Women@Work

Alaina Percival, CEO of Women Who Code, talks with Laura Zarrow about inspiring women to excel in technology careers. Women Who Code is a global nonprofit dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers. Under Alaina’s leadership, Women Who Code has grown to serve more than 137,000 women in 20 countries and 60 cities across the globe. This thriving movement offers more than 1,500 free technical and leadership events, per year. In addition to her role at Women Who Code, Percival is an accomplished tech speaker, and she’s been interviewed by Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Wired, and other publications across the globe to share her expertise on best practices for increasing diversity in tech. Prior to Women Who Code, Alaina worked at PUMA's headquarters in Germany, as well as Riviera Partners and Snip.it, acquired by Yahoo. Alaina is also an Angel Investor and CodePath Advisor. Aired on August 8, 2018 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tricia Brouk, Executive Producer of TEDxLincolnSquare, talks with Laura Zarrow about her career in theater, film and television, and how to be a great storyteller across different mediums.Tricia Brouk is an award-winning director, writer for theater, film and television. In addition to her work in the entertainment industry, she applies her expertise to the art of public speaking. She’s the executive producer of TEDxLincolnSquare and has choreographed Black Box on ABC, The Affair on Showtime, Rescue Me on Fox, and John Turturro’s Romance and Cigarettes, where she was awarded a Golden Thumb Award from Roger Ebert. The series she directed, Sublets, won Best Comedy at the Vancouver Web-Festival. The documentary short she directed and produced This Dinner is Full, was official selection at The New York Women in Film and Television Short Festival, as well as the NYC Independent Film Festival.  She also hosts The Big Talk a podcast on iTunes, where interviews people who talk for a living as well as curates and directs a national speaker salon.Tricia on The Speaker Salon: https://vimeo.com/274046109Aired on August 1, 2018 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Dawn Graham, Director of Career Management for The Wharton School’s Executive MBA program and host of 'Career Talk' on SiriusXM's Business Radio powered by The Wharton School, talks with Laura Zarrow about her new book called 'SWITCHERS: How Smart Professionals Change Careers and Seize Success.'Aired on July 25, 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michelle Gadsen-Williams, Managing Director of North America Inclusion and Diversity at Accenture, talks with Laura Zarrow about her new book called 'CLIMB: Taking Every Step With Conviction, Courage and Calculated Risk to Achieve a Thriving Career and a Successful Life.'Aired on July 18, 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, President Emerita and former CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, talks with Laura Zarrow about the role of business in health equity and how local organizations are addressing the environmental, social, economic, and structural challenges that may impact residents’ health -- with a call for other companies to follow suit.--Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, is the president emerita and former CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), a position she held for nearly 15 years. She was named the RWJF University Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) Professor of Population Health and Health Equity at the University of Pennsylvania, with appointments in the Perelman School of Medicine, the School of Nursing and the Wharton School, effective January 1, 2018. During her tenure at RWJF, Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey spearheaded bold health initiatives such as creating healthier, more equitable communities; strengthening the integration of health systems and services; and ensuring every child in the United States has the opportunity to grow up at a healthy weight. This work culminated in the Foundation’s vision of building a Culture of Health, enabling everyone in America to live longer, healthier lives.A specialist in geriatrics, Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey came to the Foundation from the University of Pennsylvania, where she served as the Sylvan Eisman Professor of Medicine and Health Care Systems. She also directed Penn’s Institute on Aging and was chief of geriatric medicine at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine. She worked as deputy administrator for the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research under President George H.W. Bush’s administration and continued to direct policy for the subsequent administration, serving as Quality of Care chair for President Bill Clinton’s panels on health care. She has served on numerous federal advisory committees and she was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (2010- 2016).She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and The American Philosophical Society. She currently serves on the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, as well as on several other boards of directors. Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey is the recipient of numerous awards, including honorary doctorates from Colby College and Brown University. Forbes has included her on the list of the most important women in the world eight times, and as one of Modern Healthcare’s 100 most influential people in health care eleven times.Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.--Aired on June 13, 2018 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including 'Off the Clock', 'I Know How She Does It', 'What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast', and '168 Hours'. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. Aired May 23, 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suzy Ganz is an entrepreneur, civic leader, corporate director and advisor. She is the CEO and principal shareholder of Lion Brothers, the leading designer and manufacturer of apparel identity systems. Founded as an embroidery company in 1899, Suzy joined Lion to perform the initial turnaround on the company, repositioning the entity from a commodity manufacturer to become a recognized innovator in the apparel industry. Lion’s clients include global sports, lifestyle, fashion and workwear apparel brands. Suzy’s serves on a number of corporate, governmental, academic and not for profit boards. She is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Federal Reserve, part of the Fifth District Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Ms. Ganz also serves on the Board of Visitors of Towson University, is Vice Chair of Maryland’s Regional Manufacturing Institute, on the Board of Directors of Sustainable Health Enterprise, a social enterprise based in Rwanda and is a Trustee of St. Timothy’s School. Suzy is a member of the Johns Hopkins Tech Transfer and Innovation Advisory Board, a Director of the Maryland - Israel Development Center and the MIDC Venture Fund. Ms. Ganz is currently on the corporate boards of PRS Guitar, Barcoding Inc./Thames Technology and Credly, a digital credentials company. Suzy is a member of Young President’s Organization/YPO Gold, the Committee of 200, the preeminent organization for women entrepreneurs and corporate executives and Maryland’s Executive Alliance.Ms. Ganz received her MBA in Finance and Multinational Management from the Wharton School (WG'88) and her B.A. in Economics from the University of Florida.Aired May 11, 2018 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Melissa Eisenstat is a Trustee and Board President, New York Youth Symphony.Melissa has been a Trustee of New York Youth Symphony since 2010 and Board President since 2012. She worked at several prominent Wall Street firms, most notably at CIBC World Markets, where she was Managing Director in Equity Research, leading the firm's software industry research team. She was ranked among the top three stock pickers from 1997 to 1999 in the Wall Street Journal’s All-Star Analyst Survey. Prior to joining CIBC, she spent four years at Pillar Corporation, a software company where she managed the company’s product testing program for its corporate financial planning product, and spent three years in direct sales. Before Pillar, she worked for Apple Computer, first in international marketing and later in US business development. At Penn, she earned her MBA/MA at Wharton’s Lauder Institute (WG'88), and her BA from the College of Arts and Sciences. A lifelong cellist and pianist, music served as a creative outlet during her career in tech and finance, and it inspires her current work in music education.Aired May 11, 2018 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patty McCord, author of 'Powerful, Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility', and former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix talk radical honesty, equal pay, & navigating the workplace.Patty coaches and advises a small group of companies and entrepreneurs on culture and leadership as the Principal of Patty McCord Consulting. She also speaks to groups and teams around the world. She has many years of working with companies to help people realize and practice leadership. She is an innovative business person who is willing to push the boundaries of thinking about the way we work.Patty served as Chief Talent Officer of Netflix for 14 years. Along with input from the Netflix management team, she helped to create the Netflix Culture Deck. When it was posted on the Web, this presentation took on a life of its own. Sheryl Sandberg has said it “may be the most important document ever to come out of Silicon Valley.” The presentation has been viewed more than five million times. Patty was in charge of operationalizing those concepts. This involved creating or sometimes eliminating patterns, systems, and structure so that the words and aspirations of the culture document became behaviors and modes of operating. Her background includes staffing, diversity, communications and international Human Resources positions. From her many years working with companies that range from very large global tech companies to small very small innovative start-ups, Patty saw first-hand how companies can become slow and complacent and employees become cynics and whiners. She spent 14 years at Netflix experimenting with new ways to work. Making the Netflix culture deck become reality for the people who work there. From abolishing performance reviews to challenging the need for policies, Patty believes people come to work as fully formed adults with a desire to make an impact and be proud of what they do and she’s on a mission to spread the word that we can do this differently. Aired May 9, 2018 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Georgene Huang, CEO and founder of Fairygodboss, speaks with Laura Zarrow about creating a business to improve the workplace for women by gathering feedback from women, for women.Georgene Huang is obsessed with improving the workplace for women. She’s the CEO and Co-founder of Fairygodboss, a marketplace where professional women looking for jobs, career advice and the inside scoop on companies meet employers who believe in gender equality. Previously she ran the enterprise business at Dow Jones and was a Managing Director at Bloomberg Ventures. She is a graduate of Cornell and Stanford Universities.Aired May 2, 2018 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.