Susan Freeman

February 28, 2020

STEM, Women Leaders, Equity

Wonder Woman in Business, Kwanza Price

Susan Freeman

February 28, 2020

STEM, Women Leaders, Equity

Kwanza Price

Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research

Kwanza Price moved to Silicon Valley in 2018 from NYC after being recruited by a mid-sized pharma company based in Palo Alto. Kwanza has worked in healthcare for more than a decade and has a graduate degree from Columbia University. Prior to grad school, she worked for an international non-government organization focused on development in Africa. She lived in Niger for two years helping to oversee a multi-million dollar project aimed at reducing food insecurity. Kwanza studied French and Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College.

In the community, Kwanza is part of a Black Biotech group focused on developing an African-American Art museum and Center of Inclusive Innovation along the San Francisco Bay pier. She is also in discussions with leaders in East Palo Alto to renovate the library there.

Kwanza is a health economist in her current role and has a strong interest in technological innovation and opportunities to address inequality. She grew up in Washington, DC and still has a large extended family there. This is her first time living in California and she is based in Menlo Park.

Connect with Kwanza

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Susan Freeman

February 27, 2020

Equity, Story Telling, Women Leaders

Wonder Women in Business, Kate Isler & Sharon Harris of Be Bold Now

Susan Freeman

February 27, 2020

Equity, Story Telling, Women Leaders

About Kate

Author, Speaker, Board member & International Executive.

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateisler

Email:

kate@bboldnow.com

Kate has over 20 years of international executive leadership gained working for fortune 100 companies to startups and has now turned her passion for supporting gender parity into a thriving business. Kate is the Co-Founder and CEO of Be Bold Now, a conscious consulting practice whose mission is to build an intersectional community of women and men, who strive to inspire, empower and support each other to take bold pragmatic action to accelerate gender parity and support the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Kate is a change agent and thought leader. Her experience in high tech as a CEO of a digital health startup, and as an Executive at Microsoft where she spent many years living and working overseas, provides a powerful platform of real-world expertise and examples to draw from when addressing gender equity and balanced management practices.

Kate’s journey of leadership, challenging the status quo, overcoming adversity and breaking gender stereotypes motivates and inspires. She has successfully navigated the complexity of a global company and tested her agility and ability to innovation leading as an entrepreneur.

She is a published author and recently completed her memoir to be released by HarperCollins Leadership in 2020.

Kate is an active and committed mentor for the International Women’s Forum, and, serves on the global board of Girl Rising, and several startup advisory boards.

Kate has over 20 years of international executive leadership gained working for fortune 100 companies to startups and have now turned my passion for supporting gender parity into a thriving business. I am the Co-Founder and CEO of Be Bold Now, a conscious consulting practice whose mission is to build an intersectional community of women and men, who strive to inspire, empower and support each other to take bold pragmatic action to accelerate gender parity and support the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Kate is a change agent and thought leader. My experience in high tech as a CEO of a digital health startup, and as an Executive at Microsoft where I spent many years living and working overseas, provides a powerful platform of real-world expertise and examples to draw from when addressing gender equity and balanced management practices.

Her journey of leadership, challenging the status quo, overcoming adversity and breaking gender stereotypes motivates and inspires audiences, teams and individuals. I have successfully navigated the complexity of a global company and tested my agility and ability to innovate as an entrepreneur.

Kate is a published author and recently completed my memoir to be released by HarperCollins Leadership in 2020.

Kate is an active and committed mentor for the International Women’s Forum, and, serves on the global board of Girl Rising, and several startup advisory boards.

About Sharon

Speaker & International Executive.

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-harris

Email:

sharrisny@hotmail.com

Sharon Harris is the Vice President, Alliance Relations at Google Marketing Platform Alliance with Deloitte Consulting

Sharon is an experienced digital media professional. She has over twenty years of cutting-edge knowledge in branding and launching numerous campaigns and products for several world-renowned brands. Microsoft, T-Mobile, and Reuters are just a few of the leading companies that she has worked with to help them define and translate their brand and business strategies in revenue.

Sharon made her mark at Microsoft as the Senior Global Product Marketing Manager, becoming a fundamental launch contributor for Microsoft Windows 8 Ads-in-Apps. She constructed the fall 2012 launch of advertising on Microsoft Windows 8. In early 2012, Sharon coordinated the launch of advertising on Skype mobile, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2010. Mastering many challenges, she also designed the sales coordination efforts, as well as the overall messaging for advertising on Microsoft Windows 8.

Ms. Harris managed multimillion-dollar accounts and directed company-wide projects for companies like IAC, and Discovery Networks. Presently, she is employed by Deloitte Consulting as a Senior Manager serving as the VP of Alliance Relationships supporting its Google Marketing Platform Alliance.

Sharon’s tenacity of being a seasoned advertising and digital media professional does not limit her ability to give back to the community. Being an advocate of change, she has been an active participant in diversity and inclusion efforts in advertising and technology, while mentoring college students who are interested in both fields of study. She also serves on several non-profit boards including, The Marcus Graham Project, Be Bold Seattle - International Women’s’ Day, Challenge Day, Ignite and the Sustainable Impacts and Strategic Global Initiatives (SISGI).

Sharon is from a small town in Louisiana, but her accomplishments since leaving home have been anything but small. Ms. Harris studied American Studies at Yale University and graduated with honors from New York University with a B.A in Literature.

Sharon loves to travel and enjoys cooking creole cuisine.

International Women’s Day (IWD) is a day to acknowledge and celebrate women’s cultural, social, and economic contributions but is also a call to action for women and their allies to take action to accelerate gender parity. IWD has been celebrated for 111 years and recognized by the UN since 1975.

2020 will mark the fifth annual Be Bold Now International Women’s Day celebration, March 5, 2020, at Benaroya Hall. The event is an evening celebration where we share women's stories to inspire the audience to take action to promote gender parity. The evening is anchored on the data from the World Economic Forum Gender gap report (WEF) to ground women and our allies in the work that needs to be done to close the current estimate of over 200 years for women to achieve parity.

We hope you will join us for the uplifting and inspiring evening. ASL Interpretation will be available at this presentation.

Be Bold: International Women’s Day Celebration 2020

Date:

March 5, 2020

Time:

Doors open at 5:30 pm - program at 6:30-8:30 pm

Location:

Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, Seattle, WA 98101

Twitter:

@beboldnow0308

Facebook:

@beboldnow0308

Instagram:

@beboldnow0308

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/beboldnow0308

Event Hashtag:

#BeBoldNow

Be Bold website & registration:

http://bboldnow.com

Enjoy the podcast.

Kate Isler & Sharon Harris

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Susan Freeman

February 20, 2020

Equity, Legal, Male Allies

Wonder Women in Business Ally, Joel Stern

Susan Freeman

February 20, 2020

Equity, Legal, Male Allies

Joel Stern

NAMWOLF CEO

Joel Stern is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms, Inc. (NAMWOLF). NAMWOLF, founded in 2001, is a nonprofit trade association comprised of over 195 minority and women owned law firms in 42 states. NAMWOLF’S mission is to provide corporations the premier place to go to locate and hire minority and women owned law firms of the very highest caliber.

Prior to this role, Joel was the Global Deputy General Counsel and COO Legal at Accenture. Joel managed the Americas Legal team and also had primary responsibilities as the Chief Operations Officer of the 420+ member global legal group managing all operations of the Legal team including finance, IT, human resources, communications, facilities and support services. Additionally, he managed all outside counsel relationships across the globe.

Throughout Joel’s accomplished career, he personally championed key diversity and inclusion initiatives including leading Accenture Legal Group’s award-winning diversity and inclusion programs. He has been a Board Member of NAMWOLF since 2010 and formerly chaired the NAMWOLF In-House Advisory Council. Joel’s published articles and regular speaking engagements reflect his zeal for expanding opportunities in the law.

CLICK LINK: https://namwolf.org/cle-corporate-legal-departments/

Contact Joel

Email: joel_stern@namwolf.org

Phone: 847 733 7780

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jas1024/

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Susan Freeman

February 20, 2020

Legal, Strategy, Women Leaders, Communications, Equity

Wonder Woman in Business, Karen Kupetz

Susan Freeman

February 20, 2020

Legal, Strategy, Women Leaders, Communications, Equity

Karen Kupetz is the Senior Director of Legal Recruiting for Goulston & Storrs, resident in the New York office. She leads the firm’s legal talent acquisition efforts with a specific focus on lateral partners and the successful integration of their practices into the firm. Karen brings an innovative and strategic approach to talent acquisition and integration that is grounded in best practices across recruiting, business operations, marketing, business development and client service.

Karen brings over 15 years of recruiting experience to her role at Goulston & Storrs, both as a recruiter in search agencies as well as in law firms. As a search firm recruiter, Karen often worked alongside law firm leadership and corporate CEOs to identify top talent that aligned with their business and talent management goals. Karen recently served as the National Director of Recruiting for an Am Law 100 firm where she achieved above-market growth and surpassed diversity and inclusion hiring targets while using the most cutting-edge methods available.

Having begun her career as a bankruptcy lawyer in New York and Los Angeles, Karen has first-hand knowledge of what is important to successful attorney integration and uses that experience to help partners make career transitions smoothly.

Contact Karen

Karen Kupetz*

Senior Director of Legal Recruiting

kkupetz@goulstonstorrs.com

New York

+1 212 878 5049

LinkedIn: in/karenkupetz

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Susan Freeman

February 14, 2020

Books, Equity, Empathy, Podcasts, Wellness

Wonder Woman in Business, Kimberley Heart

Susan Freeman

February 14, 2020

Books, Equity, Empathy, Podcasts, Wellness

kimberley-heart-head shot.jpg — Kimberley Heart

Kimberley Heart, B.Sc., PA, MA has been a trusted advisor to world-changers and maverick leaders for more than twenty years. She consults and lectures internationally on relationships and the challenge of personal change. She has been featured on CBS and NBC national news and cited in Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and multiple regional newspapers and magazines. She has hosted her own talk radio show on both coasts and has been a guest on over 150 radio stations, including KABC, KFI, KCBS, WOR, WINS, and WCBS. Her first book, When Fairy Tale Romances Break Real Hearts, was met with enthusiastic acclaim from readers and reviewers alike.

As a nationally recognized keynote speaker and change agent, Kimberley is best recognized for presenting forward-thinking topics including “Crisis is your Best Friend”, “Leadership Dilemma: Nothing Changes Until You Do,” “The New Face of Leadership is 30 Years Old” and “Matter and Make Money”.

"Business With Heart" - where business gets personal is at the core of Kimberley’s strategic business consulting. She discusses with CEO’s why PEOPLE are the bedrock of their business and instructs them on how they can move their business to the next level through proven tactics and processes.

“I believe that any problem can be solved by creating an organizational awareness that encourages a culture that recognizes individual development needed, empowers employee autonomy, and manages for next-generation leaders. I partner with Executives to identify leadership dysfunction, outdated work processes and individual development needs to affect a cultural shift that will dramatically increase employee engagement & retention while creating an agile workforce. “

Stop Giving and Start Receiving. Here is Why!

Contact Kimberley

Kimberley Heart
President & Founder
Mentoring the Masters
Get Love

(818) 421-3950

Email: Kimberley@getlove.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberleyheart/

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Susan Freeman

February 12, 2020

Male Allies, Podcasts, Politics, Equity

Ally in Our Fight for Equity & More, Josh Becker

Susan Freeman

February 12, 2020

Male Allies, Podcasts, Politics, Equity

Josh Becker

for CA Senate District 13

Josh Becker

Josh’s early career was defined by service both in El Salvador, where he spent six months working with refugees fleeing violence and in Washington DC where he served as press secretary for Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky. After his stint in Washington Josh moved to California and enrolled in Stanford where he earned a joint MBA/JD.

Josh has released a comprehensive plan to combat climate change, by far the most comprehensive proposal of any candidate for this office. These proposals include; achieving carbon neutrality in state government agencies by 2030, paying farmers to sequester carbon, and a prize for breakthrough inventions in clean technology. He has earned the endorsements of the Sierra Club and League of Conservation Voters.

Josh believes healthcare is a human right and that single-payer must be our north star. This is a generational challenge that we can and must meet.

Josh is a leader in education advocacy, having served on the San Mateo County Childcare partnership council and on the UC Merced board of trustees. He is also a public-school parent in Menlo Park.

This district has more than its share of pioneering non-profits, successful and influential businesses, and world-class educational institutions. Josh’s 30 years of leadership in these sectors, make him ideally suited to bring the best ideas from each of them to Government.

Josh will fight for smart, transit-oriented growth. Local control must include local responsibility for the region we all share. If we can't do a better job of addressing this issue, we face a lost generation of middle-class residents, communities without nurses, teachers, and first responders.

In 2016 Josh’s work on education, the environment, and income equality was recognized with a Jefferson Award for Public Service, earning him praise from Michelle Obama and CBS News.

Josh is a founder of the Full Circle Fund, an organization which has raised more than $10 million and has supported more than 50 organizations pursuing innovation in energy, education, affordable housing and tech training.

““As Californians, we must and will repudiate the Trump agenda. We do so by protecting the coastline, reducing climate change, protecting immigrants who help power our economy, ensuring everyone has affordable healthcare, defending courageous women who come forward to assert their dignity, passing meaningful gun control and helping to create affordable housing. As your State Senator, I will help make those changes and much more. Your support means so much to me.”

– Josh Becker for California State Senate, District 13”

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Senate District 13

There are only 40 State Senators in California, each representing approximately 1 million people. The 13th district stretches from Sunnyvale to South San Francisco, covering most of Silicon Valley, it represents a tremendous chance to harness the wealth and power of this area to create meaningful change, for California, and the world.