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Redefining Ambition
by The Women's Network
Redefining Ambition is a podcast produced by The Women’s Network (TWN), to highlight the unique experiences of women in leadership roles across different industries. In each episode, guests relay their own personal stories- how they have ascended in their careers, the twists and turns their career paths have taken, and how they have found success in facing both personal and professional challenges. The goal of our series is to demonstrate the power of ambition, passion and drive in order to inspire future generations of women to achieve professional success.
Episodes
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Arielle Patrick: Chief Communications Officer at Ariel Investments
Arielle Patrick is the Chief Communications Officer at Ariel Investments, a global asset management firm and the first Black-owned mutual fund firm in the United States. After graduating from Princeton University, she began her career at the renowned PR firm Weber Shandwick, where she skyrocketed...
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Sam Saperstein: Managing Director/Head of Women on the Move at JPMorgan Chase
Sam Saperstein is the Managing Director/Head of Women on the Move at JPMorgan Chase and Host of the Women on the Move podcast. After beginning her career as a journalist, Sam quickly realized that she had other career interests and headed to Business school to make a change. Upon graduation, she...
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Laura Liswood: Co-Founder/Secretary General of the Council of Women World Leaders
Laura Liswood is the Co-Founder and Secretary General of the Council of Women World Leaders, which is composed of women presidents, prime ministers, and heads of government, the author of multiple books, and an acclaimed speaker and advisor. The Council’s mission is to promote good governance and...
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Ola Wadibia: Vice President/Financial Literacy Lead of Women on the Move at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Ola Wadibia is the Vice President and Financial Literacy and Community Development Lead of Women on the Move at JPMorgan Chase & Co. Throughout her career, including her time at Prosperity Now, a non-profit that champions economic opportunity for low-income individuals and families, Ola's work...
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Michèle Penzer: Attorney and Partner at Latham & Watkins
Michèle Penzer is a Managing Partner at the renowned New York City-based law firm Latham & Watkins. After attending Harvard University for her undergraduate degree and Yale University for law school, Penzer forged an impressive career in negotiation law and leveraged financial transactions, and…
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Dena Wimette: Head of Innovation at Ben & Jerry’s
Dena Wimette is the Head of Innovation at Ben & Jerry's, the multi-million dollar, socially responsible ice cream staple that has championed causes ranging from climate activism to criminal justice reform. Wimette has spent over 15 years with the company, working in brand management and...
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Dr. Ellen Censky: Renowned Scientist and CEO/President at the Milwaukee Public Museum
Dr. Ellen Censky, Ph.D. is the President and CEO of the Milwaukee Public Museum: Wisconsin’s Museum of Natural History. An acclaimed biologist, author of several books, and pioneer of the internationally-adopted BioBlitz program – which allows scientists to collaborate with communities to…
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Part 2: Two Recent Wharton School of Business Grads Discuss Resilience and Ambition
Brittney Cummins, a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and former mechanical engineer, and Megan Duley, a Major in the United States Army Reserve and entrepreneur, set off on two completely different tracks before crossing paths at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of...
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Part 1: Two Recent Wharton School of Business Grads Discuss Resilience and Ambition
Brittney Cummins, a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and former mechanical engineer, and Megan Duley, a Major in the United States Army Reserve and entrepreneur, set off on two completely different tracks before crossing paths at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of...
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Dr. Adaira Landry: Emergency Medicine Physician and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School
Dr. Adaira Landry is an Emergency Medicine physician, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, consultant, and published author. An advocate for greater diversity in medicine, Dr. Landry avoids the “toxic concept” of achieving perfection and, instead, uses self-compassion to navigate her...
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Claire Hansen: Principal at Firebrand Ventures
Claire Hansen is a Principal at Firebrand Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund. After working at Capital Factory, an accelerator and micro-venture capital fund, and for the U.S. Army as a corporate ventures strategist, she used her untraditional background in organizational communication...
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Lisa Granatstein: Chief Content Officer at Adweek
Lisa Granatstein is the Chief Content Officer at Adweek, the world’s leading advertising trade publication. After moving to the United States to pursue her master’s degree in journalism, Granatstein forged an extensive career in the industry, landing roles at well-known publications including…
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Lale Topcuoglu: Managing Director and Head of Credit at Swiss Re
Lale Topcuoglu is the Managing Director and Head of Credit at Swiss Re, a role she landed after climbing the ranks at Goldman Sachs and sharing financial expertise on Bloomberg. An introverted Turkish immigrant, star basketball player, and openly gay woman from a liberal arts background, Lale…
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Kim Pegula: President/Co-Owner of the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres
As Co-Owner and President of the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres, Kim Pegula is one of the most powerful women in sports. She made history as the first female president of both an NFL and NHL team and is now at the helm of the multi-billion dollar empire, Pegula Sports & Entertainment. A South...
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Mallun Yen: Founder/General Partner at Operator Collective and Serial Entrepreneur
Mallun Yen is a serial entrepreneur and the Founder/General Partner at Operator Collective: a community and venture fund for operators, founders and investors. As someone who grew up as an “outsider” and “happy being relatively invisible,” Yen could not have predicted how her entrepreneurial…
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Bonnie McKee: Singer, Songwriter, and Filmmaker
Bonnie McKee is a grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, filmmaker, and producer whose music has collectively sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. After scoring a record deal and moving to L.A. at the age of 16, she navigated “many lives” in Hollywood and faced setbacks when she was later...
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Dr. Andra Blomkalns: Stanford Medicine Professor of Emergency Medicine and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University
Dr. Andra Blomkalns, the first chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University and a professor of Emergency Medicine, is no stranger to being “the first.” In addition to becoming the first chair of her department at Stanford, Dr. Blomkalns graduated first in her class from...
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Gabby Hirata: President at Diane von Furstenberg
Gabby Hirata is the President at global luxury fashion brand DVF, where much of her focus remains on “customer-centric thinking” and dedication to solution-driven leadership in an industry defined by change. With over a decade of leadership experience at iconic brands such as Ralph Lauren and…
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Amani Duncan: President at BBH, New York and former SVP of Music at MTV
As a veteran marketer and brand strategist, Amani Duncan leads the creative advertising agency BBH New York and embraces the firm’s philosophy “when the world zigs, zag.” In this episode, she advises that being earnest and authentic is the most important way to forge a professional path, while...
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Lydia Fenet: Global Managing Director and Lead Charity Auctioneer at Christie’s
Lydia Fenet is an author, art auctioneer, and Global Managing Director at Christie’s, the largest auction house in the world. Working her way up from a 20-year-old intern tasked with shredding paper to the leading charity auctioneer in a highly competitive industry, Fenet has utilized her can-do...
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Meredith Gertler: EVP, Content Strategy and Planning at HBO & HBO Max
Meredith Gertler is the Executive Vice President of Content Strategy & Planning at HBO and HBO Max. After several pivots throughout her time at HBO, this entertainment exec has learned the importance of “being adaptable and flexible to change” while combining her passions for entertainment and...
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Taly Goody: Attorney and founder at Goody Law Group
Taly Goody is the founder of Goody Law Group and an attorney specializing in business formation, personal injury, and employment law. After spending several years working in art litigation, Goody felt stagnant in her career and decided to pivot to a different area of the law. In growing a TikTok...
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Leigh Morgan: Chief Strategy & Operating Officer at Nia Tero Foundation and former COO at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Leigh Morgan is the Chief Strategy & Operating Officer at Nia Tero Foundation, a Seattle-based non-profit dedicated to protecting and securing Indigenous people’s guardianship of vital ecosystems. Morgan has underscored the importance of community work “across dimensions of difference” throughout...
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Kayla Lebovits: founder and CEO at Bundle Benefits
Kayla Lebovits is the founder and CEO of Bundle Benefits, a personalized work-life benefit service that supports employees, their families, and their work teams to improve overall wellbeing and productivity. After working in finance for a number of years, Lebovits left her job to pursue grad…
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Sheila Marmon: founder and CEO at Mirror Digital
Sheila Marmon is the founder and CEO of Mirror Digital, a media company focused on helping large, established brands reach multicultural consumers through digital advertising platforms. By taking advantage of opportunities and being able to distinguish risk from fear, Marmon has learned to follow...
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Dr. Marisa Porges: Head of School at The Baldwin School, former Cybersecurity Senior Policy Advisor, former U.S. Naval Flight Officer, and Author
Dr. Marisa Porges, author of “What Girls Need: How to Raise Bold, Courageous, and Resilient Women'' and Head of School of the prestigious all-girls private school, The Baldwin School, has devoted her life to public service and has had a prolific career in many different capacities. After…
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Laura Zapata: Co-founder at Clearloop Corporation and former Head of Global Communications at Uber Eats
Laura Zapata is the Co-founder of Clearloop Corporation, a renewable energy accelerator expanding access to solar energy and helping clear carbon from our electricity grid. Laura is a communications expert who served as the Head of Global Communications for Uber Eats. She also worked for several...
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Farah Mohamed: founder of G(irls)20 and former CEO at the Malala Fund
Farah Mohamed, founder of G(irls)20 and former CEO of the Malala Fund, has educated and empowered girls and young women around the world throughout a career dedicated to advocacy. In this premiere Season 2 episode, Farah shares the importance of female labor force participation in relation to the...
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Introducing Jamie Vinick and Katya Shmorhun: Season 2 Cohosts
Jamie Vinick, founder and President of The Women’s Network, chats with Katya Shmorhun about Season 2 of Redefining Ambition, cohosting, and what to look forward to in Season 2’s release.
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Bisa Butler: TIME-Featured Fiber Artist and Educator
Bisa Butler is an art educator and award-winning American fiber artist, known for her life-sized quilts celebrating Black identity. Bisa has exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, amongst other venues; most recently, Bisa was...
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Jamie Vinick: founder/President at The Women’s Network
As a sophomore at Syracuse University, Jamie Vinick identified a need for a women-focused networking organization on her campus. Since then, The Women’s Network has quickly become Syracuse’s largest women-led student organization. Over the past three years, TWN has expanded to 42 college campuses...
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Nicole Sahin: founder/CEO at Globalization Partners
Nicole Sahin, founder and CEO of Globalization Partners, has helped firms around the world diminish the red tape associated with global hiring. Nicole opens up about her fascinating entrepreneurial and unconventional journey, challenges she has overcome in building a high-growth company,...
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Sueann Tannis: Senior Director of Integrated Communications at the UN Foundation
Sueann Tannis, Senior Director of Integrated Communications at the UN Foundation, is a communications and public relations expert, who has extensive senior-level marketing and branding experience in her remarkable career. In this episode, Sueann highlights the importance of consistently…
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Julia Landauer: NASCAR Driver and Motivational Speaker
At the age of 14, Julia Landauer became the first female champion of a Skip Barber Racing Series, and has since amassed a collection of wins and championships. Julia is a professional racecar driver, motivational speaker, and advocate for women and girls in STEM. In this episode, Julia shares the...
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Rachael Shayne: founder and Chief Marketing Officer at FocusedBrands
Renowned marketing expert Rachael Shayne has helped guide some of the world’s most recognizable brands, including Procter & Gamble, Alibaba.com, The North Face, and L’Oréal. She founded an on-demand branding collective, FocusedBrands, after years of building leadership experience in the industry....
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Alexia Korberg: Litigator and Partner at Paul Weiss — Part 2
Alexia Korberg, a rising legal superstar, made partner at the distinguished NYC-based law firm Paul Weiss and served on the legal team of the groundbreaking case United States v. Windsor, which successfully struck down DOMA: Defense of Marriage Act. In Part 2, Alexia discusses the importance of...
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Alexia Korberg: Litigator and Partner at Paul Weiss — Part 1
Alexia Korberg, a rising legal superstar, made partner at the distinguished NYC-based law firm Paul Weiss and served on the legal team of the groundbreaking case United States v. Windsor, which successfully struck down DOMA: Defense of Marriage Act. Alexia discusses her journey of achieving...
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Liv Perez: Host of Friend of a Friend and Entrepreneur
Liv Perez, entrepreneur, influencer and host of Friend of a Friend, turned her curated lifestyle site into a popular podcast featuring “up-and-comers and game changers.” Liv discusses post-grad life misconceptions, the value of reflection, the power of women supporting women, hustle culture, the...
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Natasha Case: Co-founder and CEO at Coolhaus
A trained architect turned entrepreneur, Natasha Case was fascinated about the intersection between food and architecture and coined the term “farchitecture.” Coolhaus, a women-led and founded premium ice cream company, was born and has found great success since inception. Natasha discusses the...
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April Galda: Chief Culture Officer at Global Atlantic Financial Group
April Galda, a financial industry veteran, formerly served as Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and is currently Chief Culture Officer at Global Atlantic Financial Group. April discusses professional hardships, personal choices and leadership qualities that have accelerated her remarkable career...
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Dr. Fatma Sonmez-Leopold: Syracuse University Finance Professor
After moving to Canada from Turkey and earning a Ph.D. in Finance in less than four years, Dr. Fatma Sonmez-Leopold has pursued her passion in higher education. Since then, she has inspired countless students to develop an interest in finance. Dr. Sonmez-Leopold opens up about challenges she...
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Emma Isaacs: CEO at Business Chicks
Business Chicks’ CEO Emma Isaacs discusses her new book WINGING IT and how, as a university dropout, she was able to create her first company at the age of 18, successfully manage a multi-million dollar firm that is home to over half a million women globally, raise six children and overcome fear:...
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Noora Raj Brown: SVP, Communications and Brand Marketing at Goop
Noora Raj Brown, SVP of Communications and Brand Marketing at goop.com, shares how she jumpstarted her career in the fashion industry and ultimately landed a job at a premier online lifestyle and media company. Noora discusses how she has been able to ascend in a competitive editorial world,...
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Christine Broda: User Researcher at Spotify — Part 2
Christine Broda, a User Researcher at Spotify, opens up about how she has battled imposter syndrome while working at one of the hottest tech companies on the market, a transformative life event that shaped her perspective on life and how she has found meaning and purpose during the pandemic.
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Christine Broda: User Researcher at Spotify — Part 1
Christine Broda, a User Researcher at Spotify, opens up about how she has battled imposter syndrome while working at one of the hottest tech companies on the market, a transformative life event that shaped her perspective on life and how she has found meaning and purpose during the pandemic.
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Erin Sharoni: Co-founder of JUVICELL, STEM Researcher, DJ and former TV Host — Part 2
Erin Sharoni, a researcher, entrepreneur, DJ and former TV host gets candid about challenges she’s confronted throughout this pandemic and her career, and details how she has achieved success across many different disciplines. After co-hosting shows on NBC News, Showtime Networks, and CBS Sports,...
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Erin Sharoni: Co-founder of JUVICELL, STEM Researcher, DJ and former TV Host — Part 1
Erin Sharoni, a researcher, entrepreneur, DJ and former TV host gets candid about challenges she’s confronted throughout this pandemic and her career, and details how she has achieved success across many different disciplines. After co-hosting shows on NBC News, Showtime Networks, and CBS Sports,...
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A Gender Divide on Ambition: A Conversation From Two Men’s Perspectives
The connotations associated with characterizing one as "ambitious" often exposes a clear gender divide: men are often perceived - and referred to as - driven and assertive, while women are "ambitious" and aggressive. Eric Black and Brian Morris - both recent graduates - join the conversation on…
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Suzie Reider: Global Managing Director at Waze
Suzie Reider holds one of the most powerful positions at Waze, the navigation app that most of us are very familiar with. She has served in various senior leadership capacities at Google (including serving as the Chief Marketing Officer at YouTube, which is owned by Google) and transitioned to...
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Bola Sokunbi: Founder/CEO at Clever Girl Finance
Bola Sokunbi turned her finance blogging hobby into a business and founded Clever Girl Finance, a platform that empowers and educates hundreds of thousands of women to make more strategic financial decisions. She’s a best-selling author, a money expert, a mom to twins and the leader of a…
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Redefining Ambition is a podcast produced by The Women’s Network (TWN), to highlight the unique experiences of women in leadership roles across different industries. In each episode, guests relay their own personal stories- how they have ascended in their careers, the twists and turns their career paths have taken, and how they have found success in facing both personal and professional challenges. The goal of our series is to demonstrate the power of ambition, passion and drive in order to inspire future generations of women to achieve professional success.
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