This week, Tammy Alvarez has a very engaging conversation with Dr. Courtney Lesoon about the world of Islamic art and what people can learn from it.

Dr. Lesoon is a historian of Islamic art, architecture, and urbanism. She earned her PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was advised by Professor Nasser Rabbat in the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture. 

Her doctoral work was supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Fulbright-Hays program and the Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Foundation.

Dr. Lesoon is currently the Macaulay Family Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Islamic Art History at Smarthistory.

This week, Tammy Alvarez has a very engaging conversation with Dr. Courtney Lesoon about the world of Islamic art and what people can learn from it.Dr. Lesoon is a historian of Islamic art, architecture, and urbanism. She earned her PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was advised by Professor Nasser Rabbat in the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture. Her doctoral work was supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Fulbright-Hays program and the Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Foundation.Dr. Lesoon is currently the Macaulay Family Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Islamic Art History at Smarthistory.

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This week, Tammy Alvarez welcomes David Vardeman for the second part of a two-part interview.

A high-performing Global Business Development Specialist and Community Banking Leader, David Vardeman has exceptional experience developing and driving robust programs that are bold, innovative and scalable.  He is especially noted for consistently achieving aggressive marketing and sales projections, capturing consumer interest, and increasing customer service, satisfaction and retention.  

Among his many career achievements are successfully starting the Business Banking Division, starting the Not-for-Profit initiative, being considered a top national banker supporting U.S. veterans and earning merit-based promotion to his present position from Department Head to Senior Vice President.

This week, Tammy Alvarez welcomes David Vardeman for the second part of a two-part interview.A high-performing Global Business Development Specialist and Community Banking Leader, David Vardeman has exceptional experience developing and driving robust programs that are bold, innovative and scalable.  He is especially noted for consistently achieving aggressive marketing and sales projections, capturing consumer interest, and increasing customer service, satisfaction and retention.  Among his many career achievements are successfully starting the Business Banking Division, starting the Not-for-Profit initiative, being considered a top national banker supporting U.S. veterans and earning merit-based promotion to his present position from Department Head to Senior Vice President.

David Vardeman (Part 2)

This week, Tammy Alvarez welcomes David Vardeman for the first part of a two-part interview.

A high-performing Global Business Development Specialist and Community Banking Leader, David Vardeman has exceptional experience developing and driving robust programs that are bold, innovative and scalable.  He is especially noted for consistently achieving aggressive marketing and sales projections, capturing consumer interest, and increasing customer service, satisfaction and retention.  

Among his many career achievements are successfully starting the Business Banking Division, starting the Not-for-Profit initiative, being considered a top national banker supporting U.S. veterans and earning merit-based promotion to his present position from Department Head to Senior Vice President.

This week, Tammy Alvarez welcomes David Vardeman for the first part of a two-part interview.A high-performing Global Business Development Specialist and Community Banking Leader, David Vardeman has exceptional experience developing and driving robust programs that are bold, innovative and scalable.  He is especially noted for consistently achieving aggressive marketing and sales projections, capturing consumer interest, and increasing customer service, satisfaction and retention.  Among his many career achievements are successfully starting the Business Banking Division, starting the Not-for-Profit initiative, being considered a top national banker supporting U.S. veterans and earning merit-based promotion to his present position from Department Head to Senior Vice President.

David Vardeman (Part 1)

This week, Tammy Alvarez is joined by Father David Khorey for the second segment of a two-part interview.

Father Khorey is the associate pastor of St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame  and Vanderbilt University Law School.

He was a partner at a large regional law firm where he practiced labor and employment law for nearly four decades. He also served as chair of the firm's labor section for many years, and as managing partner from 2016-2018.

He was a member of the national College of Labor and Employment Attorneys and the Michigan Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame, and received the Distinguished Service Award from the Michigan State Bar Labor Section.

Active in the Church throughout his life, he completed the St. Stephen's Course through the Antiochian House of Studies and received an M.A. in Applied Theology from its joint program with Balamand University.

In 2003 he was ordained as a Deacon and in 2010 he was elevated to Archdeacon. He was ordained to the Holy Priesthood in 2023 and attached to his home parish to assist in serving its growing needs.

This week, Tammy Alvarez is joined by Father David Khorey for the second segment of a two-part interview.Father Khorey is the associate pastor of St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan.He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame  and Vanderbilt University Law School.He was a partner at a large regional law firm where he practiced labor and employment law for nearly four decades. He also served as chair of the firm&#39;s labor section for many years, and as managing partner from 2016-2018.He was a member of the national College of Labor and Employment Attorneys and the Michigan Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame, and received the Distinguished Service Award from the Michigan State Bar Labor Section.Active in the Church throughout his life, he completed the St. Stephen&#39;s Course through the Antiochian House of Studies and received an M.A. in Applied Theology from its joint program with Balamand University.In 2003 he was ordained as a Deacon and in 2010 he was elevated to Archdeacon. He was ordained to the Holy Priesthood in 2023 and attached to his home parish to assist in serving its growing needs.

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