If you rebuild it
A Serial entrepreneur rises from the rubble
Scott Syphax is an unlikely person to garner a nickname like Dr. Doom. After all, the president and CEO of Sacramento-based Nehemiah Corp. of America is far too thoughtful and deliberate to be saddled with a sobriquet more in line with a snickering cartoon villain.
“That nickname was definitely a compliment,” says Carol Lee, president and CEO of the California Medical Association Foundation. Syphax, 47, earned the nickname years ago for his ability to kill unfavorable legislation as a CMA lobbyist, usually in the face of heated resistance from some of the Capitol’s most powerful players. (continue reading)
Rich Ehisen has been a reporter and editor for almost 30 years, and is currently the editor in chief at Capitol Weekly, which covers the California State Capitol in Sacramento. For two decades previous he was the managing editor of the State Net Capitol Journal, a LexisNexis publication that covers state public policy issues and trends nationwide. In that role he was also the producer and host of the SNCJ Deep Dive podcast and the SNCJ Hot Issues webinar series. He is also the producer and moderator of The Open Mic: Writers in Their Own Words, a podcast and YouTube show that features his discussions on writing with crime fiction, mystery and thriller authors.
