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SEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEDing Change in the Next Generation with Special Guest Alice SeelausWe are excited to introduce our new series within the SEE Change Podcast dedicated to telling the stories of the next generation of changemakers and trailblazers - Welcome to SEEDing Change with Annie Seelaus. This series will explore the narratives and unique viewpoints of rising Gen Z and Gen Alpha girls and young women who are eager to make a difference and who feel empowered to do so! Each episode will celebrate the creativity, resilience, and remarkable ability of youth to dream big and foster meaningful transformation. Our goal is to inspire and upl...2025-04-0122 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change in Women's Professional Cycling with Kate VeronneauOn this episode, we welcome guest, Kate Veronneau, Director of Women’s Strategy at Zwift, the interactive cycling platform that mimics real-world cycling, via a turbo trainer or exercise bike and a screen. Zwift has revolutionized indoor cycling, offering a host of training options to get people fit. In this lively conversation, Annie and Kate talk about Kate's journey to Zwift and how she has catapulted women’s professional cycling to the main stage. She was vital in creating the partnership with Zwift announcing a four-year title sponsorship of the eight-stage Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, the...2025-02-2140 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSpecial Episode: American Red Cross and the Disaster Response to Hurricane Helene and Hurricane MiltonJoin us for a timely conversation with Rosie Taravella, Regional Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross, New Jersey Region on the immediate disaster response and ongoing aid that is needed in the multiple states impacted by both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. At the time of this recording there were still 200,000 homes without power and 90+ people unaccounted for. Hear from Rosie on the extent of the damage from flooding in N.C. and TN to the strong winds and tornadoes that tore through the eastern part of FL. And how ARC works with local and fed...2024-10-2428 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change in Team Performance using Neuroscience with Jeanine Stewart, PhDIn this episode of SEE Change, we welcome Dr. Jeanine Stewart, a neuroscientist, executive coach, and former C-level executive. Dr. Stewart discusses her unique career journey, her scientific approach to leadership and organizational development, and advancements in mind-body health. With a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Virginia and experience in neuro-behavioral development, she explores how generational differences, burnout, and the COVID pandemic have transformed the workplace. Dr. Stewart applies neuroscience to create innovative practices that motivate teams, using her evidence-based methods to enhance individual and organizational performance.About Jeanine StewartJeanine...2024-10-0843 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change for Women in Fintech and Venture Capital with Tanya Van Court📣 📱We are pleased to welcome Tanya Van Court, the visionary Founder and CEO of Goalsetter to this episode of SEE Change. Tanya's road to founding Goalsetter, the family saving, financial literacy, and smart spending app, was inspired by her unique upbringing, storied career trajectory, and early career experiences that left a lasting impression. She is one of the most talented and fearless go-getters in business and is an inspiration to so many entrepreneurs. Join us for Annie and Tanya's lively and fun conversation which is loaded with advice and words of wisdom...2024-08-1541 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change in Women's Sports with Julie Foudy⚽ 📣 Calling all soccer fans!! We are excited to welcome two-time World Cup champion, Olympic gold medalist, and ESPN women's sports commentator, Julie Foudy, to this episode of SEE Change. In this fun conversation, Julie talks about her storied career path both on and off the field, the upcoming Olympic team, the moment women's sports are having right now, and the next generation of female athletes! ⚽ 🥇 You can follow Julie and learn more about her story by following here: Facebook: Julie FoudyX: @JulieFoudy Instagram: juliefoudyPodcast - Laughter PermittedLeadership AcademyABOUT R. Se...2024-06-2741 min
The Social Impact ShowSurprising Ways Companies Are Doing Good through InvestingIn today's episode, you'll learn about impact investing and how it aligns a company's financial activities with their social mission. We explore real-world examples of how corporations are using things like pension funds, cash reserves, and more to drive meaningful change through their investments. Annie Seelaus, CEO of Seelaus, shares innovative ways businesses are putting impact investing on their radar, including money market funds that donate revenue to nonprofits and short-duration portfolios funding analyst training programs. Timestamp of our discussion: 0:44 - What is impact investing? Philosophy at Seelaus 2:27 - What are the different types of i...2024-06-0320 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change in the School Lunch System with Nora LaTorre🎧 🎙 👏 We are thrilled to bring you this next episode of SEE Change with special guest, Nora LaTorre. Nora is the CEO of Eat Real Certified, a non-profit dedicated to fixing the food system for children and the planet. Click here to download:Nora is on a mission to make food, delicious, nutritious, and good for the planet through the US public school system. Many people don't realize that public schools are the largest restaurant chain in America serving over seven billion meals a year. Unfortunately, 67% of kids’ calories are ultra-processed calories which are having a ne...2024-05-0950 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change in the Food Industry with Morgan Zanotti🎙 🎧On this episode, we talk with the Co-Founder and President of Primal Kitchen (Primal Nutrition, LLC), Morgan Buehler Zanotti for an inspiring, funny, and candid conversation about Morgan's unconventional career path, current American health trends, and how she co-lead the creation of Primal Kitchen that, in just three years, was acquired by Kraft Heinz.Morgan's road to Primal Kitchen began while she was living in South America where she was introduced to the 'standard process cleanse', an elimination diet of dairy, gluten, and most processed foods. Instantly, she noticed how much better she felt and how many of her...2024-04-0240 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change in Maternal Mortality and Women's Health DisparitiesJoin us for an eye-opening discussion with Dr. Megan Rosenstein, and Isabel Pierre-Louis BSN RNC-OB as they shed light on the national health crisis of maternal mortality rates in the United States and the health disparities that exist for black and brown women across our country. This has been a topic that we have wanted to highlight for a long time so we are grateful to our guests for coming on the show and giving us an understanding of what is happening, why the numbers are going up, the heart-breaking disparities for black and brown m...2023-12-1852 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change for Women in Higher Ed with Nancy Weiss MalkielOn this episode, we invited Professor Nancy Weiss Malkiel, the trailblazing historian and author of ‘Keep the Damned Women Out’, to take us back to the late #1960s, a tumultuous time with countless civil rights and social movements, when she was just starting her career in academia. At the age of 25, Malkiel became the first woman to join Princeton University’s history department and one of only three women to join Princeton's faculty overall. 📕 📚In this fascinating discussion, Nancy recounts stories about what life for women was like back then and the changes taking place for women at elite hig...2023-10-3056 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change for Women in Aviation with Erika ArmstrongOn this episode we welcome the trailblazing pilot 👩✈️ and author of 'A Chick in the Cockpit, My Life up in the Air', Erika Armstrong to talk with us about all things aviation!✈✈✈ Armstrong is a commercial airline pilot, editor, aviation journalist, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Keynote Speaker, Social Media Superstar, and professor of aviation science. She is also a published author of the bestselling book A Chick in the Cockpit: My Life Up in the Air. ✈✈✈Erika talks about how she “accidentally” found herself in the world of aviation and shares stories from her twenty-five year career...2023-09-0742 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change and Innovation in Employment Initiatives Through Social Enterprise with Brenda Palms BarberWe couldn't BEE happier to bring you this next episode of SEE Change! On this episode, we welcomed the amazing Brenda Palms Barber, Founder of Sweet Beginnings, Chicago, LLC and CEO and President of North Lawndale Employment Network for a fascinating discussion about honeybees, business, and how the social enterprise she founded almost 20 years ago is changing lives on the West Side of Chicago.She talks us through how she identified the root causes of the extraordinarily high unemployment and chronic poverty levels in this part of Chicago and how she...2023-07-3143 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change in Oyster Farming and Aquaculture with Karen RivaraOn our Earth Day edition of SEEChange we are talking about oyster farming and aquaculture with Karen Rivara, President of Aeros Cultured Oyster Co. Karen was inspired to be a Marine Biologist while watching the “Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau” on television when she was 12. Today, Karen operates Aeros Cultured Oyster Co. where she grows oysters commercially for food, providing oyster larvae to other farms and to environmental groups that grow oysters for restoration purposes. Oysters are a critical part of the waterways because they are considered key stone organisms providing habitat for other sea...2023-04-2736 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change When Girls are Taught How to Build WealthIn honor of the first week of spring, we are pleased to welcome Maura Cunningham, CEO and Founder of Rock The Street, Wall Street (RTSWS) to #SEEChange with Annie Seelaus. On this episode, Maura talks about what inspired her to start Rock the Street, and how it has rapidly grown from one high school in Nashville to a program that is now in 32 cities across the U.S., U.K., and Canada. Maura shares her story of what it was like growing up in the Bronx with three older brothers and working her way to the top on...2023-03-2343 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change when the City Treasurer's Office focuses on social impactWe are honored to welcome the accomplished and inspiring City of Chicago Treasurer, Melissa Conyears-Ervin for this episode of SEEChange. She is the first elected treasurer in over 20 years that was not previously appointed. Serving since 2019, Treasurer Conyears-Ervin · manages the city’s $10 billion investment portfolio, · is responsible for maintaining records and accounts of the city’s finances and · serves on four local pension boards with nearly $25 billion under management.With an MBA in finance and career that has spanned both the public and private sector, she knows how to get things done. Having grown up on...2023-03-0841 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change When You Invest in a Girl's EducationOn episode #8 we are thrilled to welcome the inspirational and insightful, Tara Chklovski. She is the Founder and CEO of Technovation, a global tech education non-profit that equips young women with 21st century skills and the education they need to become the next generation of tech entrepreneurs and leaders. She shares her story of what inspired her to change her career path and start Technovation and how it has grown into a global organization that has engaged more than 150,000 girls in over 100+ countries. She has deep subject matter expertise and big goals to empower millions of girls in the fu...2023-02-0239 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change in Outcomes for Human Trafficking VictimsIn Episode #7 of SEEChange with Annie Seelaus, we sit down with Laurie Swink, Co-Founder of Selah Freedom, as she sheds light on the little known human trafficking crisis that is happening in communities all across the United States. She shares the story of how she became aware of this horrific problem and the brave steps she took to begin solving it. What started as a grassroots initiative of women from across thecountry to be a voice for the voiceless has transformed into a thrivingo...2022-11-1739 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change When Women LeadEpisode #6 - SEEing Change When Women Lead In episode 6, we talk to the incredible Julia Boorstin, CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent and Author of the new book When Women Lead. With almost two decades reporting at the cross section of media and technology, she shares her journey as a rising media correspondent and how the news room has evolved for the better. As an avid supporter of companies disrupting the status quo and striving for gender equity, she talks about why she is optimistic about the progress that has been made in closing the...2022-10-0336 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change in Access to Life-Saving Pediatric DrugsIn this episode, we talk to Laura Bray, Founder and Chief Change Maker at Angels for Change. Laura shares the story of her nine year old daughter’s battle with cancer and her first-hand experience facing 3 drug shortages of life-saving medicines during her 9 months of treatment. When faced with this life threatening situation, Laura took matters into her own hands and enlisted the help of friends and family to do whatever necessary to get her daughter the medicines she needed. Throughout their journey, they learned about a systemic problem with medication shortages for life saving pediatric cancer treat...2022-08-0345 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change in the MilitaryAs we head into the Memorial Day weekend and reflect on what this holiday means to us as Americans, it is only fitting that we highlight the accomplishments of Lieutenant General Lori Reynolds (USMC, Retired). Lori Reynolds is a three-star United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General (ret) and board member who most recently developed, led and managed the Corp’s $12B global information portfolio spanning intelligence, IT, networking, cyber security, space, and information. She guides complex global organizations to manage large-scale risk and transform operational information into strategic business intelligence assets. As the most senior woman in the...2022-05-2655 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change at NASAIn this episode, Dr. Kirschbaum discusses her academic journey and her current role as the Director of the Goddard Space Flight Center’s Earth Science Division at NASA, one of the largest earth science divisions in the world! She currently leads a research team that focuses on disaster research with a specific concentration on landslides and additionally serves as Chief of the Hydrological Sciences Laboratory which focuses on the movement and study of water via satellite observations and models. Dr. Kirschbaum is a Disaster Response Coordinator and works with other NASA centers and stakeholders globally to bring satellite data an...2022-04-2734 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change in BankingAlexandra Lebenthal joins the show to provide advice for women business owners and female leadership teams, perspective on the ever-evolving landscape and how now is the time to advance women in business - "You can't just paint a pink sign and say Banking for Women."ABOUT R. Seelaus & Co., Inc. Annie Seelaus is CEO of R. Seelaus & Co., Inc. The firm is a certified women's business enterprise ("WBE") and has grown into a full-service financial firm that is mission-driven in its commitment to creating more opportunities for women in financial services. R. Seelaus & Co., Inc., and...2022-03-0430 minSEE Change with Annie SeelausSEEing Change in Women's Health Our inaugural episode features the two co-founders of Reia - Meegan Daigler and Kaitlin Maier. Reia is building a suite of women's health products by redesigning lesser-known yet widely used devices to suit the needs of the modern woman.ABOUT R. Seelaus & Co., Inc. Annie Seelaus is CEO of R. Seelaus & Co., Inc. The firm is a certified women's business enterprise ("WBE") and has grown into a full-service financial firm that is mission-driven in its commitment to creating more opportunities for women in financial services. R. Seelaus & Co., Inc., and its subsidiaries offer investment advisory, asset m...2022-01-2647 min