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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.

Vickie Whatley PART 2, Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Operations at Shout! Factory, on managing metastatic breast cancer while juggling a big job and life with a young son. TWMM 016
Vickie Whatley is the SVP of Human Resources & Operations at Shout! Factory, a diversified multi-platform media company based in West Los Angeles. In her current role, Vickie is a member of the senior management team and plays a key role in...

Vickie Whatley PART 1, Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Operations at Shout! Factory, on her journey from Art History to becoming an executive in an entertainment company: TWMM 015
Vickie Whatley is the SVP of Human Resources & Operations at Shout! Factory, a diversified multi-platform media company based in West Los Angeles. In her current role, Vickie is a member of the senior management team and plays a key role in...

Leighann Lord, Co-Host StarTalk Radio, Stand-Up Comedian, Author, and Keynote Speaker on being a caregiver, building the career meant for you, and working with Neil Degrasse Tyson: TWMMP 014
Leighann Lord: Stand-up Comedian | Author | Keynote Speaker | Host. Named one of New York’s 10 Hottest Comics and one of the top 15 comedians in Queens by It’s Queens Magazine, Leighann Lord has been seen on Lifetime, AspireTV, Comedy Central,...

Michelle Russell, Senior Partner and Managing Director at the Boston Consulting Group, on making company cultures great for working parents and how to successfully navigate an intense job while raising a family: TWMMP 013
Michelle Russell is Senior Partner & Managing Director at The Boston Consulting Group. She led Women@BCG for North America from 2013-2017. Michelle is a core member of the People & Organization practice area. She previously led BCG’s...

Tjada McKenna, Chief Operating Officer, Habitat for Humanity International on balancing a life of service requiring a lot of international travel while raising two small boys: TWMM 012
Tjada D’Oyen McKenna is the Chief Operating Officer of Habitat for Humanity International. As Chief Operating Officer, McKenna leads the operational execution of Habitat for Humanity’s strategic plan to advance its mission, grow capacity and...

Meg Resnikoff: What’s Up Moms co-founder on building a wildly successful media business while juggling life with 3 kids: TWMM 011
Meg grew up in Connecticut and when she wasn’t busy pretending to be a mom, she was in the kitchen learning family recipes. She won over her husband, Alan, whom she met her freshman year at Stanford, with some very fancy home cooked meals....

Libby Wright, Coca-Cola Company VP of Strategy, on starting a job while pregnant, the beauty having a relative care for your child, and the importance of community: TWMM 010
Libby Saylor Wright has more than 20 years marketing and management experience. As the VP, Strategy on the Kroger team at The Coca-Cola Company, Libby leads the strategic relationship, partnering with Kroger to identify mutually beneficial short-term and...

Leirion Gaylor Baird, Councilwoman, City Council of Lincoln, NE on the decision to be a stay-at-home mom, stepping into the public arena and juggling life with three kids: TWMM 009
Leirion Gaylor Baird was elected to the Lincoln City Council as an at-large representative in 2013 and was re-elected in 2017. Prior to joining the Council, Leirion was a Lincoln/Lancaster County Planning Commissioner. Leirion began her career as a...

Ndidi Nwuneli, Founder of AACE foods, on following the call on your life and living a life of purpose: TWMM 008
Ndidi Nwuneli is the Founder of LEAP Africa, a leading youth leadership nonprofit organization, and co-Founder of AACE Food Processing & Distribution, an indigenous agroprocessing company that was founded in 2009 to fight malnutrition, reduce...

Abby Davisson, Gap Foundation Director, on social impact, changing jobs on maternity leave, and being prepared for working motherhood: TWMM 007
Abby Davisson specializes in driving social innovation through cross-sector partnerships. As a director at Gap Foundation, she is currently focused on scaling Gap Inc.’s youth employment program, This Way Ahead, which helps low-income teens and young...

Tam Edwards, News Anchor, 6 ABC in Philadelphia, on unique career paths, tough schedules, and finding fulfillment: TWMM 006
Tamala Edwards joined 6abc in January of 2005. She is the weekday co-anchor of Action News Mornings from 4:30am-7am, and is a regular co-host of Inside Story, conducting probing interviews with newsmakers like Governor Tom Corbett, Senator Pat Casey,...

Sherice Torres, Google Marketing Director, on career advice for ambitious working moms, the importance of self-care, and what to do when life throws you a curve ball: TWMM 005
Sherice is an inspirational leader with nearly 20 years of experience in marketing, brand and product management, strategic planning, change management and organizational development. She currently serve as Marketing Director in Google’s Brand Studio -...

Lin-Hua Wu, Dropbox VP of Communications, on career transitions and life as the mom of four kids: TWMM 004
Lin-Hua is VP of Communications at Dropbox, overseeing global communications, including corporate, product, employee, and analyst relations. Previously she was Head of Corporate Communications at Square, where she led the company through its successful...

Nneka Rimmer, SVP Corporate Strategy and Development, McCormick and Company, on single motherhood by choice and work life balance as a senior executive: TWMM 003
Nneka Rimmer is currently Sr. Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Development, at McCormick and Co., a $4B publicly traded global consumer goods company. Ms. Rimmer is one of the nine named executive officers of the company, and she reports directly...

Jenny Cohen, Head of Brand for the Walt Disney Company, on work life balance as a senior executive: TWMM 002
Jenny Cohen is Senior Vice President of Brand, Franchise and Consumer Relationship Management at the Walt Disney Company. Her team stewards the growth of TWDC’s brands, supports the development of character franchises, manages global consumer insights,...

Julie Finn, Chief Mentor, the Working Mother’s Mentor on the mission of the company, the goals of the podcast, and her personal journey: TWMM 001
Julie Finn is a life strategist, coach, thought leader and lively storyteller who is passionate about helping people live abundant, fulfilled, and happy lives. Julie is the Chief Mentor at the Working Mother’s Mentor, a training and...