Bobby Hopewell's guest appearances

Bobby Hopewell

Medic2Medic Podcast

Skilled Trades Playbook by At Your Best

The Michigan Opportunity

Kevin Johnson

Joe Frank

Parag Khanna

Dan Garrison

Greg Edwards

Mike Mitchell

Elizabeth Marshall

Neil Jones

Rob Lawrence

Scott Moore

Samuel Adams

Ryan Lewis

Steven Cohen

Scarlett Lewis

Bill Miller

OwlTail

Listen to the former Mayor of Kalamazoo Bobby Hopewell, and his unique business in mobile health, plus he knows Yankees legend Derek Jeter!Join Mayor Bobby Hopewell, President and CEO of Mobile Health Resources, and MEDC host Ed Clemente as they explore his current business, his experienced career in the health care field and as a public servant as the Mayor of Kalamazoo, a truly unique city! Mobile Health Resources billing services has allowed Michigan EMS organizations to focus on what they really care about – helping people in their time of need. Learn about the Kalamazoo Promise, the Kalamazoo Foundation for Excellence and a few famous people who went to Kalamazoo Central as well including Yankee Derek Jeter &amp; NFL Receiver Greg Jennings. Also learn about the need for qualified EMTs and what a great career it is. You can also read the transcript from our conversation. 

Listen to the former Mayor of Kalamazoo Bobby Hopewell, and his unique business in mobile health, plus he knows Yankees legend Derek Jeter! Join Mayor Bobby Hopewell, President and CEO of Mobile Health Resources, and MEDC host Ed Clemente as they explore his current business, his experienced career in the health care field and as a public servant as the Mayor of <a href="https://www.kalamazoocity.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kalamazoo</a>, a truly unique city! <a href="https://mhr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mobile Health Resources</a> billing services has allowed Michigan EMS organizations to focus on what they really care about – helping people in their time of need. Learn about the <a href="https://www.kalamazoopromise.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kalamazoo Promise</a>, the <a href="https://www.kalamazoocity.org/ffe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kalamazoo Foundation for Excellence</a> and a few famous people who went to Kalamazoo Central as well including Yankee Derek Jeter &amp; NFL Receiver Greg Jennings. Also learn about the need for qualified EMTs and what a great career it is. You can also <a href="https://www.michiganbusiness.org/492904/globalassets/documents/podcast/ep51-bobby-hopewell.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">read the transcript</a> from our conversation.

Ep.51 Bobby Hopewell – President & CEO, Mobile Health Resources

In this episode, you'll hear about how Kalamazoo, MI, under the leadership of Mayor Bobby Hopewell, has the marshaled the resources and gotten a number of great organizations and truly committed folks to work together to help close the Skills Gap. This is a real-world example of the tangible, measurable results a community can have if they set meaningful objectives and hold each other accountable to results for our children, our families and our communities.For more info on Bobby Hopewell, here is his LinkedIn profileFor more info on Kalamazoo, MI, please click hereFor more info on the Kalamazoo Promise, please click hereFor more info on the Kalamazoo Regional Education Service Agency, please click hereFor more info on Michigan Works!, please click hereFor more info on the Momentum initiative, please click herePlease feel free to send me you comments as well as any ideas on how I can improve the Skilled Trades Playbook podcast series on Twitter to @aybcareers or you can email me at jcarosso@AtYourBest.comFor a complete listing of episodes of the Skilled Trades Playbook categorized by topic, please click herePlease follow us on Facebook at: @SkilledTradesPlaybookTo learn more about the At Your Best Playbook series, please go to www.AtYourBest.comThanks a lot, Juan Carosso

In this episode, you'll hear about how Kalamazoo, MI, under the leadership of Mayor Bobby Hopewell, has the marshaled the resources and gotten a number of great organizations and truly committed folks to work together to help close the Skills Gap. This is a real-world example of the tangible, measurable results a community can have if they set meaningful objectives and hold each other accountable to results for our children, our families and our communities. For more info on Bobby Hopewell, here is his LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobby-j-hopewell-28401a6/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">profile</a> For more info on Kalamazoo, MI, please click <a href="https://www.discoverkalamazoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> For more info on the Kalamazoo Promise, please click <a href="https://www.kalamazoopromise.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> For more info on the Kalamazoo Regional Education Service Agency, please click <a href="https://www.kresa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> For more info on Michigan Works!, please click <a href="http://www.michiganworkssouthwest.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> For more info on the Momentum initiative, please click <a href="https://uainc.org/momentum-urban-employment-initiative/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> Please feel free to send me you comments as well as any ideas on how I can improve the Skilled Trades Playbook podcast series on Twitter to @aybcareers or you can email me at jcarosso@AtYourBest.com For a complete listing of episodes of the Skilled Trades Playbook categorized by topic, please click <a href="https://www.atyourbest.com/ayb-s-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> Please follow us on Facebook at: @SkilledTradesPlaybook To learn more about the At Your Best Playbook series, please go to <a href="https://www.atyourbest.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.AtYourBest.com</a> Thanks a lot, Juan Carosso

Ep. 004 - Midwest town doing extraordinary work to help close the Skills Gap by working together for measurable results. Call with Bobby Hopewell - Mayor of Kalamazoo, MI

Episode 95: Bobby Hopewell, a Michigan native brings 29 years of extensive healthcare, leadership and public service experience. Today he is responsible for the day to day operation of Mobile Health Resources. He has a passion for serving and service delivery, especially as it relates to ensuring a positive impact for those being served. Previous to his hospital work, Mr. Hopewell served a combined 13 years in Emergency Medical Services leadership in West Michigan with Life EMS Ambulance, LifeCare Ambulance Service and Gull Lake Area Ambulance. In the early 1990’s Mr. Hopewell successfully led his team at Life EMS Ambulance through the inaugural Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services accreditation surveys. This achievement makes him one of the first EMS leaders in the nation to lead an accredited EMS organization. Mr. Hopewell has been a Michigan Licensed Paramedic and is presently Mayor of the City of Kalamazoo. We discuss his entrance into EMS, healthcare, leadership style and how he has uses his EMS experience in the political arena. We have a good discussion regarding employee engagement and their surveys. We talk about how he and his City of Kalamazoo worked through a critical incident. Mr. Hopewell helped Stryker Equipment in their beginning with their yellow stretchers. Listen to how this came about this week on the podcast.