Hearts Afire: Recent Episodes
Heather Hughes; Jay Podjenski; David King
BioBridge Global is launching this series to connect you to our mission through your stories. In these conversations, we’ll learn about the wide range of things you do every day in service to your community. We want to hear from you, so please send your ideas for future episodes to heartsafire@biobridgeglobal.org.
The latest podcast features Wendy Zachmeyer, Staff Accountant and an inspiration when it comes to physical fitness.
In 30 years with the organization, Jose Garcia has worked in a variety of jobs, from Components to Accessioning to Sales, and he's learned something from every one of them.
This episode features a special visit with John Barnes, our Vice President of Human Resources and Learning, talking about one of his biggest passions - motor vehicles.
This episode features Richey Wyatt, leader of multiple employee engagement and culture-building initiatives at BBG. As he puts it, Richey wears many hats within the organization, but he is particularly happy working with his Human Resources team on projects like the Helping Hearts Fund.
With the Camp Discovery Donation Day and dance coming up, we visit with Susan Smith about the organization's 10-year history with the camp for kids with cancer.
Michael Little and Austin Smith, who produced a rap video about the QualTex lab in Atlanta, talk about their motivations, their production and life outside the lab.
Guest host Emmanuel Casasola visits with two members of his team in BBG Global Quality, Annie Prescott and Kevin Rodriguez, about recent projects they have completed for the organization.
Guest host Kimberly Monroe visits with Susan Smith, Grief Support and Life Legacies Manager, about some of her projects at BioBridge Global, including the Giving Tree and Muertos Fest, as well as Susan's highly personal grief journey.
In our Veterans Day episode, BBG Data Analyst and former U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Neil Houser visits with guest host Emmanuel Casasola about his military career, his life at BBG and his away-from-work passion.
Kimberly Monroe, Manager, Business Development in the STB&T tissue program, talks with guest host David King about her work with the tissue program, her dedication to tissue banking and her greatest food discovery in San Antonio.
Adrienne Mendoza visits with Salvador Castaneda, Compliance Specialist with STB&T Donor Services, about his unusual career path with the organization and his interest in fitness and sports.
In this episode, Adrienne Mendoza visits with Amanda Whitelonis, who is Program Manager at GenCure after working in several diverse areas of the organization, including Global Quality and Research and Development.
The latest episode of Hearts Afire is a visit with Emmanuel Casasola, Executive Director, Global Quality. He talks with our host, Adrienne Mendoza, about his background, his motivations and his family's story.
This edition features a conversation between Lisa Kisley, Supervisor at the South Texas Blood & Tissue donor center in Bulverde, and our host, Adrienne Mendoza, Chief Operating Officer for South Texas Blood & Tissue. Lisa talks about the challenges of opening the organization's newest donor center, as well as the reception the new donor center has received from the community.
This edition features a conversation between Christopher Palmer Charleston, Fixed Sites Operations Leader with South Texas Blood & Tissue, and our host, Adrienne Mendoza, Chief Operating Officer for South Texas Blood & Tissue.
After working at a blood center in Shreveport, Louisiana, Mo Sayed has returned to the organization as Director, Donor Recruitment, for South Texas Blood & Tissue. He visits with his new boss, Adrienne Mendoza, about his experiences and motivations.
This episode is a visit between two longtime colleagues at BioBridge Global: Our host, Adrienne Mendoza, who is Chief Operating Officer of South Texas Blood & Tissue, and Richey Wyatt, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, & Chief Compliance Officer. This episode is a get-to-know you visit with Adrienne, who worked for Richey when she was in charge of BBG Global Quality. They discuss topics ranging from the weather (hot) to leadership styles.
Our host, Adrienne Mendoza, provides a quick look at the new Hearts Afire podcast for the BioBridge Global team.
Hearts Afire host Adrienne Mendoza discusses the need for a collaborative team, as part of her discussion with Richey Wyatt, who is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, & Chief Compliance Officer at BioBridge Global. This a clip from Episode 1 of Hearts Afire, the BBG employee podcast.