Client Conversations With Craig Budner

Neil Smith is the former general manager of the New York Rangers, where he led the team to a Stanley Cup win in 1994. 

Alvin Hall is a television and radio broadcaster, bestselling author, podcaster, and financial educator. 

Alison Fragale is a research psychologist, award-winning professor at UNC Chapel Hill, international keynote speaker, and author who empowers ambitious women by providing them with science-based strategies to advocate for their own interests.

Bill Neal is an author and writer, producer, and director of several documentary films and television series. 

Harold Kaufman is the senior director of media relations and communications for sports and entertainment at Tony Fay PR, serving some of the biggest brands in sports and entertainment as well as supporting the growth of philanthropic entities.

Jae Broderick is a writer and motivational speaker who uses her platforms to inspire and empower audiences through storytelling and music.

Talmage Boston is an award-winning commercial litigator, bar leader, historian, and keynote speaker. 

Casey Kaplan, a K&L Gates alum, is the global head of compliance at Nike where he currently serves as the senior legal director of global ethics and compliance.

Bernard Hiller is a Hollywood acting coach, author, business trainer, and life coach.

Mark Koulogeorge is the managing general partner for MK Capital, an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that primarily invests in disruptive business-to-business software and technology companies in their A and B stage.

Tina Parker is an American actor and director, and currently serves as the co-artistic director and company manager at Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas, Texas. 

Lacey Bundy is the SVP, chief legal officer, and corporate secretary at PetSmart.

Erin Millender-Rubin is the vice president of legal at Hyperscience, an intelligent document processing platform. 

Dr. Julie Bell is the founder and president of The Mind of a Champion, where she has worked with a variety of teams, individuals, and organizations to improve their mindset.

Rudy Rodriguez is the Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Human Resources Officer, and Corporate Secretary for CEC Entertainment. 

Olivia Duane Adams (Libby) is the chief advocacy officer (CAO) and co-founder of Alteryx and one of only a handful of female founders to take a technology company public. 

In this Client Conversations episode, Craig Budner interviews Josh Glessing, Vice President of Strategy at Haslam Sports Group (HSG).

In this Client Conversations episode, Craig Budner interviews Anthony Giglio, a New York-based sommelier, journalist, and author.

In this episode of Client Conversations, Craig Budner interviews Jamal Stockton, who is currently SVP, Head of Customer Inclusion at Fidelity Investments.

In this Client Conversations episode, Craig Budner interviews Mo Bunnell, CEO, and founder of the Bunnell Idea Group. 

Ron Jordan is the founding Principal of Carter-White & Shaw, with over 30 years of experience in attorney placement and law firm mergers and acquisitions.

In this episode, Craig Budner interviews Mike Haven, current President of Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC). CLOC is a leading organization focused on the business of law. 

In this episode, former chief financial officer of American Skiing Company and LGBTQ community advocate, Cami Richardson, recounts her business career and shares her personal journey on coming out as a transgender woman at 62 years old.

Rich Stoddart’s marketing career spans more than three decades. He was most recently the chief executive officer of InnerWorkings, Inc. and has also served as the chief executive officer for Leo Burnett, one of the world’s largest and most awarded global advertising agencies.

For nearly three decades, Michael Hoffman has been a senior executive with several corporations in Dallas, serving as a C-level officer in the commercial title, multi-family property management, and in the communications sectors.

In this episode, we interview Audrey Andrews, the executive vice president and general counsel for Tenet Healthcare. 

In this episode, we interview Abhijit Mukhopadhyay, the president (legal) and company secretary at the Hinduja Group, based at the group’s headquarters in London. 

In this episode, we interview Matthew Maletta, executive vice president and chief legal officer of Endo Pharmaceuticals.

In this episode, we interview Thomas Smith, Direct Energy’s General Counsel and Executive Vice President, North America.

With early family roots as coal miners in Pennsylvania, Bill Farrell’s father was able to go on to become president and CEO of one of the largest U.S. trade organizations.

Craig Budner interviews L. Song Richardson, the Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, with joint appointments in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society and in the Department of Asian American Studies.

Craig Budner interviews Dr. Heidi Gardner. Growing up just outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania in Amish Country, Dr. Gardner went on to live and work on four continents, including as a Fulbright Fellow, and for McKinsey & Co. and Procter & Gamble.

Craig Budner interviews Maria Varsellona, General Counsel & Company Secretary Member of the Group Executive Committee of ABB Ltd, Switzerland.

Working alongside Richard Rainwater, Ken Hersh co-founded and was the former CEO of NGP Energy Capital Management, a premier private equity investment franchise in the natural resources industry managing over $20 billion of cumulative committed capital since its inception in 1988.

In this episode, Craig Budner interviews Rich Nichols, who grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the son of factory workers at the height of America’s racial tensions in the 1970s. 

In this episode, Craig Budner interviews Brett Walter, General Counsel at A. H. Algosaibi & Bros. Listen to how this Wyoming native, turned from being a sociologist to a big-law-firm attorney, and then went in-house to a Saudi Arabia company.

In this episode, Craig Budner has a conversation with Mo Bunnell of the Bunnell Idea Group.

In this episode, Craig Budner interviews Hans Albers - President at ACC Europe and Chief of Staff & Associate General Counsel International Legal Services at Juniper Networks.

In this episode, Craig Budner interviews Anna Tichborne, General Counsel of Megaport.

In this inaugural episode, Craig Budner interviews Lynn Moore , Jr.