Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Karen Kupetz

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Karen Kupetz

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.

Karen Kubetz

Contact Karen

Karen Kupetz*

Senior Director of Legal Recruiting

kkupetz@goulstonstorrs.com

New York

+1 212 878 5049

LinkedIn: in/karenkupetz




Wonder Woman in Business, Valerie Freeman

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Valerie Freeman

Valerie Freeman is the Founder and CEO of a group of specialized companies whose services include staffing, search, outsourcing, project management and consulting.  The companies operate under the brand names Imprimis Group, BravoTech, Freeman+Leonard and ANSERteam and operate all over the U.S.  Over the years, the companies have been named to the Inc.500/5000, Dallas 100, WPO Fast 50, and Cougar 100 (Univ. of Houston).  Recently Valerie was named to D CEO’s Dallas 500 Business Leaders,  Power 50 women in Dallas by the Texas Diversity Council, Prism Award from the Council for Inclusion in Financial Services and in past years has also received the Tech Titans Community Hero Award, Women of Distinction Award from the Girl Scouts, Maura Award from the Dallas Women’s Foundation, Athena Award from the Dallas Regional Chamber, and WBE of the Year Award from the Women’s Business Council of the Southwest.  She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alliance of Technology and Women, and the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award from the Dallas Business Journal for her work with Women in Technology. She was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. She was also inducted into the Women’s Business Enterprise Hall of Fame.   She is also a founder and serves on the Investment Committee of Texas Women Ventures and is the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Prime Women Media. 

Valerie serves on the Board of the North Dallas Chamber and chairs the Advisory Council for the Alliance of Technology and Women.  She holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Business Education from the University of Houston where she was named a Distinguished Alum.

Valerie Freeman

Contact Valerie 

Valerie Freeman | CEO

vfreeman@imprimis.com
T:972.419.1710 | F: 972.419.1799

The People You Need For The Future You Want

Imprimis | BravoTech | Freeman+Leonard

HUMANCAPITAL solutions | Anserteam



       


 

Wonder Woman in Business, Judy Lloyd

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Judy Lloyd

About Judy…

Judy Lloyd is a connector who has a 35-year career in government, business and politics. She has owned her own business Altamont Strategies for 11 years, where she manages external affairs, stakeholder advocacy, fundraising and development campaigns. She also works part-time as a senior district representative for State Senator Steve Glazer, handling state and local government relations as well as serving as an informal advisor on innovation and business issues.

In Judy’s Own Words…

I’ve been especially blessed with the talent to connect, motivate and thrive in highly charged environments that demand attention to detail. My husband says my resume should be just three words: Gets Stuff Done.

I enjoy connecting with new people and believe good things happen when citizens and community leaders converge to create pragmatic solutions that are smart for business, good for the environment and help communities thrive.

My interest in public service and political campaigns began while working for my local Congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives. From there, I was appointed by two U.S. Presidents to executive branch positions in the federal government, serving three Cabinet Members at the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Labor.

I’ve worked on fundraising, media, and grassroots mobilization for multiple presidential, congressional, state, county and local campaigns. I had the awesome opportunity of working in the U.S. Capitol alongside America's greatest veteran: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. We still stay in touch. I also have experience in state government, working in the California State Senate.

I'm proud of the work I've done as a public policy professional, private sector small businesswoman, strategic adviser and logistics lead, earning the U.S. Secretary of Labor’s Exceptional Achievement Award and the San Francisco Business Times Woman of Distinction in Politics & Government Award. My passion for workplace flexibility and taking on challenging projects also earned me a chapter in the book, Women Who Paved the Way.

I'm grateful for the community I live in and volunteer for causes that impact police, firefighters, veterans and small businesses. I've also served on local government committees, providing advice on education, transportation and the environment.

I love baseball, football, hiking and cooking homemade Italian food paired with just the right wine. I try not to miss the chance to see a good baseball game or a country or classic rock show. 

Judy is in process of writing a book called “Petite Cucina – Recipes and Stories from a Small Italian Kitchen” that will honor my Mom, who passed from pancreatic cancer in 2011. She is also considering a book about my life in business and politics and challenges women face in the political arena. Judy just shot an interview for a documentary called “Failure to Success” that is in the process of filming and released in Fall 2020. [Once available, we will ass all of this to the blogcast.]

Contact Judy

Judy B. Lloyd

Altamont Strategies

Post Office Box 1803 | Danville | CA | 94526

925-847-0104 office | 925-989-0100 cell | @JudyBLloyd | in/judyblloyd94506



Wonder Woman in Business, Ellen Cohen

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Ellen Cohen, J.D., CPCC, PCC

ELLEN COHEN, J.D., CPCC, PCC is an executive, business, career and wellbeing coach with over 10 years; experience, certified by both CTI (CPCC) and International Coach Federation (PCC) who works with corporate executives and lawyers across many industries to enhance their productivity and effectiveness, build leadership skills, and cultivate wellbeing and resiliency. Her coaching style incorporates scientific/neuroscience-based coaching, emotional intelligence skills and well-being modalities all designed to help her clients stand out.

With 20 years’ experience as an entertainment attorney, Business Affairs attorney and senior executive negotiating high level talent and business deals in film, TV and digital for major studios including Disney, Sony, Microsoft, Fox, and Showtime, Ellen has a particular expertise in working with lawyers both in law firms or in corporate environments including General Counsel, Business/Legal Affairs and Corporate Legal departments to help them and their team/associates (1) build relationships across different internal functions and clients, (2) enhance their ability to be influential, develop a meaningful professional brand and departmental mission statement and (3) cultivate powerful relationships.

Ellen is an enhanced practitioner in Conversational Intelligence (CIQ) which is about the neuroscience of communication and how our interactions impact our neurochemistry. Additionally, she has studied the neuroscience of stress and its impact on performance, leadership, team building, and interpersonal relationships and her programs incorporate this knowledge to improve productivity, effectiveness and job satisfaction.  As a result, she has many resources to offer her clients to deepen their own knowledge, develop new skills and explore new behaviors and habits both within their professional and personal lives.

Representative clients include EVP/SVP/VP level corporate executives in many areas from IT to Finance to Sales to Business Development; Attorneys including Partner/executives at major law firms, General Counsel and in-house attorneys; medical professionals including doctors, medical director; and PhDs at such prestigious companies as Latham & Watkins, Boston Scientific, IMAX, Kaiser Permanente, City National Bank, University of Pennsylvania, Los Angeles County Health, The SEC, CVS, BMI and Cap Gemini.

Ellen received her J.D. from Emory University School of Law and a double B.A. from Brandeis University in Philosophy and French Language & Literature. She also admitted to practice law in the state bars of CA, NY, FL & GA. She earned her coaching certification credentials from CTI and was awarded the PCC credential from International Coach Federation (ICF). She is also a 200 hour Certified Meditation Teacher (Unplug Mediation) and a 550 Hr. Certified Yoga instructor (YogaWorks). She is a contributing editor to Attorney At Law Magazine - Los Angeles edition where she writes about executive coaching issues facing attorneys. She is also a member of the ABA Attorney Well-being committee.

You can find out more about Ellen at Ebccoaching.com

Ellen Cohen, J.D., CPCC, PCC

Founder/Principal

Ellen Cohen

WOMEN LEGAL 2020

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Contact Ellen:

EBC COACHING & CONSULTING

Enhancing Productivity - Building Leadership - Cultivating Wellbeing 

Executive|Business|Career|Wellbeing Coaching for Lawyers & Executives

https://ebccoaching.com/

Office:    310-283-8686

Mobile:  310-393-8686

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Wonder Woman in Business, Maria Ross

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Maria Ross

Maria Ross, the founder of brand consultancy Red Slice, believes cash flow, creativity and compassion are not mutually exclusive. She advises entrepreneurs and fast-growth businesses on building irresistible brand stories to better connect with customers. Maria is the author of several books, including Branding Basics for Small Business and Rebooting My Brain and her new book is The Empathy Edge: Harnessing the Value of Compassion as an Engine for Success. She understands the power of empathy on the brand and personal levels: In 2008, shortly after launching her business, she suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm that almost killed her and inspired her memoir, Rebooting My Brain. Maria has spoken to audiences ranging from The New York Times to BlogHer and has appeared in numerous media outlets, including MSNBC, ABC News, Forbes.com and Entrepreneur. She also writes for many outlets, including columns on Entrepreneur.com and Huffington Post. Maria lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, young son, and precocious mutt.

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The Empathy Edge: Harnessing the Value of Compassion as an Engine for Success

Being empathetic at work means seeing the situation from another’s perspective, and using that vantage point to shape your leadership style, workplace culture, and branding strategy. Pairing her knowledge as a branding expert with proven research and fascinating stories from executives, change-makers and community leaders, Maria Ross reveals exactly how empathy makes brands and organizations stronger and more successful.

Ross shows why your business needs to cultivate more empathy now, and shares the habits and traits of empathetic leaders who foster more productivity and loyalty. She gives practical tips, big and small, for how to align your mission and values and hire the right people, cultivating a more empathetic―and innovative―workplace culture. Finally, she gives you the goods on building your empathetic brand in an authentic and proactive way, and shows how doing so results in happier customers, innovative work cultures and increased profits.

In this practical playbook for businesses of all types, Maria Ross proves that empathy is not just good for society―it’s great for business, and may transform you at a personal level, too.

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A few of the amazing women who have inspired Maria. Check them out here:

Contact Maria:

Maria Ross
Speaker - Brand Strategist - Author, Red Slice

Website: www.red-slice.com

LinkedIn: in/mariajross

Twitter: redslice

IG: @redslicemaria

FB: /redslice

Available now for pre-order: THE EMPATHY EDGE: Harnessing the Value of Compassion as an Engine for Success (A Playbook for Brands, Leaders, and Teams) www.theempathyedge.com



Wonder Woman in Business, Lauren LaViola

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Lauren LaVioloa

Rock the Street Wall Street

Lauren LaViola started her professional journey in the Journalism world receiving her Bachelor of Science in Communication and Information at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a minor in Business Administration. She had a short stint in the Hospitality Industry before spreading her adventurous and inquisitive wings across the Atlantic. Lauren spent a year abroad in Spain teaching English to students aged 4 to 85 and returned to the US more self-aware and with a whole new outlook on life.

Lauren landed in Chicago where she received her Master of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management, a Certificate in Executive Leadership, and a Certificate in Meeting and Event Management. In Chicago, she volunteered with numerous nonprofit organizations and it was her volunteer work that brought all of her skills, interests, and experiences full circle. 

Lauren was the Executive Director of a national nonprofit called Children of Restaurant Employees (CORE) for 8 years and was honored to be the recipient of the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award. After growing CORE to the charity it is today, Lauren left the organization in the Fall of 2019 to follow her passion of empowering the next generation of women in her role as the COO of Rock The Street, Wall Street, a financial literacy program designed to inspire high school girls to pursue careers in finance.

As Lauren says, “The nonprofit world is where my passion presented itself loud and clear and now my career happens to be one of my favorite pastimes— helping others.”

Favorite Books:

Anything by Brene Brown - The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Braving the Wilderness...currently reading her book Dare to Lead

Lauren LaViola

Contact Lauren:

Lauren LaViola

Chief Operating Officer
Rock The Street, Wall Street, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
Moving Girls Forward In The Field of Finance
(678) 637-6002 | www.rockthestreetwallstreet.com
Book a Call with me HERE!

Email: Lauren.l@rockthestreetwallstreet.com

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

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