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Join three high-school seniors to meet the established individuals who support and advance society. As we explore every field, we find insight and inspiration in embarking on our own careers.
Mr. Hernan Saenz is a Senior Partner at Bain & Company, where he serves as the Global Head of the firm's Strategy & Transformation practice. He has been with Bain for over 25 years, working across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North and Latin America, and has led roughly 200 client engagements spanning industries like consumer products, industrial services, healthcare, and higher education. He also sits on Bain's Board of Directors and helped found the firm's Latinos at Bain affinity group.
Hosts: Anderson Lee, Noah Alfalahi, and David Alfalahi
21 Sept 2026
14 - Kevin Pannell
Mr. Kevin Pannell is a CRNA at Baylor Scott & White and the founder of a business that manages and hires CRNAs for doctors. His path there wasn't a straight line — he served as a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, then worked as an aerospace engineer, before transitioning into medicine. Now he balances his clinical work with running his own business.
Hosts: Anderson Lee and Noah Alfalahi
30 Mar 2026
13 - Kyle Waldrep
Mr. Kyle Waldrep is the founder of Dottid, a commercial real estate platform focused on helping brokers and teams manage deals and relationships more efficiently. He has experience in the real estate and tech space and now leads Dottid's efforts to improve how professionals organize and grow their business in the industry.
Hosts: Noah Alfalahi and Anderson Lee
27 Jan 2026
12 - David Schechter
Mr. David Schechter spent many years as a local news reporter and anchor, including a long career at WFAA in Dallas. He now works for CBS News as a national environmental correspondent, covering climate and environmental issues across the country.
Hosts: Noah Alfalahi and Anderson Lee
20 Mar 2023
11 - Debora Sanchez
Mrs. Sanchez is a partner at Sanchez & Sanchez, a criminal defense law firm. She has been practicing law for over 25 years, teaches as an adjunct professor at SMU, and is a proud mother of three boys.
Hosts: Ross Cunningham, Silas Hosler, Winston Lee
1 Sept 2022
10 - Jennifer Sampson
Mrs. Sampson is the McDermott-Templeton CEO and President of United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. She received a BBA from Baylor and has been with United Way for over 20 years, and leads the largest non-governmental funder for programs focusing on education, income, and health.
Hosts: Adam Alfalahi, Patrick Flanagan, Winston Lee
24 Aug 2022
9 - Dr. Gabriela Reed
Dr. Reed is a clinical psychologist by training and the director of counseling at St. Mark's School of Texas. She received a Bachelor's of Science at Texas A&M, earned a PhD from UT Southwestern, and has led the St. Mark's community since 2014.
Hosts: Jack Jackson, Winston Lee
20 Jun 2022
8 - Dr. Garheng Kong
Dr. Kong is the founder and managing partner of HealthQuest Capital, a Venture Capital Firm based in Austin, Texas. He has a long list of successes investing in innovative healthcare companies, earned two undergraduate degrees from Stanford, received an MD, PhD, and MBA from Duke University, and is a father of three.
Host: Winston Lee
8 May 2022
7 - Dr. Thomas Wang
Dr. Wang is a professor and the chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is a highly decorated, award-winning researcher, leading hundreds of studies ranging from Cardiovascular Biomarkers to Metabolism, earned his degree at Harvard Medical School, and is a father of three.
Hosts: Adam Alfalahi, Winston Lee
8 May 2022
6 - Leon Backes
Mr. Backes is the founder of Provident Realty Advisors, a real estate firm based in Dallas. He channels his creative spirit to develop real estate projects, attended the University of Missouri, and is a father of one.
Hosts: Adam Alfalahi, Winston Lee
4 Apr 2022
5 - Kent McGaughy
Mr. McGaughy is a founding shareholder for CPMG, a company managing several university endowments in private equity and public security. He serves as director for several private companies including Reata Pharmaceuticals, attended the University of Texas and Havard Business School, and is a father of two.
Hosts: Adam Alfalahi, Jack Jackson, Winston Lee
20 Mar 2022
4 - Bradford Scott
Mr. Scott is an electrical engineer for Lockheed Martin, a global security and aerospace company. He works as the program management director, designs fighter jets, attended Northwestern, attained an MBA at Emory, and is a family man and father of two.
Hosts: Adam Alfalahi, Jack Jackson, Winston Lee
6 Mar 2022
3 - Nicole Musselman
Ms. Musselman is the founder and CEO of KOCH and the co-founder of 33.9 sneakers. She attended SMU, a Harvard Executive Education program, inspires girls to be joy-makers and risk-takers, and is a businesswoman and mother of one.
Hosts: Adam Alfalahi, Jack Jackson, Winston Lee
28 Feb 2022
2 - Dr. Peter Malouf
Dr. Malouf is an award winning physician and private practice owner, specializing in Mohs Micrographic Surgery, general dermatology, cosmetic dermatology and cosmetic surgery. He is a Texas native, an established figure in the field of Dermatology, and a father of three.
Hosts: Adam Alfalahi, Jack Jackson, Winston Lee
6 Feb 2022
1 - Paul Genender
Mr. Genender is a litigator and court lawyer, leader for Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP's litigations practice in Texas, Duke graduate, enthusiastic MFFL (Mavs fan for life), former Marksman, and a father of three.
Hosts: Adam Alfalahi, Jack Jackson, Winston Lee
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