BOSS by Ali Levitan

This BOSS #TBT episode is with Pattie Sellers, the Co-Founder of Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Women event, former Fortune Editor, and Co-CEO SellersEastonMedia. We talk about interviewing risk takers, world changers, and rule breakers as well as her dinner with Kamala Harris in 2013.

Thrilled to have AJ McBride on BOSS today as she's a senior at Baylor University and the winner of The Adecco Group's CEO for One Month US competition from 27,000 amazing student applications. We talk about how she grew up as a missionary kid in the Middle East working with refugee camps and non-profits, what it feels like to be the "CEO for One Month" winner, the importance of paying attention in...

In this #TBT BOSS episode I interview the incredible Sukhi Sahni , SVP & Head of Communications at Wells Fargo . We talk about how "We have to pave the path forward for future leaders" and how "Some of it was luck. Some of it was just knowing the right people at the right time. A lot of my early decisioning was tied to what my visa status was so I'm very open about that." We also talk about be...

Please welcome Terry Rice to BOSS. Terry is Entrepreneur Magazine's staff writer, Business Development Consultant, Keynote Speaker, Podcast Host, and someone you MUST Follow on LinkedIn for daily updates and advice. I love that Terry has been watching BOSS on LinkedIn for the past 3 years and I'm thrilled to have him on the show now that it's also a podcast. We talk about finding work that you're...

In this #TBT BOSS episode I interview Lauren Liss , my very first mom friend and Capital One 's Managing VP (she's now an SVP!) for Premium Products, Rewards and Partnerships, and a total BOSS! She speaks to the importance of honesty and transparency and shares a very personal story and experience with pregnancy loss. "It can feel incredibly isolating and I think a lot of women suffer silently at...

My next BOSS guest, Jeremy Flynn, Clear Channel Outdoor's SVP Data Products & Strategy, talks about solving big problems, making out of home more data driven, trying new innovative solutions, the importance of happiness, and his earlier career in startups. We met IRL this January at CES with Dan Levi, Clear Channel's CMO. I'm thrilled to share that Clear Channel Outdoor is a launch partner for...

This #TBT BOSS episode is with the incredible Stephanie Lawrence, Nextdoor's Head of Agency Development! Stephanie's career also spans roles at Pinterest , Viacom (shout out Viacom alumni!), Brand Networks , Microsoft , Starcom , MEC and more. How did Stephanie get to where she is today? "Many many long days and nights in the digital industry."

This week's BOSS features TikTok's Head of Partnerships who also happens to be my neighbor. We talk about taking that LinkedIn cold call, building relationships, taking risks, and stressing less. Lauren was only the 3rd employee in NY and 10th employee in the US at TikTok! Lauren was almost 8 months pregnant when she interviewed. Plus, when should I let my kids get their own TikTok? Go download th...

Today's #throwbackthursday episode is with Ryan Harwood! BOSS fans please welcome Ryan Harwood , CEO of Gallery Media Group , Founder of PureWow , Dad of 2 young kids, former Goldman Sachs , and fellow University of Pennsylvania grad! Go Quakers. Find out how Ryan became in charge of his own destiny and pivoted careers. You'll hear Ryan speak about the importance of high EQ, kindness, empathy, and...

Welcome Nadya Okamoto, Co-Founder of August and Period Power Author to BOSS! We just reconnected at the Fortune MPW NextGen event and I knew that I had to have her on BOSS. I also owe her a huge thank you as she also convinced me to turn the LinkedIn series into a podcast! We talk about being a founder in her teens and 20s, employee heart checks, humility about what she doesn't know, destigmatizin...

This Throwback Thursday episode is with the incredible Bonin Bough, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Group Black. I first interviewed Bonin for BOSS in 2020 when he was the CGO of Triller and former CDO at PepsiCo , Mondelēz International , Interpublic Group (IPG) executive takes on BOSS! Bonin believes in investing in people and he collects hard copies of Harvard Business Review ! "The Ma...

Huge thank you to Fortune Most Powerful Women NextGen event for finally bringing me together IRL with my incredible #BOSS guest, Susan McPherson .Susan is a serial connector, angel investor, and Founder who runs McPherson Strategies , a social impact communications firm that is B-Corp certified and works along Fortune500 companies, NGOs, and social enterprises. Susan founded "Don't Ban Equality" i...

Throwback Thursday from 2 years ago:BOSS is thrilled to welcome Sarah Iooss , Head of Sales, America at Twitch (Part of Amazon Advertising now)! We met at Viacom and became close friends when stranded at the airport during a CES trip with Michael Saperstein , Josh Golden , and Paul Kontonis .Sarah was a first mover in #digitaltransformation "I immersed completely in digital media and have loved ev...

Welcome to BOSS Paul Canetti , Founder & Professor at Columbia Business School (Tech & Product focus). I first met Paul during my time at General Assembly when he made me and my clients (i.e. L'Oréal Jessica McGiff-Drapiza Ana Melara ) smarter in the tech, product, and UX space. "The thing I always really find myself wanting to do when it comes to tech and my career since then is try to fi...

As we get ready for Cannes '23, I'm thrilled to share this conversation with Lola right after Cannes '22BOSS is thrilled to welcome & LinkedIn Top Voice in Marketing & Advertising '22! She's fresh off of her first Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity experience and bringing these incredible insights straight to you...."The content creation creator theme is something that we're...

I met my next BOSS guest IRL at #ces2023 at an amazing dinner hosted by Ben Relles . Dylan Huey is a Gen Z Founder and Content Creator with 1 Million Followers AND my youngest BOSS guest to date. He's also a University of Southern California student and runs the first and only influencer club at USC that has expanded to UCLA, LMU, Chapman and Duke ( University of Pennsylvania friends let's get on...

Please welcome my friend, Kim Rittberg , Founder of Henry Street Media, LLC , Host of "Mom's Exit Interview" Podcast, University of Pennsylvania alumni, and award winning video strategist Featured in Business Insider and others to BOSS! Kim launched the digital video unit for Us Weekly and also worked on branded content at POPSUGAR and Netflix . "This was the nascent days of digital and I knew it....

BOSS welcomes Katy Stover , my friend and former General Assembly colleague and now the Founder/CEO of HigherPeople to BOSS! HigherPeople helps other companies strategically Recruit, Reskill, and Retain Talent, primarily EdTech companies. Huge shout out to all of the GA alumni that Katy just saw at the ASU+GSV Summit conference and all of the alumni that we worked with for so many years...Also a s...

This is a Flashback Friday BOSS from 2021 as Carla is now the CMO at JPMorgan Chase....BOSS is super excited to welcome Carla Zakhem-Hassan , CMO at Citi , to the show! Carla has had an incredible career history with roles at Toys"R"Us , PepsiCo , and Kellogg Company . We originally met at CES 2017, the year that CES failed to include any women keynotes. Thank you Leslie Berland for pulling togeth...

Today's BOSS from 2022 features the CMO of CVS Health , Norman de Greve (He. Him. His.) . Thank you to Michelle Peluso & Carissa Falzarano for making the introduction. CVS has been a lifesaver for me and my family during covid from vaccine & flu shots to free pharmacy delivery to hand sanitizer and halloween candy. "I've seen the evolution of this company from a corner drugstore to what's...

Please welcome Rose Stuckey Kirk , Verizon 's Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer and Marketing Executive to BOSS. Rose started her career in journalism. "I was trained in this way of thinking about who, what, where, how, and why. When you think about that with every issue that you take on, you're sort of solving problems in interesting ways. You're thinking about who your customer is, w...

BOSS fans, this is an exciting episode. I'm thrilled to welcome Evan Shapiro , Media Universe Cartographer, after meeting him at CES through a curated executive dinner hosted by Ben Relles ."Given the rate of change in media over the last 30 years.. if you try to plan everything in a truly regimented way you're going to be surprised and disappointed...""Investing time, investing money, and most es...

BOSS is super excited to welcome Donna Sharp , Managing Director at MediaLink , who leads Marketing Transformation with the Fortune500 to identify the right people, process, partners, and platforms. I loved meeting her this year at CES."One of the magical things about working in this industry, particularly as someone coming straight out of college, is that your proximity to changing media channels...