ChairWaves: interviews with the country's top Vistage chairs

My affinity for the Vistage community runs deep — I’ve been a Chief Executive member since 2019 and a Vistage speaker since 2023 and both experiences have been profoundly meaningful in my journey as a business leader, an entrepreneur, and as a person.

There’s no single person more instrumental to any Vistage member’s experience than their chair, the person who has decided to build a career (usually a second or third career) around a desire to help executives reach their potential.

That’s why I decided to start recording ChairWaves, to talk to the chairs who make such a huge difference to so many people.

You can listen to the podcast below, or on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or iHeart Radio.

ChairWaves

I’m Erik Wolf and my experience in business peer groups has changed my professional trajectory and my life, especially my membership in Vistage, one of the world’s largest CEO advisory groups. I’m an entrepreneur, a business owner, and a Vistage speaker on the power of marketing. This podcast is dedicated to the people who make those experiences possible, the peer group chairs. Every episode, I interview a Vistage chair who has dedicated their time to helping entrepreneurs like me succeed.

Chuck Alvey is a man of many talents, from having a successful career in broadcast media that spanned three decades to saving lives as a part time EMT to being the CEO of a non profit organization focused on economic development. Despite that, he claims he still doesn’t know what he wants to be when he grows up. Luckily for Vistage, and the multiple groups that he chairs in the Reno, NV area, he is still trying to figure it out. Whether he’s working with CEOs, Advancing Leaders or anyone in between, Chuck sees a lot of commonalities between the groups and believes in “letting the group do the work”, affectionately referring to his members as his “co-chairs.”

If you’d like to contact Chuck, the easiest way to reach him is through email at [email protected] or through text at 775-232-4825.