Freeman Means Business' Wonder Women in Business Podcast

Steph Palermo, raised in a Sicilian family, taps into her experiences both at home and in Sicily to bring you simple wisdom to transform your life and business. Sicilians are passionate about family, food, love and respect. Steph tackles Sicilian traditions like the family dinner table, forgiveness, loyalty and generosity. She offers tips on incorporating these values and others into your life to...

Meade Hartfield has represented clients nationwide in a variety of industries, including financial services, drug and medical device, automotive, aviation, industrial equipment, insurance, and environmental. Her financial services practice includes representing financial institutions, auto-finance lenders and mortgage companies in defensive litigation matters throughout the country, including alle...

Heidi Turner is a Communications Consultant | Public Speaker | Instructor | Writer | Advocate Heidi Turner is the founder and owner of Corporate Writers , and is passionate about helping women magnify their messages. Heidi has written for clients in numerous sectors, including legal, technology, healthcare and finance. She has helped law firms establish their authority and build their clientele, a...

Mandy McEwen is the Founder & CEO of Mod Girl Marketing, an award-winning digital marketing agency based in California. She was named a top 24 B2B marketer by LinkedIn, listed by Search Engine Journal as a top 12 SEO expert, and named a top 20 female marketer by G2. Leveraging LinkedIn and thought leadership marketing, Mandy and her team unlock growth opportunities for C-suite executives and b...

Karen Cornwell spent her career in Tech; she lived it, learned from it, and now wants to change the tide for future technology aficionados. Her lifelong quest is to improve innovation and drive top-line growth for technology companies. Karen believes to really do this we must learn to leverage our gender diversity. After years of honing her product management expertise (how to bring value to clien...

Jasmine O'Brien prides herself on the strength of her client relationships.  She believes that lawyers need to be customer-centric problem solvers who partner with business to achieve their commercial objectives.  She’s not afraid to do things differently and is at her happiest when she is getting results for her clients.  She understands that every business was once somebody’s drea...

Nada Alnajafi is an award-winning attorney with deep experience serving as in-house counsel for startups and public companies over the past 12 years. She currently serves as Corporate Counsel for Franklin Templeton, a Fortune-500 global financial services organization. Previously, she worked in-house for Faraday Future, Lexus, and Concannon Business Consulting where she gained experienced in the a...

Farissa Knox is the Founder and CEO of RLM Media , a holding company and advertising agency dedicated to expanding how advertisers look at and talk to todays “actual” consumer; the Founder and Creative Director of WhatRUWearing Productions , the production house behind the reality series, PRGirl showing the professional and personal lives of ladies running the worlds of fashion, beauty and lifesty...

Malur Narayan is a proven technology business leader having distinguished himself through his broad business experience in software, telecom, networking and IT products and services. Malur is also actively involved with several startups as an advisor, investor, and a mentor – specifically as co-founder of BoardSeatMeet, an online platform for diversity in Boards, and with Webware.io, a toolkit to...

Ceah Justice is a DEI champion committed to challenging, changing, and shaping the mindset of others to create a culture of intentional Inclusionist. An authentic people leader who thrives in new, challenging, fast-paced environments full of opportunities to sway large numbers of people. An inspirational leader with a natural talent for Motivating and Stimulating teams to “raise the bar” in order...

Janice Lintz is a passionate and accomplished consultant/advocate across the hearing advocacy and related political spectrum. She is well known and respected for her ability to effect change and develop and implement creative solutions across organizational and geographic boundaries. Janice has become the “go-to” person on matters relating to access for people who are deaf or hard of hearing on a...

Sonia Zeledon is the Director, Associate General Counsel, Ethics, Head of Compliance and Data Privacy, for The Hershey Company.  Previously, she held various positions at Nokia Corporations and worked at several Amlaw 10 law firms. Ms. Zeledon serves on The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) Executive Committee as General Counsel.  She is a frequent speaker on compliance and privac...

Charisse Curiel, EMBA is a mom of two boys, a wife, and a marketing professional with nearly 20 years’ experience spanning several industries. Currently, Charisse is the Digital Marketing Manager for Leopard Solutions, a woman owned law firm intelligence and attorney data company serving the legal industry. Leopard Solutions’ is the largest and most accurate law firm data platform with actionable...

Rachel Barner is a global Business Executive, Corporate Counsel and experienced Board Member who brings the powerful combination of international perspective, legal expertise, strategic vision and financial acumen. A trusted advisor to and partner of top management and boards of directors, Rachel is valued for advice and guidance in enterprise risk, corporate solutions and global ethics.

Melissa Jones is a trial lawyer who provides experienced and practical counsel in complex business disputes, appellate matters and internal investigations. She has represented clients from a broad range of industries in complex civil litigation matters in both state and federal court, including the agribusiness, and oil and gas industries. Her practice includes an emphasis on Proposition 65 defens...

Ilanit Meckley is the founder of Notable Projects, a project management consultancy focused on directing process improvement projects in the healthcare industry.  Ilanit has 13+ years of experience working for hospitals and academic medical centers in improving operational processes and outcomes and is passionate about aligning stakeholders across an organization along shared goals with the u...

Lisa K. Lang currently serves as the General Counsel for Kentucky State University, a role she has had for three years. Lisa first began her career as a lawyer working as an associate attorney specializing in insurance defense for a law firm in Louisville, Kentucky. She left that firm in 2008 to work for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She first worked in the Office of the Attorney General as an Ass...

Patrice Tanaka is a best-selling author, public speaker on business and life purpose, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of three award-winning, PR & Marketing agencies and the consultancy, Joyful Planet , focused on helping individuals and organizations discover and actively live their purpose to unleash greater success, fulfillment and joy in their personal lives, workplaces and communities....

Joy Lyu Monahan is an experienced and resourceful problem solver, business advisor, lawyer, coalition builder and relationship manager. Skilled leader with expertise in fundraising, networking, project design and management, and business development for public, private and non-profit sectors. Demonstrated success in leveraging cross-industry and functional relationships into mutually beneficial pr...

I’m Dr. Alauna Curry and I want you to know, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. In fact, you are far from alone; we are all connected in trauma. Through this site, I hope to offer you an effective path to emotional, psychological and spiritual healing. As a Board-Certified Psychiatrist, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of complex psychological trauma and related mental health conditions, I have diagnos...

Candace D. Washington, MBA Founder and Chief Learning Officer (CLO), Pivotal Impact, LLC Talent, leadership, and culture development leader, Candace D. Washington, helping organizations build tools and inclusive cultures that equip emerging leaders to authentically navigate real-world challenges, accelerate performance, and thrive at their highest potential. As a diverse leader, having learned the...

Domenic Cervoni is Vice President | Senior Legal Counsel at HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. He primarily focuses on litigation for HSBC’s global banking and markets business and high risk US regulatory and investigatory matters. Prior to joining HSBC in the summer of 2013, Domenic was an associate in Mayer Brown’s NY office working on complex commercial and securities litigation as well as regul...

Mita Mallick is a corporate change-maker with a track record of transforming businesses and cultures.  Mita is a passionate storyteller who believes in the power of diversity to spur creative strategic thinking which can ultimately transform brands. She currently serves as the Head of Inclusion, Equity and Impact at Carta. Her writing on diversity, equity and inclusion issues have been publis...

Ready to get control of your demands and distractions so you wake up with a plan and feel less overwhelmed? Then you need Mridu Parikh on speed dial. As the creator of Life Is Organized, Mridu has helped working women increase billable time from one to five hours a day, create a routine to shed 15 pounds, and save 10 hours a week on emails and texts. She’s also been known to decrease overwhelm fro...

Rika Nakazawa is a senior executive, entrepreneur, investor in, and frequent public speaker on, technology-powered business transformation.  She is also Vice President and Client Partner at Conduent, a $4B revenue global BPO provider to Fortune 100 companies, and is also the Founder and CEO of BoardSeatMeet, Inc. a Silicon Valley, social impact venture, focusing on diversifying the board room...