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Tom Davis – Retired Congressman and Rector, George Mason University

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Tom Davis on politics today in Northern Virginia~

They’ve done it to themselves because they’ve emphasized these social issues, in an area that’s becoming much more widely diverse, instead of focusing on the bread and butter and the economic issues that basically decide the success or not of every jurisdiction. They just priced themselves out of the market. So even where they were right on a number of issues, you had young people, people of color, just pushing the mute button when you had the Republican label.

Tom Davis - Retired Congressman and Rector, George Mason University and host Andy Ockershausen
Tom Davis – Retired Congressman and Rector, George Mason University and host Andy Ockershausen in-studio interview

Andy Ockershausen: This is Our Town and this is Andy Ockershausen and we’re so fortunate to have a friend for many, many years who sort of disappeared part of our life, but [Read more…] about Tom Davis – Retired Congressman and Rector, George Mason University

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Mahan Tavakoli – Servant Leader, Strategic Leadership Ventures and Leadership Greater Washington

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Mahan Tavakoli on connecting and networking in Our Town region~

Leadership Greater Washington . . . brings people from different backgrounds, different industries, and different parts of our region together. But there’s also a connection to meaning . . . All of us want to connect and network, want to do good and have meaning in our work lives, in our networking. So Leadership Greater Washington allows for the senior leaders in the region to address those issues and have meaning in terms of their involvement.

Mahan Tavakoli, Servant Leader, Strategic Leadership Ventures and Leadership Greater Washington, and host Andy Ockershausen
Mahan Tavakoli, Servant Leader, Strategic Leadership Ventures and Leadership Greater Washington, and host Andy Ockershausen in-studio interview

Andy Ockershausen: This is Andy Ockershausen. This is Our Town, and I have the opportunity to talk to a wonderful, wonderful man who means so much to this [Read more…] about Mahan Tavakoli – Servant Leader, Strategic Leadership Ventures and Leadership Greater Washington

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Deborah Marriott Harrison – Global Cultural Ambassador Emeritus Marriott International

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Deborah Marriott Harrison on Marriott’s culture of putting people first~

And my grandfather started it by making a sign he put over the kitchen doors in the Hot Shops that says, “If you take care of the employee, the employee will take care of the customer and the customer will come back again and again.” And we really pride ourselves in taking care of our associates.

Deborah Marriott Harrison – Global Cultural Ambassador Emeritus Marriott International and Andy Ockershausen in-studio
Deborah Marriott Harrison, Global Cultural Ambassador Emeritus Marriott International (r) and host Andy Ockershausen (l) in-studio interview

Andy Ockershausen: This is Our Town. And I’m so delighted to have in one of the most important people in representing the families and I could probably, the number one family in Washington was the Marriott family, and I’m so delighted to have [Read more…] about Deborah Marriott Harrison – Global Cultural Ambassador Emeritus Marriott International