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Those Who Don't, Don't

Kelley Woyan, Joe Meno, Michael Caplan

In this Podcast I am joined by the team of an upcoming movie produced and filmed in Chicago.
People who Don’t, Don’t is written by Joe Meno, directed by Michael Caplan and produced by Kelly Woyan, Melody Barooni, Kirkland Tibbels and Edward J. Eberwine III.

RICHARD DENT

BEARS DEFENSIVE END AND HALL OF FAMER

Richard Dent was an All-Pro defensive end for the Chicago Bears and a member of the 1985 NFL Champions, which can claim to be the best team in NFL history. He was selected the MVP of Super Bowl XX, and continues to be the Bears all-time sacks leader.

After a long and successful NFL career, and bringing the same competitive desire and work ethic he exhibited on the gridiron, Mr. Dent formed his own firm, RLD Resources, LLC (RLD) in the early 1990’s. RLD holds MBE (Minority Business Enterprise) certificates with the City of Chicago, Cook County, the State of Illinois and the Federal General Services Administration.

Richard Dent is the Founder of the Make a Dent Foundation, a Chicago-based not-for-profit that facilitates the advancement of inventive ways to help people help themselves and those around them lead productive and satisfying lives. Founded in 1989 in memory of his mother, with the primary goal of improving the lives of children, the Foundation’s mission has evolved to respond to a broader range of community and social needs. The Make a Dent Foundation is currently one of a group of business and social entities, including RLD Resources, that is creating the new Great Lakes Center for Energy Smart Communities—a model that creates sustainable energy eco-systems in Illinois communities.

In addition to Mr. Dent’s commitment to his Make a Dent Foundation,he sits on the board of the Illinois Literacy Foundation and the Chicago Sports Commission.

Mr. Dent served as the Assistant Defensive Line Coach, for the Chicago Bears 2003 season, while he continued to oversee RLD Resources’ operations. He was inducted into the Tennessee and Georgia Hall of Fame and in 2011 elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

TERRY MARKER

Scientific Technology Leader

GTI Senior Institute Engineer and Bioenergy Initiatives Manager, Terry Marker, was presented with the prestigious 2022 Don Klass Award for Excellence in Thermochemical Conversion Science on April 20th at tcbiomass2022, held in Denver, Colorado and co-hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Ms. Marker has five decades of experience in the bio-renewable, petroleum, and petrochemical fields, where she has gained a reputation for her passion and technical creativity.

She is a prodigious inventor with 79 U.S. patents. She earned a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Illinois.

For the past 25 years, she has focused her research on conversion of biomass to fuels and authored the DOE report “Opportunities for Bio-renewables in Oil Refineries.” Ms. Marker is one of the inventors of UOP’s Ecofining process which converts vegetable oil, fats, and grease into diesel and jet fuel through processes known as hydrodeoxygenation and hydroisomerization. There are 20 Ecofining units in use throughout the world, producing much of the renewable aviation fuel available today.

Click here to read the complete text from her citation at the Don Klass award function..

JOSEPH ALFANO

MASCOT - HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS

Joseph Alfano is the Mascot of the World famous Harlem Globetrotters.

Joe is also the founder of the Blue Island Breakers, a non profit that teaches under privileged kids the art of Break Dancing, which is now an Olympic sport.

The Harlem Globetrotters is an American exhibition basketball team. They combine athleticism, theater, and comedy in their style of play. Created by Abe Saperstein in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, the team adopted the name Harlem because of its connotations as a major African-American community.

Blue Island Breakers on Facebook.