Hunter Ambrose Leadership Podcast
Welcome to The Hunter Ambrose Podcast, hosted by Nicole Barbano, Founder of Hunter Ambrose.
This show is for executives, emerging leaders, and ambitious professionals ready to work smarter, earn better, and live well. Nicole brings two decades of experience in executive search, strategy, and coaching—cutting through the noise with sharp conversations and real-world insights.
If you want to make bold moves, live with clarity, and build a life that thrives, this is where you start.
Clarity. Strategy. Execution.
Episodes
15 episodes
Dr. Xavier Clark: The Pragmatism of Leadership
In this episode, Nicole Barbano, CEO at Hunter Ambrose International, sits down with Dr. Xavier Clark to talk about leadership, communication, workplace culture, and what it will take to build healthier organizations in a post-COVID world.<...
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56:46
Stephen Rouse: Designing the Human Side of AI
Hunter Ambrose Podcast | A Conversation with Stephen Roose, Co-Founder of Savva.aiIn this episode, I sit down with Stephen Roose, Co-Founder of Savva.ai, to talk about a new chapter in how we understand our health.
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🧠 Founders of A Mind For All Seasons Reveal a New Approach to Brain Health & Cognitive Longevity
In this episode of the Hunter Ambrose Podcast, Nicole Barbano, CEO of Hunter Ambrose, is joined by co-host Robert Cavagnol, MD, MHA, FACS, for a compelling conversation with Eric Collett, CEO, and Randy Vawdrey, F...
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43:05
Darren Bass Has Ideas—and Answers—About What's Actually Working in Healthcare Right Now
As President of St. Luke's North and Critical Access Region, in Kansas City, Missouri, Darren leads both urban hospitals and rural facilities in towns of 9,000 people. He's raised $43 million to build a hospital, navigated government shutdowns,...
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46:25
Colin Carmody on Building a Business That Works
In this episode of The Hunter Ambrose Podcast, host Nicole Barbano speaks with Colin Carmody, a business advisor with The Alternative Board – South Africa.
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50:30
From Zero to FDA Clearance: Building Products Healthcare Systems Actually Buy with Arvita Tripati, MBA
Arvita Tripati has guided multiple AI-powered medical devices through FDA clearance, including mobile EKG analysis and COVID testing systems. She's contributed to $2B+ in enterprise healthcare revenue with organizations like NHS, Gilead, and Am...
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27:18
The State of Healthcare, AI, and the Future of Rural Medicine
What happens when a physician-executive and former U.S. Navy lieutenant commander sits down with the founder of a national executive search firm with two decades of experience in rural healthcare? You get a raw, data-driven conversation about w...
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47:49
Your Executive Job Search Starts with You
Your job search begins with you. Join executive coach and founder Nicole Barbano as she explores the 4Fs Framework—First, Fitness, Finances, and Family—to help you take control of your career and land your next role with clarity and co...
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Three Voices – One Calling: Stories from RN Leaders
In this special episode, Three Voices – One Calling, we share the powerful and personal stories of leadership from Helen Morrison, Leslie Mahoney, and Nicole Thorell.Though their paths differ, these three RN leaders share a comm...
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30:02
Regional to Rural Healthcare- Next Steps?
What questions should healthcare leaders really be asking? Andrew Manzer, a Hospital executive and Fordham University faculty member, joins us to discuss leading through complexity, transforming systems, and the mindset today’s healthcare execu...
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46:27
Rules, Red Tape, and Rural Hospitals: What's Really Holding Us Back
Nicole sits down with Kyle Kellum, CEO of Melham Memorial—a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital—to talk rural healthcare, leadership, and why psychological safety at work matters. From his start in radiology to the C-suite, Kyle shares re...
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44:31
Generations in Nursing: Lessons from Leslie Mahoney's 50-Year Career
In this episode of the Hunter Ambrose Podcast, Nicole Barbano speaks with Leslie Mahoney, RN, about her 50-year nursing journey—from a Catholic hospital in the 1960s to hospice care today. They explore the evolution of nursing, ICU leadership, ...
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California Water Management: Challenges and Innovations with Joel Metzger
In this Hunter Ambrose podcast, host Nicole Barbano interviews Joel Metzger, General Manager of Utica Water and Power Authority in California. Joel traces his journey from journalism to managing a historic Sierra Nevada water system, addressing...
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54:23
HR in Healthcare
Nicole sits down with Holly Tavernier, CHRO at Lower Umpqua Hospital on the Oregon Coast. As a legacy client at Hunter Ambrose, Holly shares insights with Nicole on what drives successful, often innovative recruitment and top-tier HR prac...
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38:51
Building Resilience in Rural Healthcare: Insights from Doug Morse
In this episode of the Hunter Ambrose Podcast, host Nicole Barbano is joined by Doug Morse, a seasoned healthcare executive and founder of Rural Zealot, to discuss the unique challenges and strategies for rural healthcare. Doug shares ...
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