Episode notes
Williams CEO Chad Zamrin joins Shep on the Eagle Ops Rally Point Podcast to talk veteran workforce investment, mental health stigma in construction and the military, and why supporting organizations like Eagle Ops is one of the highest-ROI decisions a business leader can make.
Chad opens up about his 10 months as CEO of Williams — an $8B company forecasting 10% annual growth — and what the company's WWII legacy taught him about servant leadership, problem-solving, and community.
Topics covered:
- Williams' role in building the WWII War Emergency Pipelines
- John Williams surviving Iwo Jima and becoming the company's longest-serving CEO
- Veteran suicide rates in construction — and what companies can actually do
- Eagle Ops' Freedom Shoots and the veteran whose life it turned around
- How to reach 285,000 Oklahoma veterans at scale
- What Chad tells other CEOs about investing in veteran nonprofits
Eagle Ops Mission: Connecting relationships to resources to bring our heroes home. eagleops.org
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