Meeting You Where You're At Podcast

Chef Tirzah Love is a Private Chef and Caterer. Her love of cooking began at nine, but her path to becoming a chef was far from straightforward. After working in the private industry for over seven years, Chef Tirzah realized that "If you do what you love, you will never work a day in your life,"- Thus beginning her transition into becoming a chef and the birth of Chef Tirzah Love Catering LLC. Along with being a full-time private chef, Chef Tirzah also founded a Meal Experience Kit company called Soul Box. Where she sends non-perishable ingredients, an instructional cooking video, a DJ-curated playlist, and conversation starter cards. For more information, please visit https://www.cheftirzahlove.com/ or https://soulbox.biz/

Angelique Albert is the CEO of the Native Forward Scholars Fund. In the last 50 years, they have empowered over 20,000 Native scholars to pursue undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees. Since its inception, they have awarded more than $400 million in scholarships. With 25 years of experience in executive management of nonprofits, philanthropy, business, Tribal gaming, and education, Angelique has dedicated her professional career to positively impacting Tribal communities. For more information, please visit https://www.nativeforward.org/

Sandra Worth is the Founder and Executive Director of My Autism Connection (MAC), a non-profit organization based in Florida. MAC aims to empower adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by providing them with essential social skills, career training, and experiential learning opportunities to enhance their independence and quality of life. The organization serves autistic adults between the ages of 18-50, offering a range of activities and programs that facilitate personal and professional development​. For additional information, please visit https://myautismconnection.net/

As a woman of color facing worse healthcare outcomes, Courtney Williams thought she was going to become a statistic when she fell ill in the days after giving birth. Instead, she survived, and what she experienced helped inspire her POV on how technology (like pregnancy apps) can do more than provide cute diversions but serve real women's needs, especially in the increasingly deadly postpartum period. Courtney is also the award-winning CEO of Emagine and has previously written for Fast Company about the maternal mortality crisis. Emagine is a prize-winning alumnus of Pharrell Williams’ Black Ambition Program. They partner with healthtech pioneer Withings and Afrotech; many others have profiled her for her work addressing maternal mortality. For more information, please visit: https://emaginest.com/ https://thejourney.health/ http://tinyurl.com/whatcomesaftereport

Taya is an expected 2024 graduate of Lasell University, with concentrations in communications and journalism. As a communications major, Taya is fascinated by globalization, and as a result, the focus of her academic studies is on public relations, media, journalism, and much more. She is the founder and proprietor of Everlastinglens (@everlastinglens) where her tagline is "Capturing Life Creating Art". For more information, please visit https://www.instagram.com/everlastinglens/

Meet Allie Reeves, the dynamic co-founder and CEO of BARO, your next favorite fashion revolution. With a vibrant journey that zigzagged from TV and Film to mastering marketing strategy for the giants and gems of the business world, Allie's entrepreneurial spirit ignited BARO in 2022. This isn't just another clothing rental marketplace—it's a movement to mend our fashion footprint. Disillusioned by the outdated "buy-wear-dispose" cycle, Allie and her visionary team crafted BARO. Their mission? To disrupt how we view and value our wardrobes. Imagine transforming seldom-worn outfits into earnings, all while offering others the chance to dazzle in these pieces at a sliver of the cost. Ready to be part of this stylish, sustainable swap? Dive into the BARO community today. Download the app for free in the App Store and start sharing your wardrobe wonders. For more information, please visit https://www.trybaro.com/

Ravid is the founder and Chief Product Officer of Embie, a leading Fertility Clinic Operating System and Remote Care Platform. Her professional journey encompasses over 23 years of experience in product development and digital marketing for some of the largest entertainment and sports brands in the world. Her venture into the fertility sector was sparked by her personal journey, seeking to fill a critical void she encountered firsthand in patient care and support. Inspired by this need, Ravid and her co-founders developed Embie, a suite of products powered by ML/AI designed to enhance fertility clinics' operations while significantly improving the patient experience. For more information, please visit https://embieapp.com/

Cytrandra Hoover is a social impact and inclusive insurance consultant and the founder of B3C Global. A transformative global leader renowned for adeptly addressing complex issues and driving change across 60+ countries. Combining strategic insight with anthropological insights to deliver lasting value consistently. As a pioneering business intelligence innovator excels in harmonizing diverse perspectives, revealing concealed profit opportunities and propelling social change. For more information, please see https://www.b3c-global.com/

After a career in corporate America at companies ranging from early-stage startups to large enterprise organizations, Ann is thrilled to partner with Accountability Works. As the company looks to deliver Accountability at Scale, Ann brings 20 years of extensive C-level coaching, mentoring, program leadership, and consulting expertise. Accountability is a struggle for many organizations, especially as they currently navigate multi-faceted work environments (in-person, hybrid, remote). In meeting Accountability Works, she was impressed with their mindful approach to accountability and how applicable their process is to the workplace — meeting the needs of managers and employees, no matter the industry or size of the organization. For more information, please visit https://accountabilityworks.com/

Hallie Seltzer is the founder and CEO of PinPoint Productions. After spending more than a decade in the event industry, Hallie founded PinPoint Productions in 2015 to fill a significant gap – helping influential brands and organizations make meaning through events and experiences. PinPoint partners with the world’s most impactful brands – Google, Instacart, Squarespace, Netflix, and more – to create events and experiences, including for their social impact verticals -- that leave lasting impressions and motivate real change. PinPoint has supported events in 54 US states and territories and globally and is expanding its presence into Europe. For more information, please see https://pinpoint-productions.com/

Emma is the Founding Partner of Y&Z Ventures, a Los Angeles based direct investment vehicle and fund of funds investing on behalf of individuals and private foundations in the Los Angeles area. As a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) professional, Emma's experience uniquely positions her to work with companies to build for the end game, or the Y&Z. An honest optimist, Emma believes each shortcoming is an opportunity to create change. Founders and Funders make it their livelihood to execute that change. For more information, please see https://www.generationshe.co/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/y-z-ventures/

Anita Anello is a business owner, coach, successful software executive & mom dedicated to helping fellow women of faith enjoy more time, money, & freedom. After leaving her thriving software executive job, Anita embraced the demanding role of a full-time homeschooling mom to her children. Amidst this, she even ventured into the world of Amazon business. But life had other plans. When COVID struck, it hit her business hard, a story all too familiar for many entrepreneurs nationwide. To make things even more challenging, she faced a marriage and health crisis. Yet, from these challenges emerged something incredible. They became the driving force behind her journey to building a 6-figure business from scratch within just a year. Anita's story isn't just about overcoming hurdles; it's a testament to her unwavering resilience, unbreakable determination, and profound commitment to professional success and personal growth. For more information, please visit https://www.therippleaffect.net/

Tara Barauskas is the Executive Director of Community Corporation of Santa Monica, a nonprofit affordable housing organization based in Santa Monica, California. Since joining in 2016, she has overseen the organization's functional areas, including management of over 2,000 units of affordable housing, housing development, resident services, and maintenance and administration of 100 staff. Ms. Barauskas has over 20 years of experience in affordable housing development, having worked at for-profit and non-profit housing development organizations before joining Community Corporation. For more information, please visit https://communitycorp.org/

Tamika Bickham is an award-winning broadcast journalist, creative director, and podcast host, touting over 15 years in front of and behind the camera. Tamika's expertise is undeniable, with a remarkable track record of hosting and reporting over 3,000 hours of live broadcast TV and producing/directing over 2,500 videos. As the Founder and CEO of MBE-certified firm TB Media Group, she leads a nonfiction video production studio, crafting long-form, documentary-style content for CSR and ESG leaders. Tamika's talent for distilling complex information into engaging, explicit, concise visual stories has garnered recognition, including the ABBY for Best Feature in Journalism and multiple Hermes Creative Awards for her podcast hosting and creative directing skills. For more information, please visit https://tbmediagroup.com/

Recently named one of the first 250 entrepreneurs on the Forbes Next 1000 List, Illana Raia is the founder and CEO of Être - a mentorship platform for girls. Believing that mentors matter as early as middle school, Illana brings girls directly into companies they select to meet female leaders face to face. Illana is an International Space Station U.S. National Lab Education Subcommittee member and serves on the National Girls’ Collaborative Champions Board. She has appeared on TV, radio, and podcasts and speaks on mentorship, leadership, and what girls eyeing – and entering – the workforce are thinking. Illana has also authored 60+ articles for HuffPost, Ms. Magazine, and Thrive Global, and her award-winning book Être: Girls, Who Do You Want To Be? was released on Day of the Girl 2019. Her second bestselling book, The Epic Mentor Guide, arrived on International Women’s Day 2022. For more information, please visit https://www.illanaraia.com/

Amy Williams is the founder and CEO of Good-Loop, the purpose-led advertising platform that makes it easy and profitable for big brands to do good at scale. Working with the world’s biggest advertisers, including Nike, Unilever, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and L’Oreal, Good-Loop’s ad formats drive engagement and build brand love while donating millions to global charities. Good-Loop’s carbon-neutral advertising has raised over $10m for charities worldwide and planted over a million trees – all while supporting high-quality journalism and diverse publications. Amy founded Good-Loop in 2016 after quitting her job at ad giant Ogilvy to volunteer at a soup kitchen in Argentina. She was impassioned by creating a company that could transform advertising into a force for good worldwide. Amy was listed as one of Forbes’ 30 under 30, is among Ad Age’s Women to Watch Europe, an EY Entrepreneur of the Year, and a face of the United Nations #SheInnovates global campaign. She’s also an Adweek contributor, a Cannes SDG Lions judge, and a passionate Bloom mentor. For more information, please visit https://good-loop.com/

Sarah Gardner is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Heat Initiative, a collective effort of concerned child safety experts and advocates encouraging leading technology companies to detect and eradicate child sexual abuse materials on their platforms. This year, she launched Heat's multimillion-dollar effort to hold Apple accountable for its inaction in removing child abuse from iCloud. Sarah previously spent 10 years at the Thorn, an organization that builds technology to combat online child sexual abuse, where she was integral to its growth from a small, start-up effort to a multi-million dollar nonprofit. For more information, please see https://protectchildrennotabuse.org/

Antoinette Mayer has a track record in achieving transformational change, marrying business and social impact goals, and building world-class teams. Under her leadership, Blue Shield of California's first Corporate Citizenship signature initiative, BlueSky, launched in 2019, a multi-year, multi-million-dollar statewide initiative focused on boosting access to mental health support for youth in California. For more information, please see https://bluesky.blueshieldca.com/

Kassia Davis is the founder of KADA (a sustainable clothing line offering elevated essentials to real women) and the new owner behind the iconic American heritage footwear brand PF Flyers. Kassia is a Boston-based entrepreneur and designer who spent ten years of her career at New Balance. For more information, please see https://wearkada.com/

Emily is the founder and CEO of Ethos Giving. Equal parts head and heart, Emily has spent her career working for social change. With deep experience in government, advocacy, nonprofit, corporate, and philanthropic work, Emily can uniquely envision and steward philanthropic contributions that maximize benefit and value for all. For more information, please see https://ethos-giving.com/