#13) Thinking Big: A Special Educator Opens His Own Successful Agency
Download MP3Dovid Halon is a Special Educator who saw the need for a new agency that invests in what he calls his community’s most valuable asset … its children. And, as a rabbi, he’s uniquely qualified to see the parallels between treatment approaches and Chassidus.
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Gary Waleik
Formerly the producer of NPR’s Only A Game, Gary Waleik is the creator and Executive Producer of The Command Module, an elite podcast production studio. In addition to Sara Schenirer’s Career Forum and Masters of Social Work, Waleik produces critically acclaimed podcasts for the Orthodox Union (Saturday to Shabbos), Lubavitch International Magazine (Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries on the Jewish Frontier) and for The BT Center (Shuva Full Circle). For 27 years, Waleik produced NPR’s Only A Game, an award winning weekly sports magazine radio program. He served as Senior Producer for 20 years and, in 2018, won the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Sports Reporting. Waleik is a former professional musician whose songs are still used in Hollywood, independent film and television soundtracks. Gary lives near Boston with his wife and davens at Chabad Center of Natick.
