PODCAST
the Working Mother’s Mentor
Welcome!
Corporate & non-profit executives, entrepreneurs, NYT best-selling authors, and acclaimed experts share their secrets about how to:
» excel as leaders
» build awesome careers
» grow wildly successful businesses
» parent with skill and confidence
» ditch overwhelm and
» thrive
The conversations are personal, honest, funny, and full of practical tips, strategies, and advice you can start using today.
Ever wonder how a podcast is made? We go behind the scenes of the making the Working Mother’s Mentor: TWMM 036
Sneak Peek Into What You'll Learn... 01:11 – Julie takes us behind the scenes of the making of the Working Mother’s Mentor podcast. 06:50 – We learn how Julie records the podcast and how she feels throughout the creation and...
From a high school teacher to a CMO, Deloitte’s fmr Chief Content Officer on managing pivots and building a successful career: TWMM 035
Jonathan Copulsky is an innovative marketing leader, growth strategist, and thought leader with over 35 years of experience working at the intersection of brand, marketing strategy, content marketing, and marketing technology. As a CMO,...
Do you feel like you do the lion’s share of kid and home related work for your family? Learn more about the mental load and its impact on working women with Bright Horizons, VP (Horizons Workforce Consulting) Jennifer Vena: TWMM 034
Jennifer Vena is Vice President of Horizons Workforce Consulting, a global consulting practice that provides workforce well-being assessment, work/life strategic planning, and dependent care needs assessment consulting to clients across a...
Learn how an influencer built her career − Forrester Research VP and Principal Researcher Sucharita Kodali: TWMM 033
Sucharita Kodali is one of the country’s leading authority on retail, shopping and mobile commerce. She is a highly-regarded and frequently sought-after public speaker and has presented her research to audiences around the world. She is...
New York Times Best Selling Author Julie Lythcott-Haims provides a masterclass on parenting and dives deeper into her personal journey of self-acceptance: TWMM 032
Julie Lythcott-Haims is deeply interested in what prevents humans from thriving. She is the New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult, an anti-helicopter parenting manifesto which gave rise to one of the "Top TED Talks of 2016"...
Working abroad, finding a great workplace culture, and making big career pivots—Managing Director of SEEK Australia and New Zealand, Kendra Banks: TWMM 031
Kendra is the Managing Director of SEEK Australia and New Zealand. Previously, she was their Chief Commercial Officer, where she led customer and commercial relationships and initiatives across the Commercial Excellence, Marketing, and Sales...
What does it take to become a CEO? Kim Powell, author of the CEO Next Door teaches us surprising lessons in leadership: TWMM 030
Kim Powell is a Principal at ghSMART. She serves leading Fortune 500 senior executives, private equity firms and non-profit leaders in the areas of management assessment, leadership coaching and organizational change. She...
Learn how to launch a successful online course and to discover your true path, with Jeanine Blackwell, Founder and CEO of Create Six Figure Courses and the Launch Lab: TWMM 029
Jeanine Blackwell works with thousands of experts each year in creating and launching profitable online courses. She is an internationally recognized expert on brain-based course design, Amazon #1 Bestselling author and ranked as one of the Top...
GreatSchools Founder and Former CEO, Bill Jackson, on finding the right school for your kids and concrete advice to would-be entrepreneurs: TWMM 028
Bill is the founder and CEO of Raise Ready Kids (raisereadykids.com), which helps families build strong learning cultures at home. He also serves as board chair at Family Engagement Lab, a nonprofit that creates digital products to help schools...
Beth Neumann, President and CEO of Starboard Cruise Services, on how she made it to the C-Suite and what she learned along the way: TWMM 027
Beth Neumann is the President & Chief Executive Officer of Starboard Cruise Services, a Global Retailer with 2,500+ employees operating on 90 Cruise Ships. Starboard sells “memories of the cruise vacation” including Fine Jewelry, Swiss...
Tiffany Dufu, Author of Drop the Ball, on how to create balance in your homelife and how freeing more of your capacity at home affects your ability to do big things in the world: TWMM 026
Tiffany Dufu is a catalyst-at-large in the world of women’s leadership and the author of Drop the Ball, a memoir and manifesto that shows women how to cultivate the single skill they really need in order to thrive: the ability to let go....
Janet Feldstein McKillop, J. Paul Getty Trust Head of Development, on her building a successful career in development, managing a heavy travel load while raising small children, and why she loves walking up steep hills: TWMM 025
Janet Feldstein McKillop is Vice President for Development at The J. Paul Getty Trust, where she directs fundraising strategy and activity for the Trust as well as for the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Conservation Institute, and Getty Research...
Georgene Huang, CEO and Co-Founder, Fairygodboss, on having access to great information when considering career decisions, making career changes while pregnant, and having an impact: TWMM 024
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...
Gemma Hartley, Author of the viral Harper’s Bazaar articles about Emotional Labor, on her path back to writing after the birth of her children, finding work-life balance, and how to divide responsibilities at home: TWMM 023
Gemma Hartley is a freelance journalist and author of the forthcoming book "Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and The Way Forward," set to release Fall 2018. She received her B.A. in English Writing from the University of Nevada, Reno and gave...
Jessica Jensen, Head of Products, Platforms, and Insights, Business Marketing, Facebook, on working in Silicon Valley, a non-linear career journey, and fresh starts: TWMMP 022
Jessica Jensen is the Head of Products, Platforms & Insights for Business Marketing for Facebook. She oversees global positioning, marketing strategy and communications of Facebook’s family of advertising offerings (Facebook, Instagram,...
Kate Noel, Principal, Foreside Strategies, on working in the White House, decelerating her career, and juggling life with four kids: TWMM 021
Kate Noel is principal at Foreside Strategies, a strategic communications firm outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She advises small to medium sized businesses and non-profit clients on their media outreach, board management and long-term...
Claudia McKay, The World Bank, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, on transitioning from corporate to non-profit, being a young leader, and raising her children overseas: TWMMP 020
Claudia McKay works as a Senior Financial Sector Specialist with the World Bank Group. She has lived in Oxford, Lilongwe (Malawi), Washington DC and now Nairobi while working to increase the value of financial services for people living in...
Alisa Lewis, eBay HR Director, on her entrepreneurial roots, a non-linear path, and owning your career: TWMM 019
Alisa Lewis is an HR Business Partner at eBay. In her role she partners with executives across the Platform Engineering and Global Finance teams to develop organizational strategies, improve employee engagement, and enable high performing teams...
Waidehi Gokhale, CEO of Soliya, on leading mission-driven work, developing grit as a family, and returning to center when finding yourself depleted: TWMM 018
Waidehi Gokhale. As the CEO of Soliya, a pioneering not-for-profit organization that provides innovative technology enabled global exchange and education programming in partnership with institutions of higher education, Waidehi drives the...
Lynn Perkins, Co-Founder and CEO of UrbanSitter, on leading a start-up, securing $40 million in venture capital, and raising 3 kids: TWMM 017
Lynn Perkins is CEO and co-founder of UrbanSitter, a mobile and online service that is reinventing the way parents find trusted childcare. Launched in 2011, quickly Lynn grew UrbanSitter into a national marketplace in less than a year. To...
