She Been Ready! The Podcast

Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Rachelle Rodgers-Ard, a colleague and friend who has translated her experience and expertise as an educational leader into teachable moments for the wider public. Rachelle has centered the concept of authenticity in her work, drawing connections between one’s capacity to be and accept their whole self while leading in order to do so effectively and competently. In...

Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Dr. Robyn Fisher. Robyn is President and C.E.O. of R.T. Fisher Educational Enterprises, Inc. (RTF) . Since founding RTF in 1999, Dr. Fisher has subsequently co-founded and chaired a number of initiatives directed towards academic excellence in the Bay Area’s communities of color, including The African American Regional Educational Alliance, Inc. (AAREA) , and The...

Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Precious Stroud. Precious founded the Black Female Project https://www.blackfemaleproject.org/ ) and began her consulting firm, PJS Consultants ( https://pjsconsultants.net/ ), to positively impact the wellness and professional experience of Black women and to provide marketing communications services to organizational leaders who want to #dogood. I invited Precio...

Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Dr. Leeja Carter. Leeja is a dear friend and much more. She is a psychologist and an expert on inclusive and equity-focused practice in sport and health. I purposely invited Leeja to this conversation about the complexity of relationships between women and especially Black women in the context of our work and leadership experiences.  Touchy, yes, but we are a...

Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Dr. Nadia Lopez, who is been lovingly called Ms. Lopez by innumerable young people and their families who attended Mott Hall Bridges Academy, the school she founded in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. In her TedTalk ( https://www.ted.com/talks/nadia_lopez_why_open_a_school_to_close_a_prison?language=en ), she says she opened a school to close a prison...

Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Mutale Nkonde.  Mutale is the founder and CEO of AI For the People (AFP; https://www.aiforpeople.org/ ). AFP is a non-profit communications agency that aims to eliminate the underrepresentation of Black professionals in the American technology sector by 2030. In this episode, we discuss her decision to launch AI for the People and the work she’s done to addre...

Introducing She Been Ready! The Podcast. A conversation about Black women’s liberatory leadership praxis. Follow Dr. Wendi at @drwendiwilliams on Instagram and Twitter and stay up with the latest on She Been Ready! The Podcast on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/She_Been_Ready-The-Podcast-105193828770865  Music Credit: She Been Ready - Arranged, produced, and mixed by Shawn Nealy-Oparah Webs...