Publishers to interview

Mac Prichard is the founder and publisher of Mac’s List, a job board and career hub for the Pacific Northwest with a mission to create more human hiring processes to improve the workforce for all. Mac’s List was founded in Portland, Oregon in 2001 and became a Certified B Corporation in 2017. Today Mac’s List serves job seekers and employers in Oregon and Washington with a top-tier job board as well as courses, books, and other resources that bring people together to find better jobs and happier careers. Mac is also the author of the book “Land Your Dream Job Anywhere” and host of the top 30 Apple Podcast career show Find Your Dream Job. To learn more, visit macslist.org.

Founder and CEO of Author Academy, Sue Kennedy Publishing, Author Academy Bookstore and Healing with Art. With over three decades of book coaching, publishing, speaking, and most importantly, real-life, in-the-trenches business experience, her view is radically different. Sue, sometimes referred to as the “People Whisperer” for her coaching skill that brings out the best in people, is known for her practical, street-savvy style. Sue shares her success and guides others through her 5-step unique process to write and publish their book. She has a diploma in Art Therapy, Neurographica Specialist Coach and she is an International Intuitive Coach/Artist, with these she has bought them together to create her own unique program to empower others.

Talk to me about how employers and employees can build positive hiring to retiring relationships. I have been working in HR and development since 1981. My passion is making work and working life better. I believe that the only way to create great experiences of work and employment is to help employers and employees to understand each other better. We need to get the basics right and then build organisations that are great places to work. Employers need to know how to build hiring to retiring relationships with their employees. Employees need to understand how to be good employees.

A veteran travel writer and world explorer who is the author of five books including A Better Life for Half the Price (now in its second edition) and The World's Cheapest Destinations (now in its fifth edition). Also the author of Travel Writing 2.0 and the founder of five currently running online magazines and blogs, the oldest dating to 2003. See more at the profile site below, which links out to books, articles, writing awards, and publications.

has long had a passion for audio. He spent his childhood listening mostly to radio, without having much television to watch. He especially loves to create documentary-style recordings. His inspirations are Ira Glass's 'This American Life' and the original 'Radio Lab' with Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich. He is currently building a business, named 'Shantalla', offering strategic planning and implementation services, with audio story crafting as a component of the messaging required for success, He also has a podcast production in the works telling the story of the life, and mysterious death, of Tom Carvel, the founder of Carvel ice-cream. To learn more about Paul's podcast style, you can check out his regular podcast, CenterPieceNY. https://www.centerpieceny.com/

Carlos Wallace is a bestselling author, motivational speaker, and award-winning film producer. Carlos has written two books that have earned the businessman turned social activist national acclaim. “Life Is Not Complicated, You Are: Turning Your Biggest Disappointments into Your Greatest Blessings” is currently an integral part of the Psychology curriculum at Lone Star College in Houston. His second work, “The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity,” is the inspiration behind an award-winning television program of the same name. In addition, professors and victim advocates use the books as examples in overcoming adversity to achieve personal and professional success. Carlos is also the Executive Producer of the multi-award documentary Poetic Energy Needed in Society (P.E.N.S.), a compelling retrospective about Houston’s spoken word scene. The critically acclaimed film is the first of its kind, a retrospective that delves into stories of social justice, feminism, and race relations. Each story is seen through the pens of men and women who helped build the poetry scene from the ground up. A decades-long career as a fifth-generation railroader and his experience as a graduate of the National Labor College earned Carlos a reputation as an expert in labor relations, mediation, and contract negotiations. The International Organizer, one of few African Americans to hold the position, helped run several political campaigns, including Democratic Presidential candidate Barack H. Obama’s. A luminary among his peers, Carlos was tapped to be part of Google’s exclusive “Next Gen” think tank. He joins a group of policy leaders at the forefront of technology and racial justice, and who have distinguished themselves in business, public service, content creation, education, and activism. Wallace is President and CEO of entertainment and philanthropy company, Sol-Caritas. The company has donated generously to over 100 non-profit local and internationally recognized charities. The proud husband and father lives in Houston and New York. He is married to award-winning journalist, television anchor, and children’s book writer Liz Faublas-Wallace.