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Jun 9, 2026
No Elevator to Everest (featuring Will Acuff)
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Matt DavisHOST
What was the genesis of like, okay, I think that either I'm done or this needs to get passed off or whatever? Yeah,
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12:39Will AcuffGUEST
so I, I will start with we always wanted to help get something started, but didn't want to be the center of it.
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12:52Will AcuffGUEST
And so part of the way we did that was we said, hey, we're going to hire folks from within the community, graduates of the program, like that's how we're going to grow our staff.
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13:02Will AcuffGUEST
And then as we interact with those folks and see them run things and get leadership development, we actually want to find our next executive director out of that pool of talent.
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13:13Will AcuffGUEST
So there was some of this that was like baked into what I would define as like a model of community ownership of the thing.
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13:23Will AcuffGUEST
And so when we hired our executive director, Shana Berkeley, she first came on, she was a graduate of the program, and she came on to help scale that particular program.
10 MINS LATER
Beyond Relief: From Poverty to Flourishing with Will Acuff
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11:43speaker_2HOST
Oh, my word.
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11:46Will AcuffGUEST
Now, I recently spoke with her, she's doing over 200K.And I said to her, "What is this meant for you and your kids?" And she said, "Well, we're in a new neighborhood.
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11:58Will AcuffGUEST
In fact, I'm getting my son his passport." She said, "I don't have my passport.
31 MINS LATER
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43:05speaker_2HOST
Okay.