In summer '49, College Pro started a podcast to showcase the "x" element of our current franchisees that make them successful. In a limited-time series called Torch Given, in summer '50, our CEO Tony Valle is sitting down to talk with the founders, past CEOs, and trusted partners of this resilient brand called College Pro.

This episode is a little different. Instead of Tony sitting down with a former member of College Pro, our current President Aaron Anders interviewed Tony to get his take on the transformation of College Pro. Of course Tony is currently the CEO and an owner of the company but he started as a franchisee in 1984. He later moved into a General Manager role before briefly leaving to go get his MBA only to come back and become a Vice-President from 1994 to 1999.

He then moved on to the parent franchising company in a leadership development role. Then in 2007 he became the CEO of College Pro for the first time and held that position until 2017. He then briefly left the company before being part of a team that purchased it in 2019 where he began his second stint as CEO, which has continued to this day.

There is lots of reflection and excitement towards the future in this episode. Tony and Aaron truly go on a journey across the history of College Pro and set the stakes for a bright future.