Susan Cates is a Managing Partner at Leeds Equity Partners. Susan has over 25 years of experience in investment banking, private equites and education leadership. She was also the President of Executive Development at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School where she led the groundbreaking online MBA program. Susan has witnessed the ups and downs of many […]

Pat McCrory ran for Governor of North Carolina in 2008 and was defeated. He rebounded in 2012 and won. In 2016 he had to deal with the controversial HB2 bill. Then in 2016 Pat lost the reelection campaign to Democrat Roy Cooper. That race was too close to call. He conceded and yet there were […]

Dan Jansen was an Olympic speed skater that was the favorite to win in the 1988 Winter Games in the 500 and 1000 meters, but was informed his sister Jane was dying of leukemia. In the 500 meter race he fell in the first turn. Four days later in the 1000 meter event he fell […]

Michael Center coached tennis at his alma mater, the University of Kansas before going to TCU and the University of Texas. He had massive success at every stop as a player and a coach. Center was a three-time Big 12 Coach of the Year. In 2020 he was sentenced to six months in prison for […]

Ryan Leaf had a stellar career as the quarterback at Washington St University. He was drafted #2 overall in the 1998 NFL Draft behind Payton Manning. Ryan’s career was cut short due to a variety of issues, both on and off the field. Ryan then fell on harder times involving drugs and jail time. Leaf […]