Teresa Saputo-Crerend

LaunchBreak: The Podcast with Zora Stephenson

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LaunchBreak: The Podcast with Zora Stephenson features inspiring conversations with women athletes leading across sports, business, entrepreneurship, and media. Hosted by Zora Stephenson, a 7x Emmy Award-winning NBC Sports broadcaster and trailblazing play-by-play voice, the show delivers actionable insights on career growth, leadership, networking, personal branding, and life after sports. From Olympians to executives and founders, each episode spotlights members of the LaunchBreak community of women athletes who are redefining what’s possible after competition. Perfect for student-athletes,...

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Teresa Saputo-Crerend

Episodes

Building a Purpose-Driven League: Inside Athletes Unlimited w/ Hilary Meyer 10.04.2026 24:08

We’re back with another powerful episode of LaunchBreak: The Podcast , hosted by 7x Emmy Award–winning journalist Zora Stephenson. This episode features LaunchBreaker Hilary Meyer, Chief Impact and Athlete Engagement Officer at Athletes Unlimited, who is redefining what it means to build purpose-driven sports leagues in today’s world. A former Division I lacrosse and field hockey athlete at Colgat...

Rachel Fleitell: From Wall Street to Building, Scaling, and Analyzing the Business of Sports 25.03.2026 25:13

We’re back with another powerful episode of LaunchBreak: The Podcast , hosted by 7x Emmy Award–winning journalist Zora Stephenson. This episode features LaunchBreaker Rachel Fleitell, a former Brown University softball standout turned powerhouse in media, sports, and entertainment. Rachel most recently served as Chief Operating Officer at Thirty Five Ventures and Boardroom, where she led strategy,...

Turning a Sideline Problem Into a Mainstream Business: Meredith Hudson and Sideline Bags 11.03.2026 24:27

We’re back with another powerful episode of LaunchBreak: The Podcast, hosted by 7x Emmy Award–winning journalist Zora Stephenson. This episode features LaunchBreaker Meredith Hudson, founder of Sideline Bags, former Division I field hockey player, proud Yale alum, and a real-life supermom navigating the fast-paced worlds of sports, business, and motherhood. Meredith shares the story behind Sidelin...

From Fencing To AI Founder: The Stephanie LeBlanc-Godfrey Story 25.02.2026 22:36

We’re back with another powerful episode of LaunchBreak: The Podcast, hosted by 7x Emmy Award–winning journalist Zora Stephenson. This episode features LaunchBreaker Stephanie, a trained engineer, tech leader, founder, and mom of three who brings a rare and urgently needed perspective to the AI conversation. Stephanie spent over a decade at Google, tackling complex problems at scale at the interse...

Wrestling With My Brothers Prepped Me For Team USA Rugby: The Nicole Heavirland Story 06.02.2026 18:19

We’re back with another powerful episode of LaunchBreak: The Podcast, hosted by 7x Emmy Award–winning journalist Zora Stephenson. This episode features LaunchBreaker Nicole Heavirland, West Point graduate, Team USA Rugby star, lover of nature and the outdoors, and a lifelong competitor. Nicole takes us through her unconventional path to elite athletics: growing up wrestling with her brothers, bein...

D1 Athlete, Marketing Executive, Beating Cancer: The Nina Ryan Story 28.01.2026 22:43

Today’s guest is driven by purpose in every sense of the word. We’re joined by Nina Ryan, a builder, storyteller, and powerful advocate for human-first impact in sports and healthcare. As a Division I rower at the University of North Carolina, Nina identified a gap in sports tech and helped launch a first-of-its-kind fellowship supporting more than 120 women entering the industry. Then, at just 24...