Fairygodboss Radio

Beth Webster's background includes more than 30 years of experience leading organizational development, employee relations, culture, and reorganization within financial institutions. Most recently, Beth served as the Head of Human Resources for TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®. Prior to TD Bank, Beth was the Managing Director, HR Global Consumer Bank for Citi and the Head of Human Resource...

Global Technology Executive, People Developer, Transformational Leader, Storyteller, Engineer and self-proclaimed Global Citizen, Janeen Uzzell is on a mission to use her strengths, influence and voice to lead causal work that changes lives, communities and the world. A seasoned leader, Janeen has more than 20 years of Corporate, strategy, business development and start-up experience. She is curre...

Celeste Warren is Vice President, Human Resources & Global Diversity and Inclusion Center of Excellence at Merck. In this dual role, she has responsibility for the strategic and operational Human Resources support of Merck's Global Legal, Compliance, Communications, Population Health, Patient Health and Global Public Policy Organizations. As the leader for Merck’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Ce...

Jacqui is Executive Vice President of the Global People Division for Walmart Inc. She is responsible for attracting, retaining, and developing talent within the nation's largest private workforce. In her role, she is focused on making Walmart the best place to work and shop through delivering an experience that gives associates access to the best technology, training, and education opportunities....

Jill Sweeney leads technical Knowledge Management for volume servers, high performance computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI), and composable systems at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE). She and her team are transforming the technical experiences customers and partners have with HPE's products, solutions, and support information to foster positive customer business outcomes. In this episode of...

Samantha leads the firmwide Women on the Move initiative at JPMorgan Chase. In her role, she works on programs that are designed to make JPMorgan Chase the best bank for women-run businesses and women consumers, the best company for women to work at, and a strong partner for women in communities around the world. Sam collaborates with teams across the firm on planning and executing women’s program...

Francine Katsoudas is Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer of Cisco. She plays a major role in the company's overall performance, leading organizational strategy, promoting operational effectiveness, and elevating team performance through innovative leadership. In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy sits down with Fran to talk about the importance of paving your own path and how...

Amber Grewal is Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition at IBM, with 20 years of experience in the art and science of talent attraction and management. In her role, she oversees the strategic vision for talent acquisition and is responsible for building strong, consultative departmental functions, talent technology, sourcing and onboarding strategies, workforce demand, and employer branding in...

Beth Comstock is a change maker whose mission is to understand what’s next, navigate change, and help people and organizations do the same. In nearly three decades at GE, she led efforts to accelerate new growth and innovation, initiated GE's digital and clean-energy transformation, seeded new businesses, and enhanced GE’s brand value and inventive culture. Beth is a director at Nike, trustee of T...

Laura Peterson, a Senior Client Account Leader at Accenture, is a model of perseverance, courage, and leadership. Throughout her career, Laura has risen to the highest ranks of Accenture, and along the way, she’s made a point to support other women at the company and to help them advance their careers, too.   In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy sits down with Laura to talk about running a...

Petra Schmidt is Partner with Aon’s Enterprise Client Group. In her role, she partners with executive leadership at a select group of clients to explore mission-critical business issues and define methods to enable their clients’ business strategies and deliver more value to stakeholders. Petra has advanced her career with raw courage and determination and has held leadership roles spanning differ...

Andrea Gallego, Global GAMMA CTO and Principal of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), manages the innovation and data science product team and helps drive the vision and future of GAMMA's digital capabilities. Andrea is a powerhouse who has pivoted from finance to not-for-profit to Technical lead in consulting — advocating for women every day along the way. In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy s...

Marcie White is AMS Relationship Director at HPE Financial Services. In her role, Marcie is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining programs and offerings for the business. As an executive, mentor, and mother of two, Marcie credits the great culture and leadership team at her company for making her the happiest she has been in her career. In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Ro...

Melody Lee launched the automotive industry's most innovative business model — BOOK by Cadillac. As Global Director of BOOK by Cadillac, Melody oversees operations and logistics, financial management, product and technology development, branding and marketing, PR, business development, and corporate sales. In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy sits down with Melody to talk about how women ca...

Cindy Robbins is President and Chief People Officer at Salesforce. In her role, she leads the company’s efforts to attract, develop, and retain the best talent. During her tenure, Cindy became the driver of Salesforce’s equal pay efforts, which has resulted in the company spending $8.7 million to date to address any unexplained gender gaps in pay.   In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy sits...