and on the issue.  More information at: www.HopeWorksVT.org  hotline: 1.800-489-7273

Candidates for the Democratic Primary for Chittenden 6-7, representing the City of Winooski and a portion of Burlington include: Incumbent Clement J. Bissonnette, Diana Gonzalez, and Kenneth W. Atkins.

Progressive Candidate Robert Millar for Chittenden 6-7, representing the City of Winooski and a portion of Burlington include.

Candidates for the Republican Primary for US Representative include: Mark Donka of Hartford, Donald W. Nolte of Newport, and Donald Russell of Shelburne.