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Top Of The Game083 Re-Release | Seattle Podcast with Jonathan SposatoThe tables get turned on me once more - from host to guest - this time with Jonathan Sposato, a remarkable person who is one of Seattle's loudest and most effective cheerleaders. This is a re-release of the original published on September 25, 2025. His podcast is the aptly named: The Seattle Podcast. Jonathan interviews the leaders and experts behind the innovative thinking that makes Seattle a world-class city. From politics and science, to sports, music, and culture. He himself is one of those leaders. Jonathan is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and media executive. He is...
2025-09-2942 minSeattle
SeattleJavier Saade: Serial Investor Betting on SeattleIn this episode Jonathan Sposato sits down with Javier Saade; Saade is a recent Seattle transplant and a seasoned leader committed to making a meaningful impact on the city’s economic and entrepreneurial landscape. From founding companies to shaping innovation policy in the Obama administration, Javier has built a career guiding impact-driven ventures while serving on multiple boards and as an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School. Now, he’s turning his focus to the Pacific Northwest: sharing why he believes the city holds untapped potential for innovation, leadership, and the future of impact investing.
2025-09-2541 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game082 Alejandro Grajal| ecosystems and lifeALEJANDRO GRAJAL  Alejandro has lived and breathed the amazing natural ecosystems that make up our beloved planet. He is also an accomplished  and prolific author that currently leads Woodland Park Zoo, one of the largest zoos in America with a legacy of 126 years and one of the most important cultural and most visited institutions in Seattle.  He is internationally known for his vision to define a new relationship between humans and nature by helping to restore the deep, affective bond between people and animals. He advocates for zoos as the best community institutions to create a s...
2025-08-1418 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game081 Marissa Solis| own the gameThis week is America's 249th birthday and there are few things more quintessentially American than football. So we have a special treat for you, a conversation with Marissa Solis. She is the steward of the NFL brand and serves as SVP of Global Brand and Consumer Marketing. The National Football League is by far the most valuable sports league in the world. She has been instrumental in widening the aperture and appeal of the game and the enterprise. Demographics made this an imperative, technology made it possible, and with them business of sports - which is as...
2025-07-0119 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game080 Tod Leiweke| going all inTOD LEIWEKE Tod is a remarkable human being, full stop. His journey’s genesis is rooted in very humble beginnings in one of the poorest counties in Missouri, punctuated by two tragedies, to becoming one of the most prolific sports executives in the United States over the last four decades. He  is currently part-owner, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Seattle Kraken and was instrumental in building the world’s first carbon neutral stadiums and a beloved institution in the city, Climate Pledge Arena. Before his current roles, he served as NFL as Chief Opera...
2025-04-0917 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game079 Lyndee Fletcher| priceless reputational intelligenceLYNDEE FLETCHER Lyndee Fletcher is CEO of VCheck GLobal and she is one of the foremost experts in the public record and reputational due diligence industry. Since joining VCheck Global in 2016 as the company's sixth hire, she has been an integral part of Vcheck's operations and technology evolution enabling Vcheck to grow 2500%.  Lyndee is by far the youngest CEO in the industry (at 30 years old) and served as President of the company in her late 20’s. She also happens to one of the only female CEOs of an institutionally backed financial and business services company. 
2025-04-0215 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game078 Elisa Orlanski Ours| design architecture functionELISA ORLANSKI OURS Elisa Orlanski Ours is at the top of the architecture and design world game. She is a highly regarded designer, educator, and industry leader who currently serves as Chief Planning & Design Officer at Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group. A founder of the firm's Planning & Design department, Elisa has been instrumental in transforming the relationship between the design and the real estate industries, fusing architectural marketing with strong design principles throughout all phases of residential, hotel, and amenity space planning.  Elisa's portfolio boasts an impressive array of projects, ranging from master plans and hotel- b...
2025-03-2617 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game077 Tom Llamas| curiosity informing truthTOM'S BIO  On March 5, 2025, Tom Llamas was named as Lester Holt’s successor as anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News beginning in summer 2025. This episode is a re-released show originally released on October 26, 2023. Tom's life and career are remarkable and he is a master of truth telling and the news media. He is an American journalist who was the weekend anchor for World News Tonight on ABC and is now Senior National Correspondent and anchor for NBC News Now, hosting Top Story with Tom Llamas, as well as substituting occasionally in NBC's Today and...
2025-03-0717 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game076 Ethan Stowell| foundational simplicity excellenceETHAN STOWELL We're diving into the story of Ethan Stowell—a name that’s become synonymous with the culinary world in Seattle. He comes from a family of artists, specifically ballet dancers. He’s not just a chef; he’s an innovator who’s left an indelible mark on his community. Ethan started with a vision back in 2003 when he opened Union, his first restaurant in downtown Seattle, praised for its simplicity and its elegance right out of the gate. From there, Ethan Stowell Restaurants, or ESR, grew into something truly remarkable. We're talking about Tavolàta...
2025-01-2817 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game075 Diego Rodriguez| creativity educating leadershipDIEGO RODRIGUEZ Diego’s remarkable experiences and brilliance has driven him to  work at the nexus of business, design, and technology. He is also a terrific human being, catalyst and educator. He has served as Intuit’s Chief Product & Design Officer, as a Senior Partner at IDEO, on the Harvard Board of Overseers, and on the founding team of Stanford’s d.school. He is an active startup advisor, investor, and member of several public boards, focusing on tough tech, fintech, and the future of transportation. He serves on the boards of  LendingTree and TrueCar, and was on Engag...
2025-01-0817 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game074 Nina Tandon| the biology businessNINA TANDON Nina Tandon is a remarkable person, who is currently Co-Founder and CEO of EpiBone, a biotech company that grows bone and cartilage for skeletal reconstruction which just recently completed human trials reconstructing mandibles; the lower jaw is the largest and strongest bone in the face. Her life and accomplishments are inspiring and is deeply thoughtful, multi-dimensional and extremely driven. A great episode to kick off 2025, Happy New Year to all! She grew up on Roosevelt Island on the East River in New York City, and showed interest in science as a child when...
2025-01-0123 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The GameXmas bonus| Pope John Paul II in Boston Common 1979POPE JOHN PAUL II Pope John Paul II visited the United States in 1979 and gave this speech in the Boston Common on October 1st  of that year. He was born in Poland as Karol Józef Wojtyła on May 18, 1920 and was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 1978 until his death in 2005. Pope John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian V1 in the 1500’s and   the third longest serving pope after Pius IX and St. Peter (the first pope). He put emphasis on family and identity, while questioning consum...
2024-12-241h 21Top Of The Game
Top Of The Game073 Nathalie Rayes| call to serviceNATHALIE RAYES Nathalie Rayes serves as  U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia. Ambassador Rayes has led a distinguished career in public service and served previously as the president and CEO of Latino Victory.  Prior to joining Latino Victory, Rayes was vice president of public affairs for Grupo Salinas in the United States and executive director of Fundación Azteca America.  Earlier in her career, she managed the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations, International Trade, and Protocol, and established the city’s first Office of Immigrant Affairs. She has served as a promin...
2024-12-1819 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game072 A.I. Experiment| what's to come (5/5)TOTG EXPERIMENTAL SERIES BY A.I. // JAVIER MILEI 🇦🇷 This is the fifth of five from our “Experimental Series by A.I.”. The machine talks about three articles analyzing the presidency of Argentina's libertarian president, Javier Milei. The first article focuses on Milei's approval ratings amidst his austerity measures. Article two offers a detailed biography of Milei, exploring his eccentric personality, controversial political stances (including ultraliberal economics and social conservatism), and comparisons to other right-wing populist leaders. The last article assesses the effectiveness of Milei's economic policies thus far into his term, highlighting both successes (fiscal surplus) and significan...
2024-12-1118 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game071 Florian Faber| creative culture communities (Art Basel edition)FLORIAN’S BIO Florian Faber has one of the coolest jobs in the world, he is CEO and on the Board of Directors of MCH Group, which among many endeavors owns, hosts, curates and puts together the incredible spectacles the four Art Basel shows deliver to millions. In June 2024, they concluded Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland, as he calls it “the mothership” and Art Basel Miami Beach is happening this week and weekend in Miami. He joined MCH's company Expomobilia in 2009 as New Business Manager and in 2014 he became Managing Director of Expomobilia (now MCH Live M...
2024-12-0414 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game070 Jonathan Kanter| power and competitionJONATHAN KANTER This episode was recorded on November 18, 2024,  the day when it was reported that Senior antitrust officials at the Justice Department plan to ask a judge to order Google to divest its Chrome web browser, Bloomberg reported citing anonymous sources. The department also intends to ask federal judge Amit Mehta, who declared Google's search engine a monopoly in August, to mandate actions concerning artificial intelligence and the Android mobile operating system. The enforcement actions are the product of the Justice Department’s multiyear case against Google which sought to prove that the tech giant has a web...
2024-11-2518 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game069 Liz Huebner| going for itLIZ HUEBNER Liz currently serves on the boards of REI and Curology where she chairs the audit committee(s).  She is a past board member and audit committee chair for three companies that are disrupting their respective industries:  Blue Apron, Jumia Technologies and Boom Supersonic.  She brings many years of executive finance experience and expertise to these roles, having served as CFO for several public companies, including Getty Images, Primus Knowledge Solutions, and Fluke Corporation. She was also a board member for the NACD's PNW Chapter, a non-profit organization that promotes board excellence and leadership. Liz...
2024-11-2018 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game068 Marcelo De Santis| leadership's figure eight ∞MARCELO DE SANTIS Marcelo is as thoughtful, accomplished and smart as he is a terrific human being. Born and raised in Argentina, he is a seasoned C-suite executive with over 25 years of global experience. He also happens to be a world-class mountain climber that has summited some of the highest peaks on earth. He is former Chief Digital Officer at Thoughtworks, Group Chief Information Officer at Pirelli, and Chief Information Officer, North America at Mondelez. He serves on the boards of UNICEF and HITEC  and was co-founder of Angeles Investors, a venture capital organization dedicated t...
2024-11-1319 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game067 Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri| human capital imperativesANILU VAZQUEZ-UBARRI Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri is a Partner and Chief Operating Officer at TPG, based in San Francisco. She is a member of the firm’s board of directors and executive committee. As COO, Anilu leads TPG’s operational functions globally and is responsible for aligning these functions and strategy with the firm’s strategic business and investment priorities. She previously served as the firm’s Chief Human Resources Officer, responsible for creating and implementing a multi-year human resources strategy that institutionalized TPG’s culture of inclusivity, transparency, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Anilu is a founding member and executive sponsor of...
2024-11-0615 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game066 A.I. Experiment| what's to come (4/5)TOTG EXPERIMENTAL SERIES BY A.I. // POLICY, POLITICS, POLLS This is the fourth of five (4/5) from our “Experimental Series by A.I.”. The machine talks about policy, politics and the upcoming election.. We gave NotebookLM a few disparate inputs and the machine created this great conversation.  GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade  SUPPORT & CONNECT: LinkedIn: https...
2024-10-3014 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game065 Seth Levine| capitalist evolving capitalismSETH LEVINE Seth is co-founder and general partner at Boulder-based Foundry. He and his firm have invested in hundreds of companies and funds around the world. A driving force for Seth has always been the power at the intersection of community and business. He co-founded Pledge 1%, a global network of companies who have pledged equity, time, and product back to their local communities. He is on the board of StartupColorado, which promotes entrepreneurship in areas of Colorado outside of the front range and  is a Trustee of Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, where he helped found t...
2024-10-2219 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game064 Bismarck Lepe| throttling growth enginesBISMARCK LEPE Bismarck is Founder and Executive Chairman at Wizeline. He is a seasoned Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor. He founded Wizeline in 2014 with the mission to help companies build better products faster by making innovation accessible to all organizations. Bismarck is Mexican-American and the son of two immigrants from a small town in Jalisco, Mexico. He left a successful career path as an early employee at Google to start his own online video platform company, Ooyala, which sold for $400M to Telstra in 2014. For more than a decade, Bismarck has pioneered Mexico-Silicon Valley cross-border collaboration with...
2024-10-1510 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game063 A.I. Experiment| what's to come (3/5)TOTG EXPERIMENTAL SERIES BY A.I. // FOOD & WORLD CUISINES This is the third of five from our “Experimental Series by A.I.” The machine talks about different cuisines and dishes from around the world and why it’s so hard to pick a favorite, but it tries its best to digest all the articles and perspectives. We gave NotebookLM the inputs below and A.I. created this great conversation.  RELATED LINKS 100 Best Foods in the World -Delish Most Popular Cuisines in the World- TimeOut 22 Best Dishes in the World - Holid...
2024-10-1113 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game062 A.I. Experiment| what's to come (2/5)TOTG EXPERIMENTAL SERIES BY A.I. // ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE This is the second of five from our “Experimental Series by A.I.” It is particularly interesting because it’s an A.I. generated conversation about A.I., the promise and peril of our relentless march towards AI → AGI (general) → eventually ASI (super).  Top Of The Game  fed Google’s NotebookLM five documents, links to the White House, MIT, Time, AEI and Google documents are below. The tool synthesized the conversation and it produced the podcast you are listening to. In fact, it is two different renditions of the inputs, you wi...
2024-10-0916 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game061 A.I. Experiment| what’s to come (1/5)TOTG EXPERIMENTAL SERIES BY A.I. // CAPITALISM Top Of The Game (TOTG)  fed Google’s NotebookLM a few documents, one of them: Milton Friedman's September 1970 essay, "The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits.". We also fed it a few published recently looking at the viability of the profit maximization a.k.a. shareholder primacy premise in the context of capitalism evolving and the tension of the stakeholder/shareholder push and pull. The jaw dropping synthesis NotebookLM produced is the podcast you are listening to. We gave it the inputs and the machine created a con...
2024-10-0720 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game060 Tom Soto| shoulders of giantsTOM SOTO BIO Tom has been in the impact investing game for a long time. He  was born and raised in East LA to two of the state’s most well-respected Latino Civil Rights leaders. His dad was Assemblyman Phil Soto, the first Latino elected to the state legislature in 1962. His mom  was Nell Soto, she too served the last ten years of her life as a member and leader in the California State Senate. Impact runs through Tom’s blood. Tom has owned four PE funds, one of which, Craton Equity Partners,  he sold to T.C...
2024-10-0216 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game059 Ileana Musa| wealth with purposeILEANA MUSA BIO Ileana is Morgan Stanley’s Co-Head of International Wealth Management and the Head of International Banking & Lending. In these roles she leads the segment and strategy that focuses on Morgan Stanley’s International Client Advisors and international clients to ensure they have access to strategic solutions, services and thought leadership to address both sides of a client’s balance sheet. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley she was the Global Client Segment and Strategy executive for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. She has held leadership roles at the Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA...
2024-09-1917 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game058 Gary Acosta| destination new mainstreamGARY ACOSTA BIO Gary Acosta is an entrepreneur, public policy advocate, and investor. He is the Co-Founder & CEO of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP ), one of the largest Hispanic business organizations in the nation. He also created the Hispanic Wealth Project, co-founded L’ATTITUDE, and is a general partner of its fund, L’ATTITUDE Ventures.   A self-described serial entrepreneur, Mr. Acosta has founded several mortgage, real estate, and technology companies, including New Vista Asset Management, which, between 2009 and 2013, managed and marketed more than 10,000 real estate assets for banks and other financial instit...
2024-09-1117 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game057 Eduardo Peñalver| the knowledge pursuitEDUARDO PEÑALVER BIO Eduardo M. Peñalver is President of Seattle University and previously served as the Dean of Cornell Law School. A coming home of sorts given his formative years were spent in Puyallup and Tacoma. Professor Peñalver’s legal scholarship focuses on property and land use, as well as law and religion. His work explores the way in which the law mediates the interests of individuals and communities. His writing on property has appeared in numerous leading law journals. His book, Property Outlaws (co-authored with Sonia Katyal), published by Yale University Press...
2024-09-0418 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Gamebonus| Cesar Chavez (¡si se puede!)Cesar was a civil rights, Latino, farm worker, and labor leader; a religious and spiritual figure; a community servant and social entrepreneur; a crusader for nonviolent social change; and an environmentalist and consumer advocate. In 1968, Chavez gained attention as leader of a nationwide boycott of California table grapes in a drive to achieve labor contracts. He fasted for 25 days in 1968 to affirm his own personal commitment and that of the farm labor movement to non-violence. He fasted again for 25 days in 1972, and in 1988, at the age of 61, he endured a 36-day "Fast for Life" to highlight the harmful impact...
2024-09-0201 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game056 Evan Epstein| boardroom governance leadershipNOTE This episode is the first dual release show for Top Of The Game. It was produced by and originally released on Evan Epstein's podcast, Boardroom Governance, on August 26, 2024. Our host enjoyed the tables being turned on him and being a guest, The conversation covers a broad range of topics: leadership, capitalism, boards, technology (AI), macro dynamics and the future. Original 🔗 here.  ABOUT EVAN Evan is a corporate governance expert and has advised founders, executives, directors and investors for over 17 years in Silicon Valley and internationally. He has also been retained as an expe...
2024-08-281h 00Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein
Boardroom Governance with Evan EpsteinJavier Saade: From Capital Formation to Governance, plus his Top of the Game(0:00) Intro.(1:15) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(2:02) Start of interview. (2:49) Javier's origin story.(4:31) The blurring lines between VC and PE. Cross-over investors, growth equity investors, and other "alternative" financing.(9:01) On the capital formation cycle. Impact of interest-rates in capital allocation. The VC power law. New VC vehicles.(16:00) On the rise of cross-over investors ("starting somewhere between 2013 and 2016: rise of strategic capital")(19:34) On the rise of AI (boom and bubble): 1) algorithmic capability, 2) computing power, and 3) availability of data.(23:06) The cases o...
2024-08-261h 00Top Of The Game
Top Of The Gamebonus| kennedy's state of the union 🇺🇸This bonus episode is President John F. Kennedy's first state of the union address to Congress on January 30, 1961, 10 days after his inauguration. It is also 13 days after President Eisenhower gave his farewell address and which this podcast released two weeks ago on August 7, 2024. It will be interesting for listeners to hear the two speeches back to back. In the speech President Kennedy discusses his concerns regarding the economic recession, the depreciation of the American dollar, the need for federal aid in education and scientific research, and Congress’ duty to respond to domestic issues, such as civil rights an...
2024-08-2143 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game055 Luis Miranda Jr| relentless forward movementLUIS MIRANDA BIO Luis Antonio Miranda Concepción is a political strategist, philanthropist, advocacy consultant and author, his latest book: "Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America” with a foreword by his son, Lin-Manuel Miranda.  Luis was born and raised in Puerto Rico and moved to NYC at 19 when he received a scholarship from NYU.  In the 1980s, Miranda was a special advisor for Hispanic Affairs to the Mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, serving as Director of the Mayor's Office for Hispanic Affairs. He also served on the Board of th...
2024-08-1419 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Gamebonus| eisenhower's farewell address 🇺🇸This bonus episode is President Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address to the nation on January 17, 1961 - three days before JFK's inauguration.  When the United States entered WWII, Dwight D. Eisenhower was the Chief of Staff for the Third Army. Less than four years later, he was a 5-star general who commanded millions of soldiers, sailors, and airmen from a broad Allied coalition becoming one of the most influential generals in American history. Eisenhower planned and supervised two of the most consequential military campaigns of World War II: Operation Torch in North Africa and the invasion of Normandy i...
2024-08-0715 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game054 Stacie Olivares| reimagining finance ecosystemsSTACIE OLIVARES BIO Stacie Olivares structures and optimizes funds and innovations for scaled impact. She is a board director and chief investment officer for best-in-class funds and innovative companies with oversight of $1.4 trillion in retirement funds, $29 billion of insurance industry sustainable investment, and more than $3 trillion bond issuance. Stacie is a Senate-confirmed member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board which oversees the $900 billion Thrift Savings Plan, the largest defined contribution plan globally with best-in-class performance for the benefit of 6.8 million participants. She previously served as a board member of CalPERS, the largest defined benefit pension fund...
2024-07-3113 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game053 Michael Montelongo| angels touching livesMICHAEL'S BIO The Honorable Michael Montelongo, a former presidential appointee and Senate-confirmed official, is a board governance and audit committee financial expert serving on the boards of Civeo Corporation (NYSE: CVEO), Conduent Inc (NASDAQ: CNDT), Palmex Ltd., and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). He has a broad industry, sector and functional experience which includes government service in the military, the U.S. Senate, the Pentagon, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and The Aerospace Corporation. He is a national security, geopolitics, and public policy expert, and a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign...
2024-07-2420 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game052 Jake Bjorseth & Amanda Johansen| gen z trndsttrsJAKE + AMANDA = TRNDSTTRS This episode is a remarkable master class on all things Gen Z from the Founder & CEO (Jake Bjorseth) and Chief TikTok Officer (Amanda Johansen) of the largest independent marketing agency in the world focused on Gen Z → Trndsttrs. The agency was founded in 2018 and its team has some of the  best GenZ content creators, social media managers, influencer marketers and strategists in the world. 25 billion impressions and 4000+ influencer partners redefining how brands and companies reach, interact and create connective tissue with consumers. Jake is an entrepreneur and a doer with deep insights int...
2024-07-1718 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game051 Gustavo Alberelli| smart money world|Show Notes| This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at The Alumni Society’s Leadership Summit in Brooklyn, NYC on June 13, 2024. It marks our show’s first ever live recording and the audio level is lower than studio quality. Also, today (July 9, 2024) happens to be our guest's birthday - happy birthday Gus! GUSTAVO’S BIO Gustavo Alberelli (Gus) is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Sunstone Partners, a growth oriented private equity firm that focuses on investments in technology-enabled services and software businesses. Founded in 2015, Sunstone Partners is headquartered in San Mateo, CA and ha...
2024-07-0918 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Gamebonus| Daughters of the American Revolution //July 4th💥Yvonne Liser is a 4th generation DC native that has been researching genealogy since the mid-1990s. Over the years of research she has met new cousins, travelled, and found how her families lived in history. Yvonne is the historian for 5 families and leads 3 genealogy DNA groups. She has discussed her remarkable family history on the PBS series African American Lives 2 and Nightly News with Lester Holt and her research led her to two free African American ancestors that assisted during the Revolutionary War which led her to joining Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in 2011.   ...
2024-07-0413 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game050 Rodrigo Garcia| beacons and crossroadsRODRIGO’S BIO Four facts: This is our 50th episode, there are 50 states in our country, 50 stars in our flag, and tomorrow is July 4th!  The United States of America is celebrating its 248th birthday, which is why we decided to release this conversation today. Rodrigo Garcia is a decorated veteran of the United States Marine Corps who fought in three tours of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars between 2001-2006 and subsequently served as Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs and member of the state’s cabinet. We thank him and all who serve our gorgeou...
2024-07-0321 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game049 Grace Colon| science anchored trailblazingGRACE’S BIO Dr. Grace Colon is multicultural in many ways, but having New Orleans and San Juan lineage in equal parts makes for an interesting array of cuisine options growing up. She has 25+ years of experience in biopharma, genomics, diagnostics, synthetic biology, healthcare and industrial biotechnology.  Most recently, she served as CEO and President of InCarda Therapeutics, where she led the company from a seed stage start-up to one with a best-in-class inhaled cardiovascular disease therapy being evaluated in a pivotal Phase 3 trial and a growing pipeline. She currently serves on the boards of Car...
2024-06-2615 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game048 Florian Faber| creative culture communitiesFLORIAN’S BIO Florian Faber has one of the coolest jobs in the world, he is CEO and on the Board of Directors of MCH Group, which among many endeavors owns, hosts, curates and puts together the incredible spectacles the four Art Basel shows deliver to millions. Last week, they concluded Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland, as he calls it “the mothership” and Art Basel Miami Beach takes place there every December.   He joined MCH's company Expomobilia in 2009 as New Business Manager and in 2014 he became Managing Director of Expomobilia (now MCH Live Marketing Solutions AG). In...
2024-06-1914 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game047 Beatriz Acevedo| she's the bossBEATRIZ’S BIO Beatriz sometimes wears a black t-shirt with two simple words - “La Jefa”, en ingles, The Boss. And that, she has been, and continues to be as a serial founder, CEO, trailblazing, Emmy-winning remarkable woman.  In her words: “In my life journey, I've always strived not just for personal achievements but to reshape narratives and champion the next generation of Latino leaders.” She has done just that. Her career began in Mexico, as an 8 year old (yes 8!) radio announcer. Beatriz moved to the U.S. in her early 20s, by then she had won 3 E...
2024-06-1215 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game046 Nick Graham| simple and complexNICK’S BIO Between growing up in a northern England rural town to leading global insights and analytics for one of the most successful consumer products companies in the world – a lot happens. This is the case for Nick Graham, a remarkable student of human behavior, societal trends and consumer taste. Nick studied History & French at Oxford University which somehow led him to start a career in the world of marketing, first as an advertising planner at GCI Media then InterPublic Group, pivoting later to brand & innovation strategy at Clear, the M&C Saatchi’s strategy division. ...
2024-06-0518 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Gamebonus| Memorial Day 2024On Memorial Day we thank the men and women who perished defending our freedom and liberty with a beautiful rendition of God Bless America and short speeches from President Reagan and President Clinton. They touch on the values we share, things we hold dear, and our duty to remember their ultimate sacrifice. Since the American Revolutionary War (our first) until today,  about 2.3 million Americans have fallen —half of them during three wars: the Civil War, WWI and WWII. We remember them all.
2024-05-2704 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game045 Michelle Caruso-Cabrera| seize the momentMICHELLE’S BIO Michelle Caruso-Cabrera’s three decades of experience has been anchored at the nexus of finance, economic development, and communications. Michelle was the first Latina anchor at CNBC where she is now a Contributor and also served as the network’s Chief International Correspondent for over a decade. These trailblazing roles were preceded by serving as a news producer at Univision and she currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Wendy’s and Del Real Foods (a Palladium Equity owned company), and is President of the Board of Ballet Hispanico. She spent 20 years co...
2024-05-2117 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game044 Matt Hay| soundtrack of silenceMATT’S  BIO Matt’s story is remarkable for many reasons including his perseverance, resilience, grit, determination and disposition in the face of devastating circumstances. After learning he was going deaf in college, Matt decided to make a mental log of the songs that over the years connected him to the memories and moments that he most cherished. The start of his hearing loss happened in synchrony with him falling in love with his now wife – that combination resulted in him publishing “Soundtrack of Silence”, a vivid and moving memoir that documents the ups and downs,  joys and hardship...
2024-05-1527 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Gamebonus| MOMSToday is Sunday May 12, 2024 and every year in the US the second Sunday of May is Mothers Day. On this bonus episode I asked people two questions 1) what makes their moms amazing and remarkable and 2) what are some of the biggest lessons you learned from her? These are their answers.
2024-05-1206 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game043 Dr. Elizabeth Wako| pillar of healthELIZABETH’S BIO NOTE| This episode is longer than usual→ ‘Top Of The Game (in) Overtime’ shows are released occasionally In between immigrating from Ethiopia to America as a three-month old to running one of the largest healthcare systems in the country, a lot happens. In Dr. Wako’s case: she was a nurse who became a doctor who ended up being chief medical officer of a hospital campus, then running two as chief executive, and is now CEO & President of an entire system, Swedish Providence. If that is not enough, somehow while working full time as a...
2024-05-0821 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game042 Navneet Govil| long horizon capitalNAVNEET’S BIO Navneet Govil has come a very long way. He was born and raised in Zambia with a remarkable trajectory culminating in his current role: Executive Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Softbank Investment Advisers and its Softbank Vision Funds collectively managing the largest venture capital fund(s) in the world, well over $100 billion. In this wide-ranging conversation we talk about venture capital, entrepreneurship, capital markets, IPOs, innovation, leadership, and of course→ AI. Navneet is Member of the Executive Committee (one of three) that leads the SoftBank Vision Funds, LatAm Funds and Soft...
2024-05-0119 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game041 Christy Haubegger| intense media disruptionCHRISTY’S BIO This talk is a master class on the media & entertainment world and the disruptive forces changing it from someone who has been a media executive, trailblazing entrepreneur and Hollywood super-agent. Christy Haubegger most recently served as EVP of Communications and Chief Inclusion Officer for WarnerMedia  leading an organization of 450 executives, spanning Communications, Corporate Marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility. She oversaw all corporate communications and marketing for WarnerMedia as well as Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max, CNN, TBS, and TNT. Prior to WarnerMedia, she spent 15 years as an Agent at leading entertainment and sports agency, Cre...
2024-04-2319 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game040 Fred Rivera| baseball connecting communityFRED’S BIO Fred Rivera is as accomplished as he is a terrific human being and has had a remarkable career. He is one of the highest ranking (and few) Latinos in the business of American professional sports. He currently serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for the Seattle Mariners, loves the game, started pitching as a young kid (great curveball), played in college, and deeply knows the economics of sports - and their positive impact on communities across America. We talk about school, multi generational influences, LA Law (the show), community fabric, leadership, and of...
2024-04-1615 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game039 Ted Ligety| shred winning edgeTED’S BIO If you start doing something at the age of 2, you may get pretty good at it and such is the case with Ted and skiing. A true pioneer with a distinctive, unparalleled, lightning-fast and highly aggressive carving style he perfected playing around with his childhood friends in Park City, where he grew up. Still in his 30’s, Ted retired from skiing a few years ago and is by far one of the best alpine ski racers in the world. He is also a serial entrepreneur having founded Shred Optics (an outdoor winter gear company) and...
2024-04-1021 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game038 Phyllis Campbell| culture is everythingPHILLIS’ BIO Phyllis Campbell is one of the most prolific leaders in the Pacific Northwest and has had a remarkable five-decade career. She currently serves on the boards of Remitly, SanMar, Air Transport Services Group, Allen Institute and is the Edward Fritzky Chair in Leadership at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. Until a few years ago, she served as Chairman of the Pacific Northwest Region for JPMorgan Chase, preceded by leading The Seattle Foundation as CEO and served President of U.S.Bank of Washington.   She previously held seats on the boards...
2024-04-0319 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game037 Jose Minaya| stewards of tomorrowJOSE’S BIO Jose Minaya is CEO of Nuveen, a leading global asset management firm with more than $1 trillion under management. He chairs Nuveen’s Executive Committee, is a member of parent company TIAA’s Executive Committee, and serves as the executive sponsor of the Inclusion and Diversity initiative for TIAA. He previously served as President and CIO of Nuveen and  joined TIAA in 2004 after more than 29 years of investment experience at firms including AIG, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan. Minaya is on the board of Trustees of Manhattan College, where he earned a bachelor’s in fina...
2024-03-2714 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game036 Dante Disparte| pushing digital frontiersDANTE’S BIO Dante Disparte’s story starts inside the jungles of Puerto Rico, eventually becoming the first in his family with a formal education.  He is the Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy for Circle, a leading global financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC. USDC has supported more than $10 trillion in cumulative transactions on the public internet and a global payment network in more than 190 countries. He is also Executive Vice Chairman of the Diem Association and prior to joining Circle, Dante served as a founding executive of the Diem Association (née Libr...
2024-03-2018 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game035 Heather Redman| intersections yield valueHEATHER’S BIO Heather has a number of interesting endeavors in her portfolio of activities and throughout her career. Equally interesting and unique, especially for a Stanford Law School graduate, is that she was raised in a series of communes in rural Oregon and west coast. Yes, communes. She is  Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Flying Fish Partners, a venture firm with investments in generative AI, fintech, energy, automation, robotics, speech, and computer vision companies as well as sustainability, proptech, retail tech, and martech firms.  She was recently appointed as a Trustee of the $160 billion Washington Stat...
2024-03-1314 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game034 Xavier Gutierrez| sports multiply economiesNOTE| This episode is longer than usual→ ‘Top Of The Game (in) Overtime’ shows are released occasionally XAVIER’S BIO Xavier Gutierrez is the first Latino President CEO in the National Hockey League, leading the Arizona Coyotes Hockey Club for which he also serves as Alternative Governor. Previously, he served as Managing Director at Clearlake Capital Group, a leading private investment firm that manages over $70 billion in assets, preceded by being President & Chief Investment Officer at Meruelo Group and a professional at Phoenix Realty Group, Latham & Watkins and the NFL. He is also co-founder of Suma Wea...
2024-03-0622 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game033 Brad Gerstner| american capitalism worksNOTE| This episode is longer than usual→ ‘Top Of The Game (in) Overtime’ shows are released occasionally BRAD’S BIO Brad Gerstner is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and hedge fund manager. He is founder, chairman and CEO of Altimeter Capital, a leading technology investment firm he started during the 2008 financial crisis. Brad and his team are known for fundamental analysis and deep expertise in consumer internet, software and artificial intelligence across the capital formation cycle, a style colloquially known as crossover investing.  The efficient and productive use of capital “knows no buckets”, and Brad is a...
2024-02-2827 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game032 Yemi Lalude| emerging markets promiseYEMI’S BIO This episode is a master class in emerging markets investing, capital allocation and developing economies by one of the best in the game. He was very early investing capital in two consequential geographies, China in the early 2000’s and Africa a few years later. He is now a London-based Partner & Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at TPG, a leading global investment firm managing $212 billion in assets. He leads investment activities for the firm in Africa and a leader on emerging market investment activities in the technology sector for TPG’s Rise Fund.
2024-02-2120 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game031 Diankha Linear| community power loopsDIANKHA’S BIO Diankha Linear is one of the few women in America, let alone African American Women, to both lead a VC-backed company and raise tens of millions of growth capital for it. But what led her here started in a Seattle community center followed by an incredible career which includes 16 years of United States Army service, part of it, as a Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps - Captain (Airborne).  Diankha currently serves as the President & Chief Executive Officer at Community.com, preceded by being the company’s COO.  Prior to that she worked as General Counse...
2024-02-1418 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game030 Manny Medina| anchoring miami's ecosystemMANNY’S BIO Manuel D. Medina (Manny)  is a remarkable human being - from an idyllic early childhood in Cuba to seeking asylum in the USA to an amazing success, and uniquely American story. He is a highly successful entrepreneur and investor with many decades of leadership experience in the IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, software and data analytics sectors. He is Executive Chairman of Cyxtera, the second company he’s taken public (NASDAQ: CYXT) subsequently and recently acquired by Evoque.  Remarkably this is not his first rodeo. He saw very early that the internet would require significant infrastructure and “plumbing...
2024-02-0716 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game029 Tom Monahan| listening is leadershipTOM’S BIO One week ago, Thomas Monahan was announced as the new CEO of Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSII), one of the preeminent global executive search, leadership development, and management consulting firms. Previously, Tom served as CEO and President of DeVry University until Oct 2023 and remains the organization's Vice Chairman. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Corporate Executive Board (NYSE: CEB), now Gartner, which acquired CEB for $2.6 billion. He also served as Chairman of ProKarma and is currently a board member of Transunion (NYSE: TRU). Early in his career he was a...
2024-01-3018 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game028 Faye Chen| tenacity into excellenceFAYE’S BIO Faye owns and runs the best bar and restaurant in the United States, Double Chicken Please, located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. But the improbable and head spinning story that culminated in what is now one of the hottest places to eat and drink in America is truly the stuff of legend. An amazing woman, Faye got into the business as a teenager, first serving drinks in a pub in Taipei, followed by a rockstar flair bartender stint, eventually becoming one of the most inventive cocktail makers in Shanghai and now in America’s larg...
2024-01-2421 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game027 Oscar Muñoz| uniting via turnaroundOSCAR’S BIO Oscar is the former Executive Chairman & CEO of United Airlines Holdings. He led the airline’s stunning turnaround which is remarkable on its own, but what makes his story so singular is that 37 days after taking the helm at the company he suffered a massive heart attack that eventually led to a heart transplant. Perseverance, grit, dedication, motivation, and humanity are some words that describe this leader. Prior to UAL, Oscar served as President and COO of CSX Corporation, a railroad and intermodal transportation services company. He began his career holding various fina...
2024-01-1716 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game026 Roy Swan| mission and moneyThis is a very interesting talk about capitalism and its evolution from Adam Smith to Milton Friedman to what he terms “patriotic capitalism”. ROY’S BIO Roy Swan leads the Ford Foundation’s Mission Investments team,  investing $1 billion of the endowment in opportunities that generate financial and social returns in the United States and the Global South. Roy also oversees Ford’s program-related investments and its impact investing grants program, dedicated to expanding and strengthening the impact investing field. Previously, Roy served as managing director and co-head of Global Sustainable Finance at Morgan Stanley, wh...
2024-01-1017 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Gamebonus| totg 2024 kickoffHAPPY 2024 TO ALL! Thank you for your support, listening and all the feedback. This is a super short bonus drop to kickoff 2024. Our first episode this year (#26) will be released on January 10th.  GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade & Bio: https://tinyurl.com/36ufz6cs  SUPPORT & CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/96934564 Fa...
2024-01-0801 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game025 Javier Saade| hosting the hostThis is our 25th show and on this one, we flip the tables on Javier. Why is he doing this and what has he learned? Lori Sunn guest-hosts and asks him similar questions to the ones he asks guests of Top Of The Game. This episode is a few minutes longer than usual--> ‘Top of The Game (in) Overtime’ shows are released occasionally. JAVIER'S BIO Javier Saade is Founder & Managing Partner of Impact Master Holdings, Venture Partner at Fenway Summer, and Operating Partner at Presidio Investors. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of G...
2023-12-2623 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game024 Raj Date| rewiring finance purposelyRAJ’S BIO Raj Date is one of the most prolific and multi-lensed people in finance. He also happens to be an incredible human being, a dear friend and business partner. He is Managing Partner of Fenway Summer, an advisory and investment firm focused on financial services and financial technology. He chairs the investment committee of Fenway Summer Ventures and is a general partner of Crossbeam Venture Partners, both venture capital funds. He also serves on the boards of Circle, a digital asset firm; Green Dot, a technology-driven mass market bank; Linden Lab, an internet company best kn...
2023-12-1917 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game023 Sandra Campos| consumers reign supremeSANDRA'S BIO Sandra Campos has had an incredible career at the intersection of fashion, retail, lifestyle and digital transformation. A child of immigrant entrepreneurs, she was hands-on with her family’s tortilla business which led her to experiment with her own ventures in the fashion world, like making prom dresses for her girlfriends. She is a 3x CEO, 2x entrepreneur, and board member.   Throughout her career as a consumer hyper-focused operator, she has built global lifestyle brands and has been instrumental in turnarounds, digital transformations, and international expansions. She serves on the board of Fabric, a ve...
2023-12-1118 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game022 Sinohe & Kenny Terrero| dual track triumphsTHE TERRERO BIOS This is our second episode ever with two guests and because it’s our 22nd, it’s therefore apt to have remarkable twin brothers as our guests: Sinohe and Kenny Terrero. With Dominican parents that raised them in the Bronx, their early days were as humble as apple pie, or mangu. The brothers thought they were going to be in the music business but life had different plans for them. They are both examples of what hard work, grit, determination and masterfully playing the hand you are dealt does to a life trajectory.   Sino...
2023-12-0417 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game021 Roger Ferguson| trillions and trillionsROGER’S BIO Roger W. Ferguson Jr. has remarkably been dealing with numbers that have four commas (trillions of dollars) for decades from a variety of vantage points. From a very humble start as a black child in a lower middle class household in Washington DC, his accomplishments when taken together are astounding. He has been at the top of his game for decades as an American economist, attorney and corporate executive and board member. Roger served as the 17th Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve and Chairman of the Group of 10 and Group of 30, the first Af...
2023-11-2820 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game020 Henrique Dubugras| building since foreverHENRIQUE’S BIO Henrique Dubugras is one of the most accomplished entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and the world's youngest self-made billionaire added to the Forbes List in 2022. A true master, an entrepreneur who is now 28 years old and inarguably at the top of his game. His company building path started when he was twelve, when he started his first company. In his words: “I started coding when I was 12, because there was this game I wanted to play. It was like a paid game and my parents didn’t want to pay for me; I figured out, if I l...
2023-11-2115 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game019 Marla Blow| multi sector athleteMARLA’S BIO Marla is a multi sector athlete that has built a stellar career in the private, public and philanthropic sectors. We talk often and the conversations are always engaging, thoughtful and rich - including this one.  She is an accomplished leader with a unique perspective formed at the intersection of capitalism and social impact which informs her current role as President and COO of the Skoll Foundation. Marla also sits on the boards of Square Financial Services and Etsy and previously was SVP at Mastercard’s Center for Inclusive Growth, Founder and CEO of FS...
2023-11-1617 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game018 Ladi Balogun| the fullest potentialLADI’S BIO Ladi Balogun is one of the most accomplished business leaders in Africa. As he puts it: “My mission is to help ethical leaders build legacies that will advance us towards a highly skilled, healthy and prosperous Africa. I do this primarily through the tools of finance, sharing knowledge and providing access to supportive ecosystems.” Ladi has led the transformation of a boutique merchant bank that employed less than 200 people, into what is now one of the largest financial services firms in Nigeria, hence Africa.  It also happens to be one of the most pr...
2023-11-1317 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game017 Nate Yohannes| humanity grounds intelligenceNATE’S BIO Nate’s journey started in Eritrea, a small country in the Horn of Africa where Tes, Nate’s remarkable dad, became a freedom fighter in the struggle for liberty  who one day stepped into a landmine that cost him an eye. The family entered the United States under political asylum as refugees in upstate New York. Tes’ belief in democracy and the values of equality, self-autonomy and hard work were passed onto Nate. I saw this first hand, every day.  By the time the White House had sent me Nate’s profile, a lawyer wit...
2023-11-0718 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game016 A LA LATINA| playbooks to succeedA LA LATINA / CLAUDIA + CYNTHIA Claudia Romo Edelman and Cynthia Kleinbaum Melner are each remarkable women who joined forces to launch a podcast by successful women for any and all women (and frankly, any and all men):  “A La Latina - The Playbook To Succeed Being Your Authentic Self”.   Claudia is a staunch advocate for Hispanics in America and founder of We Are All Human. Cynthia Kleinbaum Milnerhas decades of experience in business and is currently the Chief Marketing Officer of Money Lion. We explore why they launched "A LA LATINA”. Despite Latinas representing 9% of the US p...
2023-11-0114 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game015 Chris Brummer| create + trade + regulateCHRIS’ BIO Chris Brummer is Williams Research Professor and Faculty Director of Georgetown’s Institute of International Economic Law. He serves on the Board of Directors of Fannie Mae and is the creator of DC Fintech Week, the largest conference in the world at the intersection of fintech, governance and government taking place Nov 6-8 in the nation’s capital. Prior to joining Georgetown’s faculty with tenure in 2009, Brummer was an assistant professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School. He has also taught at several leading universities as a visiting professor including the universities of Basel, Heidelbe...
2023-11-0117 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game014 Paul Caine| live events unitePAUL’S BIO Our conversation with Paul is a whirlwind with a master of the media & entertainment world, now shaping how we consume, experience and feel live events - from the Olympics to art fairs to music festivals. He is President of Endeavor’s IMG Events and On Location businesses, overseeing a diverse and global portfolio of consumer experiences, hospitality, and brand partnerships.  The company has partnerships with more than 150 rightsholders, including the NFL, NCAA, UFC, IOC (Paris 2024, Milano Cortina 2026, LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games), and PGA of America as well as relationships with festivals, music...
2023-10-3012 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game013 Tom Llamas| curiosity informing truthTOM'S BIO Tom's life and career are remarkable and he is a master of truth telling and the news media. He is an American journalist who was the weekend anchor for World News Tonight on ABC and is now Senior National Correspondent and anchor for NBC News Now, hosting Top Story with Tom Llamas, as well as substituting occasionally in NBC's Today and NBC Nightly News. He has won multiple Emmy Awards for "Best Anchor" and "Best Hard News Story as well an Edward R. Murrow award for his coverage of Hurricane Sandy. His first Emmy award...
2023-10-2617 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game012: Randy Quarles| banking the economyNOTE| This episode is longer than usual--> ‘Top of The Game (in) Overtime’ are released occasionally. RANDY’S BIO Randy knows more about finance, banking, private equity, fintech, and economic policy than just about everyone in the world. This talk is a master class that touches on all of these subjects, especially the changing role of banks in the world economy and its intersection with technology..  He is a private equity investor and past practicing attorney who served as the first ever Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve for supervision from 2017 to 2021 under Presidents Trump and Bid...
2023-10-2425 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game011 Carlos Moedas| transforming tradition w/innovationCARLOS’ BIO Carlos Moedas is a Portuguese civil engineer, economist and politician who is the sitting mayor of Lisbon.Two weeks prior to the election he was 20 points down and his win represents one of the most stunning political victories in Europe. Before leading the city of Lisbon, he served as the EU’s Commissioner of Research, Science and Innovation and as Secretary of State of Portugal.   Carlos achieved significant success in the world of business during a two decade career that includes working as a project manager for the Suez Group in France, an M&A ba...
2023-10-1816 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game010 Lisa Mensah| commitment to purposeLISA'S BIO Born and raised in Oregon, Lisa Mensah joined Oregon Community Foundation in September 2022, following an illustrious career that has taken her from working on rural poverty with the Ford Foundation to serving as an Under Secretary for Rural Development in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, managing a $215 billion loan portfolio, to most recently leading Opportunity Finance Network, the largest network of Treasury licensed Community Development Financial Institutions.  She serves on the Boards of Ecotrust, Feeding America, Fidelity Bank of Ghana, and Heritage and the Cultural Society of Africa (USA). She also serves a...
2023-10-1613 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game009 Vanessa Velasquez| steep learning curvesVANESSA'S BIO Vanessa Velasquez is a young leader and should give us all hope and excitement about the future of America. Raised by a single mom in Vero Beach, Florida, she was most recently a White House Fellow and attaché to the Secretary of the Navy. She will continue to serve the country in an innovation focused role at the Department Of Defense. While she’s had to learn an alphabet soup of strange government acronyms she excelled and has been one of the youngest Fellows in history. A remarkable human who happens to be a Latina. Som...
2023-10-1014 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game008: Lakpa Rita Sherpa| the highest highsNOTE| This episode is longer than usual--> ‘Top of The Game (in) Overtime’. These are released occasionally and are longer-form conversations than our usual ~15 min run times.  LAKPA'S BIO Lakpa Rita Sherpa is a truly singular human being and is one of the most prolific and accomplished mountain climbers in the world and has achieved remarkable feats that place him at the very top of the game, in his case, the top of the world. He has summited Mount Everest (29,035 ft) 17 times across 25 expeditions guiding a record 253 climbers to the peak of the highest point on ea...
2023-10-1029 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game007 Luis Ubiñas| leadership and humilityLUIS BIO The story of Luis Ubiñas has very humble beginnings in the South Bronx and for decades has been at the top of the game - a world class leader with wide-ranging experiences across media, technology, business, government and international affairs. We talk about the importance of humility, especially at the pinnacle of careers and where his happens to be. He currently serves on the boards of directors of AT&T, Electronic Arts and Tanger Outlets. He has served on many corporate and non-profit boards including Mercer Funds, Boston Private Bank, Pan American D...
2023-10-1013 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game006 Po-Shen Lo| math = powerPO'S BIO Po is the most famous and charismatic math professor in the country. A world class mathematician with degrees in mathematics from CalTech, Cambridge and Princeton happens to teach math at Carnegie Mellon specializing in combinatorics, probability theory and computer science. But this is just one of many hats Po wears. He is also Team USA Coach for the International Mathematics Olympiad (aka the American National Math Team) and is an entrepreneur that has founded three companies. One of the companies pairs comedians and stage actors with math prodigies to more effectively teach math...
2023-10-0314 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game005 Mel Lagomasino| the money businessMEL'S BIO: Maria Elena (Mel) Lagomasino is a trailblazer who has been at the top of the money business game for many decades. This talk is a master class in capital, finance and governing corporations. Her family left Cuba for the United States in 1960, just after the revolution and Castro taking power. Going through that traumatic experience provided with the foundational pillars of her stellar career. Today she serves as CEO and Managing Partner of WE Family Offices, a $13 billion office serving high net worth families.  Previously served as CEO of GenSpring Family Offices, LLC, an affiliate o...
2023-10-0317 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game004 Len Schlesinger| learning threads experienceLEN'S BIO Leonard (Len) Schlesinger is one of the few people in the world that has been at the top of the game in two worlds, academia and business. He is one of the most prolific business thinkers and doers at Harvard where he is in equal parts beloved and respected and has had a decades long career at the top echelons of where leadership and influence are taught and exerted. Len is Baker Foundation Professor at the Harvard Business School where he serves as Chair of the School’s Practice based faculty and faculty Ch...
2023-10-0315 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game003 Jon Fortt| behind the curtainJON’S BIO: Jon Fortt is a media maven, hyper-connector and at the top of the game. Jon co-anchors CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Overtime“ AND is the creator of “On the Other Hand” a clever and informative one-man debate that runs on the network’s “Squawk Box,”  He previously co-anchored CNBC’s “TechCheck”  and  “Squawk Alley”. Our conversation explores the power of communication from one of the best communicators in the media. He is a world class journalist who has done in-depth interviews with many CEOs including Microsoft’s Sayta Nadella, Amazon’s Andy Jassy and AMD’s Lisa Su. He has interview...
2023-09-2613 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game002 Grace Prendergast| winning is hardNOTE This episode is longer than usual, we call them ‘Top of The Game (in) Overtime’. These shows are released occasionally and are longer-form conversations than our usual ~15 min run times.  GRACE’S BIO Grace is an olympic gold medalist with a heart of gold, the pride of her beloved New Zealand and truly a world champion at the very pinnacle of her game and a fierce competitor. She talks to us about the insane amount of preparation and extreme levels of hard work it takes to compete and win on the world stage...
2023-09-2625 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game001 Sol Trujillo| the new mainstreamSOL'S BIO Sol is an international business executive whose singular accomplishments are the embodiment of the American dream. This conversation explores how he dispenses his outsized influence  to change perceptions with facts. He served as CEO of three large-cap global companies in the US, EU, and Asia-Pacific region – namely US West, Orange and Telstra.  Media, telecom, digital, internet, innovation - all run through his blood. As if that was not enough, he serves or has served on the board of some of the world’s most iconic companies including Bank of America, PepsiCo, Target...
2023-09-2616 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The Game000 Javier Saade| about the showThis is a bonus episode where Javier discusses why he launched Top Of The Game and the path that led him to do it. GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade & Bio: https://tinyurl.com/36ufz6cs  SUPPORT & CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/96934564 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551086203755 Twitter: h...
2023-09-2604 minTop Of The Game
Top Of The GameIntroducing Top Of The GameJavier Saade hosts lightning round talks w/ amazing people at the top of their games. Meet impactful leaders, thinkers and doers from all walks of life that push humankind forward. Gain valuable perspective on what makes them tick and use these insights in everyday in your life and work.  Longer talks occasionally @ Top of the Game (in) Overtime.  Check out our website and learn more about our guests. Thanks for listening and please like and follow the show on your favorite podcast listening platform.
2023-09-0901 minWhat\'s Working in Washington
What's Working in WashingtonWhat's Working in Washington - Ep 451 - V.C. in D.C. - Javier SaadeJavier Saade is a founder and managing partner of Impact Master Holdings, a venture partner at Fenway Summer, and a long-time friend of the show. On today's episode, Javier and Mark cover a wide range of hot topics, including SPACS (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies), crypto, FinTech, and venture capital in the Washington D.C. area. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2022-09-1528 minFundamental Fairness
Fundamental FairnessJavier Saade, Investor, Board Member, and Entrepreneur - Capitalism 2.0Javier Saade is Managing Partner of Impact Master Holdings and Venture Partner at Fenway Summer Ventures. He is chairman of the board of a private equity-owned financial services firm and serves on the Boards of Trustees of The Nature Conservancy and The Organization of American States Pan American Development Foundation. Saade also holds seats on the Global Board of Advisors of DocuSign, the Corporate Social Responsibility Board of Univision, and the Board of Advisors of Harvard University’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. He is a founding member of Fast Company’s Impact Council and a member of the Nati...
2020-07-1651 minInvestors & Operators
Investors & OperatorsEp. 5 Javier Saade, Led $30B SBIC ProgramJavier Saade is Founder & Managing Partner of Impact Master Holdings which works with insightful people and dynamic companies building a better future. He is also Venture Partner at Fenway Summer, a VC firm that has backed 50+ companies innovating at the intersection of finance & technology. He serves as board member on several prominent companies and previously led the $30B Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program, a growth capital fund capitalizing >300 PE, VC and structured debt limited partnerships investing in 1000s of businesses, including via a $1B Impact Investment Fund.Topics:- His life from operations management...
2020-03-0248 minColumbia Tech Ventures
Columbia Tech VenturesSBIRs & STTRs: The Inside StoryOn March 4 2016, former U.S. Small Business Administration’s Associate Administrator Javier Saade held an informational session on federal Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) grants. This session offers insight into the requirements of these highly competitive programs and ways to get an edge when applying for these research grants.
2016-07-201h 00Columbia Tech Ventures
Columbia Tech VenturesObama's Startup Nation: Perspectives on Catalyzing InnovationHear from three current and former federal officials who will offer insight into how the Obama Administration has made innovation a top priority and what this means for the future of entrepreneurship, inside and outside the government. Xavier Hughes (Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Dept. of Labor), Cheryl Martin (former Acting Director of ARPA-E at the U.S. Dept. of Energy) and moderator and participant Javier Saade (former U.S. Small Business Administration’s Associate Administrator) as they share insights gleaned from their careers working in the public and private sectors, the paths that led them to working in the Ob...
2016-04-041h 09