The Brand is Female

This week, on the podcast, Eva speaks with Stacey Madge, President and Country Manager at Visa Canada and trailblazer in the banking world. Stacey climbed up the ladder quickly and demonstrated her leadership in an industry where women tend to be underrepresented at the senior executive level. Stacey dedicates her time and energy to building programs that benefit women within and outside her workplace, including Visa Canada’s She’s Next Grant Program in partnership with IFundWomen. ........This episode was brought to you in part by Visa Canada, a long-time supporter of women-owned small businesses. Visit ifundwomen.com/visa-canada to learn more about the She’s Next Grant Program and on Instagram @visaca to support the recipients. This season of our podcast is brought to you by @td_canada Women in Enterprise. TD is proud to support women entrepreneurs and help them achieve success and growth through its program of educational workshops, financing and mentorship opportunities! Find out how you can benefit from their support! Visit: TBIF: thebrandisfemale.com // TD Women in Enterprise: td.com/ca/en/business-banking/small-business/women-in-business // Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/thebrandisfemale

This week, on the podcast, Eva speaks with Jolene Livingston, Founder and Principal Consultant of Bespoke Social Profit Solutions, a woman-led, majority-female consulting firm. Jolene and her team specialize in helping charitable organizations increase their reach and impact by providing guidance in strategy, fundraising, and communications. She believes that the future of the charitable sector is in moving from a non-profit to social profit mindset – where we reward organizations that are thinking big and creating major impact, even if they need to spend some money to get there. Jolene is working to change the conversation in the sector among funders and donors while helping her clients develop and execute the bold ideas that keep their communities thriving.........This season of our podcast is brought to you by @td_canada Women in Enterprise. TD is proud to support women entrepreneurs and help them achieve success and growth through its program of educational workshops, financing and mentorship opportunities! Find out how you can benefit from their support! Visit: TBIF: thebrandisfemale.com // TD Women in Enterprise: td.com/ca/en/business-banking/small-business/women-in-business // Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/thebrandisfemale

This week, we are re-sharing our episode with Carmen Sandor, founder and CEO of Green Owl Vodka, one of the only female-owned and -led spirits sold at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. Green Owl is Canada’s first sipping vodka infused with green tea extract from Japan. Carmen started her career as a reporter for CTV News and TSN. She then switched gears and started working as a portfolio manager for RPIA, a Toronto-based investment management firm and was the youngest person to be promoted to Vice President at the firm. Last May, she honed in on her financial industry expertise, her entrepreneurial spirit and her passion for clean ingredients to launch Green Owl Vodka in May 2021. Carmen graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism and Sociology, and was a former professional tennis player and captain of the Penn State varsity women’s tennis team. ........This season of our podcast is brought to you by @td_canada Women in Enterprise. TD is proud to support women entrepreneurs and help them achieve success and growth through its program of educational workshops, financing and mentorship opportunities! Find out how you can benefit from their support! Visit: TBIF: thebrandisfemale.com // TD Women in Enterprise: td.com/ca/en/business-banking/small-business/women-in-business // Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/thebrandisfemale

This week, on the podcast, Eva Hartling speaks with Kate Milne, a Specialist in Healthy Aging and Workplace Wellbeing as well as a women’s health-in-aging researcher. Her company, Cardea Health Consulting, is a health promotion firm focused on a lifespan approach to health. Kate specializes in helping clients to support, retain, and recruit midlife and older team members by using an age-friendly and equity lens in wellbeing programs.……….. This season of our podcast is brought to you by @td_canada Women in Enterprise. TD is proud to support women entrepreneurs and help them achieve success and growth through its program of educational workshops, financing and mentorship opportunities! Find out how you can benefit from their support! Visit: TBIF: thebrandisfemale.com // TD Women in Enterprise: td.com/ca/en/business-banking/small-business/women-in-business // Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/thebrandisfemale

This week, on the podcast, Eva Hartling speaks with Shauna Levy, Founder and CEO of MADGE AND MERCER MODERN APOTHECARY, the first premium wellness brand within the cannabis space, designed for women aged 40 and older. Prior to her new venture, Shauna co-founded IDS Toronto, North America’s largest design fair, The Yoga Conference, and Expo for Design, Innovation and Technology (EDIT), in addition to being the former President and CEO of Design Exchange in Toronto. During her time at the helm of Design Exchange (DX), Shauna partnered with international organizations including the United Nations Development Programme, governments and global brands. She has directed exhibits featuring Canadian and international designers and celebrated personalities, among them Pharrell Williams, Christian Louboutin, David Suzuki and Bruce Mau. Within all of her roles, she ensured that a platform was created for emerging Canadian talent. Motivated by her own personal journey with chronic pain and anxiety as well as the other women she met along the way dealing with similar challenges, Shauna founded MADGE AND MERCER MODERN APOTHECARY, a premium women’s wellness brand. ........ This episode of the Brand is Female is brought to you by the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management’s One-Year Executive MBA Program. Visit www.rotmanemba.com to find out about the program and sign up for a webinar to learn more. ……….. This season of our podcast is brought to you by @td_canada Women in Enterprise. TD is proud to support women entrepreneurs and help them achieve success and growth through its program of educational workshops, financing and mentorship opportunities! Find out how you can benefit from their support! Visit: TBIF: thebrandisfemale.com // TD Women in Enterprise: td.com/ca/en/business-banking/small-business/women-in-business // Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/thebrandisfemale

This week, on the podcast, Eva Hartling speaks with Emily Silverman, Founder and CEO at Arnold Street Media. Emily launched Arnold Street Media fuelled by her industry expertise and the opportunity she saw ahead. She recognized a growing need for commercial creative content in an ever-evolving digital space and paired her talents in digital media with business development. With that, Arnold Street Media began an impressive journey towards expansion and growth. As a CEO, Emily has and continues to mentor women to achieve success in business......... This episode of the Brand is Female is brought to you by the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management’s One-Year Executive MBA Program. Visit www.rotmanemba.com to find out about the program and sign up for a webinar to learn more. ……….. This season of our podcast is brought to you by @td_canada Women in Enterprise. TD is proud to support women entrepreneurs and help them achieve success and growth through its program of educational workshops, financing and mentorship opportunities! Find out how you can benefit from their support! Visit: TBIF: thebrandisfemale.com // TD Women in Enterprise: td.com/ca/en/business-banking/small-business/women-in-business // Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/thebrandisfemale

This week on the podcast, Eva Hartling talks with Joella Hogan, Owner and Operator of The Yukon Soaps Company. Joella comes from a long line of strong, vibrant, Indigenous women. Her matriarchs are teachers, healers, bush women, social advocates, and cultural leaders. She credits them for knowing how to make things happen. Through her line of hand-crafted soaps, she works to embody elements of each of the special talents shared by her family and community. Through her work with The Yukon Soaps Company, she is reconnecting with her community, elders, land, and language, and she uses local plants in her formulations, in addition to employing local youth. ........ This episode of the Brand is Female is brought to you by the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management’s One-Year Executive MBA Program. Visit www.rotmanemba.com to find out about the program and sign up for a webinar to learn more. ……….. This season of our podcast is brought to you by @td_canada Women in Enterprise. TD is proud to support women entrepreneurs and help them achieve success and growth through its program of educational workshops, financing and mentorship opportunities! Find out how you can benefit from their support! Visit: TBIF: thebrandisfemale.com // TD Women in Enterprise: td.com/ca/en/business-banking/small-business/women-in-business // Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/thebrandisfemale

This week, on the podcast, Eva Hartling welcomes Dr. Bimpe Ayeni, a board-certified Canadian plastic surgeon and founder of men’s skincare line BLAIR + JACK. With an Ivy-league education from Yale University to Columbia University and Harvard University, international training at Oxford University in England, and award-winning research, Dr. Ayeni is dedicated to helping people find their inner happiness with solutions that help them feel their best. She heads the division of Plastic Surgery at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket, Ontario, where she specializes in breast and abdominal surgery. When she’s not helping women reach their highest level of confidence, she can be found doing the same for men with her skincare line BLAIR + JACK. ........ This episode of the Brand is Female is brought to you by the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management’s One-Year Executive MBA Program. Visit www.rotmanemba.com to find out about the program and sign up for a webinar to learn more.………..This season of our podcast is brought to you by @td_canada Women in Enterprise. TD is proud to support women entrepreneurs and help them achieve success and growth through its program of educational workshops, financing and mentorship opportunities! Find out how you can benefit from their support! Visit: TBIF: thebrandisfemale.com // TD Women in Enterprise: td.com/ca/en/business-banking/small-business/women-in-business // Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/thebrandisfemale

This week, on the podcast, Eva Hartling welcomes Kate Bouchard, CEO and Founder of Loba, an innovative new pill/supplement organizer that both looks great and makes your life easier. Kate conceived Loba after experiencing health challenges herself and starting a naturopathic treatment plan which included taking a number of supplements. Uninspired by options available on the market, she set out to create her own. Her goal with Loba is to create new daily rituals and support others on their path to wellness. ........ This episode of the Brand is Female is brought to you by the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management’s One-Year Executive MBA Program. Visit www.rotmanemba.com to find out about the program and sign up for a webinar to learn more.………..This season of our podcast is brought to you by @td_canada Women in Enterprise. TD is proud to support women entrepreneurs and help them achieve success and growth through its program of educational workshops, financing and mentorship opportunities! Find out how you can benefit from their support! Visit: TBIF: thebrandisfemale.com // TD Women in Enterprise: td.com/ca/en/business-banking/small-business/women-in-business // Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/thebrandisfemale

This week, Eva Hartling speaks with Sammy Kronick, owner of BEATBOX, a Boutique Boxing studio in Toronto. Sammy grew up in Toronto and started building companies in the health and wellness industry, always with a focus on women in fitness. Launching her first company while still in university, she travelled to schools across Canada and led group fitness events and provided female students with personalized workout guides. After graduating from Queen’s, she had the idea of starting her own Boutique Boxing Studio after seeing the increasing boxing trend in the American fitness industry. Now two years later, BEATBOX is back in full force after weathering the pandemic. ........This episode of the Brand is Female is brought to you by the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management’s One-Year Executive MBA Program. Visit www.rotmanemba.com to find out about the program and sign up for a webinar to learn more.This season of our podcast is brought to you by @td_canada Women in Enterprise. TD is proud to support women entrepreneurs and help them achieve success and growth through its program of educational workshops, financing and mentorship opportunities! Find out how you can benefit from their support! Visit: TBIF: thebrandisfemale.com // TD Women in Enterprise: td.com/ca/en/business-banking/small-business/women-in-business // Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/thebrandisfemale