This week, Bill sits down with Julia Payne, a local woman whose public relations career has included stints working with former President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore. Payne is also the sister of local attorney Charlie Payne.
Our previous guests were Joel Griffin, Charles W. McDaniel, April Peterson, Troy Paino, Chris Newman, Janet Gullickson, Kevin Breen, Mary Jane Pitts O’Neill, Anita Crossfield, Mary Katherine Greenlaw, Ryan DeWeese, Adrian Silversmith, Nick Cadwallender, Ted Schubel, Clint Van Zandt, Charlie Payne, Pete Morelewicz, Brian Lam, Amber Dawson, Emmett Snead, Joe Wilson, Neil Sullivan, Rich Larochelle, Antoine Carey, Jerry Ulman, Xavier Richardson, Doug Stewart, Gabe and Scarlett Pons, M.C. Morris, John Fick, Bruce Davis, Curry Roberts, Heidi Bass, Tom Callahan, Jeff Small, Fitz Johnson, John Nicholls, Seth Silber, Cedric Rucker, Nancy Moore, Susan Spears, Keith Lebor, Rennie McDaniel and Kelly Johnson, Karen Moschetto, Raymond Renault, Brian Shanle (Kalahari update), Danilo Orofino, Charles G. “Charlie” McDaniel, Bill Howell, Paino and Newman about a possible local medical school, Fitzhugh Johnson, Al Fagan and Jack Scholl. Next week’s episode will feature Jeff Rouse, a gold-medal-winning Olympic swimmer and a local banker.
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Bill Freehling covers local business for the Fredericksburg Free Press. He can be reached at bill.freehling@fredericksburgfreepress.com.



















