Women Leaders

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Wonder Woman, Homeira Izadi, MD

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Homeira Izadi, MD

HOMEIRA IZADI, MD

QUADRUPLE BOARD CERTIFIED PHYSICIAN

Dr. Izadi is a quadruple board-certified Medical Doctor (MD) with over 25 years of experience in a variety of settings from top medical centers where she had used the most advanced technology and been to war zones where her stethoscope was her only tool.

She is a writer and contributor for the Atherton and Los Altos magazines.

She is board certified from:

Her journey:

When she was young, Dr. Izadi fell in love with medicine and decided to continue her great-grandfather’s mission to heal people. She has been dedicated to helping others achieve their healthiest lives ever since.

As a child, she struggled with allergies and severe gastrointestinal symptoms. She was tested many times and told that she had Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and seasonal allergies, even though these diagnoses did not match her symptoms. When she went to medical school, she realized that IBS is only a fancy name to describe symptoms of unknown etiology, and mainstream medicine was not much help.

She began looking into Integrative Medicine through A4M (American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine) where she continued diving into the new field where conventional treatments met traditional and functional medicine. After searching among different groups, she found Cenegenics, the most reliable practice modality with emphasis on evidence-based medicine, not just personal opinions or experience. Dr. Izadi perfected the science of Integrative Medicine, utilizing a variety of platforms that work together for the benefit of the patient.

The first time she heard of topics like gluten sensitivity, the role of vitamin D as a hormone and many other lesser-known scientific facts was over fifteen years ago at an A4M conference. It took a long time for conventional medicine to dig into Integrative Medicine and accept it. Many patients don’t have time to wait for allopathic medicines to catch up on new approaches that are able to resolve their health problems.

Dr. Izadi was able to get rid of “allergy” symptoms, IBS, and severe GERD by just eliminating gluten from her diet. No more Zyrtec or Nexium...

Due to taking Proton Pump inhibitors (to subside the symptoms of GERD) and Gluten sensitivity (which decreased absorption of calcium and made her prone to bone fragility) she developed severe premature osteoporosis. Conventional medicine offered narcotics and surgery, but none had a satisfying prognosis. In fact, there was no long term follow up available after surgery. Conventional practices do not focus on long term prognosis and treatment.

Through Integrative Medicine she learned how to look at each patient as a whole, with their soul and body deeply connected, trying to treat the whole being in order to cure the root cause of the problem. Integrative medicine has much more to offer than traditional approaches, and each patient is treated as an individual with unique needs. Here they will be provided with different modalities to reach optimal health.

It is taught in medical schools to only find symptoms and treat them. Medical students currently have no special education regarding exercise, nutrition or genetics. Recently, some top medical schools such as UCSF, UCLA, Mayo Clinic and Harvard added integrative medicine to their programs.

Dr. Izadi is able to apply a diverse group of treatments from both the integrative and conventional world to assist patients in getting rid of health problems. Dr. Izadi uses multiple modalities besides embracing the power of the mind in relieving physical symptoms. She also has extensive training as well as experience in aesthetic medicine. Making people feel good inside and out is her passion.

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Enjoy the podcast.

Homeira Izadi, MD

Connect with Dr. Izadi:

Pristine Wellness Center

325 Sharon Park Dr, D4, Menlo Park, California 94025

P: (650)487-0844

E: impristinewellnesscenter@gmail.com

W: https://www.pristinewellnesscenter.com

LinkedIn: in/homeira-izadi-925a1596

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Wonder Woman in Business, Michelle Wimes

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Michelle Wimes

Chief Diversity and Professional Development Officer

Michelle P. Wimes serves as the Chief Diversity and Professional Development Officer at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms.  In her role, Michelle leads the firm’s efforts to attract, develop, retain, promote and advance a diverse group of attorneys across the firm’s national platform of 53 offices in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.  Additionally, Michelle leads the firm’s attorney training and professional development efforts.  She is based in Ogletree Deakins’ Kansas City office.

Michelle has extensive experience in delivering strategic leadership, client development, and talent management programming.  She is deft at implementing change management strategies necessary for comprehensive and effective diversity and inclusion and professional development initiatives and programming.  Previously, Michelle practiced law for 14 years where she handled all aspects of employment litigation while serving as an equity partner at a Kansas City-based firm.  She focused on matters involving employment discrimination, harassment, and civil rights issues while representing clients before the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as local, state and federal courts.

Later, Michelle spent four years on the senior management team of a premier Am Law 100 law firm as their Director of Strategic Initiatives, spearheading diversity and inclusion strategies and programming for lawyers across nine offices in the United States and Europe.

Prior to a career in law, Michelle was an elementary and middle school teacher in Kansas City.  She received a B.A. from the University of Missouri and performed graduate work at the University of Seville in Spain and undergraduate work at the University of Xalapa in Veracruz, Mexico.  Due to her studies and her extensive legal work in Latin America, she is fluent in Spanish.  Michelle earned her law degree, with trial advocacy honors, from Tulane Law School.  She is the proud wife of federal district court judge Brian C. Wimes and the mother of three daughters, Sydney, Gabrielle, and Saige.

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Enjoy the podcast.

Michelle Wimes

Connect with Michelle

LinkedIn; https: in/michellepattersonwimes

E: michelle.wimes@ogletree.com

P: (816) 410-1801‬

4520 Main Street

Suite 400

Kansas City MO 64111


 

Wonder Woman in Business, Jennifer Hicks

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Jennifer Hicks

Jennifer Hicks, Director of Client Development at Capital Fund Law Group, joined the firm in the early part of 2018 and has quickly become an integral team member. She liaises with the in-house attorneys, assists prospective and current clients with their fund planning and formation process and provides guidance to emerging managers on non-legal fund-related matters. Furthermore, Ms. Hicks organizes the firm's investment fund events and is the point of contact for our Managing Partner, John Lore.

Ms. Hicks, who has been a lifelong student of the legal field, held a career in law enforcement in the state of Utah prior to becoming a part of Capital Fund Law Group. Having been a first responder allowed Ms. Hicks the opportunity to gain valuable skills, which include investigative research, critical thinking, extreme attention to detail and multitasking – all skills required to make the transition to the corporate side of the law. While her client base is now fund managers and not the public, Ms. Hicks understands the importance of public relations and perception. In fact, she partakes in podcasts and interviews showcasing her transition from one area of the law to another. 

Given her time as a civil servant, Ms. Hicks continues to fuel her passion for giving back and serving the community. During her law enforcement career, Ms. Hicks was nominated as Police Association President, a volunteer role, where she organized a police and fire charity event to raise money and awareness for a child in her community. In her personal life, Ms. Hicks actively organizes events and projects, often surrounding military causes and children in her community.

Ms. Hicks holds an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice and her Paralegal Certification. She has also earned several advanced certifications in communications and investigations. Awards include the Police Combat Cross medal for her response and action taken during a 2015-armed assailant situation.

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Enjoy the podcast.

Jennifer Hicks

Connect with Jennifer:

Jennifer Hicks | Director of Client Development 

Capital Fund Law Group | 1700 Broadway | New York, NY
e: jhicks@capitalfundlaw.com | w: www.capitalfundlaw.com
p: 212.203.4300

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Wonder Woman in Business, Kwanza Price

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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. 

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Kwanza Price

Connect with Kwanza

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

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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.

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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

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Enjoy the podcast.

Kate Isler & Sharon Harris

Wonder Woman in Business, Megan Kelly

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Megan Kelly

Megan Howard Kelly, a Baton Rouge native, is a proud wife and Mom to two beautiful little girls. She is most passionate about all things creative, with a special love for branding and web design. 

Megan holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Southern University A&M. She is the owner of MHK, a branding company helping small businesses tell their story, build a solid brand and display it through their website.  MHK also specializes in the field of Public Relations. 

Megan is the founder and CEO of The Mompreneur Nation, a national online group with local tribes for Mom-owned businesses. The group began locally in October of 2018 and has since expanded nationally.

She began her career in the news broadcast field as a TV producer/reporter for the CBS affiliate, WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge, for several years learning the market and developing lasting relationships. Megan is most recently a graduate of Leadership Baton Rouge 2017-18.

Additionally, she served as the Creative Director of Encounter Church for 16 years overseeing website development, graphic design, branding, video production, social media and marketing.

Prior to MHK, she, along with her husband Trey, owned a wedding videography company. 

Megan is also a passionate advocate for domestic violence. As a survivor, she believes it’s important to speak up and end the silence and stigma behind Domestic Violence.

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Enjoy the podcast.

Megan Kelly

Connect with Megan

MEGAN H. KELLY

Owner/Founder

Mompreneur Nation

www.meganhkelly.com

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