Wonder Woman in Business, Madeline Jhawar

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Madeline Jhawar

Madeline Jhawar is the founder and owner of Italy Beyond the Obvious, and has been creating custom Italy vacations for curious travelers for over a decade. After living in Italy for 5 years and working as a tour guide leading week-long hiking and biking trips, Madeline received constant requests from friends and family to help with their Italy vacations. After a decade of this, in 2008, Madeline founded Italy Beyond the Obvious. However, clients would return from their incredible Italy vacations and ask Madeline: "who else does what you do for other countries?". At the same time, destination experts reached out asking her to teach them how to set up an online travel business. She researched online travel education programs and saw a gap in the market. So in 2019, Madeline and her partner Devin launched the Travel Beyond the Obvious course, which trains destination experts how to create an online travel business. Madeline lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband and two teenage children.

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Enjoy the podcast.

Madeline Jhawar

Connect with Madeline:

Websites

IBO

https://www.italybeyondtheobvious.com/  

TBO

https://www.travelbeyondtheobvious.com/  

Social Media

Facebook Italy Beyond the Obvious

https://www.facebook.com/ItalyBtO/ 

Travel Beyond the Obvious

https://www.facebook.com/TravelBtO/

Instagram IBO

https://www.instagram.com/italybeyondtheobvious/

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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Wonder Women in Business Ally, Joel Stern

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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. 

Contact Joel

Email: joel_stern@namwolf.org

Phone: 847 733 7780

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


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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.

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Enjoy the podcast.

Karen Kubetz

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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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.

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Enjoy the podcast.

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

       


 

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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

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