March 3, 2021
Host Lori Burkart Frank traces Andrew’s life journey from birth in Southern California to growing up in Nevada County and attending Bear River High School. Starting as dispatcher with Nevada County Sheriff’s office, he also spent time with Placer County and managing a satellite office in Truckee. He spent two years traveling extensively throughout the US and Canada, training law enforcement personnel in best practices and leadership, returning to manage the dispatch function in Nevada County and was appointed to the added role of Public Information Officer by Sheriff Shannon Moon. He serves as President of the Nevada County Fair Board, continuing a relationship that began at age 15 when his first job was picking up trash during the annual County fair.
January 6, 2021
Host Lori Burkart Frank introduces us to the life, times and amazing career of Dr. Jean Creasey. A young dental hygienist in her mid-thirties, Jean commuted for years to Chico and then San Francisco to study dentistry, and has found a number of ways to give back to her community, to the people of Uganda with the Kellerman Foundation, and to improved policies for oral public health. Along the way she won a prestigious award for her service that was presented before thousands of graduating dentists at Madison Square Garden in New York.