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The Jali, host Melyssa BarrettThe Jali EP 145: Pioneering Digital Transformation in InfrastructureOn today’s podcast, I am joined by Jennifer Schmitz, CEO of Lattice Industries Inc., as we dive into her role in transforming digital infrastructure with a focus on enhancing financial organizations globally. We discuss her mission in pioneering reshaping financial technology that builds smarter digital infrastructure to strengthen communities.
Jennifer Schmitz is a dynamic leader with a robust background in financial strategy, global management, and data innovation. She currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Lattice Industries Inc., where she leads the development of the national resilience hub network. Under her guidance, Lattice Industries is re...
2024-09-0441 min
Reframe & Reset Your Career: Job Search & Career Development InsightsEpisode 64. The Power Of Saying No: How It Can Help Put You In Charge Of Your Life And Career – Professor Vanessa PatrickWant to understand why saying no is so hard and how it can help free up time to focus on the things that really matter to you? Professor Vanessa Patrick and I discussed this, her new book “The Power Of Saying No” and much more on Episode 64 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
The importance of personal branding and sharing information that is of value for your audience,
Why it’s so hard to say no,
What is an empowered refusal?,
How ca...
2023-11-0857 min
Meaningful Conversations at NAWMBA SeattleHispanic Heritage in Hollywood with Itziar MartinezNAWMBA Seattle has invited @iamitziar a Hollywood Women director.
Let’s Meet Itziar
Itziar Martinez born and raised in Spain is a multi-hyphenate artist, who from an early age found her bliss through creative expression.
Whether touring the world as a professional dancer, singer, and songwriter for successful projects or working as a photographer, storyteller, Itziar has always been at the core of her passion for arts.
As an actress, Itziar’s credits include the popular shows “Jane the Virgin”, “Louie”, as well as large productions for the Spanish network Telemundo.
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2020-10-2348 min
Meaningful Conversations at NAWMBA SeattleBeing Latinx in Hollywood - Dennis MenciaDennis is a Honduran-American actor, coach, and model from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dennis is a film and television actor best known for his role in the famous series “Jane the Virgin”. Dennis has starred in the Emmy nominated show “The New 30” and Sundance Film award winner “The Infiltrators”.
Other credits include “Stitchers”, “Future Man”, “Drowning Echo”, “The Bends” and other large productions for Telemundo. Say no more, let’s get started with today’s program “Being Latinx in Hollywood”.
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2020-10-1235 min
Meaningful Conversations at NAWMBA Seattle"Inclusive Leadership in Action" with Venus RekowJoin us today and learn how "Inclusive Leadership in Action" with Venus Rekow
Let's meet Venus Rekow
Venus Rekow is a behavioral architect, researcher, and leadership facilitator whose passion lies in helping leaders drive behavior change by translating scientific insights into actionable best practices. She conducts research on psychological safety and leadership practices to help her clients strengthen their organizational cultures.
As the founder of Neural Shifts, she uses her behavioral analytical skills to get to the root of the behavior and facilitate meaningful and lasting change. She holds a B.S. in psyc...
2020-10-0133 min
Meaningful Conversations at NAWMBA Seattle“Ultimate Career Leap” with VJ NilesJoin us today and learn how "Ultimate Career Leap" from Vakassia J. Niles (VJ), a career & business strategist and founder of The Niles Group. Guest Bio VJ has been successfully providing training and presentations in academia and the corporate world for 20 years.
Having a career across four industries has allowed her to bring her vast knowledge to others as a career strategist.
She understands how to climb the corporate ladder, what it takes to pivot across industries, and how to grow a professional career brand.
Related webinar “Ultimate Career Leap” with VJ N...
2020-09-2932 min
Meaningful Conversations at NAWMBA Seattle“Leadership in Challenging Times” with Dariush KhaleghiDariush Khaleghi a professor from UW, Bellevue College, Evergreen, and also a board advisor. He will be talking with us about "Leadership in Challenging Times"
So tune with us and let's enjoy while we learn how to become better leaders in these interesting times.
2020-09-0349 min
Meaningful Conversations at NAWMBA SeattleFan Ping - "Building Leadership: A Journey through Music"Fan Ping, Principal Statistical Programmer at Bristol Myers Squibb found in the music a way to lead with purpose.
She’s an amazing program manager and a diverse leader.
2020-08-2747 min
Meaningful Conversations at NAWMBA SeattleGeorge Frost - Black Businesses MatterGeorge is an African American business owner and Principal Consultant, GW Frost & Associates, a public outreach, community development, and general management consulting firm.
He has over 20 years of experience leading and/or supporting public outreach and engagement efforts in City of Seattle neighborhood planning and transportation infrastructure projects. His professional career spans over 40 years, and includes serving in business ownership, public outreach, project management, church and community leadership, planning and development, housing program planning and evaluation, real estate brokerage, business district revitalization, and transportation planning positions.
2020-08-2542 min
Meaningful Conversations at NAWMBA Seattle"How to Thrive in the Midst of a Storm" with Lien Ngu - Part IIn this meaningful conversation, we learned about what we can control and what we have to let go of.
How to be intentional in our peace and happiness. How to create an environment to achieve our goals and help others to achieve it.
Lien Ngu describes herself as a realtor by day and speaker by trade. She loves to serve others and teach others how to improve their lives.
Her passion is personal development. She loves to learn and grow. She described herself as “I think that's what we are here to do as...
2020-07-2827 min
Meaningful Conversations at NAWMBA Seattle“The Most Effective Communication Strategies for a Virtual Workplace “ with Tami LyonTami Lyon is a results-driven executive leader and entrepreneur who has built three highly successful and award-winning athletic programs.
As a communication expert, she is a coveted speaker, writer, and thought leader. Presenting on communication, education, and leadership topics - she has led over 14,000 learning experiences for over 100,000 learners.
Her personal point of view on communication success is refreshingly simplistic. Tami appreciates words that have tremendous power and being a great leader of people is a moment to moment choice to communicate from the positive.
Tami serves as a fractional CEO at HTM...
2020-07-1542 min
Meaningful Conversations at NAWMBA Seattle“How Music has changed Me!” with Fei Chua#MeaningfulConversations With Fei Chua @feichua our diversity and inclusion director at our organization. Fei is a talented musician, he plays piano, trumpet, saxophone, and more.
Fei also is an MIT-trained senior dev-ops leader in cloud services and IT Operations. He is most passionate about product design, user experience, software performance, live-site engineering, and quality engineering. He has been a professional software developer and technical program manager for over 20 years. He was also on the original MIT Media Lab team that prototyped the LEGO Mindstorms.
2020-07-1543 min
Pilgrim on the 405Stacey Gordon, Rework WorkStacey A. Gordon is CEO at Rework Work , a Los Angeles, CA-based human capitalservices and training consultancy focused on helping organizations address Diversity& Inclusion needs through a proven, data driven methodology. Rework Work’snine-point system breaks D&I down into manageable target areas which include:reputation management, interviewing processes, compensation, onboardingmethods, and skills building. Starting with awareness, Rework Work helpsorganizations create commitment to a process, embedding the behavior elements ofdiversity & inclusion into the framework of the organizational culture. Solutions arebrought to clients via surveying for unbiased data, interactive presentations,facilitated dialogue, weighing the business case against the moral reasoning andstrategies fo...
2019-06-0327 min