Find Your Passion Career Podcast

Laurence Jackson is a line producer's assistant on the Netflix original You . He also produces SAG short films on the side. After a few "career restarts" Laurence is finally working in his dream environment. He encourages others to follow suit if they have a passion or dream. "If you have a passion, persevere." Laurence created his first film with his digital camcorder when he was 14 years old. Wh...

Amy Lisewski is the founder of Finest City Improv and the San Diego Improv Festival . As a keynote speaker, Amy helps companies improve communication and collaborations using improv skills. She is also the author of Relax, We're All Just Making This Stuff Up!: Using the tools of improvisation to cultivate more courage and joy in your life . Before becoming a professional improviser, she ran an inf...

Kristin Hayden is the chief partnership officer for IGNITE, a movement of young women to become the next generation of political leaders. She is also a founding member of Reflect Us—a national coalition of the leading nonpartisan women's political organizations working together towards gender parity in politics. On top of this, Kristin is an Ashoka fellow and social entrepreneur having founded One...

Claire Kreger-Boaz is a Senior Project Manager for the National Association of Music Merchants ( NAMM ) Public Affairs and Government Relations and The NAMM Foundation . Claire fights for music education and helps bring college students to The NAMM Show to open their eyes to all the opportunities for creating a career in the music industry. She hopes The NAMM Show experience will help students con...

Nathan Young is the founder of Greater Good Storytelling where he helps individuals and organizations connect with their audience through the art of storytelling. In his work, he has seen first hand how a well told story can capture an audience and inspire them to action. "Getting used to really sharing who I was and putting myself out there in a way that was vulnerable—primarily through storytell...

Christine DiDonato is the founder of Career Revolution and AwesomeBoss.com. And she's an innovator in the space of leader development. As a former talent management at Sony, Christine focused her passion and research on developing the youngest generation of employees to be the next generation of leaders. She is also a LinkedIn author and recognized leading expert in her field as seen in her contri...

Lisa Rosenfelt is the co-owner of Ivy Street, a coworking space as well as a client services manager at Diamond + Branch Marketing Group. In her free time, she volunteers as the managing director of Girls in Tech in San Diego. She is motivated by her passion for women to join the local tech industry and thrive. On the podcast, Lisa's advises for those looking to move into a leadership role is to s...

Melissa Eisler is an ICF certified leadership coach who partners with leaders, executives and entrepreneurs to develop communication skills, prove organizational effectiveness and become stronger, more present leaders. She blends 15 years of experience in the corporate world with her background in mindfulness to help her clients explore and achieve new heights. In her experience as a leadership co...

Chris Thomas is a senior at San Diego State University (SDSU) where he's the President of the Associated Students (AS). He is pursuing a Fitness Specialist degree with a double minor in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Leadership. His vision for his role as AS President has always been to listen to his heart and help other students. "I want to leave my mark here at San Diego state, and lea...

The CEO of Empowered Living, a multi-time TEDx speaker, host of The You-est You Podcast and the author of the Get a PHD in You series,  Julie Reisler helps YOU discover what lights your fire for your life. After graduation from the University of Rochester with a double major in Psychology and Public Health, she worked for Hillel. While running an international social justice program with Hillel, s...

Barbara Bry is a high-tech entrepreneur and currently the President Pro Tem of the San Diego City Council representing District 1. Looking ahead to 2020, she recently announced she's running for Mayor of San Diego. Throughout her career Barbara followed her passion, fighting for the advancement of women in the classroom and the workplace. Her passion to empower women has influenced her professiona...

Carey Smolensky is the creator of The Passion Summit , a two-day personal growth conference on May 6-7, 2019. He's also the author of Living Life With PASSION and Helping Others and the president of CSP Worldwide Productions from Chicago, IL. Carey began his company four decades ago, while in high school. Throughout his journey he constantly challenges himself to make a difference in the lives of...

Allyson Johnson is a senior editorial project manager at National Geographic Books. A University of Maryland graduate (Go TERPS!), she previously worked at Rachael Ray Every Day magazine and has been published in USA Weekend, Brides.com, Brit + Co., among other publications. She's the master of getting involved and started her hustle early on while in college. "You never know what you're going to...

Will Hansen is an experience design manager and visual product lead at Intuit on the TurboTax team. He's a creative to the core but he wasn't always in the creative field. In fact, Will joined the military after high school where he worked as a dental assistant. When he decided to start college at the age of 31, Will first followed the dental career trajectory only to realize that it wasn't for hi...

Rajni Roshan has over a decade of experience in the tech industry and she is passionate about technology solutions that have social impact. She moved to San Diego a year ago from UK, where she was a Client Solutions Manager for emerging technologies at IBM. She's a strong advocate for young girls and women in STEM as the Program Director of Girls in Tech San Diego , a non-profit focused on support...

Andrea Stone is an Elementary School Counselor at two schools in Paramus New Jersey with a masters of education and psychological counseling. She wasn't always on the path toward her current career, and spent a couple years working in a job she didn't love in recruiting. "I think we are so in this mindset that if we know what we want we expect it to come immediately and it should be a very straigh...

Rachel Aldrich isn't afraid to admit she doesn't have it all figured out. But she's in a career that she loves. She's a Marketing Associate at Penguin Random House, the publishing company, where she works on marketing campaigns with authors for their upcoming books. In the podcast Rachel shares what it felt like to be a recent graduate, and reveals her struggle in finding a job after college. She...

VP of Marketing, Sarah Bidnick leads a team in global marketing and communications for  TodayTix , the mobile app for last minute theater tickets. TodayTix is on a mission to redefine the way we see theater. Now that you can effortlessly access theatre tickets through the TodayTix app, they enable us to discover the best shows and spark spontaneous new experiences. On the podcast Sarah shares a da...

Natalie Janji is a TEDx speaker, coach, and bestselling author of  The Miracle Morning for College Students ,  based on the international bestselling book,  The Miracle Morning,  which discusses how practicing a morning routine can greatly benefit and transform the life of students. She received her bachelors degree in chemistry from Loyola Marymount University in 2016, and during her senior year...

This is part two of a two-part interview with Martin Ringlein. He's the Global Head of R&D at Eventbrite, where he joined pre-IPO through the acquisition of his startup, nvite. Prior, Marty was a Presidential Innovation Fellow at The White House working directly within the Executive Office of the President for the Obama administration. Marty's first company, nclud, a research and design consultanc...

Welcome to the first episode of Find Your Passion Career! This is part one of a two-part interview with Martin Ringlein. He's the Global Head of R&D at Eventbrite, where he joined pre-IPO through the acquisition of his startup, nvite. Prior, Marty was a Presidential Innovation Fellow at The White House working directly within the Executive Office of the President for the Obama administration. Mart...