The DMV (Washington, DC | Maryland | Virginia) Business Show

The DMV Business Show is a local interview series centered on Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia business and community leadership. Its format is simple, but the range is wide. Odo Sevilla sits with guests who explain where they came from, what they built, and what their work demands in practice. The show is especially interested in origin stories with pressure behind them. Alvin Moore Jr recounts being a young parent, living in a homeless shelter near Reston Library, and later finding a natural fit working with children through Play N' Kick. Zachary Myers brings the conversation into personal injury law, where client communication, photos after an accident, and dealing with insurance companies become practical lessons. Tom Albero describes Alliance Material Handling growing into a fully employee-owned company and explains why shared fundamentals mattered more once employees helped define them. Alec Baker corrects the assumption that Tate Engineering does engineering, then lays out an industrial service business built around boilers, HVAC systems, compressed air, filtration, and pumps. Christie Dondero Bettwy speaks about Rock Recovery, eating disorder treatment, fundraising, rejection, and the emotional complexity of asking for support. Kaitlyn Wozniak connects doula work, pre- and postnatal fitness, body trust, birth trauma, and the gaps she saw in outdated training. Evelyn Chumbow's episode brings a more severe register, with childhood, modern slavery, family separation, and anti-trafficking advocacy shaping the conversation. Maria Teresa McPhail grounds leadership in service to seniors and the daily impact of community programs. The show often moves from personal memory to operational detail without making either feel separate. It is not a high-gloss entrepreneurship show. It is local, relational, and often very specific. Guests mention websites, phone numbers, family stories, staffing, leadership teams, certifications, fundraising, and service models. That specificity is the appeal. The result is a practical oral history of DMV organizations, told through the people responsible for keeping them useful, resilient, and human.