Cynthia Ruiz
Values Based Life
Join our host, Robert MacPhee of Values Based Life, in this conversation with Cynthia Ruiz as they discuss her extensive background in business, her personal and organizational values in various roles, and the connections between Native wisdom and values. Cynthia M. Ruiz is an Award-wining Professor, Best selling Author, Personal Development Speaker, Leadership expert and Transformational Leader. Receiving over 78 accolades and awards for her leadership and service to the community. Coming from blended cultures Latina and Native American (Mexican & Cherokee), she enjoys a passion for...
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Dr. Randy Poon
Values Based Life
Robert MacPhee of Values Based Life sits down with Randy Poon to discuss his transformative work as a consultant and coach at the Purpose and Performance Project, and how the connection between values and purpose create impact. Dr. Randy Poon is the Chief Story Officer and Founder of the Purpose and Performance Project, a premier consulting, training, and executive coaching firm. Using an ontological and phenomenological approach to coaching, leadership and organizational development, Randy works with organizations to explore what they are truly capable of. His vision is to come alongside...
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Wade Chumney
Values Based Life
Wade Chumney joins Robert MacPhee of Values Based Life in this conversation exploring Wade’s work in academia as an Associate Professor and researcher of Business Ethics, differentiating ethics from values, and the benefits of people living ethically and in alignment with their values. Wade Chumney is an Associate Professor of Business Ethics and Law at California State University, Northridge. He joined the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics in August 2014. Prior to that he was employed at Georgia Tech as the Cecil B. Day Assistant Professor of Business Ethics and Law in the...
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Allie Beckmann
Values Based Life
Values Based Life founder, Robert MacPhee, and financial planner Allie Beckmann come together in this episode to discuss her unique, holistic approach to financial planning and investing, and the underlying values that fuel her work. Allie Beckmann, RFA® helps mission-driven and social-impact warriors utilize money as a tool so that their dreams become a reality that reflects their values and vision. As a financial planner and performing artist, she specializes in working with creative and service-based female entrepreneurs to set them on the most efficient path to financial...
info_outlineJoin our host, Robert MacPhee of Values Based Life, in this conversation with Cynthia Ruiz as they discuss her extensive background in business, her personal and organizational values in various roles, and the connections between Native wisdom and values.
Cynthia M. Ruiz is an Award-wining Professor, Best selling Author, Personal Development Speaker, Leadership expert and Transformational Leader. Receiving over 78 accolades and awards for her leadership and service to the community.
Coming from blended cultures Latina and Native American (Mexican & Cherokee), she enjoys a passion for life and a profound appreciation for Mother Earth.
Cynthia has decades of Executive level Experience, including the past Vice-President of the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Board (LADWP), overseeing the largest municipal Utility in the U.S. with a 6-Billion-dollar budget.
Previously she served for seven years as President for LACERS (Los Angeles City Employee Retirement System) overseeing a multibillion-dollar pension fund.
Her career has placed her in many leadership roles including President of the Board of Public Works for the City of Los Angeles where she had direct oversight of 6,000 employees and just under a billion dollar per year budget. She has worked as an Executive at the Port of Los Angeles (number one container Port in the US) and successfully managed her own business for two decades.
Cynthia holds a Master’s of Science Degree in Counseling from California State University Los Angeles and has completed a Leadership Course at Harvard University, John F Kennedy School of Government.
She is the author of five books, including her most recent, "Sacred Ceremony & Ritual for Today's World; A how-to Guide." Plus, "Cherokee Wisdom- 12 Lessons for Becoming a Powerful Leader" (2 editions), "Finding Sane Relationships in a Crazy World" (English & Spanish), and "Yo Tambien- Stories of Healing & Hope" (English & Spanish).
She is a registered Cherokee Nation and is a Council Chair Cherokee.