Leaders In The Spotlight

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 1 Leadership Realities with special guest 👏🏽 Matt Strieker CEO of @unitedfriendsla started his leadership journey with the mission of obtaining authority in order to make positive changes! United Friends provides housing and education services to current and former foster youth. Serving LA County since 1979.   Kids In The Spotlight Production Studio With A Purpose htt...

S02 E10 Our guest Negin Stern specialty is Real Estate and Corporate Law. She has established her own law practice and real estate brokerage specializing in Beverly Hills and surrounding Los Angeles communities, Inland Empire, Orange County, and San Diego, as well as Greater Phoenix, Arizona. With a full team of licensed professionals, LeMark Realty can handle any real estate transaction with prec...

S02 E09 Tamika Lamison is a Virginia native who graduated from The American University & Howard University with a BA in Performing Arts & Theatre. She also attended the NY Film Academy & American Film Institute (DWW) for Directing. In an effort to give back, Tamika created the non-profit, Make A Film Foundation (MAFF) which grants film wishes to children with serious or life-threatenin...

S2 E8 Lindsey Carnett Named the 2022 Entrepreneur of the Year by West Ventura County Business Alliance, 2021 40 Under Forty Honoree by Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce, a 2019 Enterprising Woman Honoree, Top Women in PR, a Folio: Magazine 2015 Top Women in Media and featured in the Forbes Most Powerful Women Business Leader issue, Lindsey Carnett has taken her business expertise globally to enlig...

S02 E07 Regan Williams is CEO of Seen&Heard, an organization she co-founded which seeks to develop the professional character of foster and system-impacted youth ages 16-23. Since its launch in 2019, Seen&Heard has grown in size and impact, and last year the organization served a total of 136 youth, and graduated 29 youth from its professional development program. Guest: Regan Williams htt...

S02 E06 Lindsay Elliott Executive Director of Happy Trails for Kids has volunteered extensively with the organization, and more recently, serving as a board member, Lindsay is deeply committed to providing enriched life experiences and a meaningful sense of community and stability to youth navigating the child welfare system through the programs offered by Happy Trails for Kids. Under her leadersh...

S02 EP05 Our featured guest Cassie Betts founded a fashion-tech company called District2.co in 2013. District2 helped to connect fashion designers with local apparel manufacturers. Cassie is the host of a live radio show turned podcast called talktechto.me  that airs every Saturday 12pm Pacific on KBLA Talk 1580. Forbes dubbed her “The Woman Turning South LA into Startup Land”.  She is the catalys...

Syd Stewart is a published performance poet, actor and filmmaker. Notably, Stewart was a featured poet in the documentary Hughes’ Dream Harlem, on BET’s Lyric Café and starred in HBO’s feature film, Everyday People. A former music executive for BMI and EMI Music Publishing, Stewart is a member of the service-oriented sorority Delta Sigma Theta, is the Founder and Executive Director of Better Youth...

S02 EP03 Debbie Hansen founded @the_flora_may_foundation to provide parents with resources for their at risk youth #ceo. From a young girl with a dream to be a leader to the CEO of a thriving nonprofit, my journey has been about more than just personal growth. It’s about creating a positive impact on lives and building a brighter future for the community. The Flora May Foundation focuses on an ove...

S2Ep2 Attorney Alan I. Schimmel, founder and managing partner of Schimmel & Parks, A Professional Law Corporation, is backed by more than three decades of legal experience handling a wide range of civil litigation cases predominately plaintiff and consumer side involving property damage, homeowner associations, construction , bad faith insurance, employment law, and catastrophic personal injur...

Season 2 of Leadership Realities podcast starts now! S2Ep1 Our guest is the phenomenal Lyndsey Collins Wilson who is the Chief Executive Officer of First Star, Inc. At First Star, Lyndsey has increased the organization’s budget allowing her to increase its national and academy staff sizes and to expand the number of foster youth served across the country while maintaining the success of its Academ...

Ep10 Get ready for the next episode of Leadership Realities with the remarkable Haskel Jackson multi Grammy Producer, CEO and founder of Genesoul, Music For Your Mental Health (unique program guided by Grammy-nominated music producers and therapists, fostering the creation of music as a therapeutic tool for youths 4 to 18). Also, Haskel Jackson Entertainment! GUEST: Haskel Jackson https://linktr.e...

E09 We have on this episode the brilliant  Kibi Anderson  founder of  @lifeeditorco With training from both Harvard University and NYU Stern School of Business. Emmy Award winning content producer, with a wide experience of global travel and living abroad. Best selling author of Point Taken ,<<<<PURCHASE YOU COPY! It will inspire you to do more than just work work work work! Leadership...

E08 Twenty-one years ago the phenomenal Betty LaMarr founded EmpowHer Institute to empower young girls to not give up on their path to success.✨ EmpowHer Institute supports girls in gaining the skills necessary through education, training and mentorship to become confident, college and career ready. EmpowHer Institute 6820 La Tijera Blvd. Suite 108 Los Angeles, CA 90045 https://empowher.org/ @emp...

Ep. 07 Our guest this week is the incredible Dr. Charity Chandler-Cole CEO of @casa.la which is a remarkable foundation that focuses on advocacy for children in foster care and the juvenile justice systems. “As a leader you’re a learner first” are words of wisdom. https://casala.org/ CASA of Los Angeles Nonprofit organization Just Showing Up is Extraordinary 201 Centre Plaza Dr, #1100, Monterey Pa...

Ep. 06 Co-Founder Scott Pansky of @allisonworldwide  discusses the importance of core values when it come to leading a company.  #follow   #leadershiprealities   #csuite   #educate   #podcast   #leadership   #zappos 🎙️ New Full Episode of Leadership Realities available 7/6 1pm PST on  #applepodcast   #iheart   #spotify   #amazonmusic   #youtube   #podbean   #linkinbio

EP05 This week’s episode of Leadership Realities we have #CEO of Young Storytellers, Bill Thompson! Get ready for some great insight and inspiration. We learn about the idea of culture that has been established at Young Storytellers and why values and beliefs play a huge role in building it out. Leadership Reality podcast is tailored for C-Suite executives, delving into the diverse experiences of...

Ep 04  @LeadershipRealitieswithTige  sits down with attorney Shimica Gaskins CEO of End Child Poverty in California (ECPCA) to talk about her journey and own experiences pushing policy changes to better server our youth, leadership, and how it's not all on you. GUEST: Shimica Gaskins CEO of  @EndChildPovCA  @EndChildPovCA (Instagram) https://www.endchildpovertyca.org/about-us/ Kids In The Spotligh...

EP03 Franco Vega CEO of The Rightway Foundation discussing his role within a community, leadership, what it means to be a CEO and their mission. Leadership Reality podcast is tailored for C-Suite executives, delving into the diverse experiences of leadership, its triumphs and trials to motivate and empower both emerging and seasoned leaders. Hosted by Tige Charity, author of Not Your 9-to-5 Girl,...

Dawn L. Brown CEO of EmpowHer shares her top priority's as she leads with Grace, Balance and Boundaries. Her upcoming event Black Women Nonprofit Leaders Forum June 21, 2024 8:00AM-4:30PM California Endowment 1000 N. Alameda St. Los Angeles, Ca. 90012 Black Women Nonprofit Leaders Forum https://www.instagram.com/empowherorgla/ https://www.instagram.com/leadershiprealities/  

Leadership Reality podcast is tailored for C-Suite executives, delving into the diverse experiences of leadership, its triumphs and trials to motivate and empower both emerging and seasoned leaders. Hosted by Tige Charity, author of Not Your 9-to-5 Girl, a social entrepreneur, storyteller and impact junkie. GUEST: Raleigh Barmer, COO at Kids in the Spotlight Kids In The Spotlight https://www.kitsi...