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Lowcountry event showcases wildlife art

John Powell, president and CEO of the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition
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John Powell, president and CEO of the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition

For the past 43 years, our next guest’s nonprofit organization has been celebrating the great outdoors through fine art, live entertainment, and more, while generating an estimated $33 million in annual economic impact for the Lowcountry. Mike Switzer interviews John Powell, president and CEO of the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition coming Feb. 14th through 16th to Charleston, S.C.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.