Be Au Sm At Fm: Recent Episodes
Joshua Peach
The Be Au Sm (Be Awesome) at FM (Facility Management) is a podcast for Facility Professionals or anyone in the Facility Management space focused on Education Institutions. We will have guests consisting of Facility Professionals in the field, Thought Leaders, Companies that support Education Institutions with services and solutions, and Associations sharing their professional development opportunities.
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On this popup podcast episode, Ken Wertz joins Paul and Josh to give our listeners an update on where they have been, and where they are going and dig into all the Au Sm happening with the NSPMA organization.
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In this episode, Josh sits down with MSPMA Executive Director Charley Branham and Paul Anastasi to learn about the upcoming 8-session Lead With Your Strengths presented by Paul at K12Pros hosted by MSPMA and sponsored by TIPS. You can learn more and register here https://staging.mspma.com/product/lead-with-your-strengths/
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In this episode, Paul and Josh sit down with John Stangler, Jeremiah Johnson, and Andy Daniels to learn about and share an upcoming Au Sm Professional Development the Midwest Facility Masters Conference 10/29/23-10/31/23 at the Kalahari in Wisconsin Dells, WI.
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Paul and Josh sit down with Ken Wertz, Executive Director of MFAA www.massfacilities.com to learn all about their organization, members, and upcoming conference.
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On this episode, Be Au Sm At FM hosts Paul and Josh team up with School Facilities and Operations Podcast host Burke Jones to talk to the Director of Facilities at Turner USD and President of KADPF Chris Crockett. Learn more about this Au Sm Organization and their upcoming conference at www.kadpf.org
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Justin Ruffridge moved to the Kenai/Soldotna area with his family in 1994, when his parents (both educators) braved the journey north to teach at a small Christian school. Justin graduated from high school in 2001 and went on to attend Washington State University graduating with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2008.
Justin married his wife Jessie in 2004. After graduation from college, they moved back to the Kenai Peninsula to help care for Jessie’s terminally ill mother. Justin began his pharmacy career at Soldotna Professional Pharmacy, and several years later acquired the Soldotna Pharmacy and the Juneau Drug Company in downtown Juneau with a business partner. Since that time, the partnership also opened the Alpine Apothecary pharmacy in Girdwood.
Mr. Ruffridge has been active in community service including a brief tenure on the Soldotna Planning and Zoning commission. Justin was appointed to the Soldotna City Council in 2019 and elected to a full term that October. He was the Chair of the Alaska Board of Pharmacy whose purpose is to create and enforce regulations, and the safe dispensing of medications through pharmacies across the State. Justin enjoys coaching Little League in the summer months and has been an advocate for those in our communities struggling to find housing. During the COVID pandemic he worked diligently in local communities focusing on prevention, mitigation and treatment efforts.
Justin believes strongly in classical conservative values, represented by a simple truth that effective change is best accomplished over time resulting from constructive dialogue with all parties involved in the decision-making process. This is fundamentally hard work, but it is worth the effort. Creating lasting and meaningful change requires a desire to be humble, an ability to bring people together, and a willingness to learn.
Justin Ruffridge was elected in 2022 as the District 7 Representative for the Alaska State House, and he is honored to serve the constituents in Kenai and Soldotna.
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n high school, Lisa Trayter was caught adjusting the temperature in her classroom and received an in-room suspension. Years later, she now gets paid to provide the healthiest, safest, and most comfortable environment for students, staff, and the community. Listen in and learn about Lisa's road to becoming a leader in the industry and also the upcoming professional development that she and her peers have put together. Be Au Sm!
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Brandon Chabola started his career as a groundskeeper at a school district and with the suggestion from his superintendent went to school to get his Associate's Degree in Facility Management and his Bachelor's in Business Administration all while working full-time and raising a family. This is an Au Sm episode and you can learn more and register for their WPFDA event here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wpfda-vendor-show-registration-541974930607! Be Au Sm!
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Aubrey Kirkpatrick is the Director of Finance and Administration at Anglophone East School District in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, and sits with us. When asked how many students, he said, "18,348!" Aubrey lives and breathes every student everyday mindset and shares why in this episode. We also did an episode with Aubrey on the Be Au Sm podcast as he has gone through many personal challenges the last year and we learn about them too. Be Au Sm!
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Josh talked to a new fan of Be Au Sm At Fm Frank Bayardo and he asked Josh why the Paul Gonzales episode from June 2022 wasn't available and low and behold the episode was never published on podcast platforms. This is an Au Sm episode with Executive Director of Facilities at Garland ISD Paul Gonzales. Thanks Frank!
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Paul and Josh have CEO and Co-Founder of OperationsHERO Pat Buchanan and Co-Founder Scott Carpenter to talk about all things CMMS related for the Education and Local Government market. Pat and Scott started their journey with Education Focused Technology solutions during the days of DOS and collectively have been to 1,000's Schools in North America. Join us live to ask questions and say hello. Be Au Sm!
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In this episode, Paul and Josh will sit down and discuss all that went on behind the scenes in 2022 and what we have planned for the New Year!
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In this episode, Paul and Josh sit with Derby Public Schools Director of Facilities Burke Jones. Burke has also launched an Au Sm School Facility-focused podcast that you can follow and listen to here https://anchor.fm/schoolfacilities
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In this episode, Paul and Josh sit down with MFAA Executive Director Ken Wertz to debrief and share their thoughts and experience at the first NSPMA (National School Plant Managers Association) Leadership Summit. It was held in Key West, FL, just before Hurricane Ian, and Paul and Ken are down there during the storm.
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In this episode, Paul and Josh sit down with Director of Facilities for Round Rock ISD Dave Hoedebeck and learn about their initiative to build inclusive playgrounds.
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Josh picks up Paul on the Mass Pike at 5:30 am and travels to Bridgeport, New Rochelle, Morris Union, Princeton, and a couple of other places before returning 700 miles later in just 36 hours. They covered over 1,000,000 sq ft of school space, talked to many facility professionals, and shared their insights on coping with stress with the Gold Standard leaders in facility operations in education at the NJSBGA Leadership Summit. Be Au Sm!
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New Rochelle Director of Facilities Keith Watkins joins Pual and Josh on this episode
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In this episode, Josh sits with Albuquerque Public Schools COO Dr. Gabriella Blakey and Executive Director of Support Services John Dufay to learn what Building Trust looks like in their district. We also discuss the importance of the mindset and mission of Every Child Every Day, which they do an Au Sm job of making sure opportunity and a learning environment is provided for every student in the district.
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In this episode, Paul and Josh sit with longtime friend Bob Bogardus. At 80 years old, Bob shares lessons from when he broke a window at ten years old and how that helped shape his "own it" mindset.
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In this episode, Paul and Josh sit down with Plymouth Public Schools Director of Facilities Christina Renaud. Christina joined the team in Plymouth in August of 2020; when many were thinking about leaving facility management in schools, Christina jumped in with both feet and hit the ground running. Listen in as we learn about what got her here, including a stop in the nuclear power plant space. Be Au Sm!
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In this episode, Paul and Josh are joined by return guest John Stangler from Pewaukee School District in Wisconsin. We learn all about the WASBO wwww.wasbo.com four custodial and maintenance conferences being held throughout the state in July.
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In this episode, Paul and Josh opened up the phone lines to anyone and encountered some technical difficulties but still covered a lot of ground. Here about Josh's review of his first electric lawnmower and a great discussion around staffing and budget season.
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In this episode with sit down with the Facility Director for Salem Public Schools in Salem, MA, Zissis (Z) Alepakis, aka "Z." Z has some unique spaces including a school in a mall and a cafeteria that covers three floors. Z has worked his way from a building custodian to Director of All Facilities and shares his career pathing, mentorship he has received and how his leadership helped guide and grow him to where he is today.
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In this episode, Josh and Paul sit down with the Deputy Police Chief for the Boston Housing Authority and founder of #SUPPLYTHEWHY Din Jenkins.
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Paul and Josh sit down with 3rd Generation Safety and Security expert Paul Timm in this episode.
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Paul and Peach sit down for the first time without a guest to pulse check the first 17 episodes and will surely share a story or two. We will also be raffling off a Shovel Town Flag Co. Original that our supporters bought tickets the last 2 days for to provide a $1,000 scholarship for a student at Blue Hills Technical High School.
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In this episode, Paul and Josh sit down with the CFO of Talladega Public Schools, Avery Embry, and talk about all things related to doing business in schools and working with the Business Office.
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In this episode, Paul and Josh sit down with Milford Public Schools Director Bill Cooper to learn about his journey from answering a newspaper ad in 2003 to today.
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On this episode Paul and Josh sit down with some of the team members at Pride Industries https://www.prideindustries.com/ to learn all about what they do and how they provide Business Excellence with a Positive Social Impact. Dr. Chris Bunch VP of Commercial Facilities Services shares the history, mission and values at Pride Industries. David Cuevas 25 year team member and Coach at Pride shares how he got to where he is and how he leads over 450 team members and 14 year team member Nona Wolf and all of the Au Sm work and fun she has had at Pride. This episode is full of nuggets of knowledge and reminds us to find what we love to do for work and it isn't always what we love like going to the movies. Be Au Sm!
Paul and Josh sit down with Division Vice President at Equitable Fred Makonnen and learn about the importance of a Public Employee to contribute to their 403B and the Holistic approach he and his team take with their client schools. We also learned a bit about leadership as Fred is an Au Sm leader and has a passion for helping people. You can learn more about Equitable and the offerings they provide here https://equitable.com/
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Join Paul and Josh and learn about all the Au Sm Phil Zito and his team and Smart Building Academy are doing, training over 10,000 students since 2017. Smart Buildings Academy online programs help professionals to excel at their jobs through online, always-on, building automation training. Be Au Sm! wwww.https://www.smartbuildingsacademy.com/
Josh and Paul sit down with past Ohio Public School Business Official and current Executive Director of Ohio ASBO https://www.aasbo.com Jim Rowan. We cover a lot of ground today and learn a lot about the Ohio ASBO Association, their team, and their upcoming Annual Conference which is going to be an Au Sm event in the great city of Columbus, OH. Be Au Sm!
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In this episode, Josh and Paul sit down with Scott Klein, Facility Manager at Rancocas Valley Regional High School. Scott started his career as a facility professional 27 years and, started as a plumber, and worked his way to Facility Manager, where he oversees his team and Au Sm facilities. We will cover a lot of ground on this from Professional Development, looking to your peers, growing you and your team, and why Scott is a John Deere fan but using Kabota at the school. Be Au Sm!
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Paul and Josh will be sitting down in person for the first time and joined by guests Ed Cenedella who has been the Director of Facilities for the last 24+ years at Hampden Wilbraham Regional School District and New Facility Director at Dover School District Sean McGee.
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On this live podcast, Paul and Josh will have longtime friend and MFAA Executive Director Ken Wertz. Before becoming Executive Director Ken started as a plumber and up the ranks to Director of Facilities at Sharon Public Schools in MA.
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Josh and Paul sit down with lifelong Public Education Facility Professional Greg Lookabaugh and share some of his leadership best practices with you.
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In this episode, Josh and Paul sit down with New Jersey School Building and Grounds Association Executive Director Keith Gourlay. We learn about the profession and talk about their Au Sm association and its members. To learn more about NJSBGA you can go here at www.njsbga.org or give Keith a call at 800-851-9382.
In this episode, Josh and Paul talk about Custodial Professional Development and Client for Life Service Mindset with J.P Mayo.
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Josh is onsite in Wisconsin Dells, WI to sit down with Education Facility Leader John Stangler and we learn about two Au Sm Associations supporting Safe and Healthy schools with best-in-class professional development and recognizing some of the unsung heroes in our schools.
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In this episode we dig into all the new technology Facility Professionals have in their day-to-day lives, how to best protect themselves and what to do when you are compromised. Thank you to Rick Tremble for joining us and giving us a wake-up call and teaching us about the Rubber Duck.
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On Episode 3 it's Joshua Peach and Paul Anastasi talking all things Facilities Management from the Facility Manager side and Business Solution provider side.
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In this episode, we welcome co-host Paul Anastasi and have Superintendent of School at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School Aaron Polansky. This was an Au Sm episode where we literally logged in and got right into the discussion to see where things would go, and we covered a lot of ground in an hour. Please be sure to subscribe, share, rate and review! Be Au Sm!
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Old Colony Voc Tech-https://oldcolony.us/
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This is our 4 min intro, which gives some information on our podcast channel, who should listen, and some of the guests we will have moving forward. Be Au Sm, and please be sure to subscribe and like our channel!
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