HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer (HumanizeHer Crew)

Have you found your calling?  We’re sitting down with Jenny Obiaya, CEO of The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula, as she shares her story of finding her calling - starting as a teacher through Teach for America, moving into the the role of Principal at a school in Hells Kitchen at the age of 26, and finally finding the perfect fit for her passion of closing the opportunity gap & empowering young people with access to opportunities through her work with BGCP.  She gives a nod to the power of having mentors and people that believe in you to push you out of your comfort zone to help you grow, and embraces the notion of Billie Jean King’s perspective that “pressure is a privilege” as her driving force for continuing to give back to the community and influencing the future of our youth.

www.bgcp.org

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-obiaya-446b8624/

Wheels are a girl’s best friend, right?  We’re sitting down with Adriana Boas, one of Bentley’s award-winning sales liaisons - but she didn’t start out in the sales industry.  Adriana was born in Brazil with degrees in journalism and holistic medicine, and when she migrated to the US, she gets real about going from food stamps to a six-figure commission-based gig.

She’s earned multiple awards under Bentley's prestigious, banner and notably holds this distinction of being the only female to receive a perfect score on Aston Martin's rigorous test about cars. With her, charming accent in three languages, Adriana's success is as undeniable as her magnetic personality. 

www.instagram.com/highheels_and_wheels/

https://www.losgatosluxcars.com/

Pam Kostka, a seasoned executive with nearly 30 years of experience driving growth at enterprise startups and building successful companies. Pam's career spans across various leadership roles, including CEO, CMO, and currently sits on multiple boards, is an advisor and executive in residence.  

As an executive-in-Residence at Magnify Ventures, Pam is focused on the "care economy" – a sector that's revolutionizing how we support families, care for aging populations, and manage our households. 

Prior to Magnify, Pam was the CEO of All Raise, a non-profit dedicated to increasing the representation of women in venture capital.They've supported thousands of female and non-binary founders and funders, and significantly increased the number of women checkwriters in venture capital.

Please join us as we dive into Pam's insights and learnings from scaling multiple startups all through her vision for a more equitable and inclusive ecosystem.

In this episode, we're sitting down with Caroline Ghantous, a Middle Eastern watercolor artist who is creating a movement of her own through her art.  Her paintings are a celebration of women who are activists, feminists, and who are making a difference in different societies and cultures - aiming to give a voice to the voiceless with her unique mixed media artistic style.  Caroline is now a part of the HumanizeHer family and movement with us, and we are proud to showcase her work as a staple in the HumanizeHer podcast studio.

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Where to buy her art and support her

Welcome to the HumanizeHer Podcast - where we celebrate and elevate women’s voices and share their stories.  We are on a mission to cultivate a world where every woman thrives, shattering glass ceilings and redefining success on her own terms.  We’re so grateful to have you as a listener and member of our community!!  🤩💫

Let’s get bossy for a moment!!  We’re sitting down with Merline Saintil, angel investor and co-founder of Black Women on Boards (among many other badass titles), who shares her journey towards becoming a highly sought after board member and loves investing in other women - like Aishetu Fatima Dozie, who joins our conversation talking all about her transition from being a Wall Street wonder woman to founding her own cosmetics company called Bossy Cosmetics - electrifying women to live their best lives by empowering them to look, feel, and do good.

Aishetu Fatima

www.BossyBeauty.com

Bossy Cosmetics on Instagram

Merline Saintil

Lift As We Climb

Is the way we work working?  In this episode, we’re sitting down with Stacey Gordon, MBA who is a leader in the diversity, equity, and inclusion space - or as she prefers to describe DEI:  the Disrupt, Evolve, and Innovate space.  She shares her first-hand experience of witnessing bias which led her to becoming the Founder and CEO of Rework Work - a company that does DEI differently on their mission to reduce bias in global talent acquisition and management and creating workplace cultures where employees feel they belong.  She touches on the power of mentors and dives into the frameworks she uses to help companies become better at creating an inclusive environment, relearn how to hire with intention, and realize the importance of flexibility in work.

Stacey Gordon

ReworkWork.com

Booking on Being UnBias

Unconscious Inclusion

We're diving deep into the world of company culture and talent with a true leader in the field - Linda Aiello

Linda is the Chief People Officer at DraftKings, where she leads all aspects of the employee experience for the online sports entertainment and gaming giant. She's responsible for finding and growing top talent, developing future leaders, and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace – which is a crucial element for any successful company.

Linda has an incredible track record of success in the HR world. She's held CPO roles at major companies like Qurate Retail Group and Stitch Fix, and spent years leading employee success initiatives at Salesforce, Uber and Louis Vuitton.  She's also been recognized as a top HR professional by the National Diversity Council.  We'll also hear about her personal journey and how she's overcome adversity to achieve incredible success.

Please join Erica Lockheimer and Elizabeth Wedorf-Bloesser as we dive into Linda's insights on building winning teams and creating a thriving company culture. 

Get ready to be inspired! We have a true force of nature joining us today: Aishwarya Srinivasan! Currently she heads Developer Relations and Growth at Fireworks AI.   She was previously at Microsoft as a Senior AI Advisor to help Y Combinator startups build machine learning solutions leveraging Microsoft’s core OpenAI products. Prior to this, Aishwarya was working as a Data Scientist in Google Cloud and an AI & ML Innovation Leader at IBM. She’s a Columbia Data Science post-grad, and an advocate for open-source technologies and is a contributor to Deepchecks, Lightning AI and Scikit Learn

Her accolades? Trailblazer of the Year by Women in AI and a Woman of Influence by the Business Journal, both in 2022! She received the EB1A Green Card for her AI contributions, has been spotlighted as a LinkedIn Top Voice for Data Science and AI and has over a half a million LinkedIn followers.

How do you live your life with purpose?  We're sitting down with Jennifer Dulski, CEO & Founder of Rising Team and executive leader with experience at tech giants like Facebook, Google, and Yahoo and former President & COO of change.org.  Jennifer shares the stories that led her to the formula of how to start a movement, build teams with connection, and do so in a purposeful way.  She talks about her life hardships, her journey of being a start-up founder (multiple times!) and her successful current startup, Rising Team.

Jennifer Dulski

www.RisingTeam.com

Purposeful

What does it take to be on the Forbes “100 Most Powerful Women in the World” list?  In this episode, we’re sitting down with Padmasree Warrior as she shares her experience of being an executive in technology and her journey of becoming a renowned businesswoman.  Formerly holding roles in the C-suite at Cisco Systems, Motorola, and NIO USA, she took her corporate experience and decided to follow her passion - motivated to find a way to apply data and machine learning to focus on mental wellness.  This led her to her current role as Founder and CEO of Fable, a social and AI discovery platform for content.  She shares her perspective on the commonalities of being in corporate versus leading a start-up - and her approach to leading teams and building trust.  Padma expresses the beauty of not putting yourself in a box and starting a business at a later age by utilizing experience and learnings to your advantage to build something beautiful to share with the world.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/padmasree-warrior-9917a26b

https://fable.co/

Amy Wong, founder of Always On Purpose is an executive leadership coach, author, and keynote speaker who has worked with some of the most influential organizations and individuals, including Salesforce, PWC, Berkshire Hathaway, LinkedIn, and universities like Stanford and Berkeley.

Amy draws upon a diverse range of disciplines and practices, integrating them into a unique approach that focuses on three key lenses: Self, Relationships, and Results. Her book, "Living On Purpose," was honored with the 2022 Book of the Year award by The Magic Pen.

Get ready to gain valuable insights and practical tools that can enhance both your professional and personal life.

And bonus, Hosts Erica Lockheimer and Elizabeth Wendorf-Bloesser both have had the privilege of experiencing Amy's transformative workshops firsthand, and witnessed the profound impact of her work.  This episode feels like a live workshop session you will not want to miss. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyelizawong/

https://www.alwaysonpurpose.com/

#AmyWong #AlwaysOnPurpose #LivingOnPurpose #Leadership #KeyNoteSpeaker #workshop