Tina Marchand
Episode: A Party Boutique Boss with Purpose
Tina Marchand is the owner and founder of the online party boutique Ellie and Piper. The favorite part of her job is being invited into the homes of other families and making memories with her customers. Her company name commemorates the two little angels she lost due to miscarriage and she finds a way to celebrate their lives everyday through the work she does.
Tina is a first generation Vietnamese-American and credits her parents for the work ethic she has developed that has served her well in her previous career in finance and most recently as a business owner.
Tina currently resides in Concord, New Hampshire, with her biggest cheerleader - her husband Mike - and is the mother to an adorable firecracker, Penelope.
Kristie Savage
Episode: A Trailblazer in Data Science
Kristie Savage is a data-driven researcher, with a passion for storytelling with numbers. Her career has taken her from Nashville to New York, working in the energy sector to music technology. She now works for Spotify, the audio streaming platform, as a data scientist. Additionally, she is a tutor in math and sciences for the Princeton Review. Her volunteer work includes being an ambassador for the IF/THEN program with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, furthering women in in STEM by inspiring the next generation of pioneers.
Kristie holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of Michigan, and is completing her masters in Data Science from the Harvard Extension School. She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Courtney Boehrer
Episode: Leading with Heart to Redefine Strong
Courtney Boehrer is a global HR professional who has spent 15 + years coaching leaders and teams to utilize and maximize their strengths to deliver results. She is the leader, founder and coach of Team HeartStrong, where she engages and empowers men and women with the power of fitness and nutrition.
Courtney’s life has been shaped by two key defining moments: the first when she found out she had four holes in her heart at age ten and had to undergo open heart surgery, and the second when she developed body image issues after she was rejected from the dance team during undergrad. Courtney has not let these moments hold her back but instead uses them to fuel her forward and share her love for being healthy and strong with others.
Courtney is married to her high school sweetheart Greg and they have two daughters Hayden and Payton. She currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.
Ashlesha Tawde
Episode: A Soldier, a Doctor, and a Mother
Major Doctor Ashlesha Tawde is a medical doctor who served the Indian Armed Forces Medical Services at the line of control between India and Pakistan for 5 years. As an army officer, she looked after the physical and mental wellbeing of the Troops in high altitude and high-conflict regions of Jammu and Kashmir.
Born and raised in Mumbai, India, Ashlesha initially considered following her passion in the theatre world before pursuing a career in preventive and social medicine. She currently practices and teaches community medicine at the Mahatma Gandhi Mission Medical College outside of Mumbai. She also works for tribal communities in the Western Ghats of India to create awareness on public health issues.
Ashlesha resides in Mumbai with her husband, Aditya, and two year old daughter, Anandita - her greatest delight in life.
Elsbeth Hurry
Episode: Be Bold and Take Risks
Be bold and take risks. This has been what defines Elsbeth’s mindset as her journey has taken her from working with two MedTech Fortune 500 companies in numerous roles ranging from Engineering to Regulatory, M&A and IT to being a raft guide, working ski security, owning a wine bar restaurant, founding a charity and most recently starting a tech startup. She has lived all over the world from Hong Kong to Kalamazoo, Michigan and now calls Phoenix, Arizona home. She shares it with her husband, kids, five dogs and a bearded dragon.
Elsbeth is a strategic advisor, coach and consultant with a bachelor of science degree in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering from Illinois University and an MBA from Purdue University. She loves staying active and solves some of her hairiest problems on her Sunday morning hikes with friends. She continues to value curiosity, change and has never turned down an adventure.
Andrea Bouman
Episode: Becoming an ER Doc as a Breastfeeding Mom
Andrea Bouman is an Emergency Medicine physician at UP Health System – Portage. She completed her residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI and is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Andrea is also a graduate of Michigan Technological University, with a dual bachelors in biology and exercise science in 2011, and an MBA in 2012. In her free time Andrea enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter Harper, and cats.
Priyanka Lugani
Episode: A Woman on a Mission: Feeding Clean Food to the World
Priyanka is a serial entrepreneur who has a deep fascination for the collective. She is the founder of Alma Deli (www.almadeli.com) a plant-based food brand that is pushing the boundaries on being more by focusing on educating and connecting all with the ancient wisdom of the world with food, travel, art, spirit and science.
Priyanka, originally from Dusseldorf, Germany calls London, UK home. She is the creator of Aamaya by Priyanka ( 0 Point Projects https://www.aamayapriyanka.com/) , a hand-crafted jewellery brand that has been featured in Vogue, The Times and YOU while it sold at the shelves at Selfridges and online at Net-a-porter. She is also an author of two books and a collection of poems.
Trisha Oreta
Episode: An International Banker…with Compassion
Trisha Oreta is a corporate banker and works with North American corporations and not-for-profits on solutions for their international Treasury requirements. She grew up and started her career in the Philippines, and has lived in London, Philadelphia, New York, and Johannesburg. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her partner Mateo.
Trisha graduated with honors from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, with an MBA in Finance and Strategic Management. She also has a BS in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, magna cum laude, from the University of the Philippines. In her spare time, Trisha can be found spending time with her family and friends, cycling with her club, or studying Spanish. Her goal for 2020 is to finish her first marathon.
Nes Reign
Episode: Choosing to Be Brave Everyday
Nes Reign was born in Morocco to Moroccan parents and came to Germany when she was 3 years old. At the age of 5, she lost her sight due to an operation gone wrong. Her parents raised her to be as independent as possible. At the age of 15, she signed her first record deal as a member of a girl group.
Due to a pivotal personal life event she quit music to pursue her other passions such as podcasting and being an author. She is a self-proclaimed hustlepreneur. She recently started a German and an English podcast, and is currently working on writing a book.
Tamika Jean Baptiste
Episode: Leading a Diverse and Inclusive Life…as an Executive and as a Mother
Tamika Jean-Baptiste is an executive in the diversity, inclusion and belonging space. She is also a mother who is raising her young son with a strong, value-based multicultural identity.
Annette Maxberry-Carrara
Episode: Writing her many life stories with courage, compassion and empathy
Annette Maxberry-Carrara writes rich chapters in her life: from helping her Afghan daughter from the Taliban, escaping the Algerian civil war, to getting involved in political activism in the United States. She lives her life through the power of imagination to battle chronic pain from lupus and fibromyalgia, not giving failure power and working through adversity.
Saloni Multani
Episode: U.S. Election Special - A Conversation with Saloni Multani, CFO of the Biden-Harris Campaign
Saloni Multani is the Chief Financial Officer of the Biden-Harris campaign for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. Prior to joining the Biden-Harris campaign, Saloni was a Venture Partner at a venture firm focused in the sustainability space. Saloni is graduate of Harvard and Stanford School of Business.
Monique Ball
Episode: Breaking stereotypes and leading with curiosity
Monique is a licensed real estate agent and prior to that was in broadcasting and digital advertising in some of the biggest broadcasting networks in the United States. She found herself having to show up at various tables as ‘an only’ and in the early days of her career charting her own journey to thriving. She empowers other African American families to travel and help that enrich their own personal experiences as it would the cultures they explore.
Monique has a bachelor’s degree in communications from Clark Atlanta University. She is married to Mario Ball and they share two courageous and beautiful daughters.
Anastasia Thatcher Marceau
Episode: Leadership Lessons as an Executive in Social Impact and as a New Mom
Anastasia Thatcher Marceau is an executive in social impact consulting at Accenture. She's also a world traveler, an adjunct professor at The New School in New York City, and mom to two young daughters.
Olivia Cream
Episode: Winning as an 'Only'- from U.S. Coast Guard to Corporate America
Olivia is a US Veteran born and raised in Jamaica, who was one of the first Black women Engineer Officers of a major Cutter to graduate from the US Coast Guard Academy. She has spent the last 8 years working in Corporate America driving the talent offense for teams around the world.
She is passionate about changing the face of Corporate America and started a coaching practice to help under-represented high performers discover their why and win in the workplace. She is also writing a book ‘The Only: A survival guide for under represented employees in Corporate America.
Sanhita Sen
Episode: Challenging systemic racism in the U.S Justice system with curiosity and kindness
Sanhita Sen is the Assistant District Attorney for Philadelphia where she is choosing to challenge systemic racism in the criminal justice system. She is currently helping Philadelphia launch a Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission to address systemic racism in the criminal justice system.
Kimberly Young-McLear
Episode: Choosing to Challenge workplace bullying and retaliation Dr. Kimberly Young-McLear is a Black, queer, scholar, engineer, and educator who is unreservedly committed to human resilience, human dignity, and human rights. Inspired by her educational foundation at Florida A&M University and the long legacy of freedom fighters from the African diaspora, she became an anti-bullying and anti-harassment policy expert who uses evidence-based research to promote justice and equity. In 2019, she was one of few LGBTQ active duty service members invited as a State of the Union Guest of Honor. Kimberly represented Connecticut’s 2nd District for her tireless efforts to stand against systemic bullying and harassment in the Coast Guard.
Following her public testimony at a joint Congressional hearing into the Coast Guard, she has been credited for the advancement of service-wide policy changes. As a whistleblower and survivor of workplace bullying and retaliation, she leverages her own experiences to build effective, positive coalitions centered on real systemic change. Kimberly is a cybersecurity fellow and remains actively engaged in her local community. She has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and has been invited to speak at national events on a wide range of social justice topics. Kimberly co-founded Coast Guard Spectrum and DHS Spectrum, an anti-racist, multicultural employee association for LGBTQ+ individuals, allies, and others. She has been featured in numerous outlets, including The New York Times, Forces and the cover issue of Glamour.
Linda Crockett
Episode: Choosing to Challenge workplace bullying and harassment Linda Crockett is known for pioneering the first and only full-service workplace bullying and harassment resource center in Canada! And for spearheading regional and national awareness with active government leader endorsement since 2010. She has won awards from GOA and the University of Calgary for her services. Linda’s clinical and professional training includes a master’s degree specializing in workplace bullying and trauma. She is a certified trauma therapist and social worker with 33 years of experience in her profession. Linda has designed two aspects of services for all professions and industries. One is for leaders offering consultations, coaching, and training. And the other is her repair and recovery clinic. The clinic offers a safe, nonjudgmental, confidential space for services of education, training, advocacy, coaching, and/or treatment. Linda wears many hats e.g., coach, teacher, advocate, and counsellor. These hats are necessary to appropriately serve the complexities our individual (complainants, witnesses, or respondents) or groups of employees, experience. Linda is an active member of the International Association on Workplace Bullying and Harassment Episode NameAssociation, and a proud alumnus of the Workplace Bullying Institute in the USA.
Joyal Mulheron
Episode: The light in the darkness Joyal Mulheron is a policy and strategy expert with more than 20+ years of service to the nation’s governors, The White House and some of the most distinguished nonprofit ventures. Joyal has served both Republican and Democratic lawmakers and worked alongside some of America’s most notable corporate brands, while maintaining her ties and credibility with advocates. In 2014, Joyal founded Evermore, a nonprofit dedicated to making the world a more livable place for bereaved families. Evermore is an emerging movement of concerned citizens who believe that bereavement care in America is broken. Changing our nation’s awareness and response to bereavement has never been more important.
Evermore is committed to an America where all families and professionals have access to care, programs, tools, policies and resources to respond and adjust to loss. Our nation’s public and private leaders should take urgent action to address and support our families during their most fragile and darkest hour. After garnering bi-partisan support in 2020, Evermore advanced a bereavement care provision to the US FY21 United States budget. Prompting key U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agencies to examine what activities, if anything. In 2021, she led a coalition that successfully included paid bereavement leave in President Biden's American Families Plan. Her work has been featured in Good Morning America, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, USA Today and others.
Prior to advising the Obama White House, Joyal spent several years at the National Governors Association (NGA), including advising former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee during his NGA chairmanship. She managed NGA’s population health portfolio and worked with federal government agencies and health foundations.
Joyal started her career at the American Cancer Society in Washington, D.C. Concurrently, she consulted for the Institute of Medicine, taught basic biology at local community colleges and earned her Masters in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University. Joyal is a graduate of Virginia Tech (go Hokies!) with degrees in both Biochemistry and English, a minor in Chemistry, and concentrations in World War II literature and minority American literature. She’s married to her college sweetheart of 25 years, has four children (including one superhero), is dedicated to reformer practice, jogs to make others look fast and loves to cook gluten-free, dairy-free meals for her family (which they adore!).
Meghana Rao Pahlajani
Episode: Limitless leadership- consciously driving change Meghana is a passionate climate change, clean energy and sustainability professional. Her work has spanned a decade globally from the United States and most recently across India. She's helped drive corporate strategy, advice on policy changes and led new market development across the public private and civil society sectors.
She has won numerous awards, been a part of formulating significant policies and initiatives such as India's renewable electricity roadmap initiative and the low carbon infrastructure corridors in India. She has won a grant by the U.S India clean energy fund.
She feels fiercely advocates to educate and engage change across the public, private and civil sectors globally.
Farah Harris
Episode: The Workplace Revolution We Need: Emotional Intelligence, Authenticity & Belonging
Farah is not just a psychotherapist, but a trailblazer in workplace belonging and well-being. As the founder and CEO of WorkingWell Daily®, she’s reshaping our work environments with a keen focus on emotional intelligence and the psycho-social dynamics of our professional lives. Her insights have enlightened individuals and Fortune 500 companies alike, making her a sought-after voice in media outlets like Forbes, Fast Company, and Good Morning America. Farah is also the author of the international bestseller, "The Color of Emotional Intelligence," a book that unpacks the complexities of cultural identity and emotional intelligence. Get ready for a conversation that's sure to shift your perspective on the workplace.
Jeanine Menze
Episode: Challenging aviation as the first black female aviator in the U.S Coast Guard
Jeanine Menze is Commander select (CDR) in the US Coast Guard. She chose to challenge as the first Black female aviator in the history of the US Coast Guard in a male dominated field. Jeanine is actively inspiring young women to enter into the aviation field both inside and outside the Coast Guard. She is a HC-130 pilot and flight examiner.
Jessica Bligh Doyle
Episode: Choosing to Challenge with your voice Jessica describes herself as a toddler mom, beach bum, aspiring foodie & Broadway super fan. She is also a vocal coach, professor, and researcher who is hell bent on helping women get what they want and change their lives.
She educates women on how no one is going to give you what you want, you have to ask for it. Your voice is powerful! In the way you speak to others, and the way you speak to yourself, lies the power to change your entire life. She coaches many on how they have the ability to harness that power and how their voice is the secret weapon to success they have always had but never knew how to use - until now.
Niyati Tamaskar
Episode: Breaking the bias on a cancer diagnosis as a woman of color Niyati Tamaskar is a TEDX speaker, an author, a mother, engineer and entrepreneur. She speaks on issues of cultural bias, the stigma of cancer, and more. Her speaking and media appearances include her signature TEDx talk, a cover and feature spread in Columbus magazine on her journey and message of destigmatizing cancer, and a video created by Breastcancer.org on “How Niyati Tamaskar Overcame Cultural Cancer Stigma to Become an Advocate”—aimed at highlighting the minority experience while facing cancer. Her book Unafraid was featured in Forbes as the top books of 2020 that spark human connection.
Brandi Richard Thompson
Episode: Start where you are Brandi’s mission is to change the trajectory of the world now! Brandi is the Founder of the Operation Growth Institute, a Global Transformational Learning Center where people can accept, heal, grow, and transform into the next iteration of their personal and professional best. For over twenty years, Brandi has honed her skill as a strategist, wellness expert, and coach. She helps clients identify their own solutions and specializes in coaching clients through her signature 12 steps to realize transformational growth. She examines how the barriers of generational baggage, fatherlessness, sexual trauma, single mother/fatherhood, racial identity and bias, and failure keep her clients from living their best life and helps her clients determine the next step.
Brandi has adorned many hats in her prolific career from being the senior Communications Advisor for a major federal agency, a Disaster Recovery Emergency Management Professional (16 years), the Dallas Business Journal Top 40 under 40, Member of African Americans Leaders Convening, Past President of the National Urban League Young Professionals and Past National Urban League Board Trustee. In all these roles she has embodied her hope was to always improve systems, raise money, change laws and put great people in positions of power. It took 20 years as a great strategist to fully realize the most effective way to change the world is by changing one person’s trajectory. Her journey as a coach continues as she has authored “Operation Growth”, started the Black girl school of magic and most recently the Operation Growth TV show.
Kelly Ann Winget Episode: Changing the face of wealth- empowering women through financial literacy
Kelly Ann Winget is the Founder of the Dallas-based private equity company, Alternative Wealth Partners (AWP). Alternative Wealth Partners provides access to digestible information about alternative investments and educates investors about the opportunities available off Wall Street. AWP expertly sources alternative investments that give investors unmatched access to real returns.
The daughter of a fifth-generation oil and gas family with assets in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, Kelly Ann has over a decade of experience in the alternative investment space sourcing creative capital for startups, oil and gas companies, manufacturing ventures, real estate, and several other emerging markets on behalf of high net worth/income clients. Over her career, she has successfully raised almost $1 billion in private capital for private placement opportunities. After a decade of building other firm's reputations, she formed AWP in 2020 to offer clients the best of what the private market can offer. Her background and experience allow her to relate easily to a wide range of investors, helping her communicate and manage investors’ goals.
Martha Aviles Episode: Being bold and letting your feet do the talking Martha Aviles is VP of Marketing at Austin-based Talroo, the data-driven job and hiring event advertising platform that helps businesses reach the candidates they need to build their essential workforce. With 20 years of high-tech marketing experience in SaaS, semiconductor, networking, and network security at start-ups, private, and public companies, she is a fierce marketing leader. Martha has a gift for building and growing high-performance marketing teams, corporate brands, and inspiring thought leadership. Her extensive experience includes lead generation, integrated marketing, product marketing, digital marketing, public relations, brand management, analyst relations, and crisis communications. In addition, she has successfully led through 20+ mergers and acquisitions, including managing several integration and acquisition exits. Prior to joining Talroo, Martha held senior leadership roles in marketing at RigUp (now Workrise) and Enverus, both of which have reached Unicorn status in Austin. Martha is an MBA graduate from the University of Texas and holds a BBA from Texas A&M University. Connect with her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/maviles/
Jessica Michalak Episode: Choosing to challenge a two time cancer diagnosis
Jess is a registered nurse practitioner who graduated from the University of North Dakota, where at the age of 19 she recieved her first cancer diagnosis for Hodgkins Lymphoma. She worked in the intensive care setting in North Dakota and in Rochester. As fate would have it, she found herself as a patient in the very unit she was serving as a nurse. She is a two time cancer survivor and considers herself an amateur quilter & gardener. She is unassuming in ever way as her silent fortitude is her biggest strength. Her husband Greg and dog Pete love exploring the state parks of Minnesota together. They are working on growing their family through adoption .
Mecca Moore Tartt. Episode: Choosing to Challenge that women can’t have it all Mecca’s love of empowering women and creating safe spaces for women to come together has led to her creating events for women focused on Health/Wellness, Relationships, and Motherhood. This busy wife and mother of two beautiful girls shows women that its true “You can have it all!”
Mecca is a Power 30 under 30 recipient who strives for excellence in all that she does and shows other women how to do it too. She shares how coaches and advocates can help share your journey as “An Only” at the table.
Deepa Purushothaman
Episode: 500 Stories of THE FIRST, THE FEW, THE ONLY An author, leader and speaker, Deepa Purushothaman was a “first” senior partner at Deloitte, where she spent more than 20 years focusing on women’s leadership and inclusion strategies to help women of color navigate corporate structures. She was the first Indian-American woman and one of the youngest people to make Partner in the firm's history. After leaving Deloitte in 2020, Deepa co-founded nFormation, a membership-based community for professional women of color, offering brave, safe, new space and helping place women of color in C-suite positions and on Boards.
Deepa’s book The First, The Few, The Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America, published by HarperCollins comes out March 1, 2022. She is also a Women and Public Policy Program Leader in Practice at the Harvard Kennedy School where she concentrates on research to combat systemic racism in corporate structures to help women of color rise. Deepa is a founding board member of Avasara, India's first leadership academy exclusively for young women. She has degrees from Wellesley College, Harvard Kennedy School, and the London School of Economics. She lives in Los Angeles. PC: Leslie Bohms
Dr. Rana Dajani
Episode: Butterfly wings Rana Dajani Ph.D. molecular cell biology from U of Iowa, Tenured Professor at Hashemite University, Jordan, Cmalakova Fellow, Jepson school of Leadership, University of Richmond, Harvard Radcliff fellow, a Fulbrighter, Fulbright Foreign Student, 2000; Fulbright Visiting Scholar, 2012. Eisenhower fellow, former center of studies director, Hashemite University, Jordan, Yale and Cambridge visiting professor. Research area of expertise epigenetics and biomarkers of trauma among refugees and across generations and world expert on genetics of Circassian and Chechan populations in Jordan. Established stem cell research ethics law in Jordan. Advocate for biological evolution and Islam. Member UN women Jordan advisory council. Writer in Science and Nature, Established a women mentor network, received Partnerships for enhanced engagement in research (PEER) award 2014. Organized the first gender summit for the Arab world 2017. Most influential women scientists in Islamic World, 12 among 100 most influential Arab women 2015, women in science hall of fame 2015, King Hussein Cancer Institute for cancer and biotechnology award 2009 and 2016 Global Changemaker Award for celebrating 70 years of the Fulbright Programme. President of the Society for the Advancement of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Arab World. women of influence in the Arab World 2021 Arabian Business magazine’s list.
Awarded the Jordan star of science by His Majesty King Abdullah II, University of Iowa, College of medicine, distinguished alumni Award 2018, Higher Education Reform Expert EU-TEMPUS, Jordan, founder service learning center, Hashemite University, speaker at TEDxDeadsea and TEDxPSUT, World Islamic Economic Forum 2012 and World Science Forum 2015 and 2017.
Developed a community-based model “We love reading” Changing mindsets through reading to create changemakers, received Synergos Arab world social innovators 2009, Clinton Global Initiative 2010, Library of Congress best practices 2013, World Innovation Summit in Education Award 2014, King Hussein Medal of Honor 2014, Star Award 2015, IDEO.org best refugee education program 2015, UNESCO International Literacy Prize 2017, World Literacy Council Award 2018 and the Jacobs social entrepreneurship award 2018, Science, Technology and Innovation Award UN 2019, Ashoka Fellow 2019, UNHCR Nansen Refugee awardee 2020, Schwab Social entrepreneur 2022.
Author of the book: Five scarves, Doing the impossible: If we can reverse cell fate why cant we redefine success, Nova Publisher 2018. Reviewed by Nature
Elaine Lin Hering Episode: Unlearning Silence, why “Just Speak Up” is bad advice
Elaine Lin Hering a facilitator, author, and speaker. She works with organizations and individuals to build skills in communication, collaboration, and conflict management. She has worked on six continents and facilitated executive education at Harvard, Dartmouth, Tufts, UC Berkeley, and UCLA. She is the former Advanced Training Director for the Harvard Mediation Program and a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. She has worked with coal miners at BHP Billiton, micro-finance organizer in East Africa, mental health professionals in China, and senior leadership at the US Department of Commerce. Her clients include American Express, Chevron, Google, Nike, Novartis, PayPal, Pixar, and the Red Cross. She is the author of the forthcoming book Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully (Penguin, 2024).