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Exceptional Women
by Audacy
EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN is the nation's leader in programming by and for women. The show is co-hosted by Morning MAGIC's Sue Tabb and Kendra Petrone and it airs Sunday mornings at 7:30. EW has won multiple prestigious awards including numerous Gracie Allen Awards from the Alliance for Women in Media. EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN has put nearly 600 women in the spotlight. Some of them make headlines, others make things happen quietly...but they are all inspiring. If you'd like to nominate someone to be on EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN, email Sue or Kendra a brief summary of their story. We receive many submissions, and there's no guarantee that yours will be chosen, but we carefully review all of them and appreciate your support.
Episodes
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TODAY contributor Jill Martin on Exceptional Women with Sue and Kendra
Sue and Kendra talked with Emmy Award-winning television personality, entrepreneur, and longtime contributor to NBC's TODAY, Jill Martin. Jill is also the founder of By Jill Martin, a lifestyle brand known for accessible elegance, everyday luxury, and products that bring comfort and style to…
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Melissa Gilbo on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Melissa Gilbo, the Founder and CEO of Women’s Business League, a national community helping women build meaningful relationships, grow their businesses, and create opportunities for one another. Her work has earned her recognition as one of “Women We Admire’s” Top 50...
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Heather White, Executive Director of AFSP MA Chapter on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Heather White, the Executive Director of AFSP (the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention) Massachusetts Chapter, about the foundations work to keep the conversation going about mental health. The Out of the Darkness Walks are AFSP's signature fundraiser, uniting…
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Maureen Gillis of the Hull Lifesaving Museum on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Maureen Gillis, Director of Development for the Hull Lifesaving Museum. The Museum has has been a part of our community for nearly 5 decades, combining maritime heritage with youth development programs that teach confidence, teamwork, leadership and lifesaving skills.
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Giving The Glam Founder and President Maristela Rapo on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Maristela Rapo, Founder and President of Giving The Glam — an organization that has been changing lives and building confidence for more than a decade. Giving The Glam is celebrating 12 years of impact, helping more than 1,200 students feel confident, supported, and...
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Sherri Shepherd on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Sherri Shepard, the Emmy award winning talk show host, comedian, actress and best selling author. Sherri is currently on a stand up tour “Make It Make Sense” with a stop here in Boston. Sherri delivers unfiltered takes on relationships, pop culture and everyday life!
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Jodi Tatiana Charles on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Jodi Tatiana Charles, a marketing strategist, a global speaker and an author. Jodi recently released her second children’s book, Going to the Festival, which introduces civic participation and cultural awareness to young readers and families.
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Jennifer Shearer on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Jennifer Shearer, the Vice President of Emergency Preparedness for Mass General Brigham, where she helps coordinate how hospitals prepare for everything from major public events to public health emergencies. Jen is also helping to coordinate plans for Boston to host the...
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Jennifer Jones on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Jennifer Jones, the first African-American Radio City Music Hall Rockette. Jennifer is also an author, a speaker and cancer survivor. She is an advocate for educating people on colorectal cancer and she recently wrote a memoir titled "Becoming Spectacular" available on...
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CEO Stephanie Michelle Pimentel on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Lumena Global CEO Stephanie Michelle Pimentel about her career, and her journey to show what global leadership looks like. Lumena Global is a cross border advisory firm that guides US companies expanding into Latin America.
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NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with sports studio anchor and Red Sox and Patriots reporter for NBC Sports Boston Trenni Casey. They talked about her incredible career covering all major sports here in Boston and the New England Patriots. Trenni has covered the Super Bowl, the World Series, national...
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Kara Connell on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Kara Connell, founder of My Perimeno-Posse, an active and growing community for women. An accomplished executive, Kara is passionate about building communities to enable women to confidently achieve, even as challenged by the changes the mid-life phase of life for…
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Marine Corps Veteran and Pat Tillman Scholar Nina Guerra on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Marine Corps veteran and Pat Tillman Scholar, Nina Guerra who, after leaving the military and returning to civilian life, started working with horses as a way to cope with her anxiety and PTSD. Now, she’s helping other veterans do the same at Rustic Ranch in Texas…
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Rachel Louise Snyder on Exceptional Women
Rosie’s Place’s annual luncheon, Funny Women…Serious Business takes place on November 6th at the Menino Convention and Exhibition Center. This year the featured speaker is Rachel Louise Snyder, an award-winning author and investigative journalist whose work explores the causes and consequences of...
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Meredith Mendelson, Executive Director of The Ellie Fund on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Meredith Mendelson, Executive Director of The Ellie Fund, about their mission of supporting patients, funding care and providing hope.
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Dr. Charlotte Kuperwasser on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Dr. Charlotte Kuperwasser, a Professor and the Director of the Tufts Convergence Lab at Tufts University School of Medicine and also the recipient of grant funding from Boston-based Find The Cause Breast Cancer Foundation for her research into the environmental causes…
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Matt DeAngelis and Christine Dwyer of Janice Jam on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with husband and wife Broadway performers Matt DeAngelis and Christine Dwyer about "Janice Jam." Matt lost his mom Janice to breast cancer in 2022 and since then has rallied friends, family and industry colleagues to help in the fight against the disease. The concert...
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Heather White, Executive Director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention MA Chapter
Sue and Kendra talked with Heather White, Executive Director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention MA Chapter. Heather has a personal connection to the cause and shared her story with us, including how she nearly lost her own life after suffering from post-partum depression. We also...
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Instagram Stars Bee and Lin on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with two women who are making millions of us laugh, one silly joke at a time. Belinda Buras and Linda Simeone – known as ‘Bee and Lin’ on Instagram and Tik Tok– they are the couple behind the viral sensation that started with just one playful joke back in 2020. Bee is the...
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Toni George, Founder of ScratcherGirls on Exceptional Women
With her two daughters by her side, Toni George has founded SCRATCHERGIRLS a three generation company devoted to the fine art of back scratching. Located in Miami Gardens... they offer Scratch Therapy, which is a type of therapeutic touch that uses light scratching and tracing movements with the...
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Dr. Ann Burgess on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Dr. Ann Burgess, a forensic nurse and professor at Boston College whose groundbreaking work has profoundly influenced the fields of victimology, trauma care, and criminal profiling. In the 1970s, Dr. Burgess co-founded one of the nation's first hospital-based crisis...
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Amy Goober on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Amy Goober, an ACTION coach who empowers women to connect and move forward. She is also the author of the book, "My Mother Always Says: 25 Lessons for Finding the Silver Lining."
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Jen Kowal of the North Shore Children's Museum on Exceptional Women
Jen Kowal, the Executive Director of the North Shore Children’s Museum in Peabody. Their mission is to bring together children, families, and their community with accessible, hands-on learning through play. They have a big event coming up - The 2nd Annual Grown Ups Gala is May 2nd and every…
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Sandy Bravo on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with the Founder and President of The 440k Project about her mission to find permanent homes for children and teens and to reform the foster care system. The 440K Project, Inc. was named to highlight the fact that there are about 440,000 kids in foster care in the United...
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Author JB Harris on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with author JB Harris, a Boston native, whose debut novel, The Immigrant’s Wife, is inspired by the disappearance of her great grandfather in the early 1900s. JB Harris describes The Immigrant’s wife as a story of self-sacrifice, resilience and devotion. A middle-class girl...
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Nicole McLaughlin, Executive Director of Plummer Youth Promise on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Nicole McLauglin, Executive Director of the Plummer Youth Promise about the organization and their mission to ensure that every young person has a family unconditionally committed to guiding them to successful adulthood.
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Amy Labelle of Labelle Winery on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Amy LaBelle of Labelle Winery in Derry and Amherst NH. As the co-owner of LaBelle Winery, her passion, commitment, and hard work have made Amy the lifestyle personality to watch. Her two wineries have literally put New England on the wine map, quickly positioning her as…
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Crystal Rimoczy and Jodi McGroarty from Birdhouse Amesbury on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Crystal Rimoczy and Jodi McGroarty about co-founding Birdhouse Amesbury - a place dedicated to women connecting in person to learn, work and relax in an environment designed for rediscovery. Birdhouse, located in Amesbury, is a curated space for women to go, with...
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Sue Tabb and Deirdre Budzyna Talk WAKING OZ on Exceptional Women
Kendra talked with Sue and her co-author Deirdre Budzyna about the release of their first book, WAKING OZ. "Waking Oz: A Guide for Women Who Want to Use Brains, Heart and Courage to Create a Kickass Life" available on Barnes and Noble.com and Amazon. It's meant to inspire women to step out of…
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Sarah Medrano-Palmer of Bridges Homeward on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Sarah Medrano-Palmer, Director of Family Services for Bridges Homeward, a non-profit in Cambridge that has been providing services to kids and families for 150 years. Here in Massachusetts, there are over 9,000 children placed in foster care and about 40% of the kids in...
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Sarah Medrano-Palmer of Bridges Homeward on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Sarah Medrano-Palmer,Director of Family Services for Bridges Homeward, a non-profit in Cambridge that has been providing services to kids and families for 150 years. Here in Massachusetts, there are over 9,000 children placed in foster care and about 40% of the kids in...
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Sue Tabb and Deirdre Budzyna on Exceptional Women
Kendra talked with Sue and her friend/co-author Deirdre Budzyna about their brand new self help book Waking Oz. Waking Oz is described as a guide for women who want to use brains, heart and courage to create a kickass life. It’s available now for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes and Noble…
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Gretta Monahan and Caitlyn Ellis on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Gretta Monahan, Founder & CEO of Gretta Luxe boutique, Grettacole Salon & Day Spa, and the G Spa at Foxwoods Resort; and Caitlyn Mosher Ellis, the Executive Director of Find The Cause Breast Cancer Foundation. The mission of Find The Cause is to fund scientific research...
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Margot Budzyna on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with acclaimed filmmaker and Boston native Margot Budzyna, about her incredible career (at just 24 yrs old) and her award winning short film RAPT heading to the New Hampshire Film Festival.
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Rachel Calabrese on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Rachel Calabrese, Founder of Confikids, a nonprofit organization that provides the opportunity for every child to build confidence through recreational sports, arts and enrichment programs, regardless of their financial situation.
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Melissa Stern of "Mel The Clothing" on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Melissa Stern, founder of MEL THE CLOTHING. Mel is a Boston-based fashion designer who designs sparkly gear for a lot of notable people including Tom Brady, Dave Portnoy, Patrick and Brittany Mahomes among others. She likes to say you can take her clothing from a game…
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Jessica Van Der Stad & Michele Lee on Exceptional Women
Kendra talked with Jessica Van Der Stad and Michele Lee, who shared their commitment to mental health advocacy through their work with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Jessica serves as the Executive Director for the Massachusetts Chapter of AFSP. After losing her dad to suicide in...
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Lisa Ponte, Founder of LP Vibes on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra were thrilled to talk with Lisa Ponte and her daughter Alex who created LP Vibes during the height of the pandemic as a way to promote positive thinking, compassion and self love through affirmation cards. Lisa’s daughter Alex stepped in in 2022 to help create a children’s version…
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Meghan Melo on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Meghan Melo, a wife, a mother, a mental health counselor and two time cancer survivor who is currently undergoing treatment for Stage 2 Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Meghan is also a longtime member of Voices of Hope, a non profit organization that raises funds for...
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Jenn Gulbrand on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Jenn Gulbrand, who is working to empower women to create a life of purpose. Jen is an author, speaker, coach and energy and sound healer. She is the founder of WeBreathe Wellness in Walpole and the creator of the Soul Soiree that will take place on September 14th. Jenn…
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Tanya Hackett On Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Tanya Hackett, the founder of the Jonny Hackett Memorial Fund and Jonny’s bags. Tanya’s family faced unimaginable loss on July 22, 2021, while swimming with friends, Jonny suffered an undetected ruptured brain aneurysm and passed away days later. Tanya has spent the…
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Shannon Taylor On Exceptional Women
Kendra and Sue talked with Shannon Taylor, Co-founder of Legacy Bundles, a company that allows parents to swap out their kids’ clothing. Legacy Bundles was created after Shannon and her husband Anthony had their first baby and realized how quickly kids outgrow their clothes. Their “Bundle Swap”...
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Chef Leigh Whittaker on Exceptional Women
Kendra and Sue talked with Chef Leigh Whittaker about opening her first ever restaurant - "Le Mari" on Newbury St! After a lucrative 20-year career in the medical device industry, Chef Leigh made the bold decision to leave sales behind to pursue her undeniable passion for cooking. Le Mari (French...
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Stacy Padula on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with award winning author and publisher Stacy Padula, whose young adult series Gripped is now being adapted for TV. Stacy is the founder of Briley and Baxter Publications and South Shore College Consulting and Tutoring.
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Kara Callahan on Exceptional Women
Kendra and Sue talked with Kara Callahan, she’s the Marketing lead for the Harry Potter: The Exhibition which is coming to the Cambridgeside Galleria in September. Kara began her career cross-country promoting for the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice and The Radio City...
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Nicki Maher on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Nicki Maher, one of the most popular social media moms out there; her Instagram (@NickiMarieInc) has close to 1 million followers! When the pandemic hit, Nicki lost her job, so she turned to social media. Never did she think that a simple video of a beach day and some...
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Nancy Cook and Tammy Fannon on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Nancy Cook and her daughter Tammy Fannon who are volunteers for the Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk coming up on June 22nd. Both mother and daughter are known in the community as loss survivors you can turn to for support.
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UNFOLDID Senior Stylist Amanda Smith on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Amanda Smith, senior stylist with Unfoldid, a company that helps women build a wardrobe that fits their personality and lifestyle. She is also a well respected fashion show designer for high profile events and works with Tailored for Success, a nonprofit which empowers...
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Tricia Sabulis, of Partners in Child Development, on Exceptional Women
Kendra talked with Tricia Sabulis, one of the Board Members for Partners in Child Development, formerly known as the Professional Center for Child Development in Andover, MA. The PCD is a school that offers education and therapies for children of all abilities. Through their core programs and...
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Major Kate Rubins on Exceptional Women
Sue and Kendra talked with Major Kate Rubins of the US Army Reserve about her incredible career and being the first person ever to sequence D-N-A in space as an astronaut and has championed cutting-edge research as a soldier.
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EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN is the nation's leader in programming by and for women. The show is co-hosted by Morning MAGIC's Sue Tabb and Kendra Petrone and it airs Sunday mornings at 7:30. EW has won multiple prestigious awards including numerous Gracie Allen Awards from the Alliance for Women in Media. EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN has put nearly 600 women in the spotlight. Some of them make headlines, others make things happen quietly...but they are all inspiring. If you'd like to nominate someone to be on EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN, email Sue or Kendra a brief summary of their story. We receive many submissions, and there's no guarantee that yours will be chosen, but we carefully review all of them and appreciate your support.
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EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN is the nation's leader in programming by and for women. The show is co-hosted by Morning MAGIC's Sue Tabb and Kendra Petrone and it airs Sunday mornings at 7:30. EW has won multiple prestigious awards including numerous Gracie Allen Awards from the Alliance for Women in Media....
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