Changemaker Chat

About Changemaker Chat

Changemaker Chat is a special podcast series honoring Nazareth University’s Centennial Celebration, featuring engaging conversations with notable individuals who’ve changed — and continue to change — their industry, their community, and the world for the better, inspired by their personal connection to Nazareth.

Publisher

Nazpodcasts

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Nov 2020

Latest episode

16 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

28 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Jun 2025

   Kevin Graham '10, ‘12G, Ph.D., Changemaker in Diversity in Technology

   Dr. Kevin Graham discusses his work promoting diversity in technology and improving educational outcomes for community college students in engineering, interviewed by Dr. Beth Paul.

2. 

   19 Feb 2025

   Norma Kanarek '74, Changemaker in Research

   We’re excited to welcome Norma Fox Kanarek, PhD, a member of Nazareth’s class of 1974 and an inspiring changemaker. Much of Norma’s career, which started right here in Rochester at Highland Family Medicine, has been spent serving as an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. Her research focused on the health of populations, patient participation in clinical trials, the use of preventive health services, and cancer etiology — which is, simply put, the study of the causes of cancer. Norma’s work has been at the interface of cancer research and public health practice — between policy and program development — with an emphasis on connecting basic science findings and cancer prevention and control research, and linking internal investigators to enhance cross-disciplinary research. Norma’s public health career included studying cancer rates and racial disparities, leading the State of Maryland’s cancer surveillance work, and advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She originated the first community health status report for all U.S. counties while at the Public Health Foundation. And she just recently retired from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health after 23 years of service, concluding an incredible career as an advocate for cancer prevention and screening for early detection. This past September, Nazareth was pleased to honor Norma in 2024 with an Outstanding Alumni Award during Naz Weekend. I am very excited to welcome Norma Fox Kanarek to Changemaker Chat.

3. 

   7 Jan 2025

   Nick Cicero ’09 Changemaker in Social Media

   Nick Cicero '09 is a social media entrepreneur, who — after starting college at Nazareth as a trumpet-playing music major – was intrigued by the spread of Facebook, Twitter, other social media platforms, and followed his instincts to pursue a career in internet technology and business. Nick’s life's work has focused on building social publishing and analytics tools for publishers and media companies, eventually founding, developing and leading social media analytics company Delmondo, which was later bought by Conviva. Nick has 20 years of experience in advancing the social media, digital marketing, and streaming video industries, with a track record of innovation and leadership. He has been at the forefront of many tech firsts, such as creating the first enterprise analytics solutions for Snapchat, Instagram Stories, Facebook Live, and TikTok, co-producing the first Snapchat branded series with Marriott Rewards, and working with Oprah Winfrey to launch the first Instagram video on TV. Today, Nick works as an advisor, consultant, professor, and investor. He has made hundreds of presentations at major industry events like Vidcon, SXSW (South by Southwest), SportsPro, Social Fresh, and Social Media Marketing World. He serves as an advisor and mentor to early-stage startups and educates future leaders as a faculty member at the esteemed S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 15 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

6

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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